Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction yesterday during a Pentagon prayer service

It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺

Nominations for the 2026 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship are open until 5 June 2026: www.rsc.org/standards-an...

This prestigious annual award recognises an early career researcher who has made major contributions to materials chemistry through research and community service.

In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

On @filmaffinity.com, the photo on the “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” page shows the wrong Lee Cronin.

#mummyputers

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Come and join my group at @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social! We have an opening for a postdoc position in photopharmacology. Prior experience with photoswitches and photopharmacology essential. Deadline 27th April.

For more details see my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

#Chemsky

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

PhD position for MOF/COF synthesis and catalysis (f/m/d) PhD position for MOF/COF synthesis and catalysis (f/m/d)

🚨PhD position available!
We’re seeking a motivated student to study MOF/COF synthesis and catalysis with us. Please spread the word📢
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A beautiful view of the new Institute for Multiscale Matter and System at sunset, with the description of the job posting: "Fully funded PhD positions available at Ewha Womans University-Institute for Multiscale Matter and Systems, jointly supervised by Prof. Hoi Ri Moon and Prof. Stefano Canossa. Selected candidates will work at the new IMMS institute supported by the National Research Laboratory 2.0 program. Here, they will join an international team in harnessing structural complexity to uncover uncharted territories in the chemistry of porous materials, focussing on one or a combination of the following topics: 1- Design and applications of defect-engineered metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). 2- Development of automated and autonomous laboratories for reticular materials discovery. 3- Design and applications of MOF glasses and complex heterostructures. 4- New total scattering methods based on X-ray and electron crystallography.

The ad continues with some important details on the application requirements and process: "REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS We welcome applications from female candidates of any origin, having relevant academic education and genuine enthusiasm to join our research vision and lead future innovation in Chemistry and Materials Science. A strong background in one or more of the following is highly desirable: coordination chemistry, solid-state chemistry, or crystallography. Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral, are essential. N.B. Joining the group as MSc intern and connecting MSc and PhD activities is possible. APPLICATION PROCEDURE To apply, please send the documents listed below at s.canossa@ewha.ac.kr using as subject “OT_2026-01”. Please note that, for practical reasons, applications stating different subjects will not be considered. Application documents (in pdf format): (1) One- or two-page CV covering academic education and areas of focus/expertise. (2) One-page letter describing research interests and motivation for joining the group. (3) Recommendation letter from the MSc thesis supervisor (not required for joint MSc-PhD applicants). We look forward to hearing from you! "

Dear friends, I'm delighted to announce open PhD positions at Ewha Womans University!
If you know someone looking for a PhD or a MSc+PhD position, has a passion for the beauty of MOF structures, and doesn't mind the unbelievable nature, food, fun, and cultural marvels of Seoul, feel free to share 🌟

Dr Alexander O’Malley

The Royal Society of Chemistry Porous Materials Interest Group in collaboration with the British Zeolite Association (BZA) and the Society of Chemical Industry, are delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 Barrer Award, Dr Alexander O’Malley, University of Bath
@rsc.org @bathchem.bsky.social 1/4

Is that JPS in the back corner?

2nd Annual MacMillan Lecture - University of Glasgow Join us for the 2nd Annual MacMillan Lecture —feat. Prof. Jeff Long (UC Berkeley) and RSC Prize winner Prof. Jim McCusker (Michigan State)

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The triazolates in CALF-20 are missing some bonds.

NEW: We are publishing the disgusting homophobic joke Malcolm Offord told and had to apologise for.

It is in the public interest that people know the abhorrent language the Reform UK Scotland leader chose to use

Refusing to publish this would effectively be protecting him.

Conformational isomerism tunes barocaloric potential of MIL-53(Ga)-fum frameworks With the negative implications of current refrigerants on the environment, there is a necessity for greener alternatives. Solid-state caloric materials exhibit large entropy and temperature changes th...

Very excited that Cecilia Hong's first first-author paper has been accepted as a Hot paper in #RSCMat.
She showed: ❄️💎MOF isomers matter for refrigerant properties and their mechanical stability: doi.org/10.1039/D5TA...

wait, fuck, this is gorillaz

If AI can replace your grad students and do your research for you, why would your university pay you to be an academic in the first place.

The surface area is 1049.473 m2 g-1.

The Scherrer equation confirmed a particle size of 37.458945 nm, which correlated closed with the SEM images of 900 x 50 nm rods.

We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).

This completely disregards the fact that university research TRAINS RESEARCHERS who massively contribute to the economy, even if their exact PhD work does not do so directly.

BzH > PhMe

Remarkable way for someone to tell everyone how shit their PhD is.

Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.

This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.

44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

I mean it’s phenomenal stuff, but it’s not really a MOF, is it.

You’re either with Me or you’re against Me. Or something.

Come be my colleague :)

I hear there are wonderful five star hotels for asylum seekers when they do get here

The Telegraph. How I became a Labour school-fee exile in Dubai Sick of Labour's private school tax raid, Isabel Oakeshott decided to swap the rolling hills of the Cotswolds for the desert of the UAE. Isabel Oakeshott Published 25 January 2025

I don’t want a single penny from British taxpayers to pay for wealthy tax-dodgers in Dubai to safely come home.

They thought they didn’t need us because they greedily refused to pay their fair share … let Richard Tice and Isabel Oakeshott come crawling back with their own money.