NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far… www.carbonbrief.org/...
Ifan Stephens
@ifanstephens.bsky.social
Professor of Electrochemistry at Department of Materials, Imperial College London. Leader of Interfacial Electrochemistry Group. Henry Royce Institute: Research Area Lead in Atoms to Devices.
Great to chat with BBC Cymru about my non-linear path in science. Alongside electrocatalysis, we touched on everything from Sir John Meurig Thomas to why EDI really matters in materials science. Original: www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert... Translation: www-bbc-co-uk.translate.goog/cymrufyw/ert...
[2/3] With talks from @aronwalsh.github.io 💻, @emjewls.bsky.social 🔋, @ifanstephens.bsky.social 🔌, Petra Cameron ☀️, Libby Gibson ♻️ and Jessica Higgins ☢️ and networking opportunities and poster sessions organised by @titiricigroup.bsky.social @proffreitag.bsky.social...
Free speech and academic freedom killed off in the USA in less than 3 months.
robin celikates@robin-c.bsky.social · last yr.Jason Stanley: “It’s not going to affect me, but no noncitizen professor at my institution can speak about politics ever again. Half my colleagues are not U.S. citizens. They can never speak about politics again.” www.chronicle.com/article/no-n...
What a shining star in the @royalsociety.org fellowship. They must be so proud.
Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · last yr.Elon Musk advertises his blatantly corrupt attempt to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
I am delighted to share two new papers from @interfacial-ec.bsky.social
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261393/... @royceimperial.bsky.social
Royce at Imperial announces new Royce Research Area Lead | Imperial News | Imperial College London
CELEBRATING OUR LEADS - Professor Ifan Stephens has been announced as the new Research Area Lead for Royce at Imperial, succeeding Professor Neil Alford.
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The @royalsociety.org should stand up for the scientific community and eject Elon Musk.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists
Congratulations @mariaescesc.bsky.social! Such well deserved recognition of your countless achievements! I am sure Queen Laetizia was ever so impressed too! www.20minutos.es/noticia/5681...
La reina Letizia entrega los premios que reconocen el Joven Talento Científico Femenino
Los galardones visibilizan a las jóvenes investigadoras que "están construyendo el futuro de la ciencia en España".
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I finished off yesterday at the Queens Arms at the pub catching up with Soren Scott who has now been Assistant Professor at @ucph.bsky.social for 15 months! Although we miss him sorely at @interfacial-ec.bsky.social, I am so pleased to see he is going from strength to strength in Copenhagen!
We had a fascinating day showing the Faraday Institution leadership around Imperial yesterday with @titiricigroup.bsky.social @jingyuf.bsky.social @lonepair.bsky.social and many more.
Here we relate CV peaks and O2 reduction activity on Fe macrocycles, combining, electrochemistry, XAS and DFT pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Same FeN4 Active Site, Different Activity: How Redox Peaks Control Oxygen Reduction on Fe Macrocycles
Macrocycles show high activity for the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in alkaline media. However, even macrocycles with the same metal centers and MN4 active site can vary significantly in activi...
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Delighted to be back at ICN2 @mariaescesc.bsky.social one year on from my last visit. Maria has amassed an exceptionally talented team (some new faces, some old friends), augmented by state-of the-art equipment! ¡Gracias por la invitación!
So happy to be reunited with Arthur, my childhood teddy bear for Christmas!
The UK continues to quietly force trans adults to detransition. It was never about trans youth. Doctors in the UK are withdrawing hormones without warning and cutting tags people off even after decades of being on HRT. www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home...
GPs halting transgender patients’ hormone treatment or refusing prescriptions
Investigation: GPs cite lack of expertise or funding as key factors in withdrawals of trans patients’ prescriptions. Billie Gay Jackson and Holly Bancroft report
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Time to share some of our latest publications: This one led by @angus-pedersen.bsky.social with amazing collaborators like @ifanstephens.bsky.social, Frédéric Maillard and Lior Elbaz looking at ionomer effect on degradation of Fe-N-C. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GFWKEZ...
Fe‐N‐C in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Impact of Ionomer Loading on Degradation and Stability
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What a fun joint🎄 party @titiricigroup.bsky.social and @interfacial-ec.bsky.social had! Thanks to @craigburdis.bsky.social and Morven for the hard work in ensuring it ran to perfection! Who knew Morven was such a karaoke queen?
Congratulations to @romaintort.bsky.social on passing his PhD viva with minor corrections! It’s so gratifying to supervise a student who is not only a brilliant scientist, but also kind, conscientious and a pleasure to work with for all of us at @interfacial-ec.bsky.social!
At @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we were hugely privileged yesterday to host a talk from @jakobkibsgaard.bsky.social from DTU. We were enlightened about the wonders of mass selected nanoparticles as catalysts for energy conversion reactions.
I hope the EU is able to obluge the government to drop fees as our current pool for funded PhD students is far too small on.ft.com/4eVw15W
What an exciting moment for us all. Outstanding work @jingyuf.bsky.social !!!
DIGIBAT@digibat.bsky.social · 2y ago🎉 Welcome to our newest🤖team member from @Chemspeed, Switzerland, now settled in central London at @imperialchemeng.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social ! After 3 weeks of installation, calibration, testing, and training, our automated platform is getting ready for its warm-up case studies.
Interested in using carbon electrodes for nitrogen reduction? Look no further! Well done Craig!!!
Craig Burdis@craigburdis.bsky.social · 2y agoI can't think of a better way to open my account than to share my first research output recently out on ChemRxiv! See our efforts and success in employing a carbon cathode in lithium mediated nitrogen reduction where we circumvented lithium intercalation: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
I would like to speak up today for the trans community. You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
For those who don’t know me: I’m an early career metallurgist specialising in hydrogen interactions in metals, passionate about policy, communication and sustainability. Side projects supporting disabilities in academia and EDI.