STRONTIUM POWER: Although this series follows the octet rule, only neutral Ph3N is stable. Ph3B is very resistant to double reduction. Only Ar3B.- radical anions are known. However, it had to surrender to strontium. doi.org/10.1002/anie...
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Postdoctoral researcher @goicoecheagroup.bsky.social. Working on some cool main-group chemistry!! #TheParamagneticGuy Ph.D. (2025) from @camposgroup.bsky.social B. Sc. and M. Sc. in Chemistry from @humboldtuni.bsky.social
OXIDATION STATE CONFUSION in look-alike Mg-Ca and Mg-Yb complexes. Formally Mg(0)-Ca(II)/Yb(II) but E decomposition analysis EDA-NOCV suggests a combination of neutral (BDI*)Mg(I)/(Am*)Yb(I) radicals @chemicalscience.rsc.org doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...
Este sábado estrenamos evento. Como las redes sociales ya no sirven de altavoz, necesitamos que corráis la voz y os traigáis a todo el mundo: hay que expandirse por el sur! ;) bsky.app/profile/nauk...
Naukas.com@naukas.bsky.social · last wk.📌 El proximo sábado 10 de octubre nos vemos en el Teatro Central de Sevilla!! NAUKAS SEVILLA FUSIÓN: Arte y Ciencia en una jornada estupenda 👇👇👇 naukas.com/2026/07/16/o...
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Prof. Dr. Peter Hegemann 🥂 Der Hertie-Senior-Professor für Neurowissenschaften der #HumboldtUniversität gewinnt den Medizin-#Nobelpreis 2026 für seine Entdeckungen im Bereich der Optogenetik! Wir gratulieren allen weiteren Preisträger*innen! 👏
A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers
New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas
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Es que era imprescindible comerle la cabeza a los chavales para que estudiaran carreras “con salidas”, y capar el acceso a la universidad pública para acabar inundados de graduados en ADE con títulos del monopoly.
Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC-UCM)@igeociencias.bsky.social · 2mo agoEspaña se queda sin geólogos: los graduados descienden un 37% en nueve años y las empresas llaman a las facultades para contratar y no encuentran alumnos en paro. Los costes de la dana o el volcán de La Palma hubiesen sido otros si se les escuchase elpais.com/educacion/20...
My department is searching at the assistant level across all areas of chemistry - come be my colleague! academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/19...
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The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational research university located in Hyde Park, Chicago.
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¿Podemos llamar provincifobia a lo que sabemos que existe en ciertas mentes madrileñas que creen que hemos ido a "la capital" a quitarles sitio?
Diego Casado@esmadriz.bsky.social · last mo.El Gobierno de Ayuso prohíbe que los estudiantes que llegan a Madrid para este curso puedan sacarse cualquier abono si no están empadronados. No les deja acogerse al joven, pero tampoco al normal de adultos. Tienen que hacer todos los viajes CON EL BONO DE 10 www.eldiario.es/madrid/somos...
Discovery flourishes when instruments, ideas and people come together in unpredictable ways, says Priyamvada Natarajan, a professor of astronomy and physics. go.nature.com/4zSHte3
NASA’s Roman telescope holds promise far beyond mapping the invisible Universe
Discovery flourishes when instruments, ideas and people come together in unpredictable ways.
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#Bismuth dications and CF3 groups: this combination yields Lewis superacids, record values in soft Lewis acidity (modified Gutmann-Beckett method) and pronounced catalytic activity in phosphane oxide reduction. Just out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/sc/article/d.... Congrats to the team!
#Pnictogen_chemistry: phosphanyl radicals from Bi-P and P-P homolysis. We have looked into thermally-driven, reversible P-radical release, P inversion, and H atom transfer. Check out the details in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
Phosphanyl Radicals From Bismuth‐Mediated Reactions and Sterically Encumbered Diphosphanes
Reactions of LiPR2 with BiCl3 selectively give diphosphanes R2P–PR2 in high yields, presumably via Bi─P homolysis. This includes challenging cases with bulky substituents R. Sterically encumbered dip....
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New paper alert! 🚨 In his first paper, Leon is kicking things off with NHO-functionalized bipyridines! High donor strength and proton-switchability make them excellent ligands for new (photo)functional materials and many more applications 💯 chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
NHO‐Functionalized Bipyridines: Proton‐Switchable Strongly Electron‐Donating Chelating Ligands
Decoration with N-heterocyclic olefins (NHOs) turns 2,2′-bipyridine into an electron-rich, proton-switchable ligand. The switching range is remotely tunable by the NHO backbone and can surpass the do...
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Happy to share another piece of Simon Schreiners work, which has been conducted in close cooperation with the group of Max Hansmann and is now published at @pubs.acs.org Inorganic Chemistry Thanks to @dfg.de and @erc.europa.eu for funding. pubs.acs.org/inocaj/artic...
Redox-Divergent Reactivity of a Gallium(I) Ambiphile toward an Allene, a Diyne, and Ph3PCN2
Abstract. Main-group element compounds featuring a low-valent metal center typically undergo oxidative addition reactions with organic substrates, while pr
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Obituary: Rudolph A. Marcus (1923-2026) theoretical chemist who explained how electrons jump between molecules go.nature.com/3S2C0R3
Rudolph A. Marcus obituary: theoretical chemist who explained how electrons jump between molecules
His calculations explain the efficiency of batteries and solar cells.
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La NASA ha seleccionado hoy como "foto del día" la de Zaragoza con dos eclipses: el del cielo y el reflejado en el río Ebro science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
A special milestone - my first paper as corresponding author out now in Organometallics @pubs.acs.org! 🎉 We've added group 16 to our usual group 14/15 playground. Our new chalcogenophosphinites show systematic spectroscopic, electronic and structural trends across the series.
Chalcogenophosphinites with a Cyclic Oligosilane Backbone
Abstract. A structurally authenticated series of chalcogenophosphinites, R2P(ChPh) (Ch = S, Se, Te), supported by a compact tetrasilaphosphacyclopentane ba
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Excited to share our first paper, just published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! 🥳 A first in Aluminum(I) chemistry!🔥 Charlotte reports the trapping of Aluminum(I) fragments within an ambiphilic ligand framework. (1/3) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ambiphilic Ligand Stabilization of Aluminum(I) Fragments: Halides, Cations, and a Hydride
Stabilization of elusive aluminum(I) halides in the framework of an ambiphilic ligand is reported. The unique bonding situation at the trigonal-bipyramidal aluminum center is analyzed, and the coordi....
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¿Tienes niños? La NASA ha difundido un vídeo explicando cómo fabricar de forma casera una cámara estenopeica usando una caja de cereales, un trozo de papel, tijeras, cinta adhesiva y papel de aluminio.
Manual de supervivencia visual para el eclipse: qué hacer y qué no para mirar al sol | lamarea.com
Mirar el eclipse con gafas de sol convencionales, radiografías, cristales ahumados, etc., puede provocar daños permanentes en los ojos.
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Los hombres ocupan dos de cada tres puestos en los consejos editoriales de las revistas científicas. Y no solo eso: hay un predominio geográfico de Estados Unidos y Europa occidental.
En las revistas científicas también mandan los hombres (y Occidente) | lamarea.com
Un estudio publicado en Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology revela un sistema jerarquizado, masculinizado y occidentalizado.
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Fresh out from @lisakreimer.bsky.social 🧪🥳🧪 We show that phosphanlyidene fragments, [NHC-P], effectively tune the absorption properties of aromatic hydrocarbons. Some beautiful, colourful chemistry 🌈 Congrats Lisa! Find it here: t.ly/8FL73
While it's welcome that the US Senate is pushing to temporarily halt the White House's introduction of Office of Management and Budget proposals on federal funding, the long term risks remain. Read our statement on the OMB proposals ⬇️ www.rsc.org/news/omb-sta...
RSC reaction to planned OMB changes
RSC statement on US Office of Management and Budget proposals
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📰 NEW in Chemical Science! "Diiron µ2-N2 complexes in bimetallic, four-fold bond activations of SiH4 to produce µ2-silicide complexes" by Michael B. Hall, T. Don Tilley, et al. @tilleyresearch.bsky.social Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6sc...
El amigo @neildegrassetyson.com está un poquillo enfadado con el declive científico en EEUU. A ver si aprendemos en Europa para no cometer los mismos errores. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYiU... (Se pueden poner los subtítulos en español, pero si sabes algo de inglés, se le entiende perfectamente).
America’s Scientists Are Disappearing
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We are so proud of our summer students, whose research with Alex culminated in poster presentations at the IUUR 2026 Poster Symposium. Congratulations on sharing your work and representing the Groups STEM Initiative at IU and the IUMSC so well!
Christian's in depth study on small molecule diffusion theory for DOSY NMR analysis is out now in Chem. Eur. J.: doi.org/10.1002/chem.... He developed a new semi-empirical model based on the molecular volume which describes diffusion of molecules and complexes with the lowest error so far. #chemsky
Accurate Molecular Size Determination by Diffusion Ordered NMR Spectroscopy Based on an Improved Diffusion Model
A semi-empirical Stokes-Einstein-based model for describing the diffusion of organic, organometallic and coordination compounds is developed for the interpretation of diffusion constants obtained by ....
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