36 Chambers of Science Editors

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New issue, new editorial...

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SUM 41, All Killer No Filler

It's not just a clever name.

Semi-autobiographical...

Closing dinner at #MaterialsToday2025

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Having a great time at #MaterialsToday2025 in Sitges, Spain.

Worked for Taylor Swift... 😆

Excited to join the Biomaterials & Biofabrication conference next week! Join @cranfordmatter.bsky.social's talk"Editors-in-the-Loop: A Publisher’s Perspective in the AI-Driven Science Era." Also, stop by and chat with @elainejeong.bsky.social too—we’d love to connect! #Biofabrication #Biomaterials

CoRE MOF DB: A curated experimental metal-organic framework database with machine-learned properties for integrated material-process screening A computational workflow was developed to streamline the curation and featurization of experimental metal-organic framework (MOF) structures, improving and updating the widely accessed CoRE MOF databa...

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Online now... .

Despite the proliferation (and convenience) of meeting via Zoom online, it cannot replace physical face-to-face interactions in science and academia.

In this month's editorial I pose that "face-to-face still matters".

Science, ultimately, is people... not papers.

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Remove a letter, ruin a movie.

Petty Woman

Pup Fiction.

Ion Man

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Materials Today Conference? In Spain? On the beach? In June? WITH AWESOME SPEAKERS?

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SEE YOU IN SPAIN!

So excited, made this AI-generated song... enjoy!

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Sometimes it's a ton of fun just to bash out an editorial at a bar...

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The "reciprocal" tariffs include... checks list... St. Pierre and Miquelon... 🤣

Evolving Matter editorial strategy to reflect the materials community When I launched Matter in 2019, I made a commitment to the community to always be transparent. Academia is rife with gatekeeping, politics, and cliques—particularly in publishing—so it was always our ...

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New issue online! My latest editorial is on behalf of the entire editorial team, announcing our new editorial strategy.

In a nutshell: Less Editorial Desk Rejections, casting a wider net.

Accurate...

Upgrading keratin into a moldable bioplastic This work showcases a breakthrough in utilizing non-edible protein biomass, particularly keratin found in materials such as wool and feathers. Using a water-based method, we have altered keratin’s str...

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Plastic production of the future:

Just a revision of editors out for dinner in NYC...