Katharine Sanderson

cute story: for this 2007 piece we needed a photo of Omar Yaghi, but he was visiting family in Jordan. So he gatecrashed his little step brother's school science lab and asked his nephew to take a picture for us!

World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.

These intriguing materials - the world's most porous sponges - won today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry

go.nature.com/3VVjXug

Yes definitely

Researchers voice dismay at all-male science Nobels All seven winners of this year’s science prizes were men. Some say this shows a disappointing lack of progress towards diversifying the awards.

of course not forgetting the perennial problem with these huge prizes.... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Space invaders - Nature MOFs, or metal–organic frameworks, are sponge-like crystalline compounds held together by strong chemical bonds — carbon–carbon, carbon–oxygen, or metal–oxygen. Their unique structure results in solids that are rigid and strong, but at the same time porous, flexible and incredibly light. The 'killer app' for MOFs could well be in making the hydrogen economy a reality by providing the solution to the problem of hydrogen storage.

And I also wrote about MOFs for Nature back in 2007! www.nature.com/articles/448...

World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.

the 2025 #Nobel prize in Chemistry for MOFs! Delighted to have dug into the potential of these amazing materials earlier this year www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So excited for this Nobel! Fabulous. And do read my feature unpicking what these materials are being used for.

Had a break from this site for a bit. I'm back and raring to go! To prove it here is my crew racing at the weekend

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were the next big thing in chemistry when invented three decades ago.

Finally, these intricate sponge-like powders are hitting the market, to capture carbon dioxide, harvest water, and more.

by @kms163.bsky.social | @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Are you a journalist writing about a current heatwave?

The images you choose are critical to the story.

The @climateoutreach.bsky.social team have shown some ideas here which help stress the risks rather than the typical ice creams: www.climatevisuals.org/how-do-you-p...

Hungry caterpillars can brew exotic molecules in their guts Researchers fed moth larvae the chemical building blocks, and the insects’ enzymes did the rest.

short and sweet by me but what amazing things caterpillars are! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Beach treasure

Actually that is an exaggeration. I feel it is improving after tweaking some things so maybe

I feel like I want to do the research. But, well, my brain doesn't work!

Freelancers! Is there data around productivity for freelancers around menopause? I have had awful brain fog these past several months and got to thinking that at any one time swathes of self employed women must be seeing their earnings plummet as a result of the 🧠🌫 #menopause #freelance #juggle

it was crazy that day!

true story! Can confirm

thanks Tom! Not my photo, one of Beardy's from Smile and Turn, but captures it amazingly. What a weekend! 7 races all told! Loved it

this photo tells a story! The 2025 World Pilot Gig Championships. We have raced our guts out to try and get 10th place. 11th and we were out of the competition. 10th and we made the final. After a nail-biting hour we were declared 10th. So proud of this bunch of warriors. Credit: Smile and Turn

It was an honour to be a judge for this year's #ABSWawards. What an epic lineup of the brightest and best in science journalism. Congrats to all finalists!

It’s heroic, hardy and less than a millimetre long: meet the 2025 invertebrate of the year | Patrick Barkham Guardian readers around the world voted in the this year’s contest, but which creature won, asks natural history writer Patrick Barkham

And the winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2025 is…
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Uan Minop
Our favourite sign for the village

#gigrowing #cornwall rowing our ace new boat Zoras. Not long to the world champs!

#cornwall #kernow Tremenheere sculpture garden

Mother's day

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

I felt sick listening to this exchange tonight. Well said @number10cat.bsky.social

#ABSW #ConfictZone

Studies in Survival - Science and Conflict in Gaza and Beyond
📆 Thursday, February 27, 18:00-19:30 GMT
Chaired by @andyextance.bsky.social

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Paragraph from heatmap that explains how Grok 3 now leads into climate denial

Oh good. heatmap.news/adaptation/t...