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We just took a deep dive into this tour-de-force chemoproteomics paper from @stephanhacker2.bsky.social and colleagues in our journal club today — really interesting findings about selectivity and coverage of 56 different electrophilic warheads, and great experimental and analysis workflows. Bravo!

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” This Collection recognises the achievements of the Laureates. #chemsky 🧪

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

and props go to @annenotintokyo.bsky.social for this one.

Cover of the journal Nature Chemistry with the cover line "Every MOF you make"

If you've not got The Police/Sting in your head at the moment then you've clearly never seen this cover before.

A Nobel medal

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

Opinionated science Nature Chemistry - When the facts can’t speak for themselves, scientists can give them a voice, argues Michelle Francl.

Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3

#ChemSky had the best time at this year's chemistry conferences and wondering what to attend in 2026?! The full #FaradayDiscussion programme for 2026 is announced at www.rsc.org/our-events/a...

Flame synthesis achieves compositionally tailorable high-entropy metal-containing nanomaterials - Nature Chemistry High-entropy nanomaterials, which incorporate multiple homogeneously dispersed elements, are promising for energy conversion, but typically require complex, high-temperature synthesis. Now a scalable ...

Fire is wonderful and does so much for us. So congrats to Guo, Caruso, Pan and team for the work on the flame-synthesis of high-entropy nanomaterials! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I actually had a ticket for this!!! Tickets in the UK were like gold dust and a friend from Philly got me one for a NJ show - I couldn't make it because I'd have missed my son's first day at high school!

Magnets could be simple way to enhance oxygen generation on a mission to Mars Strategy sets free gas that normally gets trapped on electrodes in microgravity during water splitting

Water-splitting devices could provide oxygen for astronauts on long-term space missions but microgravity presents an issue. One team has found that off-the-shelf neodymium magnets are a simple addition that much improves these devices' efficiency.

Chemistry ‘cold spots’ emerging across the UK, RSC warns Some regions face a future with fewer chemists

University chemistry departments & course closures in the UK is leading to the emergence of ‘cold spots’ - areas where the subject cannot be studied within a reasonable travel time - says @rsc.org. Students from lower SE backgrounds could be affected the most: www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemist...

Skeletal editing: How close are we to true cut-and-paste chemistry? Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll fundamentally change how molecules are made

My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social is about organic chemists' continuing quest for ultimate control over molecular structures! 🛠️⚗️🔄💊

That's right...it's... the rise of the atom-swappers!

cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk...

Come work at Nature Methods! A dream job. I know from experience 😄

How to break up a locust party? Disrupt their pheromones Researchers have mapped the chemical pathway for 4-vinylanisole that causes locusts to swarm and figured out how to inhibit it

It's Friday, and I haven't done a @cenmag.bsky.social thread for a while, so...
First up, our editorial fellow Elizabeth Walsh had two stories published this week, and I love this one about disrupting pheromone biosynthesis to break up locus swarms.
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This is so cool.

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Polymer Chemistry) Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Polymer Chemistry) Locations: New York, Jersey City, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Milan or Madrid - Hybrid working model  Closing date: Jul...

@natcomms.nature.com is hiring!

Loking for an Editor with experience in Polymer Chemistry.

📍New York, Jersey City, China Offices, Milan or Madrid
⏱️ July 5th 2025

Send me a message if you want to have an informal chat about this position.

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Accessing sulfonamides via formal SO2 insertion into C–N bonds - Nature Chemistry Despite recent advances in primary sulfonamide synthesis, approaches using primary amines as starting points for direct sulfonamide construction remain elusive. Now a formal SO2 insertion into the C–N...

Online today @natchem.nature.com - we show how to turn a deletion reaction into an insertion reaction:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.

From today, every paper submitted to Nature -if published - will be accompanied by peer reviewers comments & authors rebuttal.

We started the trial in 2020; we now want to open up the review process & showcase its role in shaping & improving papers
🧪 #AcademicSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

Wondering what's the big fuss about US fed cuts to research grant indirect costs? Very informative details & interactive map here on the big impacts nationwide. America: Your tax dollars fund these science & economic benefits and return on investment. 🧪🛟📈 Sociology demography 😷 Medsky health policy

Social media and connecting with our community

I have poked the @rsc.org on X/Twitter a bit over the years (sorry folks...), but huge kudos to them for leaving what has become even more of a toxic and hateful platform www.rsc.org/news-events/... 👏 #chemsky

The #BethesdaDeclaration coalition expands. Let keep these numbers growing.

Sign up and reach out to friends and family.

@standupforscience.bsky.social

It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014.

The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]

Royal Society prize winner returns award in protest over Elon Musk [FREE TO READ] Andrea Sella is latest scientist to express dismay over UK science academy’s refusal to criticise tech billionaire

@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, a @ucl.ac.uk chemistry professor, has returned his 2014 Michael Faraday Prize to protest the @royalsociety.org's failure to take more decisive (or any) action against Elon Musk for his attack on science. 👏

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📢 chemists: annual ChemRxiv survey is now live, to better understand the community's use and perception of preprints, your thoughts and needs. americanchemical.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Survey takes about ten minutes, and you can enter a drawing for one of three $100 gift cards

Promotional graphic for Texas A&M University's Chemistry department featuring the logo and text "Chemistry" and an image of faculty member James Batteas. Background includes blurred images of scientific activities and equipment.

🧪✨🧫 Texas A&M Chemistry's Dr. James Batteas was recently featured in New Scientist for his insights into an emerging push to use dry powders instead of traditional liquids in the lab—a shift that’s showing real promise.

🔗 www.newscientist.com/article/2479...

I'm very pleased to see this collection live – links to individual stories to follow below...

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Exciting news...Nature Methods is hiring a new editor! This exciting and dynamic role will be shared with the Nature Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team.

Apply here by June 1!
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Would you like to write for New Scientist? We always work with freelancers, but occasionally I put out a call like this for new writers. I'm looking for 300-700 word news stories about new discoveries. Don't pitch us press releases or the big journals, we have those covered. Pay starts at 51p/word

100% in text if the aim is peer review. If it's for final publication, then see the journal's guide.