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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · 1d

This has got to be the best GA I’ve seen this year! #ChemSky

Sebastian Kozuch Comp Chem 🎗️ @kozuchsebastian.bsky.social · 3d

If you're suddenly interested in ℚ𝕦𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕞 𝕋𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘, hear me out:
Do you know the famous dead/alive cat?🙀
With @aromaticist.bsky.social group we found a case where the tunneling in rings makes them Aromatic and Antiaromatic at the same time!⌬
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 6d

#chemnobel #chemsky #ozchem

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · 12d

A pleasure to talk to Janek Betting about his research on nitrate/nitrite reduction for @chemistryworld.com

Big thank you also to Charlie Werth and @jennifernewton.bsky.social!

#ChemSky

www.chemistryworld.com/news/hydroxy...

Hydroxylamine discovery complicates water purification efforts

New insight into nitrate and nitrite reduction process reveals toxic intermediate

www.chemistryworld.com

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s the last day of #ISF2025 😱

It’s time for Erwin Reisner’s Tilden Prize Lecture! I actually worked on the same corridor as @reisnerlab.bsky.social for 5 years; let’s forget the time that someone from our lab accidentally hit their emergency power-off button 😅

#ChemSky #solarfuels

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Day 4 of #ISF2025 and Sideshow Bob in @chemicalscience.rsc.org Editor-in-Chief @aicooper.bsky.social’s plenary lecture was *not* on my bingo card!

#ChemSky #solarfuels #TheSimpsons

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Sep 2

Day 2 of #ISF2025! Really looking forward to hearing keynote talks from @chemicalscience.rsc.org Associate Editor Vincent Artero and Advisory Board member Elizabeth (Libby) Gibson!

#ChemSky #solarfuels

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · Sep 1

The first nobelium-containing molecules ever made + directly identified could herald a shake-up at the bottom of the periodic table as scientists reassess the physical phenomena that give heavy and superheavy elements their chemical properties. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/making-mol...

Making molecules with superheavy elements could shake up the periodic table – Physics World

New atom-by-atom technique demonstrated for the first time with nobelium might ensure that elements at the bottom of the table are grouped correctly

physicsworld.com

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Very excited to be representing @chemicalscience.rsc.org and @rsc.org at this year’s international #solarfuels conference! I’m looking forward to meeting everyone in Newcastle later today!

#ChemSky #ISF2025

Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Jul 4

Don’t miss early bird registration for the 5th International #SolarFuels conference!

We can’t wait to bring together a worldwide community, with lots of opportunities for ECRs. If you book by 21 July, you’ll save money and guarantee your place: rsc.li/isf2025 #ChemSky

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Aug 19

✨Spotlight✨

The Bob Hay Award Lectureship 🏆

Given in memory of Prof. Bob Hay by a chemist within 15 years of PhD completion, for exceptional research contributions to the MASC field and/or exceptional service to the community.

Deadline 📆 5th Sep

More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...

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2025 MASC Prize Calls

MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group 2025 MASC Prize Calls 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award given in memory of John Fossey: The RSC MASC Group P…

mascgroup.co.uk

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Jul 1

‘Within the inorganic crystal community there’s been a strong sentiment that you cannot have chiroptical effects under centrosymmetry,’ says Roel Tempelaar, a researcher at Northwestern University. New research on crystalline lithium cobalt selenium oxide challenges that. #ChemSky

Centrosymmetric crystal displays chiral optical responses previously believed to be impossible

Crystal with perfect symmetry around its centre surprises scientists with its asymmetric response to light

www.chemistryworld.com

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Dr Bee Hockin @beehockin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Come and find me at #WATOC2025 at the @rsc.org booth 🥳

I'm representing @pccp.rsc.org and my colleagues from @chemicalscience.rsc.org and @digital-discovery.rsc.org will join me tomorrow! #chemsky

Come and chat #compchem and grab a freebie while you're here! 🧪

#compchemsky

An R-S-C exhibition booth featuring a selection of leaflets promoting RSC journals as well as a large pop up banner celebrating the 25th anniversary of P-C-C-P. Behind the booth stands Bee, a white nonbinary person wearing a white shirt with lemons printed on it.

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Jun 13

The most energetic molecule ever, and only the second ever neutral nitrogen molecule, hexanitrogen, has been isolated and characterised by researchers in Germany. #ChemSky

Most energetic molecule ever made is stable – in liquid nitrogen

Nitrogen allotrope releases double the energy of the most powerful chemical explosives

www.chemistryworld.com

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Jun 12

23% of first-generation students said they felt like impostors, compared to just 2% of non-first-generation students. They were less likely to be invited to summer lab placements and less likely to report having family support.

First-generation graduate chemists face challenges throughout their entire academic lifetime

Study highlights need for mentorship and more inclusive networks

www.chemistryworld.com

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Jun 10

Very excited to be representing @chemicalscience.rsc.org at the 6th ERC Grantees Conference in Porvoo, Finland!

Nobel prize winner @feringalab.bsky.social is kicking us off and I’m telling myself not to be starstruck!

#ChemSky

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · May 15

It’s wonderful to see so many personal reflections from the community!

@callyhaynes.bsky.social was my day-to-day supervisor when I started my PhD and I also adore Larissa and Marion so the narrative here is very close to my heart!

#ChemSky

Charlie Hind @hindcharlie.bsky.social · May 9

New study from the Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) revealing the unique challenges resulting from being First Gen (first generation of a family to access Higher Education) in science and showing how these persist at every stage of a career in academia:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Being a first generation university graduate, the impact on a career in science

Being in the first generation to access Higher Education (First Gen) is a barrier to academic success. First Gens face difficulties transitioning into, completing, and attaining competitive grades in ...

pubs.rsc.org

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Apr 29

The 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded 'for the design and synthesis of molecular machines'. Ironically, we do not know exactly what constitutes a molecular machine. With the ultimate goal of unifying definitions and standardising terminology, Iupac needs your help!
#ChemSky #ScienceSky

Take two polls to help Iupac define molecular machines

An Iupac committee wants your input to guide its recommendations for key terms in the field

www.chemistryworld.com

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Apr 29

Ambiguities in chemical nomenclature can lead to misinterpretations that impact everything from data integration and intellectual property disputes to regulatory compliance and product safety. That's why Iupac is working to standardise the definitions of a molecular machine, and you can help!

Molecular machines won a Nobel prize nine years ago, but we still can’t decide what one is

World authority on chemistry nomenclature aims to clean up molecular machine terminology

www.chemistryworld.com

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics @pccp.rsc.org · Apr 24

PCCP and @digital-discovery.rsc.org are delighted to be providing poster prizes at EuChemS CompChem 2025 this September! Submit your oral and poster abstracts by 30 April for a chance to present your work at this excellent conference! Find out more at www.eucompchem2025.unina.it

Promotional graphic for the European Conference in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (EuChemS CompChem 2025).

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · Apr 23

Check out this week’s #ChemSciPicks from Gerard Roelfes (@roelfesgroup.bsky.social, @stratinghinst.bsky.social) et al.!

‘Genetically Encoded 3-Aminotyrosine as Catalytic Residue in a Designer Friedel-Crafts Alkylase’

Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

#ChemSky 🧪

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Apr 16

That’s awesome, congratulations! To be fair, you’ve been throwing out some crazy structures so not unexpected ;)

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · Apr 16

Check out this week’s #ChemSciPicks from Travis Dudding, Adam Huczyński and Thomas Lectka et al.!

‘A Highly Selective C-H Bond Fluorination Unlocks Conformational Reporting in a Complex Natural Product Derivative’

Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

#ChemSky 🧪

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Ellis Crawford @elliscrawford.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Apr 15

Chemical Science is excited to announce this year’s Chemical Science symposium, on the topic of imaging, biosensing and diagnostics!

Alongside celebrating 15 years of the journal, the winner of our first Chemical Science Lectureship will be presenting their […]

[Original post on fediscience.org]

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Apr 13

YES! Then you actually get a good idea of the real scope of a reaction!

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Apr 8

Check out our coverage of this exciting research here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ball-mi...

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Hugh Ryan @hughpatrickryan.bsky.social · Apr 4

Working week - done
#Switch2 - preordered
Piranha Plant camera - 💯

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