Chemical fuels + helicity = ... ? Read more ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Congrats Paolo!

Thomas Hermans - GVS - Dissipative Self-Assembly by Chemical Fuels and/or Light #acsspring2026 Explore the future of systems chemistry! Thomas Hermans (IMDEA Nanociencia) is pushing the boundaries of how molecular systems organize and adapt using chemical fuels and light. Catch his talk, “Dissi...

Get a quick look at my talk, “Dissipative Self Assembly by Chemical Fuels and/or Light,” featured at the Global Virtual Symposium.
#ACSSpring2026. tinyurl.com/Spr26-Digita...

¡Gracias de nuevo por la invitación, ha sido un placer conocer INMA y a sus investigadores!

Filming light at 1 quadrillion FPS? Yes 🤯

This video by @veritasium.bsky.social uses a model by Professor Fernando Martín @uam.es @imdeanano.bsky.social to explain how scientists make sense of the trillions of frames captured in a second!

📽️ youtu.be/P-4pbFcERnk?...

Female scientist and school girl holding chemistry glassware to celebrate 11F

Happy #11F!! Still 78% of STEM jobs in G20 countries is held by men... let's bring this to 50%!

El Prof. Emilio M. Pérez es nombrado nuevo director del Instituto IMDEA Nanociencia, continuando nuestra misión de impulsar la investigación de excelencia en nanociencia y nanotecnología.

+info nanociencia.imdea.org/es/imdea-nan...

Congrats again @emiliomperezlab.bsky.social !!

and huge thanks to Qfluidics.com for prototyping the 1 L/min pump!

We thank @regiongrandest.bsky.social and LabEx CSC for funding. Made possible by @unistra.fr @inserm.fr @univparissaclay.bsky.social @imdeanano.bsky.social and EFS
#ECMO #lifesupport #blood #pumping #ferrofluid

Magnetostaltic pumping in an ex vivo extracorporeal membrane oxygenation model - Journal of Translational Medicine Journal of Translational Medicine - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a critical rescue therapy for severe respiratory or cardiac failure. However, current blood pumps generate high...

Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The main achievements thanks to Reza Zolala, who did this during his PhD project at EFS with help and supervision from Pierre Mangin and Véronique HEIM. And thanks to Cécile DENIS and Peter Lenting for VWF assays and discussions!

At pediatric-level flow rates over 48 h, we observed about a one-third reduction in hemolysis, while platelet function remained normal. While further clinical studies are needed, we believe this technology could be an important step toward safer, more gentle extracorporeal circulation in the future.

This “magnetostaltic” pumping method significantly reduced damage to red blood cells as compared with standard centrifugal and peristaltic pumps in ex vivo tests using human blood.

🧬 A gentler way to pump blood for life support!

We report a new approach to blood pumping for ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) that uses magnetic liquid interfaces instead of solid mechanical parts to move blood.

Congrats!!

How common is Alzheimer’s disease? First population-wide blood test holds surprises Nature - A study of blood-based markers for Alzheimer’s disease in Norway confirms earlier estimates, and may show how education level relates to risk.

“It is the kind of test that, in the wrong hands, could cause a lot of harm”

A study of blood-based markers for Alzheimer’s disease in Norway confirms earlier estimates

go.nature.com/3N7sLfg

IMDEA Nanociencia es un instituto de investigación interdisciplinar, en el que trabajan 250 investigadores de 27 nacionalidades distintas.

¿Quieres saber qué cosas han pasado en IMDEA Nanociencia este 2025?

Hilo 🧵 #2025wrapped

1/ 🔬✨ At the #HealthResearch Ceremony 2025, we celebrated the researchers who push science forward with curiosity, bold ideas and a shared commitment to improving people’s health.

A day of talent, dialogue and collaboration.

What were the highlights of the day? 👀⬇️

🙏

Yes, me too unfortunately, and I could have had at least 10-20 more papers, I just choose not to play that game. But the system demands numbers to advance, so that’s not helping.

Yes, simply using a machine from our team without further discussion or involvement in the project I have declined; also, if the time commitment is small, acknowledgements are fine.

This was a really great event and I’m really humbled to receive this support from @caixaresearch.bsky.social ! Looking forward to getting started with Maria José Santiago and colleagues at Gregorio Marañon hospital!

1/📢Today is the day!

This afternoon we celebrate the Health Research Ceremony 2025, where the 34 researchers selected in this year’s Health Research Call will receive their awards — recognizing projects that are pioneering health innovation in Spain and Portugal.

Stay tuned!🔜

1/ ECMO takes over heart and lung function, but current systems can damage blood and cause bleeding or clots.

With a #HealthResearch grant, @hermanslab.bsky.social is developing a system that transports blood safely, reducing damage. 👇

https://tinyurl.com/4694utw9

Suppressing Interfacial Instability of Immiscible Liquid‐in‐Liquid Flow Using Magnetic Forces This paper investigates the magnetic stabilization of an immiscible inner liquid surrounded by a ferrofluid sheath. Suppressing instabilities and thermomagnetic manipulation of the inner liquid are s...

🚀 Arvind's work is out in Advanced Science! We show how magnetic fields suppress the Rayleigh–Plateau instability 🧲💧. Great collaboration with the Bodenschatz group and long-term colleague Bernard Doudin! @imdeanano.bsky.social @maxplanck.de @ipcmslab.bsky.social

Chemical kinetics course - YouTube Chemical kinetics course Class 1: Historical introduction Class 2: 0-2nd order, equilibrium (analytical) Class 3: Reactions in series/parallel, Michaelis-Men...

Want to learn chemical kinetics? Watch my online course (master level): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMOBJket5g1zsNs-a8hlJ7ImVcWE180KR&si=FhqmABYzb2MDS-p3

📢 Do you have a health research project — or know someone who does?

The 2026 Health Research Call is now open to support innovative ideas in Spain and Portugal.

ℹ️ Learn more in the info session: tinyurl.com/3yawdt4y

Periodic cooking of eggs - Communications Engineering Emilia Di Lorenzo and colleagues propose an approach to address the energy transport problem of cooking the albumen and yolk of a boiled egg at their optimal temperatures without separation. By alternating immersion in boiling water and water at 30∘C, the researchers achieve a fully set albumen similar to a soft boiled egg but with a creamy yolk similar to that of an egg cooked sous vide. The approach potentially offers nutritional benefit compared to other cooking approaches.

Craving the perfect egg on #worldeggday? Check out this paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We're hiring a Technician to do CAD, 3D printing, fluidics, and more: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
#jobs

Yay MOFs! #nobel