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UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A huge thank you to @clairecarmalt.bsky.social who is stepping down today after 10 incredible years leading UCL Chemistry! Under her leadership the department has gone from strength to strength and we are incredibly grateful for her dedication and wish her the absolute best 💜

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UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Helen Hailes who has been awarded this year’s #RSC Interdisciplinary Prize!

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Synthesis Journal @synthesis1969.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Join us for a #Cheminar on Thieme Chemistry Best Paper Awards🏆 with Prof. Samer Gnaim (Israel), Prof. Go Hirai (Japan), and Dr. David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social (UK) 📅 June 24, 2026 ⏰ 2 PM (CEST) Sign up today👉 buff.ly/m34vg9u

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Excited to share our student startup problem-based learning approach to teaching Sustainable Chemistry at the Thieme Chemistry Best Paper Awards #ChemSky 🧪 #GreenChemistryEducation #SustainableChemistry

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UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Peter Coveney recognised as part of the inaugural SCW75 by Scientific Computing World — celebrating leaders shaping the future of scientific computing across HPC, AI, simulation and research infrastructure. #SCW75 #ScientificComputing #HPC #AI #ResearchComputing #Simulation

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 13/05/2026

Register now for our upcoming scientific meeting on 1-2 May, and explore emerging routes for light-driven catalysis with leading researchers in chemistry and optical physics. royalsociety.org/science-even...

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 30/04/2026

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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We’re opening our doors on Saturday 13 June for a Science Fair full of fun, discovery, and interactive activities for all ages. Bring the whole family and dive into a world of experiments, demonstrations, and surprising scientific wonders. Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

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Come to our Science Fair! Free admission. Saturday June 13, 12-5pm. Family friendly talks and activities. UCL Faculty of Life Sciences.

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

An #AI model informed by calculations from a #quantum computer can better predict the behaviour of a complex physical system over the long term than current best models that use only conventional computers, says new study led by @uclchemistry.bsky.social researchers: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ap...

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Quantum computer improves AI predictions

An AI model informed by calculations from a quantum computer can better predict the behaviour of a complex physical system over the long term than current best models that use only conventional comput...

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 20/04/2026

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UK Catalysis Hub @ukcatalysishub.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Work with us - Research Fellow in Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy at @uclchemistry.bsky.social based in Harwell, Oxfordshire. Deadline 20 April ➡️ tinyurl.com/yzsc8fpu #catalysis

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Last month we celebrated 200 years of #Chemistry at @ucl.ac.uk with an immersive show at @bloomsburytheatre.bsky.social 🎭 After the show we asked the audience if they’ve learned something everyone should know 💡 www.youtube.com/shorts/brgaU... @uclchemistry.bsky.social #UCL200 #history #Lonsdale

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Chemistry #UCL200: Did you learn something today that you think everyone should know? 💡🎭

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

#Chemistry takes centre stage as the department celebrates #UCL200! 🧪🎭 www.youtube.com/shorts/L2_mf... @uclchemistry.bsky.social took us from Victorian London to World War 2, to the 1970s and to present day, marking major scientific discoveries and brilliant minds that have shaped the department 👏

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#Chemistry takes centre stage as the department celebrates #UCL200! 🧪🎭

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UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The stage is set! There are a few tickets still available. www.bloomsburytheatre.com/events

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It's happening tomorrow! 🤩 Last few seats left: bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0.... All profit from ticket sales will go towards @uclchemistry.bsky.social Student Hardship Fund.

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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Energetic and dynamic principles of potassium electrodeposition in potassium metal batteries dlvr.it/TRXw3f Yang Xu, Yupei Han, & Pan He @uclchemistry.bsky.social @cp-joule.bsky.social #APSSummit26

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Big dreams 🌎 Andrea on MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry course shares her aspirations for the future ☕️🔬 www.youtube.com/shorts/LpNFj... Learn about the inspiring people and key discoveries of @uclchemistry.bsky.social at our #UCL200 celebration on Thu 19 Mar: bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0...

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Big dreams 🌎 Andrea on MSc Sustainable Chemistry course shares her aspirations for the future ☕️🔬

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EPL (Europhysics Letters) @epljournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

FREE TO READ - PERSPECTIVE - OPEN ACCESS: Towards animate droplets: Active, adaptive, and autonomous by Joe Forth, Robert Malinowski and Giorgio Volpe #FreeToRead #Perspective #OpenAccess @uclchemistry.bsky.social @livunisps.bsky.social 👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Just over a week till our #UCL200 Chemistry celebration! Learn about the impact of Dame #KathleenLonsdale, Sir #WilliamRamsey and others who helped shape the #Chemistry Department at UCL: bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0... @uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

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Joe Forth @joeforth.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

New paper! Active Droplets: Active, Adaptive, Autonomous. Me, Rob Malinowski, and Giorgio Volpe pitch droplets as energy converting systems that act collectively. Out in @epljournal.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social and @livunisps.bsky.social. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #chemsky

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Learn more about MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry and explore modern labs and state-of-the-art facilities at the UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening on Weds 25 Feb 5-7:30pm! www.youtube.com/shorts/GA3S6... Register now: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... @uclchemistry.bsky.social @davidpalomas.bsky.social

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Dr Palomas shares his favourite aspect of MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry course ⚗️

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Meet MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry course staff and get a tour of Manufacturing Futures Lab at at the UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening on Weds 25 Feb 5-7:30pm! 🗓️ www.youtube.com/shorts/XYdwk... Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... @uclchemistry.bsky.social

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Sneak peak into Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL East used by MSc Sustainable Chemistry students 🧪

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Come to Bloomsbury Theatre to celebrate 200 years of UCL Chemistry! This immersive event will feature talks, short films, and the re-creation of Victorian-era experiments @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Tickets: www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0...

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Immersive event to celebrate 200 years of chemistry at UCL

Experiments from the Victoria era will be recreated in the Bloomsbury Theatre at an event celebrating 200 years of chemistry at UCL.

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Join us on Weds 25 Feb to explore our innovative MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry and MSc Advanced #Materials #Science programmes offered at UCL East! 🧑‍🔬 Discover specialist teaching spaces and speak to world-leading academics and current students: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... @uclchemistry.bsky.social

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UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A Nobel Prize winning moment at UCL Illuminate!

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Prof. Christoph Salzmann @salzmannlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The Winter Olympics and ice. Listen to me on BBC’s Unexpected Elements discussing ice. ❄️ www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... @uclchemistry.bsky.social

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BBC Audio | Unexpected Elements | Let the games begin

How did one extra stitch cause a ski jumping scandal? -- Physics.

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UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Sir Richard Catlow, recognised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his outstanding diplomatic efforts in the field of science. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

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Chemistry professor honoured with science diplomacy award

Professor Sir Richard Catlow (UCL Chemistry) has been recognised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his outstanding diplomatic efforts in the field of science.

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Congratulations to Dr Paola Pinilla @uclmaps.bsky.social and @drmikebooth.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social on being named finalists in the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK for their work on planet-forming discs and on new ways to use DNA in medicine www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Exciting news: I've been selected as a Finalist for the Blavatnik Awards in the UK 🧬 🥳 This is an incredible honour and I'm thankful to all my past and present group members, whom I have had the privilege to work with, and my collaborators and mentors www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Image of all the finalists for the Blavatnik Awards in the UK, which includes my face!!!

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 10/02/2026

Congratulations to our former Foreign Secretaries, Sir Richard Catlow FRS and Sir Martyn Poliakoff FRS, for being awarded the 2026 David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy from the AAAS for their work building global networks promoting scientific collaboration. bit.ly/46J1XsL

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Martijn Zwijnenburg @zwijcompchem.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

My colleague Helen Fielding is organising the 2026 Women in Photochemistry Symposium at @uclchemistry.bsky.social on Wednesday the 4th of March with talks by Susannah-Bourne-Worster (Durham), Maria Sanz (King's College) and Marsha Lester (UPenn). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-p... #chemsky

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Women in Photochemistry Symposium 2026

Join us for an afternoon of inspiring talks and networking at the Women in Photochemistry Symposium!

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

@ucl.ac.uk is marking its 200th birthday this year & with #chemistry as one of the 1st subjects offered, we're announcing our 1st faculty flagship event on Thu 19 Mar! Join us on an immersive journey through the dynamic history of @uclchemistry.bsky.social: www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0...

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guidobolognesi.bsky.social @guidobolognesi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

4-year joint international #PhD project is available in my group at @uclchemistry.bsky.social in collaboration with A*STAR Singapore to work on Integrated Capillary Microfluidics for POCT. Topics: #biosensing, #nanoparticles, #microfluidics, lateral flow assays. More info 👉 lnkd.in/epDSnD-s

Particle microfluidics group now recruiting

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#Graduate open events are taking place this Jan & Feb: 🟣 online open days; 🟣 in-person open evening; 🟣 risk, disaster & humanitarian careers event. Browse/register now: bit.ly/4pt3PMM. @uclrdr.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @statisticsucl.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social

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CrystEngComm @crystengcomm.rsc.org · 08/01/2026

🔓Take a look at the work behind this week's inside front cover by Jeremy K. Cockcroft and colleagues in which they explore non-covalent interactions in binary aromatic complexes. 💡👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE... 📍 @uclchemistry.bsky.social 🧪

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

What makes this special? 👩‍🎓 Co-created with MSc students at @uclchemistry.bsky.social 📚 Builds practical skills + systems thinking 🌍 Open science resources for global classrooms Students aren’t just learning. They are co-authors of solutions. ▶️ Videos: www.youtube.com/@RECOMPENSEp...

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RECOMPENSE project

The RECOMPENSE project addresses the challenge of recycling polystyrene (PS) waste generated in laboratories, which contributes significantly to global plastic pollution. With only 1% of PS being recy...

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

On Day 16 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we highlight the discovery of #phosphorene #nanoribbons and their potential for next-generation #electronics (a study involving Professor Chris Howard of UCL Physics & Astronomy and Dr @clancylab.bsky.social of @uclchemistry.bsky.social): www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

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Joe Forth @joeforth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New pre-print! Giorgio Volpe, Rob Malinowski, and myself discuss the possibilities of making materials from droplets that can move, process information, and make decisions collectively. @livunisps.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2512.13425 #chemsky

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

On Day 12 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share some #BTS from The Royal Society’s documentary on #KathleenLonsdale filmed at @ucl.ac.uk & featuring Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS & Kathleen Lonsdale’s student Prof Mike Glazer 👩‍🔬 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwcf....

Kathleen Lonsdale’s student Prof Mike Glazer, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS

Videographer, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS looking at a journal

Images of Kathleen Lonsdale laid out on a table

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