Morgan
@morgan-l-thomas.bsky.social
Keio U. 慶大 | Chemistry, Japan etc. | views are mine, follow≠agree | 🇨🇦 🏴🇬🇧, a little 🇦🇺 , now 🇯🇵 | https://researchmap.jp/morgan
♪♪All I want for (early) Christmas is...this dinosaur figurine carrying a sack of presents with a snow globe on its head.
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
♪♪All I want for (early) Christmas is...this dinosaur figurine carrying a sack of presents with a snow globe on its head.
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I would like to move chemistry-related conversations to chemchat, seeing as how chem/sky is basically a promotion place now.
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I would like to move chemistry-related conversations to chemchat, seeing as how chem/sky is basically a promotion place now.
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots
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"We have hoarded an amazing assemblage of materials, molecules, mixtures, complexes, and elements that now pose a number of significant challenges we must recognize and manage," writes Peter Licence. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"We have hoarded an amazing assemblage of materials, molecules, mixtures, complexes, and elements that now pose a number of significant challenges we must recognize and manage," writes Peter Licence. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
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"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..."
My latest for @chemistryworld.com:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...
#ChemSky
My latest for @chemistryworld.com:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...
#ChemSky
Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
www.chemistryworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..."
My latest for @chemistryworld.com:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...
#ChemSky
My latest for @chemistryworld.com:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...
#ChemSky
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Hear from the Editorial board who invite you to read and consider signing the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future & learn about how the declaration’s themes align with the mission and scope of RSC Sustainability
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#Sustainability #Chemsky #SustainableChemistry
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#Sustainability #Chemsky #SustainableChemistry
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Hear from the Editorial board who invite you to read and consider signing the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future & learn about how the declaration’s themes align with the mission and scope of RSC Sustainability
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#Sustainability #Chemsky #SustainableChemistry
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#Sustainability #Chemsky #SustainableChemistry
’Tis the season for eerie-looking experiments: check out these uncannily ocular copper dendrites growing inside a hydrogel scaffold. Dhruv Bhandari captured the image when he was a research intern at EPFL this past summer. Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/3-...
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
October 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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’Tis the season for eerie-looking experiments: check out these uncannily ocular copper dendrites growing inside a hydrogel scaffold. Dhruv Bhandari captured the image when he was a research intern at EPFL this past summer. Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/3-...
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
’Tis the season for eerie-looking experiments: check out these uncannily ocular copper dendrites growing inside a hydrogel scaffold. Dhruv Bhandari captured the image when he was a research intern at EPFL this past summer. Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/3-...
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals
In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation
www.chemistryworld.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals
In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation
www.chemistryworld.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
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"Review articles are a relic of the past" - overheard in a meeting yesterday. Deep research tools give a focused & referenced report to your specification. @kamat.bsky.social wrote a nice piece (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...), which emphasises that the key ingredient is saying something new #ChemSky
October 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"Review articles are a relic of the past" - overheard in a meeting yesterday. Deep research tools give a focused & referenced report to your specification. @kamat.bsky.social wrote a nice piece (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...), which emphasises that the key ingredient is saying something new #ChemSky
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Feeling the pressure?
Let Professor Steve Howdle, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, & @asynt.bsky.social take the strain & guide you through a comprehensive webinar on “Working Safely with High Pressure in the Lab.”
Wednesday 1st October
3:30pm UK time
🔗 bit.ly/3Inx8ks
#pressurevessel #chemsky
Let Professor Steve Howdle, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, & @asynt.bsky.social take the strain & guide you through a comprehensive webinar on “Working Safely with High Pressure in the Lab.”
Wednesday 1st October
3:30pm UK time
🔗 bit.ly/3Inx8ks
#pressurevessel #chemsky
September 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Feeling the pressure?
Let Professor Steve Howdle, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, & @asynt.bsky.social take the strain & guide you through a comprehensive webinar on “Working Safely with High Pressure in the Lab.”
Wednesday 1st October
3:30pm UK time
🔗 bit.ly/3Inx8ks
#pressurevessel #chemsky
Let Professor Steve Howdle, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, & @asynt.bsky.social take the strain & guide you through a comprehensive webinar on “Working Safely with High Pressure in the Lab.”
Wednesday 1st October
3:30pm UK time
🔗 bit.ly/3Inx8ks
#pressurevessel #chemsky
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September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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This short, two-page refresher on significant figures is a useful resources/reminder. #ChemSky #OzChem
www.astro.yale.edu
September 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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#chemsky Dr. Tom Blanton's “Powder X-ray Diffraction – Better Data Equals Better Results” webinar is now available on YouTube and ICDD.com - Sign up for September 17th's FREE Webinar here: www.icdd.com/in-session/
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#chemsky Dr. Tom Blanton's “Powder X-ray Diffraction – Better Data Equals Better Results” webinar is now available on YouTube and ICDD.com - Sign up for September 17th's FREE Webinar here: www.icdd.com/in-session/
Was great attending this in person last week! Looking forward to the next instalment!
The program for the MSILDG Summer 2025 Research Meeting is now online.
Registration deadline: 10th of August 2025
Registration deadline: 10th of August 2025
Molten Salts & Ionic Liquids Discussion Group
Molten Salts & Ionic Liquids Discussion Group
www.msildg.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Was great attending this in person last week! Looking forward to the next instalment!
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There should be some kind of award for the most disturbing slide of the conference.
#dreamreactions
#chemsky
#dreamreactions
#chemsky
August 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
There should be some kind of award for the most disturbing slide of the conference.
#dreamreactions
#chemsky
#dreamreactions
#chemsky
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July 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Gabor A. Somorjai, known for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and catalysis, died July 7 in Palo Alto, California. He was 90 years old. cen.acs.org/people/obitu... #chemsky
Obituary: Gabor A. Somorjai
The UC Berkeley professor was considered the ‘father of modern surface chemistry’
cen.acs.org
July 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Gabor A. Somorjai, known for his pioneering work in surface chemistry and catalysis, died July 7 in Palo Alto, California. He was 90 years old. cen.acs.org/people/obitu... #chemsky
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Ok well, I'm giving this a go #chemsky 🧪 #NMRchat for buying an autosampler. Allegedly the tariff on this would be ~$3100.
I'll link to the form below, but sections 7,8,9 require longer-form response.
Here's my draft, you should be able to comment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I'll link to the form below, but sections 7,8,9 require longer-form response.
Here's my draft, you should be able to comment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
July 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Ok well, I'm giving this a go #chemsky 🧪 #NMRchat for buying an autosampler. Allegedly the tariff on this would be ~$3100.
I'll link to the form below, but sections 7,8,9 require longer-form response.
Here's my draft, you should be able to comment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I'll link to the form below, but sections 7,8,9 require longer-form response.
Here's my draft, you should be able to comment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Hours spent on chemical reactions can’t be recycled. Let’s make sure we conserve the ultimate nonrenewable resource: cen.acs.org/synthesis/gr...
#chemsky #chemistry #chem #phdsky #academicsky #STEM #phdchat #academicchatter 🧪
#chemsky #chemistry #chem #phdsky #academicsky #STEM #phdchat #academicchatter 🧪
July 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hours spent on chemical reactions can’t be recycled. Let’s make sure we conserve the ultimate nonrenewable resource: cen.acs.org/synthesis/gr...
#chemsky #chemistry #chem #phdsky #academicsky #STEM #phdchat #academicchatter 🧪
#chemsky #chemistry #chem #phdsky #academicsky #STEM #phdchat #academicchatter 🧪
The mystery of em‑dashes: part two with quantitative evidence
open.substack.com/pub/msukhare...
open.substack.com/pub/msukhare...
The mystery of em‑dashes: part two with quantitative evidence
A couple of weeks ago I made an assumption: the rise of em‑dashes in AI‑generated text happened because model providers started scanning older, pre‑Kindle books.
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The mystery of em‑dashes: part two with quantitative evidence
open.substack.com/pub/msukhare...
open.substack.com/pub/msukhare...