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@gomobel.bsky.social
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I'm Fernando, a science communicator based in Cambridge, UK. Co-Founder of @agata.agency. I talk about chemistry, climate, materials, and sometimes books, music and politics, a veces #EnEspañol. Views are my own [He/Him] #ChemSky #Scicomm #ComunicaCiencia

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Agata Communications @handle.invalid · 23/09/2026
At AGATA, we work remotely. That’s why, every few months, the whole team gets together in person. 😊This time, we met in the lovely village of Valdelaguna, in Madrid, Spain. We spent four days swapping our day-to-day work for more dynamic activities. 🧵 👇
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Patricia Ruiz Guevara @patriciaenverde.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
48 horas en la Guayana Francesa, rodeada de selva amazónica y tecnología, en el Puerto Espacial de Kurú @cnes.fr. Así fue vivir un lanzamiento de la @esa.int. En este caso de los satélites FLEX y Sentinel-3C, que ya vigilan nuestras cosechas, océanos e incendios. ¡Qué fuerte la ciencia espacial! 🚀🛰️💚
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sigo indignadísimo con esto; cada vez que un influencer llama al queso fresco este “queso cotáash” me dan microinfartos y muere un gatito. Que pare esta moda por favor.
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Agata Communications @handle.invalid · 11/08/2026
As we've learnt during the #AGATAEclipse series, the way we look at eclipses has changed throughout history. In the past, the sudden darkness of the sky in broad daylight was often terrifying. Stay tuned for the last post of our series tomorrow, which explores one of the most menacing myths. (1/14)
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Juanjo @jjsaenzde.eurosky.social · 24/05/2026
Una de las mejores decisiones que tomamos @gomobel.bsky.social y yo cuando montamos @agata.agency fue hacer semanas de 4 días. Llevamos 4 años con ello y va: muy bien.
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Las empresas pioneras en la semana de cuatro días se reafirman: “Nadie se va. El empleado es más eficiente si lo cuidas”
Cuatro años después del ‘boom’ mediático y político, la mayoría de empresas que recortaron un día de jornada hace años mantienen este esquema laboral y reivindican los resultados positivos: “Hay más i...
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SPARK-E @sparke-eu.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We're live! 👋 SPARK-e just launched its official Bluesky account. We're an EU-funded research project developing smart materials to to make energy-efficient electronics. Follow along for science, updates, and the occasional deep dive into phase change materials 🔬 www.spark-e.eu
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Asterisk @asterisk-eu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
📢Are you ready for a new webinar on #sustainability and #greenenergy? 📆See you on 26 May ⏰At 13:00 CEST 🔴Live on our YouTube channel! We’ll be joined by Olesia Danyliv, who will be representing our sister project SWEETHY 🌊 Find out more info here👉 asteriskproject.eu/dont-miss-ou...
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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 02/04/2026
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
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Agata Communications @handle.invalid · 01/04/2026
We’re going back to the Moon! 🚀🌕 NASA’s #ArtemisII mission is set to launch, carrying four astronauts to the far side of the satellite. However, they won’t land on its surface — at least not for now. This ten-day round trip will serve as a test ahead of the Artemis IV Moon landing mission in 2028.
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Asociación Española de Comunicación Científica (AEC2) @aecomcientifica.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Súper programa #GeneraciónZiencia2026🤩👇 8 de mayo en CaixaForum Madrid El evento joven de #AEC2 y @caixaresearch.bsky.social Inscríbete➡️ caixaforum.org/es/madrid/p/... Con Lucía Torres @mongabay.com @gomobel.bsky.social @raffiovalentina.bsky.social aecomunicacioncientifica.org/mil-y-una-ma...
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Mil y una maneras de abrirse paso en la divulgación científica - AEC2
GENERACIÓN ZIENCIA 2026 Si te interesa la ciencia y quieres aprender a contarla al mundo, este evento es para ti 🚀 El viernes 8 de mayo, CaixaForum Madrid acoge la 3ª edición de Generación Ziencia, un...
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Paul McGonigal @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Fantastic summary by @gomobel.bsky.social of our recent paper about state-independent electrolytes - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... The self-assembly of diffuse aromatic cations is key to maintaining the conducivity across phase transitions.
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Photochemistry swaps the oxygen atom in oxetane rings with nitrogen, carbon, or sulfur at a single stroke. @mjkoh87.bsky.social’s team pushed skeletal editing beyond aromatic structures, a stimulating discovery in organic chemistry: www.chemistryworld.com/news/stimula... 🧪 #ChemSky @nature.com
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‘Stimulating discovery’ leads to strategy to swap oxygen in saturated rings
Skeletal editing pushed beyond aromatic structures, sparking new opportunities in drug discovery
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Babis Pappas @pappasgroup.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Thank you very much @gomobel.bsky.social for highliting our work on @chemistryworld.com. Chiral acyl phosphates meet self-assembly..! Thanks also @claudiabonfio.bsky.social and @jeannecrassousiscr.bsky.social for the very nice comments about our work!!
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Headlining the @chemistryworld.com research section with not one but two interesting stories on cool chemistry: chirality and skeletal editing. 1️⃣🧬 www.chemistryworld.com/news/chiral-... 2️⃣🦴 www.chemistryworld.com/news/stimula... Please do share if you enjoy ☺️ #ChemSky 🧪 @absw.bsky.social
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Swapping oxygen in oxetanes? 🪄 Done! With skeletal editing 🙌🏼🦴✨ My latest @chemistryworld.com story covers a cool strategy to introduce nitrogen, carbon, or sulfur instead at a single stroke 🖌️🎨 Amazing, almost magic @nature.com paper by @mjkoh87.bsky.social 👉🏼 www.chemistryworld.com/news/stimula...
chemistryworld.com
‘Stimulating discovery’ leads to strategy to swap oxygen in saturated rings
Skeletal editing pushed beyond aromatic structures, sparking new opportunities in drug discovery
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jeannecrassousiscr.bsky.social @jeannecrassousiscr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Indeed a very interesting work. Congratulations to the authors. Thanks for the job Fer!
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Really cool stuff by @pappasgroup.bsky.social in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social – chiral chemical fuels drive molecules to self-assemble into different structures, depending on handedness 🧬 My latest for @chemistryworld.com 👉🏼 www.chemistryworld.com/news/chiral-... #ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Chemistry
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Chiral chemical fuels trigger two very different supramolecular self-assemblies
Handedness of self-assembling peptides might explain the origins of homochirality in biological systems
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davidbowman17.bsky.social @davidbowman17.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Hey #Chemsky! Here’s a curious connection between Nobel prize winning metal-organic frameworks, Mudéjar art and my hometown of Zaragoza, in Spain. Discover my latest opinion piece for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/my-a... 🧪 #Chemistry #NobelPrize #History #MOFpapers
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My arcane and curious connection to metal-organic frameworks
Fernando Gomollón-Bel uncovers a link between his hometown and the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The connection between Nobel-prize winning MOFs and Mudéjar maybe goes beyond beautiful geometric structures – @davidfairen.bsky.social believes the first ever metal-organic framework could be a compound discovered in my hometown, Zaragoza, in 1973. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/my-a...
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My arcane and curious connection to metal-organic frameworks
Fernando Gomollón-Bel uncovers a link between his hometown and the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry
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ecoinsomnes @ecoinsomnes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
¿Os acordáis de que estábamos montando una pequeña expo sobre el #lobo? Por el camino se nos ha sumado un montón de gente bonita y ya (casi) existe. Tenemos sitio y fecha, apuntad 💚 @fondolobo.bsky.social @agata.agency @adarasanchez.bsky.social @claracervino.bsky.social #anafernandezpero #cesargil
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Asterisk @asterisk-eu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
✳️ We are launching the blog section of our website with some basic, but essential information: What is the objective of ASTERISK and who is involved in the project? 👥 📖 We encourage you to read the full content on our website! 🔗 Link here asteriskproject.eu/asterisk-rec...
The image shows the members of the ASTERISK team.
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
My latest for @chemistryworld.com on a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into ethylene with 99% efficiency and selectivity. With comments from @alextbarth.bsky.social and @casadevallcarla.bsky.social: www.chemistryworld.com/news/photoca... #ChemSky @science.org 🧪
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Photocatalytic process converts carbon dioxide into ethylene with 99% selectivity
New process uses light and gold nanoparticles to hydrogenate carbon dioxide into key chemical feedstock
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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I’m done 👇
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Genko (Miguel) @genko.es · 10/09/2025
No había visto un tuit tan definitorio de esta Españita nuestra desde aquella joya del otro lado que ahora no encuentro: “España es un señor dando de comer a los patos, apoyado en el cartel de prohibido dar de comer a los patos, quejándose de lo gordos que están.”
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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Science! Art! @bethanyhalford.bsky.social! Three of my favorite things 🧪#chemsky
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Mystery solved: Jackson Pollock used manganese blue in famous 1948 painting
Scientists discover and characterize previously unidentified pigment in the artist's palette
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Wohooo! 🥳 My article on new photochemical reactions to convert CO₂ into ethylene is now among the top three most read in @chemistryworld.com 📈 Thanks everyone for reading and sharing. If you want to learn more about it, click here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/photoca... @science.org #ChemSky 🧪
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
My latest for @chemistryworld.com on a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into ethylene with 99% efficiency and selectivity. With comments from @alextbarth.bsky.social and @casadevallcarla.bsky.social: www.chemistryworld.com/news/photoca... #ChemSky @science.org 🧪
chemistryworld.com
Photocatalytic process converts carbon dioxide into ethylene with 99% selectivity
New process uses light and gold nanoparticles to hydrogenate carbon dioxide into key chemical feedstock
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
King's is always absolutely beautiful, but it looked specially nice from our punt today – thanks for the invite @claudiabonfio.bsky.social 🩵🚣🏻
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Dr Joby Razzelliot @jobium.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Last chance to apply! Closing date is the 28th!
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Blue poop? 💩🥶 Call your doctor! My latest story in @cenmag.bsky.social about a pill to detect IBDs like Crohn's and colitis:
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Gaia seems unimpressed with the new design for @cenmag.bsky.social 😛 #ACSFall2025 cc @bribarbu.bsky.social
A black and white cat on top of an issue of the Chemical and Engineering News magazine
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
No sé qué me fascina más, si la moda de poner requesón en absolutamente todas las recetas supuestamente saludables o que todo el mundo pronuncie “cottage” como si fuera una palabra francesa: cotáash. Virgencita del amor hermoso.
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
At the @cenmag.bsky.social #Talented12 symposium in #ACSFall2025 🎉 Enjoying the really cool presentations from this year's class ✨ Kudos @craigofwaffles.bsky.social 🙏🏼
A conference room full of people A pile of magazines and brochures with the title "Talented twelve"
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Thanks to a responsive sugar polymer, a new pill diagnoses diseases dyeing poop blue 🥶💩 This noninvasive test could improve the quality of life of over 7 million people living with IBDs like Crohn's and colitis. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social 👉🏼 cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #ChemSky 🧪
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Responsive sugar polymer pill dyes poop if it detects gut inflammation
If it’s blue, call your doctor
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
So great to catch up with my dear @cenmag.bsky.social friends, and meeting some for the first time 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @bribarbu.bsky.social @laurahowes.bsky.social @ginacvitale.bsky.social @cdellamore.bsky.social #ACSFall2025
Fernando, Laura and Bri smiling in a selfie and wearing conference badgesFernando, Gina and Bri posing and smiling in front of a panel with logos
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Blue poop? 💩🥶 Call your doctor! My latest story in @cenmag.bsky.social about a pill to detect IBDs like Crohn's and colitis:
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Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Hope is not something I feel frequently right now, so yesterday was a very special day. I had the privilege to spend the day with the #CASFutureLeaders - meeting each of these brilliant scientists who are changing the world through their leadership and outreach was so uplifting and inspiring!
group of people each holding a bookthree people smilingthree people smiling while taking a selfie
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
"Over a two-year period the impacts of climate change added an average £361 to every UK household’s food bills." eciu.net/media/press-...
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Climate change fuelled migration poses “growing threat” to UK food…
New analysis finds £3 billion worth of UK food, including rice, tea and mangos, comes from countries experiencing high levels of displacement fuelled by climate change.
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Definition of imposter syndrome: speaking at a workshop right after #ChemSky stars 💫✨ @drdre4000.bsky.social and @jenheemstra.bsky.social 🥰 Such an honour to share the stage with them at the #CASFutureLeaders programme 🎉
Fernando, Andre and Jen smiling in a selfie.
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Beyond thrilled to return, once again, to Columbus! 🇺🇸 For the second consecutive year, @agata.agency collaborates with the @acs.org #CASFutureLeaders program, with a dedicated workshop on #scicomm and boosting the impact of research 🚀 Thanks, @petercarlton.bsky.social for the invitation!🩵
Fernando smiling in a selfie, pointing to a giant sign saying "Columbus" at the airport of this city in OhioPeter and Fernando smiling in a selfie
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Big Hippo 🇮🇪 @bighippoart.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Walking along the cliffs is quite an adventure. Somewhere in Ireland.
A lonesome tourist walking near the cliff edge
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
For the first time, researchers have synthesised and characterised the ‘only possible structure’ with four hydroxyl groups linked to a carbon atom – methanetetrol. My latest story for @chemistryworld.com 👉🏼 www.chemistryworld.com/news/strange... #ChemSky #Science #chemistry 🧪 ⚗️
The structure of methanetetrol, a molecule with one carbon atom and four hydroxyl (alcohol) groups. Alongside some chemical schemes showcasing different decomposition pathways.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
It’s good to remember there are still people out there doing the right thing.
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New York opens first-in-nation homeless shelter for transgender people
The shelter will offer services to 150 residents.
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
For the first time, researchers have synthesised and characterised the ‘only possible structure’ with four hydroxyl groups linked to a carbon atom – methanetetrol. My latest story for @chemistryworld.com 👉🏼 www.chemistryworld.com/news/strange... #ChemSky #Science #chemistry 🧪 ⚗️
The structure of methanetetrol, a molecule with one carbon atom and four hydroxyl (alcohol) groups. Alongside some chemical schemes showcasing different decomposition pathways.
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
By simulating the conditions of interstellar ice – ultra low temperature and pressure – researchers prepared methanetetrol, an elusive structure with four OH groups linked to a single carbon atom. My latest for @chemistryworld.com here 👉🏼 www.chemistryworld.com/news/strange... #ChemSky #Science 🧪
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Strange tetra-alcohol synthesised in simulated interstellar ice
After finding 'impossible molecule' methanetriol, team reaches 'the final frontier' and detects methanetetrol after 100 years
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
One, two, three...wait is that FOUR hydroxyl groups in a single carbon atom? Sounds impossible, but it's true! Researchers simulated interstellar ice conditions to create methanetetrol. Just out in @chemistryworld.com, by yours truly: www.chemistryworld.com/news/strange... #ChemSky 🧪 #RealTimeChem
the structure of Methanetetrol
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Marshall Julius 🚀 @marshalljulius.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Welcome to Jurassic Pork 🦕🥟🦖 #Delicious #Dinosaur #Dumplings
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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A new Nature Catalysis paper suggests nickel is an efficient alternative to copper in the electrochemical reduction of CO₂ into long-chain and branched hydrocarbons ⛽♻️🚙✈️ Read my latest article for @cenmag.bsky.social here: cen.acs.org/materials/mo... @ethz.ch @iciq.org #ChemSky 🧪
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Nickel catalysts could lead to cheaper, more accessible transportation fuels
Electrochemical studies suggest nickel is an efficient alternative to copper in the production of long-chain and branched hydrocarbons
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