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This cover gets one of my personal shout-outs for originality and creativity! My favourite cover image of the year so far in Chemical Science. Just the right mix of artistic, clear link to the science, and eye-catching.

Congrats to the authors! Read their paper here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

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🎉 Today we reveal the 2025 RSC Prize winners! 🎉

Celebrating excellence across research, diversity, tech roles, apprentices and partnerships. Join us in congratulating the remarkable individuals and teams advancing chemistry for society. buff.ly/K2un4O1 #Chemistry #ChemSky

Sustainable Energy & Fuels published by the Royal Society of Chemistry has a new Editor-in-Chief Karen Wilson, Griffith University, Australia

Hello BlueSky and #ChemSky community! For our first post, we are delighted to welcome our new @sef-journal.rsc.org Editor-in-Chief Karen Wilson @profkwilson1971.bsky.social! 🎉

Find out more about Karen on our website ➡️ www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

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This week's #ChemSciPicks comes from @matilegroup.bsky.social (University of Geneva, Switzerland), who look at the response of reaction mechanisms to electric-field catalysis on carbon nanotubes in microfluidic reactors. Read the full paper here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5S...

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We are delighted to announce that Professor Christopher Chang @christhechang.bsky.social has won the 2025 Chemical Science Lectureship! rsc.li/chemsci-lectu...

Chris will deliver his Lectureship at the 2025 #ChemSciSymposium on 18-19 November in London, UK: rsc.li/chemscisymp2025

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I really enjoyed working on this themed collection behind the scenes in the Editorial Office, since my actual research background is #bioinorganic chemistry. It's a great representation of the current state of the art of the discipline!

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Announcing the joint Spotlight Collection on Bioinorganic Chemistry between @chemicalscience.rsc.org and @daltontrans.rsc.org, available to read now! 🧪

Guest Edited by Abhishek Dey, Serena Debeer, and Mi Hee Lim.

Read the collection: rsc.li/bioinorganic-...

Ferredoxin 🤝 Hydrogenase,
an on-and-off relationship?
WE CERTAINLY THINK SO‼️
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Interesting paper here in @chemicalscience.rsc.org. I was a first generation UG, as defined here. I spectacularly failed my first year & almost
got kicked out. Recognise the points about failing to adapt. After 37 years, this can still influence my outlook, not always productively. #chemsky

Being a first generation university graduate, the impact on a career in science Being in the first generation to access Higher Education (First Gen) is a barrier to academic success. First Gens face difficulties transitioning into, completing, and attaining competitive grades in ...

Very interesting study! I’m also a first generation PhD and graduate, but I fortunately had the parents support and the ability to build networks and connections. Raising awareness about the existing barriers is a great start. #chemsky #education #firstgen

This study is an interesting attempt to quantify the effect of being first in your family to go to college on your success in chemistry. I felt some of this as a grad student. I wonder if the same effect is seen in the other science? 🧪

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This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Binding Assays Enable Discovery of Tet(X) Inhibitors that Combat Tetracycline Destructase Resistance", by Christopher Schofield et al.

Read it for free with #DiamondOpenAccess 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

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Check out our 2024 most popular materials chemistry article collection, online now!

You can browse the full collection here: pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

or see the selection we have picked out to showcase below!

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Check out this week’s #ChemSciPicks from Gerard Roelfes (@roelfesgroup.bsky.social, @stratinghinst.bsky.social) et al.!

‘Genetically Encoded 3-Aminotyrosine as Catalytic Residue in a Designer Friedel-Crafts Alkylase’

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We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
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We are excited to announce this year’s Chemical Science symposium, on the topic of imaging, biosensing and diagnostics!

Alongside celebrating 15 years of the journal, the winner of our first Lectureship will be presenting their research!

Find out more: rsc.li/chemscisymp2025

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Congratulations to Maike and Maria!! Our paper was selected as “One of the Most Popular” articles in Chemical Science in 2024!! 🎉. 🥂🍾 WHOO HOO!! bsky.app/profile/chem...

Happy that our paper about Jahn-Teller distortions is part of this Chem Sci collection of most popular 2024 papers 😊

We are pleased to share that our recent @rsc.org Chemical Science article has been selected and included in their 2024 most popular Chemical Biology articles collection. #chemistry #biophysics pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Glad to see our work on charge assisted hydrogen bonding for anion recognition in water is selected as the 2024 most polular articles by @chemicalscience.rsc.org. Check it out: rsc.li/4dgwyOI

Kai's work among 'Most popular articles 2024' in Chem Sci - many thanks to the readers :-)
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Link to our work to predict energy barriers from reactants without DFT: tinyurl.com/5cm4h3ka

@hitsters.bsky.social @mpip-mainz.mpg.de

Our research article about photoinduced electron transfer in DNA was selected as one of the most popular Chemical Science papers in chemical biology!

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We are honoured to have been included at @chemicalscience.rsc.org Most Popular Collection of articles in 2024, with our review "High-aspect-ratio nanostructured hydroxyapatite: towards new functionalities for a classical material" (pubs.rsc.org/doi/D3SC05344J)

🥳Exciting news🥳
Our recent article in @chemicalscience.rsc.org (doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...), has been selected as one of the #2024 most popular catalysis articles (bit.ly/44hR8NZ). Happy to see our work featured in this special collection.
@st-andrewschem.bsky.social #ChemSciMostPopular🧪

As a small piece of science news, it was great to see our report on iron photocatalyzed diazidation, dichlorination, and fluorochlorination featured in the 2024 @chemicalscience.rsc.org most popular organic chemistry papers collection!

Paper here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Modular synthesis of functional libraries by accelerated SuFEx click chemistry Accelerated SuFEx Click Chemistry (ASCC) is a powerful method for coupling aryl and alkyl alcohols with SuFEx-compatible functional groups. With its hallmark favorable kinetics and exceptional product...

Our article in @chemicalscience.rsc.org registers as one of the most popular articles of 2024. The study on Sufex click chemistry was led by John Moses @cshlnews.bsky.social

Stefano's work on the annulation of bicyclobutanes with dienol ethers to access bicyclooctanes has been selected as one of the most popular OC publications at @chemicalscience.rsc.org in 2024! #ChemSciMostPopular
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The Stradiotto group’s review article on DalPhos/Ni catalysis has been listed as one of the most popular catalysis articles of 2024 in Chemical Science.

Woohoo!🍻 The first contribution from our team on photoswitchable imines was highlighted as one of @chemicalscience.rsc.org most popular articles in 2024 😀 #chemsky #ChemSciMostPopular

Nice to see our work with @muldoonlab.bsky.social and @verakrewald.bsky.social on Ru-catalysed aerobic olefin epoxidation listed in #ChemSciMostPopular catalysis articles 🤠

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