Huge analysis of 320,000 careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal? Can you squeeze your graduate programme into a 40-hour working week? These 13 current and former PhD candidates reveal their top time-management tips.

The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry Some researchers use verse to visualize complex problems or translate the wonders of science for wider audiences.

Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Textiles with ‘water shield’ nano-coating can be cleaned without detergent Self-cleaning coating could cut water use and reduce release of microplastics

Textiles with ‘water shield’ nano-coating can be cleaned without detergent: www.chemistryworld.com/news/textile...

Undergraduate research has long been a cornerstone of my teaching philosophy and of our research lab. Here’s the abstract of one of my talks at the upcoming Fall 2026 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. I hope to see some of you there!

The subject of #noninnocent ligands has long been of interest in our labs. We have been particularly interested in defining the phenomenon more rigorously, both theoretically and experimentally. Here’s our latest contribution, pertaining to iron #corrole complexes. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Self-Sterilizing Surfaces Courtesy of North Carolina State University

Self-Sterilizing Surfaces www.americanscientist.org/article/self...

How to Speak YouTube video by MIT OpenCourseWare

Slightly dated, but it may be one of the most useful talks you hear: how to speak. It’s about giving a research talk, a job talk, teaching and much more. youtu.be/Unzc731iCUY

How to build an AI scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets AI Scientist, an autonomous research tool, first released in 2024, has now undergone peer review, highlighting its strengths and limitations.

How to build an AI scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My Life, I'm Taking The Crown♪ YouTube video by Kumichon

Get ready to move over, Mozart, Tagore, Bob Dylan and other human poets and artists! On this #WorldPoetryDay, let’s celebrate AI, which will soon rival our favorite human poets and artists. This catchy song is a good illustration of AI’s vast potential youtu.be/2DWFF-wpZeo

These ants navigate with a newly discovered ‘Moon compass’ Insects must perform tricky internal calculations to travel in a straight line

These ants navigate with a newly discovered ‘Moon compass’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn's CEO is saying the future of work won't belong to people with degrees anymore | Fortune LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said Ivy League diplomas won’t get Gen Z hopefuls far in the job hunt. Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg agree college isn’t needed for success.

More bad news for Gen Z grads: Even LinkedIn’s CEO is saying the future of work won’t belong to people with degrees anymore fortune.com/2025/10/02/g...

Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits

Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how www.newscientist.com/article/2512...

How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment Proteins assume complex 3D shapes even faster than does DNA, which is a simpler molecule.

How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says

This is mind-blowing! Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics Organic solar cell windows will enable the buildings of the future to be energy-neutral, she says

How Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s dreams of capturing the sun led her to organic electronics
www.chemistryworld.com/careers/how-...

Why an industry career move is a taboo topic in academia Adam Levy investigates why researchers are sometimes reluctant to disclose their plans to colleagues.

Why an industry career move is a taboo topic in academia www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do? www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

How Often Do You Fart? This 'Smart Underwear' Can Keep Track, Because Figuring Out a Baseline Is Important for Science Researchers have launched a study to find a typical range for flatulence, which has been harder to measure than you might expect

Forget stupid papers in JACS and Angewandte Chemie. Behold, instead, this lovely bit of analytical chemistry – a Fitbit for Farts, or a Fartbit – which gives deep insights into your gut health.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...

‘An AlphaFold 4’ – scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left guessing how to achieve similar results.

‘An AlphaFold 4’ – scientists marvel at DeepMind drug spin-off’s exclusive new AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Holy prosociality! Batman makes people stand for pregnant passengers Feedback is delighted by an experiment on the Milan metro system, which involved a prosthetic bump, a Batman costume and some unexpected displays of public decency

Feedback is delighted by an experiment on the Milan metro system, which involved a prosthetic bump, a Batman costume and some unexpected displays of public decency

a erratic looking poster board with squiggles and a circuit board glued to it that says "What conducts electricity" with random shit glued on the side like construction paper that says cheese and metal

Highlights from judging the elementary school science fair.

An investigation of which household objects conduct electricity.

Can cheese conduct electricity? Apparently so.

Me: You and cheese both conduct electricity. What do you two have in common?
Student: We are both thick
Me: Ah yes of course

Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right Researchers can deploy the cheap and transparent model on their own computer system.

Open-source AI tool beats giant LLMs in literature reviews — and gets citations right www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Inverted metallocenes’ turn organometallic definition on its head Complexes contain palladium-based rings bonded to non-metal anions

‘Inverted metallocenes’ turn organometallic definition on its head: www.chemistryworld.com/news/inverte...

Honoring Black and African American Chemists: Pioneers, Innovators, and Trailblazers for Black History Month Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications.

Celebrate the groundbreaking contributions of Black and African American chemists through a curated collection of research and resources from ACS Publications: buff.ly/NDZyPYQ

Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

Great news from Svalbard, Norway: a warming Arctic hasn’t resulted in starvation among polar bears, quite the contrary: they are fatter than ever: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Europe and India are making history today.

We have concluded the mother of all deals.

We have created a free trade zone of two billion people, with both sides set to benefit.

This is only the beginning.

We will grow our strategic relationship to be even stronger.

Today, the world’s two largest democracies launched a Security and Defence Partnership.

A platform for stronger cooperation on the strategic issues that matter most

- from defence industry to maritime security.

This is what trusted partners do.

link.europa.eu/V94YWr

Afghanistan: Four years on, 2.2 million girls still banned from Statement by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

As we enter World Education Day (Jan 24), think of the 2.2 million Afghani girls still banned from school beyond the primary level. Be their voices.

www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

Somalia’s Deputy PM STUNS Rajdeep Sardesai With Fluent Hindi | Exclusive from Davos 2026 YouTube video by India Today Global

Somalia’s Deputy PM gives an interview on Indian TV in fluent Hindi (many Indians, by comparison, should be ashamed of their own language skills!) youtu.be/SafjuGX3S-4