Take your own - few years in and changes everything…

What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?

Cliff 🪺

Lovely start to the day #BudleighDawn

Really proud of this one😍 #frontcover @analyticalmethods.rsc.org with #Darwin + #SORS @nhm-london.bsky.social huge thanks @clf-stfc.bsky.social artist #HelenTowrie with @pavelmatousek.bsky.social #NHM #agilent hon-lect #physics #biospec @exeter.ac.uk @profnickstone.bsky.social

Start of a lovely week of Spring 🤞

Love the snowboard cross mixed team - what a performance #TeamGB #WinterOlympics26

DON'T FORGET
⏰Abstract submission closes one week today! ⏰
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Good to get some ‘Northern Lights’ down South on #Devon Coast #AuroraBorealis

Fabulous piece of work and fascinating stories to go with it. Well done Sara!

In Situ Analysis of Historical Preservation Fluids in Sealed Containers with Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy Understanding and monitoring of preservation fluids is essential for ensuring the long-term integrity of fluid-preserved specimens in natural history collections. However, analytical characterization ...

🎉My first last-author paper is out🎉
@pubs.acs.org Editor’s Choice 😱✨
Using #SORS to study Charles Darwin’s specimens at @nhm-london.bsky.social 📄 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

with @pavelmatousek.bsky.social @clf-stfc.bsky.social #STFC Hon Lec at #Biospec @exeter.ac.uk @profnickstone.bsky.social

🎉Happy New Year Everyone!
We're excited this is the year Spring SciX comes to Exeter 😀

🥳Abstracts are already being submitted

🐘Don't forget to submit yours before the closing date (30.01.26)

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A more focused research system does not by itself solve structural deficits Anton Muscatelli and Miles Padgett think through the deeper issues in UK research – from cost recovery and dual support to doctoral training and organisational structure – that won’t be solved by simp...

Excellent summary of how the UK HEI research landscape needs to change to deliver what the country needs and to support the needs of ECRs - re-linking PhDs to cutting edge funded projects is key here wonkhe.com/blogs/a-more... @antonmuscatelli.bsky.social @milespadgett.bsky.social

Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025 Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.

#BBC #NewsAtTen #Disappointed to see wrong units for annual energy generated (TW) by renewables being discussed during both main BBC news programmes today, particularly when the BBC website has it right with TWh … here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surely not that hard explaining the units?

#Christmas #IRDG

Great to see @arasfly3.bsky.social presenting her excellent work on #Darwin and @nhm-london.bsky.social specimens using #SORS - spatially offset Raman spectroscopy #stfc #RutherfordAppletonLab Hon Academic in #Physics #Biospec @exeter.ac.uk

🎉Spring SciX 2026 abstract submissions are now open! 🎉

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⚠️Submissions close Friday 30th January 2026 ⚠️

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Get planning over Christmas break and add @SpringSciX2026 registration and abstract to your #NewYearResolution

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

So glad we were able to bring Prof Tarje Nissen-Meyer to join us in @exeter.ac.uk as part of the #ADAProgramme www.exeter.ac.uk/research/pro... and #EnvironmentalIntelligence

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Get ready! Abstract submission opening soon! ⏰

Yup - was told to keep my hand off!

Particularly interested to note Michael Faraday who’s lab I was viewing had a large vessel of around 200 year old stable gold colloid suspension!! Need protocol…

Interesting to spend some time at The Royal Institution today meeting old friends Quentin Pankhurst, Simon Hattersley and new Thanh Nguyen @ucl.ac.uk

Cross-National Radiomics Validation Using Mammography to Predict Occult Invasion in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ | Radiology Mammographic radiomic features were able to predict occult invasive disease in core-needle biopsy–proven ductal carcinoma in situ in patients from three countries.

New paper out today - really glad to be part of this great CRUK / NL-NKI Funded @crukpolicy.bsky.social #GrandChallenge #DCISPrecision Cross-National Radiomics Validation Using Mammography to Predict Occult Invasion in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ | Radiology pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10....

📢 We are delighted to announce our Spring SciX 2026 Plenary speakers 📢

⭐Prof Thomas Bocklitz (Jena)
⭐Prof Sarah Bohndiek (Cambridge)
⭐Prof Bernhard Lendl (TU Wien)

👀Look out for more updates coming soon! 👀

#WornOutJacket #1993

#Wow a 32 year old Goretex mountain jacket #SeenBetterDays Berghaus provided a free repair of the leaky seams and then unbelievably reseamed the whole coat #GoodAsNew #SustainableClothing #ThankYou #Berghaus
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Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances

Hard plastic made from bamboo is as strong and durable as conventional plastics for uses such as household appliances and car interiors, but also recyclable and biodegrades easily in soil.

You think?

Good to be at @FACCS SciX publicising SpringSciX 26 in Exeter 14-16th April @springscix2026.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

Well done England Women’s Rugby (as a Welshman) - you have been the best throughout the tournament and fully deserve to raise the Rugby World Cup 🥳💪👏