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Stu Cantrill
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Husband, Dad, PhD, pedant, former Chief Ed of @natchem.nature.com, now Editorial Director at @NaturePortfolio.nature.com. Wine, chemistry, publishing, words & snark. Views ranty, but all mine. #ContaminatedBlood victim (affected). He/Him
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It's hard to believe this is real, but I think it is.
And most depressingly: Tyler does not say "What the fuck are you even talking about Sam, and why are you in this job?"
olivia.science Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 2d
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.

COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?

ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.

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COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs? ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons. COWEN: What’s stopping that? What’s the ultimate binding constraint? ALTMAN: We’re working on it really hard. COWEN: If you could have more of one thing to have more compute, what would the one thing be? ALTMAN: Electrons.
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Well that was a rather pleasant evening! #WineSky #Wine #Bordeaux #Yquem
A composite picture of four bottles of wine. Top left: Domaine Drouhin Oregon Chardonnay 2023 Top right: Chateau Léoville Polyferré 1996 Bottom left: Stag’s Leap Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Bottom right: Yquem 2022
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Haven’t travelled to the US for a while, but it appears my towel theory still holds based on this NYC hotel room. If you wake up in a random hotel room not knowing where on Earth you are, if the biggest towel in the room is smaller than the TV, you’re probably in the US…
A towel draped over a TV, held on by a couple of plugs and a neck pillow. The towel is slightly wider than the TV (just), but it is not as tall.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
A black & white picture of Lise Meitner sat on a chair while holding a book. There is a bookcase in the background A black & white picture of Marie Curie
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Our November issue is live!🔔 It contains the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with…

www.nature.com/nchem/volume...

#chemsky
artistic representation of a mountain landscape symbolizing the iterative machine learning optimization, with paths representing successive improvements to the chemical structure of the COFs.
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Hey #ChemSky - if you feel like answering a social media survey, here's one 👇
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Not the most difficult game of ‘find the odd one out’ that I’ve ever played…
A window through which you can see a conference table in an office room. There are four lines of writing on the window which, top to bottom, read: Private Offices Coworking Meeting Rooms Happiness
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Happy Mole Day everyone - here's my favourite thing related to the mole. 'A mole of moles' courtesy of @xkcd.com

what-if.xkcd.com/4/

#ChemSky
Circles showing that a mole of moles makes a sphere slightly larger than our moon
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Love this piece in @natchem.nature.com by Judy Wu:

'...benzene is more than a molecule — it is a symbol of industrial revolutions, of new ways to represent molecules, and an example of the quiet forces that move science forward: kindness, conviction, and generosity.'

rdcu.be/eMn4o

#ChemSky
The human story of benzene
Nature Chemistry - The discovery of benzene two centuries ago marked a turning point in chemistry. From contributing to the development of chemical bonding concepts, to its practical use in the...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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To celebrate my book being shortlisted for the 'Food & Mental Health Award' at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (the Oscars of food writing), I have cut the price of the paperback to basically the minimum possible.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038

#Cookbook #GourmandAward #Foodie #FoodSky #BookSky
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Our October issue is now live! 🎃

Read about electrified tungsten wire lightbulb reactors, salt formation in CO2 electrolysis, artificial cytoskeleton assembly in viscoelastic confinements, and more! #ChemSky #ChemBio #Physics

nature.com/natchemeng/v...
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Question for the few #Jura wine geeks on here (including @winklorch.bsky.social) - this vin jaune was aged for 12 years without topping up?! Is that usual for #ganevat #vinjaune. I know Tissot does a 12 year one, but this surprised me!
A picture of a wine label on the back of a bottle of vin jaune that reads: ARBOIS APPELLATION ARBOIS CONTROLÉE Vin Jaune 2005 Ce vin issu du cépage Savagnin cultivé sur un sol de marnes irisées, a été élevé plus de 12 ans sans ouillage, juste protégé par son voile. et ses levures indigènes. MIS EN BOUTEILLE PAR SAS Anne et Jean-François GANEVAT LA COMBE - F39190 ROTALIER - FRANCE 15%vol PROQUIT DE FRANCE / PRODUCT OF FRANCE CONTENT DES SUITES / CONTANS SURTES
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Want a fantastic introduction to #jurawine? Then look no further than this excellent piece by @winklorch.bsky.social 🍷
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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It surprises me how poorly generative AI is at chemical structures. Google image search for "benzene" finds thousands of correct structures. Why does its generative image AI tool fail to create something that matches that training set?
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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‘Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth’ by @philipcball.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Screenshot that reads: The award "underlies the importance in investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth", says economist Diane Coyle of the University of Cambridge. "It's great to see the Nobel prize recognize the importance of this topic," adds innovation policy researcher Richard Jones of the University of Manchester, UK. "It's important that economists understand the conditions that lead to technological progress," he adds. The winners, says Coyle, "have long been on people's list of potential candidates".
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Good friends, good wine, good night!
Four bottles sitting on a table; the three on the left are all empty; a Ganevat trousseau from the Jura, a pomerol and a Sauternes. The last one is a half-empty bottle of prunelle de Troyes.
October 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Just had my flu jab, asked for COVID too. Told no. Been eligible every year since the pandemic, but Government changing the rules to save money, clearly. Came home and booked a private one (which I am fortunate enough to be able to do).
October 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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This wins Bluesky. Definitely today, maybe for the whole year 👏👏👏
October 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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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."
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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There is still plenty of time to apply! Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please mention our ad to your colleagues or trainees!
ritastrack.bsky.social Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · Sep 24
Nature Biomedical Engineering is hiring again! This time we're hoping to add an editor with machine learning expertise to the team (although we are open to those with other relevant expertise!) Deadline is Oct 20. Please RT! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
October 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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The 27th Solvay Conference on Chemistry has just been opened by Prof. Ben Feringa (2016 Nobel prize laureate), and this mornings session will be chaired by Prof. Omar Yaghi, who was awarded the Nobel prize yesterday! 🎉 What a privilege to have the Solvay Institutes in Brussels 😃 #chemsky
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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#chemnobel #chemsky #ozchem
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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This year's Nobel - commentary and background, with a few more bonus MOF pictures of my own:
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Metal-Organic Frameworks
www.science.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Last bit of MOF stuff for the day… this is one of my very favourite cover lines from back when I was the Chief Ed of @natchem.nature.com… - was incredibly fitting for the paper too (rdcu.be/eJ4zt by @randallsnurr.bsky.social and co-workers) #chemsky 🧪
The cover of the Feb 2012 issue of Nature Chemistry. A series of connectors in various colours are connected with short straight rods. Off to the side is a pile of different coloured connectors. The main cover line is: Every MOF you make.
October 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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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 🧪
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.”
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM