Warren Piers

*to* real winter

Back from a great Family Day weekend in Langley ❤️ (and real winter)

They should be placed in prison!

Keeping my head down…

If LinkedIn is a dating app, I’d say yes. 😎

Glad you (and the bike) survived. It all happens in a microsecond.

This should be worth another floor crossing or two.

Noooo!!!! WVA has to be the unluckiest rider in the pro peloton. Hope he’s ok. #cyclocross #visma

Best film of the year!

Ours is Lars and the Real Girl. ‘Tis the season for movies 😎

Listen, let's not rule out that drawing Jamil Jivani's name in Secret Santa might have been what actually prompted the floor crossing.

YouTube video by Aliaksandr Saifulin Iggy Pop - Sixteen. Post Pop Depression. Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2016

Tell you what—this’ll get you going at 7 am:

youtu.be/IyPvt0TzutU

#legend

Love it!

Country music singer starts Corb Lund starts petition to ban coal mining on the Rockies' Eastern Slopes The iconic country music performer showed up in Edmonton yesterday with paperwork for a referendum petition to halt coal mining in the Rockies.

Country music singer starts Corb Lund starts petition to ban coal mining on the Rockies’ Eastern Slopes #canpoli

rabble.ca/politics/can...

If you or someone you know is a resident in the Calgary - Bow riding your help is needed! Reach out to Jenny at info@recallnicolaides.ca

Pleasure to host one of my chemistry hero’s, Ingo Krossing at La Trobe today.

Rapid Intermolecular C–H Activation of Aromatic Substrates at a Cationic, Electrophilic Molybdenum(VI) Nitrido Complex: Mechanistic Nuance in C–H Amination When the cationic, octahedral terminal nitrido complex of Mo(VI) supported by a diborate pentadentate ligand is generated in the absence of trapping nucleophiles, it activates the C(sp2)–H bonds of si...

Rapid Intermolecular C–H Activation of Aromatic Substrates at a Cationic, Electrophilic Molybdenum(VI) Nitrido Complex: Mechanistic Nuance in C–H Amination | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Very pleased this work is out in JACS. Congrats Dr. Almquist!

Professor Emeritus Axel D. Becke @dalhousieu.bsky.social has passed away at age 72.

💯💯💯💯💯

Dalton Transactions promotional graphic for the "MOFs: Three Decades of Design and Discovery" collection.

To mark the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we've launched a #MOFs collection, showcasing research by Laureates Susumu Kitagawa, Omar M. Yaghi & Richard Robson and their colleagues, spanning 3 decades of MOFs research from synthesis to application👀

Read now 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
#chemsky 🧪

A straightforward route to hexagonal-boron nitride fibers - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Advanced fibers enable the fabrication of structures and composites for applications reliant on lightweight, oxidation resistant, mechanically strong, and electrically insulating materials, e.g. in all forms of land, air, and space transportation and in applications within extreme environments. Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) fibers harness these advantages, and in addition, offer ultra-high-strength-to-weight ratio and low density. Yet, existing precursors for polymer-derived BN fibers are limited to insoluble and air/moisture sensitive polyborazylenes, hindering fiber production at scale. In this contribution, we report a reliable, controllable, and scalable synthesis methodology for producing pure micro- and nano-h-BN fibers, offering a competitive alternative to NASA’s energy-intensive h-BN nanotubes production. The single-source precursor, N-methyl polyaminoborane (PMeAB), plays a pivotal role in this process. The catalytic, and scalable, synthesis of PMeAB with controlled molecular weights (Mw = 110,500–290,500 g·mol−1) enables the production of h-BN fibers by electrospinning method and thermolysis under ammonia. PMeAB molecular weight and concentration were identified as key factors dictating the viscosity and surface tension, and thus influencing the overall spinnability of the PMeAB solution. We reveal that the subsequent formation of a cross-linked intermediate during PMeAB thermolysis is essential to retain the fibrous morphology during the conversion to h-BN fibers. Comprehensive characterization demonstrated the purity and homogeneity of the h-BN fibers, with ~ 97 at.% of B and N contents combined throughout the fiber body. This newly disclosed route to h-BN fibers offers a route to potentially valuable multifunctional filler material for advanced lightweight composites suitable for applications in extreme environments.

It's finally out there .. #ChemSky
Paper with @nicolegrobert.bsky.social lab and Andy Weller lab

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Where do I sign?

WHRC student-run community radio streaming 24/7

Excited that the kid is doing her first show on WHRC—MONKEY DISCO tonight at 7 pm east coast time. Streamable here: whrc-radio.com

The choice between Pipeline On The Left vs Pipeline On The Right isn't a choice at all & it's already started killing Canadians. Shame on all of you. #ClimateChange #abpoli #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #Nenshi #ClimateSky

As is the rookie’s arm!

Utterly unacceptable.

#abpoli #ableg #alberta #ABresistance

Massive earthquake happened yesterday in Canadian cycling.
History made.
Chapeau MVM!

Is 'pragmatism' good climate policy? | West of Centre | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen Is “pragmatism” a good principle when it comes to tackling climate change? What does this big buzzword adopted by the Prime Minister and others in his government even mean, anyway?  As the Canadian Cl...

podcast alert! I've been critical of CBC's West of Centre in the past for the absence of climate in discussing pipelines and O and G production.
So very pleased to have heard an excellent conversation covering a lot of these topics. More please!
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join our ERC project AGILE at the interface of inorganic, organic and organometallic chemistry. A vibrant Team, cool chemistry and everything takes place in the cultural capitol of Europe CHEMnitz. Apply now: www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...