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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 8h

And CNN:

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientist trio for Harry Potter-like work in molecular architecture

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Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientist trio for Harry Potter-like work in molecular architecture | CNN

A trio of scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” a form of molecular architecture that packs vast amounts of space into tiny structur...

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 8h

Read more comments from Imperial academics in the Financial Times:

Three scientists win award for molecular constructions known as metal-organic frameworks

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Chemistry Nobel Prize awarded for advances tackling carbon and ‘forever chemicals’

Three scientists win award for molecular constructions known as metal-organic frameworks

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 8h

Professor Kim Jelfs, @imperialchemistry.bsky.social,
said that their work “sparked a whole field,” and that “there’s an enormous number of people that work in this area now”

Read her comments in the New York Times ⬇️

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“The work of the prize winners laid the foundation for a vibrant international field of research in novel metal-organic frameworks, and more than 100,000 MOF structures have been reported to date.

“The applications of MOFs all stem from their porosity – one gram of a MOF material can have the same surface area inside its pores as a football pitch.

“The field of MOFs all began with the research by Robson in the early 1990s who designed coordination polymers that could be engineered to have pores.”

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 8h

FoNS academics working in this area reacted:

Dr Becky Greenaway, @imperialchemistry.bsky.social, said that lots of chemists had been wondering when metal-organic frameworks would get the Nobel Prize... "and it’s finally happened!"

Read @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social in the Guardian ⬇️

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“Lots of chemists have been wondering when metal-organic frameworks would get the Nobel Prize, and it’s finally happened!”

“Their discovery has enabled a whole range of applications, from gas storage and separations to drug delivery, and also opened-up other areas, including porous liquids – liquids with holes in - which are showing promise in carbon capture and catalysis.

“They are already seeing commercial use, for example, for carbon capture from flue gas, keeping fruit fresh, and for storing reactive gases for the semi-conductor industry. They also have potential for water harvesting - for example they are being trialled in the desert for collecting clean water from the air. You can only imagine that their use in real-world applications would continue to expand in the future.”

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 8h

Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for winning the #NobelPrize in Chemistry for work on metal-organic frameworks

Their work could tackle some of the biggest problems on our planet, including capturing carbon dioxide to help tackle #climatechange

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: edition.cnn.com/2025/10/07/s...

Trio of physicists win Nobel Prize for revealing ‘bizarre properties’ of the quantum world | CNN

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics.

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics

Trio led experiments that paved the way for the next generation of quantum technologies

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

Read more coverage featuring comments from Imperial researchers here ⬇️

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Niladri Banerjee, in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London, said: "This year’s Nobel Prize highlights the link between the microscopic world and electrical circuits."

"This year’s Nobel Prize highlights the link between the microscopic world and electrical circuits.

"These discoveries underpin how superconducting qubits are now driving the global race toward scalable quantum computers, and at Imperial we’re building on this legacy by developing new superconducting materials and circuits for these applications.

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Lesley Cohen, in the Department of Physics said "Their work has laid the foundations for superconducting Qubits - one of the main hardware technologies for quantum technologies."

Read her comments on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“This is wonderful news indeed, and very well deserved. The work that these three outstanding scientists first demonstrated relates to the power of quantum mechanic tunnelling, and its manifestation in superconductivity where macroscopic quantum effects could be manifest and manipulated.

“Their work has laid the foundations for superconducting Qubits - one of the main hardware technologies for quantum technologies.”

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

He explains quantum tunnelling to BBC World Service (listen from 49.17)

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Malcolm Connolly's lab at Imperial is using these discoveries, and the decades of research they set in motion, to unlock quantum-enhanced AI and to gain deeper insights into advanced electronic materials

This year’s Nobel Prize recognises the pioneers who first showed us that even an electrical circuit can behave as a genuine quantum system.

“Their discoveries of tunnelling and energy quantisation laid the foundation for today’s superconducting qubits, one of the leading platforms in the global race to build practical quantum computers.

“The field is now pushing these fragile effects into ever more complex circuits, aiming for scalable and fault-tolerant machines. At Imperial we are extending these ideas with new superconducting and hybrid devices to realise quantum-enhanced AI, and to probe entanglement and coherence in next-generation quantum materials.”

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 1d

The #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics paving the way for a new generation of very powerful computers

Some of our FoNS academics working in this exciting area share their reactions⬇️

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 2d

Meet ANA, the team in the #FoNSMAD final creating a wearable EEG patch for brain health.

Come support the teams taking place at this year’s final event on the 22 October 2025, 16.00 - 20.00 BST, in the South Kensington campus.

Register your place now ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19797...

Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for Social Mobility Week, a 5-day series of events on w/c 27 October celebrating and exploring Social Mobility at Imperial and beyond

See the full range of events taking place during social mobility week and register here ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-scie...

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 9d

Researchers, including those from Imperial, have shown for the first time in stunning detail how #antibiotics act against harmful bacteria

They have shown how polymyxins are able to pierce the armour of E. coli and kill the microbe

Read how ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269074/...

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 9d

We want to wish a huge welcome to all our new FoNS students starting this week and welcome back to all our students returning!

We are excited to get stuck into the Autumn term and wish you all the best for the year ahead

#ImperialSci #OurImperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 16d

The AI in Science Centre and @imperialmaths.bsky.social are hosting a talk on 'Statistical Properties of the Rectified Transport' with Dr Gonzalo Mena

🗓️Tuesday 30 September, 12.10 - 12.50 BST, White City Campus/online, open to all

Register your free place now ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19888...

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Claudia Contini @continiclau.bsky.social · 19d

I am looking for a motivated #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join my group at Imperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. The project focuses on #Antimicrobial #Materials & #Biomimetic #Interfaces
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 21d

📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵

Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.

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Imperial Medicine @imperialmed.bsky.social · 21d

On #WorldPatientSafetyDay, we’re reminded that every child has the right to safe, quality care – from the very beginning.

Dr Cheryl Battersby explains how the neoWONDER project is using data to improve lifelong outcomes for very premature babies.

Find out more 👉 neowonder.co.uk/about-neowon...

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 21d

Imperial staff and students are invited to the live stream watch party for the Launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) Mission

🚀 Tuesday 23 September, 11.30 – 13.30
🚀 Main Entrance, South Kensington Campus

Sign up now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19803...

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 26d

Exciting development published in Nature from @calumgabbutt.bsky.social et al looking at an innovative method to trace tumour evolution using patterns of fluctuating DNA modifications, which could revolutionise personalised cancer care across many cancer types

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Calum Gabbutt @calumgabbutt.bsky.social · 28d

Cancer is an evolutionary disease, but does knowing a cancer’s evolutionary past help predict its future? Out today in @nature, we learnt the evolution of 2000 lymphoid cancers and found it was highly correlated with clinical outcomes! (1/7)
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Fluctuating DNA methylation tracks cancer evolution at clinical scale

Nature - Cancer evolutionary dynamics are quantitatively inferred using a method, EVOFLUx, applied to fluctuating DNA methylation.

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 27d

Imperial researchers have discovered how ‘pirate phages’ hijack other viruses to break into bacteria, sharing new genetic material for dangerous traits.

This discovery that could be harnessed to tackle #AMR

Read more ⬇️

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268213/...

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Imperial Science @imperialsci.bsky.social · 28d

The effectiveness of community-based conservation under climate-induced shocks has now been quantified thanks to research by Dr Matthew Clark (@ic-cep.bsky.social) & Dr Adam Sykulski (@imperialmaths.bsky.social)

Supported by @TurnerKirkTrust

Watch the video⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Ne...

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