Nessa Carson
@supersciencegrl.co.uk
Digital chemist & chemistry automation nerd | Lives in a historical canalside cottage | Learner of comp chem and Swedish | Views are mine | She/they. Macclesfield, UK
Good morning to everyone except Classic FM, who is playing Christmas music 😵💫
We also have our Christmas tree up at work...
We also have our Christmas tree up at work...
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Good morning to everyone except Classic FM, who is playing Christmas music 😵💫
We also have our Christmas tree up at work...
We also have our Christmas tree up at work...
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Hidden metal hearts;
Absorbing light, revealing
Coupling’s changing shape.
Do palladium clusters really retain their structures during coupling reactions? Glad to report our journey into following these reactions by X-rays is now out (1/2):
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#chemsky
Absorbing light, revealing
Coupling’s changing shape.
Do palladium clusters really retain their structures during coupling reactions? Glad to report our journey into following these reactions by X-rays is now out (1/2):
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#chemsky
Investigating Transformations in Catalytic Pathways and Site Selectivity of Pd3 Nanocluster-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions
Atom-precise nanoclusters (NCs) of Pd have emerged as highly active and selective catalytic systems for cross-coupling and hydrogenation reactions. The unique Pd speciation in NCs has enabled unconven...
pubs.acs.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hidden metal hearts;
Absorbing light, revealing
Coupling’s changing shape.
Do palladium clusters really retain their structures during coupling reactions? Glad to report our journey into following these reactions by X-rays is now out (1/2):
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#chemsky
Absorbing light, revealing
Coupling’s changing shape.
Do palladium clusters really retain their structures during coupling reactions? Glad to report our journey into following these reactions by X-rays is now out (1/2):
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#chemsky
He did the ultimate faceplant! I have no idea how Faraday gets his body to these angles. Also note the very important squished ear. #FPotD
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
He did the ultimate faceplant! I have no idea how Faraday gets his body to these angles. Also note the very important squished ear. #FPotD
The life of a scientist is when a company asks you in earnest out of the blue whether you might be interested in the "gross calorific value measurement of feedstuffs, faeces, and urine" 😶🧪 #chemchat
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The life of a scientist is when a company asks you in earnest out of the blue whether you might be interested in the "gross calorific value measurement of feedstuffs, faeces, and urine" 😶🧪 #chemchat
TIL Stuxnet, a computer worm which physically destroys centrifuges en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet #chemchat
Stuxnet - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
TIL Stuxnet, a computer worm which physically destroys centrifuges en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet #chemchat
He's stretching ahead of the big match
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
He's stretching ahead of the big match
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
UK #chemsky people, this TV documentary series starts tonight about the kinds of work we do in pharma research science! I have high hopes www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-k...
👀Tonight, 9pm, Channel 4 - Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures. Find out how research is beating cancer.
Thrilled that this project is about to go out into the wild. From the initial concept to… | ...
👀Tonight, 9pm, Channel 4 - Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures. Find out how research is beating cancer.
Thrilled that this project is about to go out into the wild. From the initial concept to fin...
www.linkedin.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
UK #chemsky people, this TV documentary series starts tonight about the kinds of work we do in pharma research science! I have high hopes www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-k...
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Out now in JACS! We show that under typical Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling conditions, bulky ligands can promote palladium-catalyzed protodeboronation.
📜 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
🖥️ github.com/chertianser/...
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📜 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
🖥️ github.com/chertianser/...
[1/5]
Bulky Phosphine Ligands Promote Palladium-Catalyzed Protodeboronation
The Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction is plagued by protodeboronation, an undesirable side reaction with water that consumes the boronic acid derivatives required for the cross-coupling reaction....
pubs.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Out now in JACS! We show that under typical Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling conditions, bulky ligands can promote palladium-catalyzed protodeboronation.
📜 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
🖥️ github.com/chertianser/...
[1/5]
📜 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
🖥️ github.com/chertianser/...
[1/5]
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Join our monthly online InChI Discussion session - the first on Thurs 27th Nov at 5pm UK time.
Sign up via Eventbrite (one meeting at a time, sorry), or join our mailing list and we'll send a recurring .ics file
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mailchi.mp/inchi-trust/... @iupac.org #chemsky
Sign up via Eventbrite (one meeting at a time, sorry), or join our mailing list and we'll send a recurring .ics file
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mailchi.mp/inchi-trust/... @iupac.org #chemsky
InChI Discussions
Monthly discussions on the InChI developments
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November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Join our monthly online InChI Discussion session - the first on Thurs 27th Nov at 5pm UK time.
Sign up via Eventbrite (one meeting at a time, sorry), or join our mailing list and we'll send a recurring .ics file
www.eventbrite.com/e/inchi-disc...
mailchi.mp/inchi-trust/... @iupac.org #chemsky
Sign up via Eventbrite (one meeting at a time, sorry), or join our mailing list and we'll send a recurring .ics file
www.eventbrite.com/e/inchi-disc...
mailchi.mp/inchi-trust/... @iupac.org #chemsky
Just randomly came across this cute Wolfram demo. Drag the sliders to customize your own shape of crystallographic unit cell/lattice. See if you can be a big nerd and make all 7 #chemsky demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheSevenCrys...
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Explore thousands of free applications across science, mathematics, engineering, technology, business, art, finance, social sciences, and more.
demonstrations.wolfram.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just randomly came across this cute Wolfram demo. Drag the sliders to customize your own shape of crystallographic unit cell/lattice. See if you can be a big nerd and make all 7 #chemsky demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheSevenCrys...
Reposted by Nessa Carson
We're getting to the end of 2025, so why not: We made a bracket. VOTE on our best science photos. These scientists ... man, are they doin' some wild stuff! #CENChempics @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/education/sc...
Our first-ever Chempics Bracket is here. Vote for your favorite science photo
Only one photo will emerge victorious
cen.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Molecule 💥 of 💥 the 💥 year!
There wasn't a clear winner this year for me. But the #chemchat -esque idea of an inverted sandwich is pretty cool.
Is a Malteser an inverted sandwich?
There wasn't a clear winner this year for me. But the #chemchat -esque idea of an inverted sandwich is pretty cool.
Is a Malteser an inverted sandwich?
It's that time again: @cenmag.bsky.social 's molecule of the year poll is now OPEN! Check out the contenders, lovingly curated by yours truly from past C&EN stories, and vote for your favorite by Dec. 11
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
Meet the molecules of the year 2025
C&EN editors’ annual round-up of spectacular molecules we’ve covered in the past year
cen.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Molecule 💥 of 💥 the 💥 year!
There wasn't a clear winner this year for me. But the #chemchat -esque idea of an inverted sandwich is pretty cool.
Is a Malteser an inverted sandwich?
There wasn't a clear winner this year for me. But the #chemchat -esque idea of an inverted sandwich is pretty cool.
Is a Malteser an inverted sandwich?
TIL "pirate spiders", by finding one in my house. This excerpt from the Wikipedia page is... interesting... particularly the "no citation needed" aspect #iNaturalist
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
TIL "pirate spiders", by finding one in my house. This excerpt from the Wikipedia page is... interesting... particularly the "no citation needed" aspect #iNaturalist
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
Reposted by Nessa Carson
Ready to host a GWB 2026 event? 🎯 RSC members can access up to £300 in funding. Applications close 1 Dec, 5pm GMT. Submit yours today 👉 https://rsc.li/4304ahS
#GWB2026 #ChemistryForAll #InclusionInScience #ChemSky
#GWB2026 #ChemistryForAll #InclusionInScience #ChemSky
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ready to host a GWB 2026 event? 🎯 RSC members can access up to £300 in funding. Applications close 1 Dec, 5pm GMT. Submit yours today 👉 https://rsc.li/4304ahS
#GWB2026 #ChemistryForAll #InclusionInScience #ChemSky
#GWB2026 #ChemistryForAll #InclusionInScience #ChemSky
Mild unimportant gripe of the day:
Finding vegan cheese in between the cheese is annoying and takes ages, especially when by definition its buyers are possibly not familiar with lots of cheese brands. It was better when non-dairy dairy had its own section! (At supermarkets near me) #5STheCheese
Finding vegan cheese in between the cheese is annoying and takes ages, especially when by definition its buyers are possibly not familiar with lots of cheese brands. It was better when non-dairy dairy had its own section! (At supermarkets near me) #5STheCheese
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Mild unimportant gripe of the day:
Finding vegan cheese in between the cheese is annoying and takes ages, especially when by definition its buyers are possibly not familiar with lots of cheese brands. It was better when non-dairy dairy had its own section! (At supermarkets near me) #5STheCheese
Finding vegan cheese in between the cheese is annoying and takes ages, especially when by definition its buyers are possibly not familiar with lots of cheese brands. It was better when non-dairy dairy had its own section! (At supermarkets near me) #5STheCheese
This is what you get when we reward fantastical nonsense with VC funding. Pure nonsensical bullshit, but man, what a shiny package it's been squeezed into
(Warning: complete waste of time but entertaining if you're fascinated by cranks)
ppl-ai-code-interpreter-files.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-f...
(Warning: complete waste of time but entertaining if you're fascinated by cranks)
ppl-ai-code-interpreter-files.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-f...
THE LAST HOPE: A New Dawn for Humanity
The world's first blockchain-based, AI-powered, democratically governed system solving humanity's greatest challenges.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is what you get when we reward fantastical nonsense with VC funding. Pure nonsensical bullshit, but man, what a shiny package it's been squeezed into
(Warning: complete waste of time but entertaining if you're fascinated by cranks)
ppl-ai-code-interpreter-files.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-f...
(Warning: complete waste of time but entertaining if you're fascinated by cranks)
ppl-ai-code-interpreter-files.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-f...
This weather 😭 my bike shed is very broken! Neighbour came out to help and said maybe I should screw it to the ground for the future. I replied, well it was screwed to the ground yesterday!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This weather 😭 my bike shed is very broken! Neighbour came out to help and said maybe I should screw it to the ground for the future. I replied, well it was screwed to the ground yesterday!
My Swedish is still beginner level, but thankfully now I know this vital daily vocab
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My Swedish is still beginner level, but thankfully now I know this vital daily vocab
I had the option of getting this comp chem book as a physical book or an eBook. Normally I read pdfs on Kindle, and the eBook cost less, so I went with that.
They have now sent me a link to an awkward, locked-down platform called VitalSource. I have regrets 😂 I'll know for next time...
They have now sent me a link to an awkward, locked-down platform called VitalSource. I have regrets 😂 I'll know for next time...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I had the option of getting this comp chem book as a physical book or an eBook. Normally I read pdfs on Kindle, and the eBook cost less, so I went with that.
They have now sent me a link to an awkward, locked-down platform called VitalSource. I have regrets 😂 I'll know for next time...
They have now sent me a link to an awkward, locked-down platform called VitalSource. I have regrets 😂 I'll know for next time...
I just saw someone say that someone told them Oxford comma use is a telltale LLM sign
And I know it was probably ragebait but I took the bait and I'm raging 😂
And I know it was probably ragebait but I took the bait and I'm raging 😂
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I just saw someone say that someone told them Oxford comma use is a telltale LLM sign
And I know it was probably ragebait but I took the bait and I'm raging 😂
And I know it was probably ragebait but I took the bait and I'm raging 😂