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 🧪
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Thanks for sharing 🙌🏼
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It is unless you've got a super high vaccum + massive blast of UV apparently 😂😜
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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
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Welcome to Jurassic Pork 🦕🥟🦖
#Delicious #Dinosaur #Dumplings
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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 🧪
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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
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
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
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...
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Thanks for sharing! 😊🙌🏼
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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
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Gracias por compartirlo, Yanko 👏🏼
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Muy bueno esto de @gomobel.bsky.social
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TolkEin 😝
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It's mentioned in the article
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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 🧪
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Qué importante esto
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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.
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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! ♻️
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You should come and visit the Zoology museum here - it's INSANE
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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
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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
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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! 🩵
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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
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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