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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Chemsky Am actively recruiting graduate students for 2027. Looking for a total of 4-6 students to join the team. Synthetic organic chemistry, molecular biology/cell biology, and biophysics are priorities, but we will consider almost anything in the molecular sciences if it aligns with our work!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2026

'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.

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David Fairén🔻☮ @davidfairen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Glad to see this tank working with @immaterial-mofs.bsky.social MOFs inside!

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A selection of great photos from the @most-h2.bsky.social Final Dissemination Workshop held in Athens, Greece, on Friday 18th September 2026. Including @davidfairen.bsky.social & quite a few others who are not on bluesky! #hydrogen

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We’re heading to EBA Rio 2026 in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 from 6th - 9th October. We look forward to connecting with the adsorption community. Read more: hidenisochema.com/events/hiden... - - #EBARio2026 #Adsorption #SorptionAnalysis

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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 25/09/2026

“Using a train, a professor ran 800 km in three hours.”

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A stroll around an overcast but atmospheric Durham, following the British Zeolite Association (BZA) Annual Meeting. #BZA2026

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At the British Zeolite Association (BZA) Annual Meeting in Durham, our very special guest, Professor Mark E. Davis from Caltech, begins his talk in honor of Edith Flanigen. #BZA2026

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My walk to work this week, at the BZA (British Zeolite Association) Annual Meeting in Durham. #BZA2026

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're all set up at the BZA (British Zeolite Association) Annual Meeting in Durham. Come over & speak to @darrenbroom.bsky.social to learn more about our gas & vapor sorption analyzers! #BZA2026

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Green Carbon Journal @greencarbon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📄 Title: "Chemical Recycling Enables Resource Utilization of Waste Fishing Nets"✍️ Lead author: Prof. Yong Tang (Academician, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.gr... #ChemicalRecycling #CircularEconomy #Polyamide #Polyolefins

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We’re heading to the British Zeolite Association 2026 Annual Meeting at Durham University this week. Looking forward to connecting with the zeolite research community! Read More: hidenisochema.com/events/hiden... Learn More: 🌐 hidenisochema.com - - #BZA2026 #ZeoliteResearch #Adsorption

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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 19/09/2026

Synthesizability: The Open Question in Digital MOF Discovery, a viewpoint in ACS Materials Letters doi.org/10.1021/acsm... #chemsky #mofpapers

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In Athens, Theodore Steriotis gets the @most-h2.bsky.social Final Dissemination Workshop underway. Next up, we have @davidfairen.bsky.social providing an overview of the deployment of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in emerging applications, from the perspective of @immaterial-mofs.bsky.social.

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Green Carbon Journal @greencarbon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📄 Title: " Perovskite-driven artificial photosynthesis: A perspective" ✍️ Lead author: Prof. Michael Graetzel (Academician, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.gr... #PerovskitePhotovoltaics #SolarFuelProduction #SolarWaterSplitting #SolarCO2Reduction

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's the last day of EPoMM 2026! If you're attending today, visit our stand and learn how our instruments are contributing to research across porous materials, gas seperation and more. Learn More: 🌐 hidenisochema.com ✉️ info@hidenisochema.com - @epomm.bsky.social #SorptionAnalysis #PorousMaterials

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EPSRC Network: Engineering Porous Materials at Multiple Scales @epomm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

EPoMM evening meal and super speech by Alex O'Malley. #EPoMM2026

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EPSRC Network: Engineering Porous Materials at Multiple Scales @epomm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Petra Agota Szilagyi presenting keynote on MOF-Guest Interfaces for Sustainability. #EPoMM2026

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EPSRC Network: Engineering Porous Materials at Multiple Scales @epomm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Next is Stephen Lyth on porous materials in fuel cell applications, some lovely hierchical porosity. #EPoMM2026

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Roses are red High soars the lark

Telegraph headline: Aggressive goats, with taste for human urine, are airlifted out of park. Image shows mountain goats in slings dangling from a helicopter over trees

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is it possible to triple re-post something & 'like' it several times? Or should I just say "yes, yes, yes & yes".

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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Dalmeet Singh Chawla @dalmeet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This week, @nature.com features the World Bank's reproducibility project, under which the Bank is publishing 'reproducibility packages' alongside all their reports, papers and technical notes. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The World Bank is right to prioritize reproducibility

The development bank and others are starting to publish and verify the raw data and code accompanying their research-based reports and papers. Other agencies should do the same.

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MOST-H2 Project @most-h2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

👥 Back from summer with a new MOST-H2 partner interview! 👥 Meet @darrenbroom.bsky.social from @hidenisochema.bsky.social and discover how his expertise in hydrogen sorption helps validate materials for practical hydrogen storage. 👉 lnkd.in/eRnkrB7A #MOSTH2 #HydrogenStorage #MOFs

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We’re heading to PharmSci 2026 in Newcastle from 7-9 September. Looking forward to connecting with the pharmaceutical science community and discussing the latest developments in drug delivery. Read more: hidenisochema.com/events/hiden... #PharmSci2026 #PharmaceuticalScience

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The latest interlaboratory study from the FACT lab at NIST has just been published! This is the 4th in a series, all published in Adsorption, Journal of the International Adsorption Society, & it focuses on CO₂ adsorption by zeolite 13X at 25°C, up to atmospheric pressure. #chemsky

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A reference low-pressure CO2 adsorption isotherm for zeolite 13X: results of an interlaboratory study - Adsorption

This paper reports the results of an international interlaboratory study sponsored by the Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) and led by the National Institute of Standards ...

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We’re attending 44RIA 2026 in Alicante, Spain from 6th-9th September. Looking forward to connecting with researchers and discussing the latest developments in adsorption and sorption analysis. Read more ⬇️ hidenisochema.com/events/hiden... - - - #44RIA2026 #Adsorption #MaterialsScience

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We're all set up at the 24th International Drying Symposium in France! 📍 Visit us at Booth 07 to discuss drying research and gravimetric sorption analysis if you're attending. 📄 Read our new flyer: hidenisochema.com/content/uplo... - - #IDS2026 #DryingResearch #GravimetricSorption

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We're all set up at the @rsc-pormat.bsky.social Early Career Researcher conference at the University of Liverpool! If you're here, please stop by our stand & grab a free pen. You can also have a chat with @darrenbroom.bsky.social to find out more about our gas & vapor sorption instruments.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Have banged on about this before, but it's infuriating how e.g. BBC R4 weather forecast just now talked of some areas of England "escaping rain" & sounding all jolly when saying some areas wil be dry and warm. Tiny showers apart, no rain here for 2 months. But it seems ingrained rain=bad, sun=good.

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💥Richard with an💥R @rbwaltonthereal.com · 19/08/2026

It appears that autocorrect has become my worst enema.

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It really is amazing how researchers and journal editors will avoid showing even the most basic courtesy or gratitude to sleuths who point out errors in their work. I get that it's embarrassing, but guess what: that sleuth has read your work more closely than anyone else ever will! For free!

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026

This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Out now in ACS Energy Letters: "Building a Physics-Aware AI Ecosystem for Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Materials" I'm only one of many authors, but I'm really glad the importance of the reproducibility of experimental data is emphasised. #ChemSky #hydrogen

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Building a Physics-Aware AI Ecosystem for Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Materials

AbstractHydrogen storage remains a central bottleneck for scalable hydrogen energy systems due to the multiscale and coupled nature of the thermodynamics,

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 17/08/2026

what I'm finding here is that we're some way away from having a Bluesky-wide understanding wrt what counts as "affordable", "healthy" and indeed "tasty"

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2026

“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.

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Hiden Isochema @hidenisochema.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We’re proud to sponsor the UKPorMat Early Career Researcher Conference this 24–25 August in Liverpool. @darrenbroom.bsky.social, our Product Manager, will be on our stand. Come and discuss your research with us! Read More⬇️ hidenisochema.com/news-press/u... - - #UKPorMat #PorousMaterials

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is hilarious. This is text from a published article. I'm not sure I agree with Nadine. It seems both the reviewers and the handling editor must've really been on the ball with this one. #ChemSky

The image shows a screenshot of text from a scientific article that reads "The pore size distribution was calculated using the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) method. The determination of surface area and pore volume with the Vapor software was already mentioned earlier in the paragraph. I discussed with Nadine and we both think that the dosing amount and balance time is not relevant and should rather not be mentioned here."

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Gibbs was an austere genius, too little appreciated.

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Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research @mpifkf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A new contribution in Nature Reviews Clean Technology hydrogen-based materials for energy storage and conversion just dropped😱🍀 Michael Hirscher from MPI FKF is the corresponding author 😎 Link to the review: lnkd.in/eDJSvU2H Link to the full article: lnkd.in/eG5spA-S @iea.org #Hydrogen

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Making sure that different labs can repeat experiments in catalysis and get the same result is crucial for translating research to applications and building trust in science. And it's an effort that takes the whole community. Read more @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int...

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Chemists join forces to boost reproducibility in catalysis research

Collective effort is key to avoiding reproducibility struggles that have plagued many scientific fields

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 11/08/2026

The electricity generated by the fuel cell powering the hydrogen trains can also be stored in lithium-ion batteries, which provide additional power during acceleration. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/maiden-...

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Maiden voyage for India’s first hydrogen train signals the country’s ambitions in this area

Strategy targets domestic production of 5 million tonnes of hydrogen by 2030 but concerns remain over technological bottlenecks

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"are there any bad @stephencollins.bsky.social cartoons?" No, of course not, I've been laughing at this one for three minutes

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Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I still have a couple of CD wallets (full of CDs!) in the boot of my car...

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Green Carbon Journal @greencarbon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Z. morio larvae efficiently degrades wheat straw without survival cost, showcasing a novel cooperative model whereby host enzymes target cellulose, whereas symbiotic bacteria dismantle lignin, enabling efficient lignocellulose breakdown #biodegradation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

The Titanic sinking under a moonlit sky.

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