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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 4d

My tutorial review on single crystal diffraction analysis is now online @crystengcomm.rsc.org! Students, supervisors, and reviewers: Please consider this thought-provoking read to discover many facets of the crystallographic practice that are often overlooked or misunderstood 💎 #crystallography

Useful practices in single crystal diffraction analysis of reticular structures

Single crystal diffraction analysis remains the gold standard for the three-dimensional atomic structure characterization of framework materials such as metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic fram...

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Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · 1h

Consider "fried fish merchant" or "man eating fish". Would a hyphen be useful here?

Darren Broom @darrenbroom.bsky.social · 11h

I can be quite pedantic about punctuation & sentence structure, etc, but I have to admit that the differences between hyphens, en dashes & em dashes remain a mystery to me. Is this a case where it should be an en dash?

Or have I completely missed the point?

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 6h

Researchers from every corner of crystallography and related disciplines are encouraged to submit their work for consideration in the program of plenaries, keynotes, microsymposia, and posters.

Submit your abstract for IUCr2026 today:

Call for Papers - Twenty-Seventh Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography

Fourwaves - Twenty-Seventh Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography

event.fourwaves.com

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ACA: The Structural Science Society @acastructuralsci.bsky.social · 1d

💠 The ACA community mourns the loss of Dr. Benno P. Schoenborn (1938–2025), a pioneer in neutron protein crystallography whose work transformed structural biology.
Read more and share memories: 🔗 bit.ly/42wNvlM
#crystallography #InMemoriam #ACACommunity #neutrondiffraction

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 1d

Start networking for the IUCr 2026 Congress with the IUCr Early Career Scientist Division
Details at:
www.iucr.org/iucr/ab...

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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 1d

They're so awesome, and the googly eyes are truly the 'chef's kiss' 😄

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 6d

We’re thrilled to announce that abstract submissions for IUCr 2026 are officially OPEN 🎉

🗓 Deadline: February 15, 2026
📍 Location: Calgary, Canada

🔗 Submit your abstract today: www.iucr2026.org/

#IUCr2026 #CallForAbstracts #Crystallography #StructuralScience #science #IUCr

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MiTeGen @mitegen.com · 8d

Introducing the American Union of Crystallography - Its objective is to become the independent, enduring voice for crystallographic science in the United States - Learn more about the AUC and how you can support it zurl.co/Lnc7H

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 12d

As we’re tied with 3 hours to go in this round, the orthorhombic structure of #Perovskite was discovered by Irish X-ray crystallography pioneer Helen Dick Magaw. So a vote for Perovskite is not only a vote for this amazing mineral, but also showers honor on this wonderful #WomanOfSTEM. #MinCup25

X-ray crystallography pioneer Helen Dick Magaw

Perovskite, eventual MinCup25 champion, if we all pull together, that is.

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 13d

Vote for #Perovskite or risk disappointing these Uruguayan future geologists! #TeamPerovskite #MinCup25

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...

LeSuPer @lesuper.bsky.uy · 14d

This is how I recruit faithful #Perovskite fans one by one.

Secondary-school students learn about Solid State Chemistry in my Lab at the Facultad de Química, UdelaR (Montevideo - Uruguay) and they get their own #Perovskite model gift. 🫶

#MinCup25 #VotePerovskite #TeamPerovskite

Four hands of teenagers with labcoats holding Perovskite models made out of 8 resin octahedra connected with green beeds and a yellow sphere in the hole left by the octaedron.

One hand holding Perovskite model made out of 8 resin octahedra connected with green beeds and a yellow sphere in the hole left by the octaedron

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Simple as possible - not simpler @ockamsrazor.bsky.social · 14d

Reminded me of @mrjamesob.bsky.social Geography teacher
who James quotes as saying "don't know, nobody knows, don't need to know"

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 14d

🧬 The IUCr 2026 Call for Abstracts opens October 1, 2025.

Now’s the time to explore ideas, gather collaborators, and get ready.

📝 Stay in the loop: iucr2026.org

Let your research rise under the Alberta skies.

#IUCr2026 #Crystallography

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 15d

Do you like things to be orderly but still a little unpredictable? Check out sessions like “Quasicrystalline, incommensurate modulated, and composite phases” or “Approximate Periodic Symmetry”, just to name a couple.

Browse the microsymposium list at www.iucr2026.org/mic...

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Gavi @gavirius.bsky.social · 16d

📣 The #GE3C has awarded the Gold Medal 🎖️, its highest distinction, to Professor Santiago García Granda, from the University of Oviedo and President of the IUCr, in recognition of his extensive and outstanding 🔝 scientific career in the field of crystallography 💎.

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Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw 🍉 @drheaddamage.bsky.social · 16d

I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the contact, I'll try to set up a meeting. Let's see if we can find common ground between the two techniques. They're both based on the very same principles after all! lookingatnothing.com/index.php/ar...

Paul Ewald’s treatise on Fourier Transforms for crystallography and more

I recently stumbled across this great article by Paul Ewald on using and understanding the Fourier transform (FT) for crystallography. It’s not been downloaded all that much, which for a foun…

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Oxford Materials @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social · 21d

We are very sad to announce the death of Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS.

Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed.

www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

Prof Sir Peter Hirsch: 1925-2025

www.materials.ox.ac.uk

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Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · 17d

Originally marketed by Enraf Nonius company in Netherlands

Shao-Liang Zheng @shaoliangzheng.bsky.social · 17d

crystal grinder used to create a sphere-shaped crystal for #ChargeDensityAnalysis 😀 #crystallography #education

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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 20d

This is awesome! #crystallography

Reciprocal Space Station @rs-station.bsky.social · 20d

Where has this awesome space group symmetry visualizer been all my life? spacegroups.symotter.org

Jmol - Space Group Symmetry

spacegroups.symotter.org

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Mike Glazer @glazer1.bsky.social · 20d

Agreed

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Hanna Boström @hannabostroem.bsky.social · 20d

How can you be a solid-state chemist and vote anything but #perovskite ?

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 21d

#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 2: It's all about how minerals interact with humans as dramatic #stibnite faces off against futuristic #perovskite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Round 2 Match 2 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Stibnite vs Perovskite Photo credits: Gianandrea Ghirri and Enrico Bonacina

www.mineralcup.org

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 21d

🧪 The countdown to IUCr2026 is officially on. The Call for Abstracts opens October 1, 2025, & this is your opportunity to share your discoveries on the global crystallography stage.

Stay informed and get the details first at 👉 iucr2026.org
Let science, structure, and scenery collide.

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Rigaku Oxford Diffraction @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations our social media competition winner: lnkd.in/eqNhAwxb by Kinan Al-Namourah who got the most likes (107).

Honorable mentions to Diane Dickie in 2nd (90 likes) lnkd.in/etQHucAr
...and @stecanossa.bsky.social in 3rd (69 aggregated likes) bsky.app/profile/stec...

#ROD10atECM #ECM35

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 24d

Chocolate intake is associated with the number of Nobel Prize recipients.

Source NEJM : www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Shao-Liang Zheng @shaoliangzheng.bsky.social · 25d

A great approach: "analysis of #CrystalStructures in science classes at #HighSchools offers a wide range of opportunities for illustrating and improving understanding of fundamental #StructuralChemistry concepts"😀 doi.org/10.1107/S160...
@japplcryst.iucr.org #K12 #crystallography #Education

Crystallography in school

Preconditions and applications for teaching crystallography in high school chemistry classes are presented.

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Structural Biology Communications @actacrystf.iucr.org · 26d

The World Directory of Crystallographers (WDC) offers an unparalleled compilation of expertise in the field.
It’s free to join and open to all crystallographers and other scientists employing crystallographic methods.
Add your name and be part of the mosaic:
🔗 www.iucr.org/people/wdc

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