Abhik Ghosh

Abhik Ghosh

@abhikghosh.bsky.social

Bioinorganic and materials chemist at UiT, Tromsø, Norway. Interested in porphyrins, corroles, transition metals, synchrotrons & DFT. Also birds, seafood, travel, diversity, scicomm & Sanskrit. Indian, 🏳️‍🌈

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More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn's CEO is saying the future of work won't belong to people with degrees anymore | Fortune LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said Ivy League diplomas won’t get Gen Z hopefuls far in the job hunt. Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg agree college isn’t needed for success.

More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn’s CEO is saying the future of work won’t belong to people with degrees anymore fortune.com/2025/10/02/g...

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Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits

Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how www.newscientist.com/article/2512...

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How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment Proteins assume complex 3D shapes even faster than does DNA, which is a simpler molecule.

How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says

This is mind-blowing! Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics Organic solar cell windows will enable the buildings of the future to be energy-neutral, she says

How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics
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Why an industry career move is a taboo topic in academia Adam Levy investigates why researchers are sometimes reluctant to disclose their plans to colleagues.

Why an industry career move is a taboo topic in academia www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do? A graduate student in China has become seriously depressed after facing frequent verbal abuse.

My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do? www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

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How Often Do You Fart? This 'Smart Underwear' Can Keep Track, Because Figuring Out a Baseline Is Important for Science Researchers have launched a study to find a typical range for flatulence, which has been harder to measure than you might expect

Forget stupid papers in JACS and Angewandte Chemie. Behold, instead, this lovely bit of analytical chemistry – a Fitbit for Farts, or a Fartbit – which gives deep insights into your gut health.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...

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‘An AlphaFold 4’ – scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left guessing how to achieve similar results.

‘An AlphaFold 4’ – scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Holy prosociality! Batman makes people stand for pregnant passengers Feedback is delighted by an experiment on the Milan metro system, which involved a prosthetic bump, a Batman costume and some unexpected displays of public decency

Feedback is delighted by an experiment on the Milan metro system, which involved a prosthetic bump, a Batman costume and some unexpected displays of public decency

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a erratic looking poster board with squiggles and a circuit board glued to it that says "What conducts electricity" with random shit glued on the side like construction paper that says cheese and metal

Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair.

An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.

Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.

Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course

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Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right Researchers can deploy the cheap and transparent model on their own computer system.

Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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‘Inverted metallocenes’ turn organometallic definition on its head Complexes contain palladium-based rings bonded to non-metal anions

‘Inverted metallocenes’ turn organometallic definition on its head: www.chemistryworld.com/news/inverte...

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Honoring Black and African American Chemists: Pioneers, Innovators, and Trailblazers for Black History Month Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications.

Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications: buff.ly/NDZyPYQ

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Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

Great news from Svalbard, Norway: a warming Arctic hasn’t resulted in starvation among polar bears, quite the contrary: they are fatter than ever: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Europe and India are making history today.

We have concluded the mother of all deals.

We have created a free trade zone of two billion people, with both sides set to benefit.

This is only the beginning.

We will grow our strategic relationship to be even stronger.

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Today, the world’s two largest democracies launched a Security and Defence Partnership.

A platform for stronger cooperation on the strategic issues that matter most

- from defence industry to maritime security.

This is what trusted partners do.

link.europa.eu/V94YWr

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Afghanistan: Four years on, 2.2 million girls still banned from Statement by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

As we enter World Education Day (Jan 24), think of the 2.2 million Afghani girls still banned from school beyond the primary level. Be their voices.

www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

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Somalia’s Deputy PM STUNS Rajdeep Sardesai With Fluent Hindi | Exclusive from Davos 2026 YouTube video by India Today Global

Somalia’s Deputy PM gives an interview on Indian TV in fluent Hindi (many Indians, by comparison, should be ashamed of their own language skills!) youtu.be/SafjuGX3S-4

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Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role in climate Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate

Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate

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Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA? Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication

Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA? www.science.org/content/arti...

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Indian farmers turn to 'magical' butterfly pea flower Indian farmers are turning to butterfly pea flower which is in demand for its bright blue colour.

A nice story about a beloved Indian flower – aparajita (which literally means undefeated) – that we have all grown up with. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Six years ago, Stanford linguist Paul Kiparsky & I tried to explain why Mendeleev – rather inexplicably – gave partially Sanskrit names to then-unknown elements: eka-silicon, dvi-manganese, etc. It’s quite a story! Check it out if you haven’t heard about it: www.americanscientist.org/article/the-...

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How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike This researcher struggled in grad school—until he embraced it as a time for learning

How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike www.science.org/content/arti...

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It’s a Gas | Bill McKibben I’m writing this in the last days of the northern hemisphere’s autumn in 2025. Over recent weeks we’ve seen a hurricane hit Jamaica with wind speeds a few

"It’s a Gas" by @billmckibben.bsky.social for New York Review of Books: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life More than two miles under the Greenland Sea, tubeworms, snails, crustaceans, and microbes live on gas hydrate seeps that leak crude oil and methane.

In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life

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This chemist had a tenure-track job offer in the US when they decided to leave the country Why Evan Spotte-Smith made that choice, and how they are finding the experience

This chemist had a tenure-track job offer in the US when they decided to leave the country #queerinstem ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 cen.acs.org/careers/empl...

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Science in 2026: the events to watch for in the coming year The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the developments set to shape research in 2026.

Science in 2026: the events to watch for in the coming year www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.

Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025 Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.

Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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