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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 9h

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 1d

Test your knowledge with this short quiz:
How Mass Spectrometry Works
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How Mass Spectrometry Works—Short Quiz - ChemistryViews

Test your knowledge! Mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical technique that identifies and quantifies chemical species by measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of ions

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 1d

Katja Heinze, Robert Naumann, and Steven Sittel (Mainz) synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms
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Design of Chromium(III) Chromophores with Independent Control of Redox and Optical Properties - ChemistryViews

Katja Heinze and Robert Naumann, Mainz, synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
Susumu Kitagawa (Japan), Richard Robson (Australia) and Omar M. Yaghi (USA) have been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 2d

We’re excited to see who will win the #ChemistryNobelPrize 2025 in just about 50 minutes!

Check out the final voting results from Who’s Next? – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
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Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Latest results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 2d

The voting will close soon—last chance to predict who will win the next Nobel Prize in Chemistry in about 12 hours
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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 11d

Make your predictions for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 - ChemistryViews

Who's Next? Make your predictions for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 2d

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis (USA) showed that an electrical circuit small enough to hold in one’s hand can display quantum tunneling and energy quantization
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 - ChemistryViews

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: Quantum mechanics on a new scale: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis (USA) showed that an electrical circuit small enough to hold in one’s hand can…

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 4d

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
Mary E. Brunkow (USA), Fred Ramsdell (USA), and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan) awarded for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance
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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 4d

Organic nanoparticles reversibly self-assemble and show fatigue-resistant fluorescence modulation, offering new opportunities for smart optoelectronics
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Reversible Self-Assembly of Organic Nanoparticles with Fluorescence Modulation - ChemistryViews

Organic nanoparticles reversibly self-assemble and show fatigue-resistant fluorescence modulation, offering new opportunities for smart optoelectronics

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 7d

Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Voting Results October 3
Latest results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Voting Results September 6: Latest results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 8d

💬 🧪 Behind the Science Interview with Johannes Voigtland & Moritz Ludwig (Inoue Group TU Munich): How main-group elements can fine-tune transition-metal reactivity and deepen our understanding of silicon's interactions with coinage metals
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Alumanyl Silyl Coinage Metal Complexes: Tuning Si–M Bond Reactivity and CO₂ Activation - ChemistryViews

J. Voigtland and M. Ludwig, TU Munich, show how main-group elements like Al and Si can fine-tune transition-metal reactivity, offering new ways to activate and transform CO₂ into useful chemicals

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 9d

Guess the Chemist
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?
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Guess the Chemist (164) - ChemistryViews

Guess the Chemist: Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 9d

Today is #coffeeday ☕Tiger-skin crema, stable foam, reduced bitterness … espresso’s sensory magic comes from physical and chemical phenomena, not just brewing skill.😊 Relax with a coffee while getting to know your coffee better🌱🔬 #EspressoScience
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Espresso Crema - ChemistryViews

Why does an espresso need a crema and what should it look like?

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 10d

B(C₆F₄Br)₃, prepared via silver-to-boron transmetalation. It represents a new soft Lewis superacid with potential applications in catalysis and materials chemistry
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🧪 Article Highlight: Expanding the Toolbox of Fluorinated Lewis Acids with B(C₆F₄Br)₃ - ChemistryViews

🧪 Article Highlight: B(C₆F₄Br)₃, prepared via silver-to-boron transmetalation, represents a new soft Lewis superacid with potential applications in catalysis and materials chemistry

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 11d

Make your predictions for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 - ChemistryViews

Who's Next? Make your predictions for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 11d

CRISPR was used to make cacao plants less susceptible to black pod disease, a major threat to the global chocolate industry, without introducing foreign DNA
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Gene Editing Boosts Cacao Disease Resistance - ChemistryViews

CRISPR used to make cacao plants less susceptible to black pod disease, a major threat to the global chocolate industry, without introducing foreign DNA

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 12d

Cost-effective smartphone phosphorescence detection of cystatin C supports early warning and proactive care in chronic kidney disease
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AIEgen-Based Cystatin C Quantitation for Chronic Kidney Disease Monitoring - ChemistryViews

Cost-effective smartphone phosphorescence detection of cystatin C supports early warning and proactive care in chronic kidney disease

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 14d

Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Voting Results September 26
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Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Voting Results September 26 - ChemistryViews

Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 – Voting Results September 6: Latest results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 15d

Artificial molecular pumps can actively move charged ring molecules into polymeric micelles, mimicking cellular transport
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Artificial Molecular Machines Move Molecules into Micelles - ChemistryViews

Artificial molecular pumps can actively move charged ring molecules into polymeric micelles, mimicking cellular transport

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · Sep 9

Test your knowledge of bioluminescence!
🔬🧪This fascinating natural phenomenon occurs when living organisms produce light through chemical reactions
🍄🐙 Take the quiz & discover how organisms glow, who lights up the dark, + some of the unique properties of bioluminescent light
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Bioluminescence—Short Quiz - ChemistryViews

Test your knowledge of bioluminescence! This fascinating natural phenomenon occurs when living organisms produce light through chemical reactions.

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 24d

🎟️Free Online Seminar
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From Atmospheric Chemistry to High-Resolution Spectroscopy - ChemistryViews

Free virtual symposium with talks by Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, Melanie Schnell, and Joseph Francisco

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 17d

Merck launches state-of-the-art Launch and Technology Center (LTC) in Darmstadt, Germany
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Merck Invests €160 Million in Innovative Healthcare Hub - ChemistryViews

Merck launches state-of-the-art Launch and Technology Center (LTC) in Darmstadt, Germany

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 17d

Why true one-electron B–C σ bonds are difficult
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Does Heteronuclear B–C One-Electron σ-Bonding Exist? - ChemistryViews

Why true one-electron B–C σ bonds are difficult

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 18d

Make your predictions for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Who's Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 - ChemistryViews

Who's Next? Make your predictions for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · 19d

☀️ Sunday Quiz: The International Space Station (ISS) has a water-recycling system that recovers drinking water from urine, some of which is used for oxygen production—true or false? 🤔
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Sunday ChemistryViews Quiz: Test your chemistry knowledge with our fun and quick quiz, releasing on select Sunday mornings!

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