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Some Nanjing food specialties

Nanjing hairy crab in a white bowl

Table set for food with a dolly

Prawn wonton and siumei

Not to mention savour some of the local foods!

It was also an occasion to meet long time friends now living in Shanghai

The old main hall of Nanjing Universoty

The Chemistry Department of Nanjing Universoty

A view of Nanjing at night

The Chairman Mao statue at the entrance of Fudan University. Fudan University also celebrated 120 years, as written in red at the front

It’s been quiet here because… life. But this past week I have had the pleasure of intensively interacting with academic researchers from Nanjing University, Nanjing Tech University, and Fudan University in Shanghai, in both chemical biology and organic chemistry. Great research and discussions!

But… what’s the story?

They know their target with this

This is great a summary of why #CelebrityTraitors is so good!

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

The @natureportfolio.nature.com Collection celebrating the award of the 2025 #chemnobel to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of metal–organic frameworks is now live! #chemsky 🧪

I guess we both got the same reminder email 😅

Great to read UFO Robot Goldrake, a historical anime, is back on Italian tv screens and still captivating audiences

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L’Italia ha vinto i Mondiali maschili di pallavolo Per la seconda volta consecutiva, la quinta nella sua storia e a tre settimane dal successo della Nazionale femminile

L’Italia ha vinto i Mondiali maschili di pallavolo

Cats are the bosses in York: I remember spotting a few statues of them on robes and house sides when I visited more than years ago

I was thinking the same…

#chemsky

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(Vongole*}
Did t know they were present in the US too! The blue crabs (from the US) have affected a lot of the producers in Italy, and the warm waters of the summer have not helped either…

A meno che nn mi sia perso l’ironia 😅🤦🏻‍♂️

E invece camice e occhiali protettivi sempre in lab di chimica!

This is brilliantly put

It’s journalism’s obesogenic environment problem.

Everyone knows you’re meant to eat your greens (speak to domain experts, double-check), but social media has created a sea of cheap and convenient (open an app), hyper-palatable (sensationalised, alarmist), nutrient-poor (dubious veracity) options.

Will we soon see "true" metal-free?🤔

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

Labour are also REALLY shit at comms.

Things like this are getting totally eclipsed by the flag nonsense and the phoney ECHR debate.

Man holding two copies of Windows 95 Upgrade on release day in a store.

Windows 95 was released to the general public 30 years ago today.

Conta anche la disidratazione

È morto Pippo Baudo È stato tra i più noti e amati presentatori della televisione italiana

È morto Pippo Baudo

Looking forward to proofs of that plan hehe

I have: it got covered extensively too. And the authors are also Italian heheh. So, are you having cacio e pepe with eggs as a side? 🤣

Physicists Reveal Secrets Of The Perfect Pasta Cacio E Pepe This traditional dish from Rome gets a scientific analysis for a foolproof meal.

Did you see the preprint on the "perfect cacio e pepe", btw? It was covered extensively (here is one article on it www.iflscience.com/physicists-r...)

You got me going full Italian mode 🤣