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Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · 1d

The latest issue of the @IUCr #crystallography Newsletter is now available at www.iucr.org/news/newslet...

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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 8d

My tutorial review on single crystal diffraction analysis is now online @crystengcomm.rsc.org! Students, supervisors, and reviewers: Please consider this thought-provoking read to discover many facets of the crystallographic practice that are often overlooked or misunderstood 💎 #crystallography

Useful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structures

Single crystal diffraction analysis remains the gold standard for the three-dimensional atomic structure characterization of framework materials such as metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic fram...

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Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · 3d

Consider "fried fish merchant" or "man eating fish". Would a hyphen be useful here?

Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

I can be quite pedantic about punctuation & sentence structure, etc, but I have to admit that the differences between hyphens, en dashes & em dashes remain a mystery to me. Is this a case where it should be an en dash?

Or have I completely missed the point?

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ACA: The Structural Science Society @acastructuralsci.bsky.social · 4d

💠 The ACA community mourns the loss of Dr. Benno P. Schoenborn (1938–2025), a pioneer in neutron protein crystallography whose work transformed structural biology.
Read more and share memories: 🔗 bit.ly/42wNvlM
#crystallography #InMemoriam #ACACommunity #neutrondiffraction

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 4d

Start networking for the IUCr 2026 Congress with the IUCr Early Career Scientist Division
Details at:
www.iucr.org/iucr/ab...

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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 4d

They're so awesome, and the googly eyes are truly the 'chef's kiss' 😄

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 9d

We’re thrilled to announce that abstract submissions for IUCr 2026 are officially OPEN 🎉

🗓 Deadline: February 15, 2026
📍 Location: Calgary, Canada

🔗 Submit your abstract today: www.iucr2026.org/

#IUCr2026 #CallForAbstracts #Crystallography #StructuralScience #science #IUCr

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MiTeGen @mitegen.com · 11d

Introducing the American Union of Crystallography - Its objective is to become the independent, enduring voice for crystallographic science in the United States - Learn more about the AUC and how you can support it zurl.co/Lnc7H

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 15d

As we’re tied with 3 hours to go in this round, the orthorhombic structure of #Perovskite was discovered by Irish X-ray crystallography pioneer Helen Dick Magaw. So a vote for Perovskite is not only a vote for this amazing mineral, but also showers honor on this wonderful #WomanOfSTEM. #MinCup25

X-ray crystallography pioneer Helen Dick Magaw

Perovskite, eventual MinCup25 champion, if we all pull together, that is.

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 16d

Vote for #Perovskite or risk disappointing these Uruguayan future geologists! #TeamPerovskite #MinCup25

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...

LeSuPer @lesuper.bsky.uy · 17d

This is how I recruit faithful #Perovskite fans one by one.

Secondary-school students learn about Solid State Chemistry in my Lab at the Facultad de Química, UdelaR (Montevideo - Uruguay) and they get their own #Perovskite model gift. 🫶

#MinCup25 #VotePerovskite #TeamPerovskite

Four hands of teenagers with labcoats holding Perovskite models made out of 8 resin octahedra connected with green beeds and a yellow sphere in the hole left by the octaedron.

One hand holding Perovskite model made out of 8 resin octahedra connected with green beeds and a yellow sphere in the hole left by the octaedron

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Simple as possible - not simpler @ockamsrazor.bsky.social · 17d

Reminded me of @mrjamesob.bsky.social Geography teacher
who James quotes as saying "don't know, nobody knows, don't need to know"

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 17d

🧬 The IUCr 2026 Call for Abstracts opens October 1, 2025.

Now’s the time to explore ideas, gather collaborators, and get ready.

📝 Stay in the loop: iucr2026.org

Let your research rise under the Alberta skies.

#IUCr2026 #Crystallography

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 18d

Do you like things to be orderly but still a little unpredictable? Check out sessions like “Quasicrystalline, incommensurate modulated, and composite phases” or “Approximate Periodic Symmetry”, just to name a couple.

Browse the microsymposium list at www.iucr2026.org/mic...

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Gavi @gavirius.bsky.social · 19d

📣 The #GE3C has awarded the Gold Medal 🎖️, its highest distinction, to Professor Santiago García Granda, from the University of Oviedo and President of the IUCr, in recognition of his extensive and outstanding 🔝 scientific career in the field of crystallography 💎.

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Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw 🍉 @drheaddamage.bsky.social · 20d

I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the contact, I'll try to set up a meeting. Let's see if we can find common ground between the two techniques. They're both based on the very same principles after all! lookingatnothing.com/index.php/ar...

Paul Ewald’s treatise on Fourier Transforms for crystallography and more

I recently stumbled across this great article by Paul Ewald on using and understanding the Fourier transform (FT) for crystallography. It’s not been downloaded all that much, which for a foun…

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Oxford Materials @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social · 24d

We are very sad to announce the death of Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS.

Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed.

www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

Prof Sir Peter Hirsch: 1925-2025

www.materials.ox.ac.uk

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Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · 20d

Originally marketed by Enraf Nonius company in Netherlands

Shao-Liang Zheng @shaoliangzheng.bsky.social · 20d

crystal grinder used to create a sphere-shaped crystal for #ChargeDensityAnalysis 😀 #crystallography #education

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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 23d

This is awesome! #crystallography

Reciprocal Space Station @rs-station.bsky.social · 23d

Where has this awesome space group symmetry visualizer been all my life? spacegroups.symotter.org

Jmol - Space Group Symmetry

spacegroups.symotter.org

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Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · 24d

Agreed

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Hanna Boström @hannabostroem.bsky.social · 24d

How can you be a solid-state chemist and vote anything but #perovskite ?

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 24d

#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 2: It's all about how minerals interact with humans as dramatic #stibnite faces off against futuristic #perovskite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Round 2 Match 2 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Stibnite vs Perovskite Photo credits: Gianandrea Ghirri and Enrico Bonacina

www.mineralcup.org

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 24d

🧪 The countdown to IUCr2026 is officially on. The Call for Abstracts opens October 1, 2025, & this is your opportunity to share your discoveries on the global crystallography stage.

Stay informed and get the details first at 👉 iucr2026.org
Let science, structure, and scenery collide.

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Rigaku Oxford Diffraction @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations our social media competition winner: lnkd.in/eqNhAwxb by Kinan Al-Namourah who got the most likes (107).

Honorable mentions to Diane Dickie in 2nd (90 likes) lnkd.in/etQHucAr
...and @stecanossa.bsky.social in 3rd (69 aggregated likes) bsky.app/profile/stec...

#ROD10atECM #ECM35

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 27d

Chocolate intake is associated with the number of Nobel Prize recipients.

Source NEJM : www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Shao-Liang Zheng @shaoliangzheng.bsky.social · 28d

A great approach: "analysis of #CrystalStructures in science classes at #HighSchools offers a wide range of opportunities for illustrating and improving understanding of fundamental #StructuralChemistry concepts"😀 doi.org/10.1107/S160...
@japplcryst.iucr.org #K12 #crystallography #Education

Crystallography in school

Preconditions and applications for teaching crystallography in high school chemistry classes are presented.

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