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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry yesterday’s pangram was ridiculouslike

Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 18h

I’m kind of a fro-yo minimalist but tonight I tasted the 10yo’s kitchen-sink death-by-chocolate overflowing cup of glop and ngl it was amazing😭

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Matt Saucier @mattsaucier.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats and thanks to Neil Garg, Ralph Zhao, and co-workers for publishing #OrgLett 's first Safety Letter: Evaluation of the Popular Oxidant 2-Iodobenzoic Acid (IBX)

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 1d

There's every reason in the world to be wary of what's coming next, but we can still be happy for the children of Gaza and the hostages' families.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 1d

Ceasefire in effect. Not impossible that this is the end of the Gaza war.

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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 1d

There's been a lot of evidence put out there recently that scientists and tech folks should have to take more humanities courses in their education.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 2d

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.

Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds like these rock pigeons (Columba livia) took note.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 2d

Waking up to a morning of hope.

Israeli cabinet to approve deal today which will mark the beginning of a ceasefire. 24hrs later IDF will partially withdraw and 48-72hrs live hostages released, maybe most of the dead too. Then talks over next stages and Trump visit here.

A time to build.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel coverage is fast-paced, and there's often not time to reflect on the accomplishment before the next one. (Congrats to the Chem laureates, by the way.)

My day two story on why Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis were looking for macroscopic quantum tunneling and how they managed the tricky search:

Quantum Tunneling Is a Big Deal. This Year's Nobel Physics Prize Shows Why

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing

www.scientificamerican.com

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 3d

cc @laurahowes.bsky.social ???

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 3d

Gemüsewurst?

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 3d

Wait so even post-Brexit, the EU does business in English? Yes it’s pathetic I don’t know the answer to that question😭 Were French and German words banned too?

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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 3d

Well, well... who wants to be cited at the beginning of one of my papers next year? #NobelPrize

The first three references in my tutorial review, respectively citing the foundational works by Robson, Kitagawa, and Yaghi in the field of MOFs.

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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 3d

Have we written about MOFs before? Um, quite a bit:

cen.acs.org/topics/mater...

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

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Jamie Gould @jamieagould.bsky.social · 3d

Another person who would surely have been in contention is Gérard Férey, who sadly passed away in 2017. His MIL-53 and MIL-101 structures continue to wonder and show new applications.

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 3d

Two in a row at Berkeley🐻

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

cen.acs.org

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s a @science.org review Omar Yaghi published about 10 years ago

🧪 chemsky

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks

www.science.org

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 3d

So glad they included Robson #chemnobel

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 3d

www.science.org/content/arti...

Architects of molecular cages win chemistry Nobel

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi honored for developing metal-organic frameworks

www.science.org

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Science Magazine @science.org · 3d

#NextGenSci gave young scientists this prompt: In the form of a haiku, assess the strengths and weaknesses of science in your home country or a country in which you have lived.

Read a selection of the responses here: https://scim.ag/46HsE1D

NextGen Voices
National assessments in verse

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 4d

Actually I was 14

Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 4d

His farewell piece is really lovely

www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/10...

Column | Food critic Tom Sietsema is stepping down — and dropping his anonymity

After a quarter-century of reviewing restaurants, donning disguises and turning down photos, The Post’s food critic is ready for his next course.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 4d

I know the Post has been a sinking ship for a while now but the news that Tom Sietsema's leaving feels very sad

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