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The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 4h

MOFs are pretty darn cool. Here's our story, in @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 6h

Kitagawa rides the train and uses the time to revise manuscripts "Many professors like driving, but I think driving is a waste of time. Everyday there are traffic jams, and you get nothing to do but to listen to music, that’s too bad."

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 7h

This interview!--"50 is a magic age. Before my age of 50s, my research was not recognized in all the areas of chemistry, and I did not even receive any big research funds... when I was 46, I published the first paper on robust MOF . After my age of 50s, I received quite a lot of research funding."

Interview with Professor Susumu Kitagawa

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 7h

From a 2019 interview with Kitagawa -- "it was common sense that organic materials could not make a stable porous structure. People thought we were doing “useless” research because they did not realize the potential of the seemingly trivial space inside the pores." pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 7h

Phew, that feedback on the youtube stream stopped #nobelprize

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 7h

Less than 5 minutes until the announcement of the #nobelprize in chemistry -- our team is ready to report @cenmag.bsky.social

Quantum tunneling trio win the 2025 physics Nobel

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Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez.bsky.social · 1d

It's nice to be excited about science again. Congratulations to my old colleague, Michel Devoret!

Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓

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#NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis get the award for demonstrating quantum mechanical effects at the macroscale

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

I should specify that he’s saying that’s the appeal to him — he also says biology is the science of the future

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

Also check out Devoret's description of why he chose physics over biology -- "Intellectually, biology as a whole is
fascinating, but experiments in biology do not have the richness of physics experiments
in terms of immediate sensory experience." (the full answer describes physics' personal appeal)

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

New nobel laureate Michel Devoret once led a course on Cinema and Physics physics.yale.edu/sites/defaul... -- he told a historian that he was surprised when the enrollment for that was larger than a course on differential equations

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

they have one for John Martinis as well repository.aip.org/node/129661. After building a quantum computer, he says, "we still have to do something useful, so that's the next challenge"

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

The @aip.bsky.social's oral histories are a great resource on the physics #nobelprize. Delighted to be able to read Michel Devoret's where he calls his work "low-energy physics" repository.aip.org/node/129778 - dealing with "ordinary matter consisting of mundane particles like electrons and atoms"

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Neil Withers @neilwithers.bsky.social · 1d

The laureates' 'prize-earning' papers in Phys Rev Lett, Phys Rev B from 1985 + 1987 have 276, 342 and 518 citations [Scopus] - low for Nobel-winning work, maybe?
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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

Macroscopic quantum tunnelling wins -- goes to the trio of
Martinis, Clarke, and Devoret

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

It's physics nobel prize day! --
Youtube stream pre announcement room noise is a highlight of the #nobelprize reporting and editing experience

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

currently there's lots of throat clearing and paper shuffling

A small city in Utah voted to keep fluoride in its water. Then the state banned it.

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 1d

It's physics nobel prize day! --
Youtube stream pre announcement room noise is a highlight of the #nobelprize reporting and editing experience

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 2d

1/ 🧪🍃🐙📰 We @biographic.bsky.social have been hard at work for the past 8 months developing a deep, rich, behind-the-scenes feature story exploring how the Trump Administration's cuts to international conservation are affecting biodiversity on the ground.

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 12d

Fluoride has proven dental health benefits, this common additive to drinking water is now banned in Utah. Other states may do the same. Is there any real risk to fluoride at the levels present in drinking water? Story by Priyanka Runwal for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/environment/...

Brigham City is caught in a public health battle pitting uncertain health risks against decades of clear dental benefits

Roundtable: How to Cover Science During Sociopolitical Disruption - The Open Notebook

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 22d

“My inbox is flooded with [potential news] items every day—which is part of the administration’s “flood the zone” strategy. They are overwhelming us intentionally.” – @hayleysmith.bsky.social. Five reporters share what it means to cover science in the U.S. right now.

Since the second Trump administration took office, news on how the nation’s leaders are systematically dismantling the practice of science in the U.S. has arrived in a daily deluge. In this roundtable...

www.theopennotebook.com

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Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · 22d

Its just unforgettable that one. I have such a strong memory of watching this as a kid, with my neighborhood and elementary school friends (and their mom, who encouraged us to watch that specific episode).

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · Sep 5

I had thought it was a summer thing. But that explanation is losing power as we get a bit deeper into the year and I see more dangerous stuff every day

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just wrapped a parantha around scrambled egg with sumac, added provolone and a touch of tamarind chutney. Surprisingly good combo, or I'm incredibly hungry. Maybe both?

Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh good, now I see it. Glad that mirroring reference is in there.