Check out our new review on printing nanoscale metals, alloys, and metal oxides!

Nature Reviews Materials@natrevmats.nature.com · 2w ago

ICYMI: New online! Nanoscale additive manufacturing of metals, alloys, and metal oxides

It’s been a hot minute ♾️

The new Amtraks are a little smaller than I remember

Soooo.. smell wise, how bad are isocyanides compared to thiols? Asking for a friend.

One of the things I miss most about the US is the food.

Eli Fastow, PhD@ejfastow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Each and every post about someone experiencing the US/Canada/Mexico for the first time brings such joy. I would pay good money for a thread of just that

The third generation of our polymer-to-metal process. I’m so excited for this!

Daryl Yee@dryeeseeks.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Andddd it's now out in Advanced Materials! doi.org/10.1002/adma... Here, we show a new method of transforming hydrogels into ceramics and metals with low conversion shrinkages and high material densities. (1/7) #chemsky #matsky

To the surprise of nobody who actually is familiar with plastics recycling.

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)@cenmag.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A new investigation found that none of the cold cups designated as “widely recyclable” made it from Starbucks in-store recycling bins to a recycling facility. But the problem extends far beyond the coffee giant. #chemsky 🧪

We have a PhD position available in my group! If you know any talented students looking for a PhD in Switzerland, please send them my way! #chemsky #matsky Details can be found here: careers.epfl.ch/job/Neuch%C3...

Yay. More enshittification

Thomas Fuchs@thomasfuchs.at · 3mo ago

Google has reached its final form: removing the web altogether from web search. techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/g...

My students have found a new use of AI.

New toy in the lab!

Our collaborative work with @carlosmportela.bsky.social is now out in Matter! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Tldr: we made magnetic composite microdevices by growing magnetic particles within two-photon lithography printed polymer parts!

Magnetically responsive microprintable soft nanocomposites with tunable nanoparticle loading

Magnetic remote actuation of soft materials is attractive for applications such as transforming materials and medical robots. However, due to manufact…

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One of the more unusual Benchy we've printed recently.

Spring in CH

New preprint from the group! tldr: We explore the thermomechanical properties of semicrystalline poly(cyclooctene) (pCOE) 3D printed via photoROMP! 1/4 chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Took a little bit of time but I finally got my first big grant! Some observations: 1. My eval panel was chemistry which was quite unexpected. It's usually engineering. 2. Not a single "PI is too young to lead a project" comment. I guess getting some corresponding author papers out did the trick.

"For some perspective, the average first 105-degree day of the year normally occurs on May 22nd,” NWS said in a statement."

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5mo ago

The Arizona desert community of Martinez Lake hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the record for the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S.

Such creative work!

Vittorio Saggiomo@vsaggiomo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Do you know those annoying layer lines you get with FDM 3D printers? Those layers you try to avoid or hide?  What if I tell you we can use them to make 15-micrometer-tall microfluidic channels? chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... 1/5 #chemsky the

Had to do a double take when I saw the lunch menu for tomorrow. Mmhm. Tarte Choléra.

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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Receiving academic emails with good (ish) news is always a game of "is this real" or "am I being phished?"

The MSCA postdoc fellowship funding scores this year are absolutely brutal. Funding thresholds for some disciplines are as high as 97%! It’s almost a lottery at this point

George Rossman was one of the kindest professors I knew during my time at Caltech. Incredible scientist with an infectious passion for science. I have fond memories of him showing me his collection of rocks and metals that he kept in his office. RIP www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...

Caltech Mourns the Passing of George Rossman (1944–2026)

Caltech mineralogist George Rossman (PhD '71) passed away on February 6, 2026.

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And we made the cover! This is a real optical image of copper dendrites growing into our hydrogels during our in-situ precipitation process.

Daryl Yee@dryeeseeks.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Andddd it's now out in Advanced Materials! doi.org/10.1002/adma... Here, we show a new method of transforming hydrogels into ceramics and metals with low conversion shrinkages and high material densities. (1/7) #chemsky #matsky

Me when an older European person asks me where in China is Singapore 😅

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

Proof

So so cool

Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 7mo ago

Daniel Bonn writes in our research communities how his team devised a way to 3D print intricate ice sculptures without external refrigeration, just a water jet inside a vacuum chamber. They 3D printed a tiny ice Christmas tree with this process. go.nature.com/3L23WAK ⚛️ 🧪

Brilliant little online tool: Spin the globe and see what your life would have been like had you gotten a different draw in the place-of-birth lottery h/t @leightjessica.bsky.social on LinkedIn

Birth Lottery

If you were reborn today, where would you land? And how would that change your life?

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I write grants so my students can print unicorns