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@gomobel.bsky.social

I'm Fernando, a science communicator based in Cambridge, UK. Co-Founder of @agata.agency. I talk about chemistry, climate, materials, and sometimes books, music and politics, a veces #EnEspañol. Views are my own [He/Him] #ChemSky #Scicomm #ComunicaCiencia

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Strange tetra-alcohol synthesised in simulated interstellar ice After finding 'impossible molecule' methanetriol, team reaches 'the final frontier' and detects methanetetrol after 100 years

By simulating the conditions of interstellar ice – ultra low temperature and pressure – researchers prepared methanetetrol, an elusive structure with four OH groups linked to a single carbon atom. My latest for @chemistryworld.com here 👉🏼 www.chemistryworld.com/news/strange... #ChemSky #Science 🧪

05.08.2025 06:55 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for sharing 🙌🏼

04.08.2025 16:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is unless you've got a super high vaccum + massive blast of UV apparently 😂😜

04.08.2025 16:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
the structure of Methanetetrol

the structure of Methanetetrol

One, two, three...wait is that FOUR hydroxyl groups in a single carbon atom? Sounds impossible, but it's true! Researchers simulated interstellar ice conditions to create methanetetrol. Just out in @chemistryworld.com, by yours truly: www.chemistryworld.com/news/strange... #ChemSky 🧪 #RealTimeChem

04.08.2025 13:58 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1
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Welcome to Jurassic Pork 🦕🥟🦖
#Delicious #Dinosaur #Dumplings

28.07.2025 09:35 — 👍 4126    🔁 1338    💬 88    📌 205
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Nickel catalysts could lead to cheaper, more accessible transportation fuels Electrochemical studies suggest nickel is an efficient alternative to copper in the production of long-chain and branched hydrocarbons

A new Nature Catalysis paper suggests nickel is an efficient alternative to copper in the electrochemical reduction of CO₂ into long-chain and branched hydrocarbons ⛽♻️🚙✈️ Read my latest article for @cenmag.bsky.social here: cen.acs.org/materials/mo... @ethz.ch @iciq.org #ChemSky 🧪

31.07.2025 19:00 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Nickel catalysts could lead to cheaper, more accessible transportation fuels Electrochemical studies suggest nickel is an efficient alternative to copper in the production of long-chain and branched hydrocarbons

A new Nature Catalysis paper suggests nickel is an efficient alternative to copper in the electrochemical reduction of CO₂ into long-chain and branched hydrocarbons ⛽♻️🚙✈️ Read my latest article for @cenmag.bsky.social here: cen.acs.org/materials/mo... @ethz.ch @iciq.org #ChemSky 🧪

31.07.2025 19:00 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Wohooo! My story on #carbenes to cut corrosion is now in the @chemistryworld.com top 3 🙌🏼🎉🥳 Thanks everyone for reading and sharing – and ICYMI here's the link again: www.chemistryworld.com/news/carbene... 🧪 #Science #Corrosion #chemistry #ChemSky

30.07.2025 19:23 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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30.07.2025 20:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wohooo! My story on #carbenes to cut corrosion is now in the @chemistryworld.com top 3 🙌🏼🎉🥳 Thanks everyone for reading and sharing – and ICYMI here's the link again: www.chemistryworld.com/news/carbene... 🧪 #Science #Corrosion #chemistry #ChemSky

30.07.2025 19:23 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Nickel catalysts could lead to cheaper, more accessible transportation fuels Electrochemical studies suggest nickel is an efficient alternative to copper in the production of long-chain and branched hydrocarbons

I’m back in @cenmag.bsky.social 🙌🏼 In my new article, I write about how fluorine-doped nickel catalysts could help chemists transform CO₂ into valuable hydrocarbons ♻️⛽🚙 Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/mo...

30.07.2025 07:57 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Carbene coating completely cuts corrosion on iron surfaces A 'molecular double-sided tape' protects iron from rusting with 99.6% efficiency

Corrosion remains a huge problem worldwide. Now, a team has employed an unusual agent to prevent rust - a carbene-based primer for iron surfaces.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/carbene...

25.07.2025 08:46 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

Thanks for sharing! 😊🙌🏼

29.07.2025 07:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a picture of a fire with the words " can you hear the drums fernando " ALT: a picture of a fire with the words " can you hear the drums fernando "

Not really, just short for Fernando 😂

28.07.2025 16:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Carbene coating completely cuts corrosion on iron surfaces A 'molecular double-sided tape' protects iron from rusting with 99.6% efficiency

Did you know carbenes could completely cut corrosion on iron surfaces? They act as a "double-sided tape" of sorts to stick a polymer that protects the surface from rusting. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/carbene... #ChemSky #chemistry 🧪 @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

28.07.2025 16:08 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1

Gracias por compartirlo, Yanko 👏🏼

28.07.2025 14:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Muy bueno esto de @gomobel.bsky.social

27.07.2025 12:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

TolkEin 😝

25.07.2025 11:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's mentioned in the article

25.07.2025 10:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

May have outdone myself with the alliterations 💅🏼 but apart from that I'm pretty proud of this piece. Check it out! #Carbenes to stop corrosion. #ChemSky #realtimechem @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 🧪

25.07.2025 10:41 — 👍 30    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1

Qué importante esto

21.07.2025 09:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A veces hay temas técnicos y complejos en los que no es sencillo divulgar más allá de algunos pocos lugares comunes. Tampoco se puede llegar a todo: ni como creador de contenido ni como consumidor

Por eso es tan importante tener varios referentes de confianza en temas complejos que desconoces.

21.07.2025 09:28 — 👍 53    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0
A sign advertising the next edition of the Cambridge Science Communication Social, with the title text and information about the date and venue overlaid on a picture of a park and a lake.

A sign advertising the next edition of the Cambridge Science Communication Social, with the title text and information about the date and venue overlaid on a picture of a park and a lake.

If you're in #Cambridge and work in #scicomm (science outreach, communications, PR, marketing, education, public engagement...) don't miss our surprise summer social meet-up *tomorrow* 🥳🍔🥂 Come to the Cambridge Blue (CB1 2LG) any time after 6.30pm! Everyone's welcome 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Please share! ♻️

21.07.2025 09:53 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

You should come and visit the Zoology museum here - it's INSANE

16.07.2025 14:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

16.07.2025 06:39 — 👍 24826    🔁 5224    💬 317    📌 210

Oops! Did you miss my latest for @chemistryworld.com? 🧪 Here's how some sustainable adhesives easily recover with a quick blast in a home microwave: #ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Science

15.07.2025 09:17 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A bookshop’s showcase with several editions of “Why Fish don’t exist” by Lulu Miller, as well as memorabilia and decorations around it

A bookshop’s showcase with several editions of “Why Fish don’t exist” by Lulu Miller, as well as memorabilia and decorations around it

So cool to see @lutimestwo.bsky.social’s book as pick of the month in Cambridge’s Heffers! 🩵

12.07.2025 13:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I hope you enjoy! Watched it last week and I found it really cool

05.07.2025 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yo ahora en vuelos largos opto, muy a mi pesar, por pastillazo porque luego al día siguiente estoy muerto sin dormir. La edad, que no perdona 😂 Aun así no paro quiero, me tiembla todo, nunca encuentro la postura. Ains, first world problems un poco pero 🥲

05.07.2025 15:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A shop showcasing services in “iridology”, claims that the colour and shape of your iris determine your sign and fate, similar to astrology

A shop showcasing services in “iridology”, claims that the colour and shape of your iris determine your sign and fate, similar to astrology

The meme "you get that's worse" from the Netflix series The Good Place, with Chidi and Eleanor

The meme "you get that's worse" from the Netflix series The Good Place, with Chidi and Eleanor

Iridowhat?

05.07.2025 14:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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