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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · 16d

Supposedly yes, it's a combination farm/solar site. The panels are raised up. It's seen as an important application for perovskite panels, I believe.

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · 17d

It's part of a general trend towards falling emissions in China, which you can also read about at www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-rec... and www.iea.org/commentaries...

Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025 - Carbon Brief

Clean-energy growth helped China’s CO2 emissions fall by 1% in first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024.

www.carbonbrief.org

Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · 17d

This amazing-looking solar farm uses an exciting new technology now being manufactured in China. You can read about it in my new Chemical and Engineering News story at bit.ly/ChinaPerovskite

It's good to share some positive news for a change! 🧪

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Aug 6

Permastink is as gross as it sounds. It's the lingering smell on polyester sportswear, and leads to people throwing away otherwise good quality clothes. Preventing permastink is therefore important for our environment. My explainer in @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/explain... 🧪

Explainer: The chemistry of permastink and how to prevent it

How to avoid throwing out smelly polyester sportswear

www.chemistryworld.com

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Aug 6

Rare genetic diseases like Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy in are desperately horrible, and when people die from treatments that's tragic. But when the need is so great, sometimes the risk is worth it. My story in @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/sarepta...

Sarepta gene therapy deaths highlight tragic rare disease dilemma

Regulators block Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment after fatal side-effects outweigh questionable efficacy

www.chemistryworld.com

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Aug 4

Regulators block Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment after fatal side-effects outweigh questionable efficacy.

Sarepta gene therapy deaths highlight tragic rare disease dilemma

Regulators block Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment after fatal side-effects outweigh questionable efficacy

www.chemistryworld.com

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jul 29

Is story this one of yours Kit? (No Times sub over here sadly)

Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jul 29

But which climate protest? Inquiring minds want to know...

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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · Jul 29

Two physicists from different disciplines met at a climate protest (as you do). They got to talking about their research (as you do). Within a year or so, they'd designed a new type of dark matter detector experiment (as you...wait, what?). First results here: 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/new-experi...

New experiment uses levitated magnets to search for dark matter – Physics World

Although it hasn’t detected dark matter yet, its developers say it offers an alternative path that is worth exploring

physicsworld.com

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 26

Here's an idea that I had never heard about before from Google's Mevan Babakar at #abswss25 'Blind cynicism', a general loss of trust partly the aim of disinformation, including the people around us, one of the many risks

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 26

Enjoying hearing from Jon Roozenbeek at #abswss25 about the tobacco 'disinformation playbook' shared pseudonymously by a 'Mr Butss' with three elements:

- Sow doubt
- Counter attack
- Don't lie (too much)

Sound familiar?

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Carlos Rossa @carlosrossa.bsky.social · Jun 24

Recycled PV cells achieve efficiencies similar to commercial cells, promoting material reuse. Recycling methods recover 60-95% of materials, but face challenges like emissions and costs.
🧪
🔌💡

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Photovoltaic module Recycling: A review on material recovery methods and waste management approach

The increasing demand for sustainable energy solutions has driven a massive rise in the installed capacity of photovoltaic (PV) modules. This, in turn…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · Jun 21

Ireland joins the growing number of nations that are now coal free for electricity generation. 💪 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 electrek.co/2025/06/20/i...

Ireland just became Europe’s newest coal-free country

Ireland just shut down its last coal plant – part of a clean energy shift that’s making Europe coal-free, one country at a time.

electrek.co

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you!

Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 18

Climate activism is scary, and is facing increasing resistance, but also connects you to some amazing people. That was my message when interviewed in January by Deutsche Welle, the German equivalent of BBC World Service, about my arrest while protesting with Just Stop Oil: pod.link/livingplanet...

Living Planet

Looking to reconnect with nature? Want to make better decisions for the health of the planet? Every Friday, Living Planet brings you the stories, facts and debates on the key environmental issues of o...

pod.link

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 18

Hello, can I please be added to the Bluesky science feed? I'm a science writer, you can see my work here: muckrack.com/andyextance and I'm chair of the Association of British Science Writers, www.absw.org.uk/pages/25-our... I'm happy to answer questions, thanks in advance for your help!

Muck Rack | For journalists and public relations

Find Andy Extance's articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and more

muckrack.com

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 11

What are they?

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 10

In trying to work out why people argue that UK needs new oil for energy security, when just 7% of our refineries' input comes from domestic fields, I discovered that refineries are cutting emissions to ensure they survive. That includes making 'green' hydrogen and renewable liquid fuels. 🤔

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 10

My latest story for Chemistry World describes UK oil refineries' ambitious attempts to ensure they don't go from economic lynchpins to historic relics. 🛢️

Read it here: 🤳

www.chemistryworld.com/features/how...

How decarbonisation will help the UK’s last refineries survive

Carbon capture and low-carbon hydrogen are central to any possibility of supplying liquid fuels compatible with net zero, reports Andy Extance

www.chemistryworld.com

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 9

#abswss25 is on June 26th, but registration closes this Friday, June 13th, at 5pm. Tickets start at just £30, including a hybrid option if you can't be in London on the day. I hope to see many of you there - register now to make it happen, if you haven't already!

ABSW @absw.bsky.social · Jun 9

#abswss25 #SummerSchool

⚠️This is a hybrid event
🔗 zurl.co/tUAAn

💻Your digital future 💻
The evolving digital landscape of media and a review of the digital tools key to your job as a journalist

📢Speakers:
@munkeatlooi.bsky.social @bmj.com Olivia Hains @aeon.co

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Eva Amsen @easternblot.bsky.social · Jun 6

By the way, because this is hybrid, it's also open to attendees from other countries. If the UK timezone is manageable for you, and you want to learn about science writing/journalism, feel free to sign up!

Eva Amsen @easternblot.bsky.social · Jun 4

The @absw.bsky.social Summer School is later this month and there are still some spaces left! If you're new to science journalism, or thinking of becoming a science writer, sign up here. It's hybrid, in London and online. www.absw.org.uk/pages/absw-s... #sciencejournalism #journalism #scicomm

ABSW Summer School 2025 | Association of British Science Writers

A one day event at King's College London on June 26, 2025

www.absw.org.uk

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 5

Obviously some researchers disagree. I'd love to know what the research funders think at this stage.

Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 5

Green hydrogen could be central to our energy future, but requires lots of water and electricity. Making it straight from seawater could be a niche technology, but pilots and 'factory-scale research' are already underway. My latest at @chemistryworld.com:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/what-ar...

What are the prospects for making green hydrogen straight from seawater?

Competing with better-established desalination coupled with electrolysis, direct seawater splitting technologies are targeting niches

www.chemistryworld.com

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Andy Extance @andyextance.bsky.social · Jun 3

Learning from other people usually much so deeper and richer than doing so alone. So I'm really looking forward to seeing with colleagues at the @absw.bsky.social Summer School on June 26th. Tickets are available from just £30: please do come and connect with us. www.absw.org.uk/pages/regist...

Registration 2025 | Association of British Science Writers

Registration now open

www.absw.org.uk

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Andy Ridgway @andyridgway.bsky.social · May 29

What can we do within the #scicomm community to tackle misinformation? Our @scicommcentre.eu session at #PCST2025 will be addressing this question.

If you are at PCST2025 come along to Conference Suite 3 at 2pm today (Thurs) for the discussion.

Photo: Mika Baumeister, Unsplash

#science

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