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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, this is a really high level of academic rickrolling.

Michael Eisen @mbeisen.bsky.social · 4h

Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com

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jackkclegg.bsky.social @jackkclegg.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to share this little tutorial review:

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#crystals #flexible #chemistry

Identifying and Characterising Flexible Crystals

Mechanically flexible single crystals are emerging as a useful class of materials due to their unique combination of crystallinity and molecular-scale responses to applied mechanical stress. In this t...

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 1d

Occasional reminder that I have a collection of academic hoaxes.

Hoaxes offer a unique window into academic publishing!

doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Stinging the Predators: A collection of papers that should never have been published

This ebook collects academic papers and conference abstracts that were meant to be so terrible that nobody in their right mind would publish them. All were submitted to journals and conferences to exp...

doi.org

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 4d

Have you ever heard about the most famous suitcase master? Ah, he also created periodic table.

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 6d

Beer example is good, I am 90% convinced now. Is it the same for a diffractometer? Single-crystal or single crystal?

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 6d

Btw, should it be “single-crystal diffraction”? Because for me “single-crystal” is an adjective in this case.

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 6d

A "can you show me a full reaction?" structure again, from my usual supplier @dr-berionni.bsky.social group.

*Looking on the news* This a a promising linker for new class of perspective MOFs. (Not really, just a starting material for different stuff).

#crystallography #RealTimeChem

Crystal structure of the 3-((2-carboxyethyl)ammonio)propanoate.

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Fabian Wittmers - PubPeer: Archasia Belfragei @academic-integrity.bsky.social · 6d

(1/x) Some thoughts on a recent case: I raised concerns about an article published in 2010 w/ Wiley's IACR team in August 2025. I considered the problems to be severe and clearly indicative of manipulated data (see image below): Sarhan et al. 2010 (DOI: 10.1002/app.32522) pubpeer.com/publications...

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 6d

One step on a time :) But yes.

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 6d

I kinda promised to @louisedawe.bsky.social to submit in the JACS (Journal of Applied CryStallography) :)

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 6d

I may give different promises, but to write a book - oh, no-no-no :)

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 6d

*foil hat on* The only reason today's Nobel prize was given to #MOFs, is to revive #ChemSky aka #ChemTwitter - just look on your feed now.

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 7d

Most credits go to Escher :) But making proper cookies cutter also took me few iterations.

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t remember if it South or North Italian corner, snacks may vary… Our department is clearly South :)

Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 7d

I hope to finish the rest of wallpaper groups cookies during this New Year holidays :)

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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 8d

Okay, today is physics #NobelPrize day, so there's just enough time for another instalment of...

PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 2

In 1912, a Swedish inventor called Gustaf Dalén beat Albert Einstein and Max Planck (inter alia) to the biggest prize in physics. How? Well...🧵🧪⚛️

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 8d

You said this and after recalling the building layout I realized that it is indeed the Italian corner!

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 8d

This is the place of my past chemistry (mostly) crimes :)

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 9d

Speaking about working conditions - here is the photo of my previous place (I was passing by yesterday).

And yes, I have no idea what is going on :)

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Shao-Liang Zheng @shaoliangzheng.bsky.social · 11d

A nice #Olex2 feature on serial refinement in #SmallMolecule #diffraction 😀😀 doi.org/10.1063/4.00...
#ResonantDiffraction #crystallography #education

SISYPHOS: An automatic procedure for the serial refinement of single-crystal diffraction data in Olex2

A program for serial handling of crystallographic data is presented within Olex2. Especially for small molecule electron and x-ray diffraction, the handling of

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 11d

Somehow I ended up inside a NMR console this afternoon with realization that I am touching NMR only when it is not working.

An NMR console with a connected oscilloscope.

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 12d

congratulations kyanite! 🏆

(also congratulations tugtupite, you rock).

#MinCup25 #minerals

Here's my version of the bracket with my hand-drawn minerals.

final Mineral Cup 2025 bracket with kyanite as champion. all the minerals are illustrated and the brackets are lined with decorative border in gold.

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 12d

At least my wife is not asking why I am making photo of walls and floors :)

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 13d

Oui :)

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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 13d

I think that this year I brought 10-30 people to #MinCup25 with this whiteboard.
Also my typos accidentally produced a cute mineral name - tugtupetite.

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