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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 25m

Can generative AI be trusted to draw chemical structures? Not yet, according to two chemists who want to see the community take a tough stance against its use.

The chemistry community should ban drawing chemical structures with generative AI, chemists warn

AIs like Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT still make serious errors rendering structural formulae

www.chemistryworld.com

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 18h

Oversized lab coats held in place with elastic bands, Frankenstein creations made by stitching two lab coats together or leaving the lab altogether. These have been the options for pregnant women in the lab. @geniuslabgear.bsky.social now wants to change this with the launch of a maternity lab coat.

Maternity lab coat aims to close a gap in PPE market and end unsafe practices

Genius Lab Gear wants to stop trend of pregnant women creating Frankenstein lab coats with a tailored and adjustable lab coat

www.chemistryworld.com

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Andy Emery @andydoggerbank.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in Ostende this week for #IKUWA8! Come see my poster. I'm also standing in for @hlsteyne.bsky.social speaking on the benefits of offshore development for palaeolandscapes research this afternoon in session D3, 16.00-18.15, room Atelier+1.

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Andy Baker @andy-baker.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to have been chosen as a lecturer in the American Geophysical Union Distinguished Lecture Series for 2025-2026.

Would you like to hear about all things climate, groundwater and caves...?

andy-baker.org/2025/10/14/a...

AGU Distinguished Lecture Series: Caves and their stalagmites: linking climate to groundwater recharge

I am delighted to have been chosen as a lecturer in the American Geophysical Union Distinguished Lecture Series for 2025-2026. Would you like to hear about “Caves and their stalagmites: linki…

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 22h

🧪🏺🦣 Hugely exciting area for faunal & hominin ID using tiny fragments of bone within sediment sample blocks, allowing attribution to micro-layers: crucial to advance knowledge in Palaeolithc sites, especially those already excavated.
Sites tested: Bacho Kiro Cave, La Ferrassie, and Quinçay

Vera Aldeias @veraaldeias.bsky.social · 23h

📄 New paper 📣 of @matrixerc.bsky.social & @welkergroup.bsky.social! We show that microstratigraphic-scale #paleoproteomics works in intact sediments - opening new ways to explore ancient ecosystems & hominin behaviour 🌍🦴
@erc.europa.eu @icarehb.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

New methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomics

Abstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat

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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 22h

What an opportunity! Four years in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, Lake District on your doorstep etc, working with one of the cleverest, kindest, funniest people I know, on a FASCINATING topic!

Please share far and wide

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Brenna Hassett @brennawalks.bsky.social · 22h

I'm hiring! 4 year post doc on my Wellcome Trust grant -- come be inventive about isotopes in teeth with me in PPN Turkiye :) www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...

please share!

Post Doctoral Research Assistant - 1160-25

Thinking of the next step in your career? Take a look at our exciting new role, Post Doctoral Research Assistant based at our Other. Find out more and apply he…

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

Initiative to transform research support roles gets £4.5m.

Research Professional Futures initiative will aim to create a strategy for research professionals in roles that have “historically lacked visibility, recognition and clear career pathways”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Initiative to transform research support roles gets £4.5m - Research Professional News

Sector-wide collaboration to establish identities and pathways for research professionals receives Research England backing

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Welker Group @welkergroup.bsky.social · 1d

📣Paper alert📣 Is it possible to use #palaeoproteomics to identify the taxonomy of bone fragments in resin-embedded sediment blocks, enabling study of past faunal community composition at a microstratigraphic scale? 🦴🐮 🦌 We decided to test this, and the results are now out: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

New methods on the block: Taxonomic identification of archaeological bones in resin-embedded sediments through paleoproteomics

Abstract. The integration of biomolecular studies of past organisms with geoarchaeological studies can significantly improve our understanding of the relat

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Prof. Anders Levermann, PhD @alevermann.bsky.social · 10d

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New Study Shows Disruption of Ocean Currents That Stabilize the Global Climate - Inside Climate News

Clam shell growth rings contain clues about the looming potential for a tipping point into climate collapse.

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Dr Izzy Wisher @izzywisher.bsky.social · 16d

Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵

Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺

doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Close-up image of a sand coloured stone, with a diagonal crack. The sand rock has a textured surface, and small spots of blue can be seen towards the centre of the stone. The background is grey.

Microscopic photo of the blue spots, that are irregular in shape and size and positioned diagonally across the image. The rest of the photo shows the rough sand coloured texture of the stone.

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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 2d

Research Coding Club is back 🧑‍💻

The theme of the new training programme is how FAIR (Findable Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles can be applied to research software, from version control to packaging and software lifecycle planning to testing and continuous integration

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EGU Biogeosciences Division (BG) @egubg.bsky.social · 2d

🗞️ New article in Biogeosciences #EGU by Tim R. de Groot et al. ⬇️

Adaptation of methane-oxidizing bacteria to environmental changes: implications for coastal methane dynamics

Abstract. Global warming induces alterations in ocean temperature regimes, as well as in precipitation patterns. This leads to shifts in water column properties, which will increasingly impact…

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Roberto Sáez @robertosaezm.bsky.social · 2d

Widespread evidence of Middle Stone Age (MSA) presence in Equatorial Guinea (West-Central Atlantic Africa)

Understanding the evolutionary history of humans in the rainforest ecosystems of West Central Africa remains a challenge, despite the region's signifi…

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 3d

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 8d

Please join USAA-IPCC and @agu.org next week for a webinar on how to engage with @ipcc.bsky.social reports as an Expert Reviewer! The Special Report on Cities and Climate Change opens for first review on Oct 17 - we'll discuss in our webinar how to register and what makes for good review comments.

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 2d

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

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Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at growing risk. But, what does that actually mean?

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Stewie Stewart @stewiestewart.bsky.social · 2d

Ancient microbial DNA and proteins preserve in concretions covering human remains

Archaeological remains covered with concretions, including human bones, are commonly found in certain areas and time periods of interest for understan…

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 5d

NEW on Wonkhe: What looks like efficiency in UK higher education often masks systemic injustice. Jim Dickinson explores how policies around reassessment quietly entrench inequality buff.ly/89mzFbe

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · 5d

Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here.

#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 5d

There are hundreds of years of history of women’s scientific accomplishments not being recognised or being minimised (“not notable”). It *still* happens. Many female scientists are only acknowledged on Wikipedia thanks to the efforts of, yes, other female scientists, notably physicist Dr Jess Wade.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 5d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 5d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 6d

Are you a #ScienceArtist? We're looking for you to join us at #EGU26!

Applications are now open for EGU’s #Artist in #Residence programme!

📅 Apply by 27 October 2025.
👉 Learn more about the application details & requirements: egu.eu/63Y1BV
📝 Submit your application here: egu.eu/813683

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 5d

📰 What was thought to be a Palaeolithic oil lamp was likely in fact a 13,000-year-old paint pallet, and contains the oldest instance of blue pigment in Europe!

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

These Archaeologists Set Out in Search of Animal Fat. Instead, They Found the Oldest Blue Pigment Ever Discovered in Europe

Blue residue on a 13,000-year-old stone artifact, long believed to be an oil lamp, may paint a new picture of Paleolithic art and culture

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Alex Norwood @alnorwood.bsky.social · 6d

I'm really excited about this new paper, with @dayvees.bsky.social, where we use simulations to explore how herbivore tooth growth and development, demography, and dental wear mediate the seasonal signal preserved in serially sampled teeth!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Simulating the formation of herbivore tooth death assemblages to improve expectations for paleoenvironmental reconstruction from intra-tooth isotopic analysis

Isotopic analysis of serially-sampled dental enamel from fossil faunal assemblages is a popular paleoenvironmental proxy for its ability to inform on …

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