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3 years

Happy #Halloween , everyone! #ChemistryHorror

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How it started: How it's going:

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2 years

Autumn colours are coming in the northern hemisphere! Here’s a look at the chemistry behind them:

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2 years

The @NobelPrize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded for the discovery of reactions which click together molecules and which are used to make new medicines and investigate biological molecules #NobelPrize

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Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Here are 36 women from chemistry history! 👩🏼‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬🧑🏾‍🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInScienceDay

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Today is #WorldChocolateDay – here’s a look at the different types of chocolate from a chemistry perspective in @cenmag :

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4 years

How do tests for #coronavirus work? This graphic takes a look at how current tests diagnose #COVID19 :

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2 years

It's #PeriodicTableDay ! To celebrate here's a thread of 24 different periodic tables ⬇️🧵 (1/26)

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1 year

It's December, which means it's #ChemistryAdvent time again! Follow along in this thread every day, kicking off with the molecules behind the piney scent of Christmas trees 🎄

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4 years

The Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and what happens when it explodes?

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3 years

Here's a thread highlighting all of the amazing women featured in these #IWD2021 #WomenInChemistry cards. I'll continue to add to this thread as I add to the series over the coming weeks and months! 🧵⬇️

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4 years

#Thunderstorms are forecast in the UK over the coming days – here’s how thunder and lightning happen and some of the chemistry going on during a storm:

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It's #WorldBookDay today (but only in the UK & Ireland, bizarrely), so here's a reminder of the chemistry behind new and old book smells!

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2 years

Belated notice that today is #WorldGinDay !

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2 years

More #ValentinesDay chemistry! Here's a look at some of the key chemicals involved in feelings of love 💕 #ValentinesDay2022

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4 years

The 2020 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry – all summarised in three simple infographics ⬇️

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8 months

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots, small particles with big colours. Here's a summary of this prize-winning research and its applications:

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3 years

It’s #WorldBookDay , so here’s a graphic for the book smell lovers:

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2 years

Today is #NationalBallpointPenDay , so here's a graphic looking at the composition of writing inks in @cenmag :

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4 years

Pepper spray: definitely a chemical 🌶️

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4 years

"Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It's not chemical" -- AG Barr uses painstaking distinctions to defend the use of force against protesters near the White House last Monday

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2 years

For no reason whatsoever, here's some relevant chemistry if there's anything you might happen to be celebrating today 🍾

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2 years

It's #WorldBookDay (in the UK & Ireland) today, so here's an old classic on the chemistry behind the glorious smells of new and old books:

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2 years

It's #InternationalWomensDay – here's another edition of the women in chemistry history series, highlighting the contributions of 12 more women: #InternationalWomensDay2022 #IWD2022

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2 years

It's #InternationalBeerDay ! Whatever brew you're marking the occasion with, here's some of the underlying chemistry 🍻

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3 years

It's #MoleDay ! Using moles makes it easier to talk about amounts of substances involved in chemical reactions. Here's a quick explainer:

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3 years

As it’s #WorldBeeDay here’s a look at the chemistry of the honey they produce!

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1 year

As we come to the end of 2022, here's a look back at some of the biggest chemistry stories of the year:

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4 years

Today is #MoleDay ! Learn more about the mole and why it's useful in chemistry with this updated graphic:

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1 year

Happy #ValentinesDay ! 🌹 Here’s a look at the chemistry of love ❤️

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3 years

I'm not doing a new #ChemAdvent this year... BUT I *have* updated the old Christmas chemistry one, so you can enjoy some Christmas #ChemAtHome highlights! You can download and print the full set here:

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Autumn is here! Here's the chemistry behind the 🍁 colours we'll be seeing over the coming weeks:

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It’s #NationalIceCreamDay ! If you’re cooling off with one in the heat, here’s the science:

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3 years

Happy #ValentinesDay2021 ! Here’s the chemistry behind the colour and aroma of roses:

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2 years

October is #NationalAppleMonth , and apples mean cider — here’s a look at some of the chemistry behind its flavour, aroma and acidity 🍎

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3 years

It’s #NationalPeriodicTableDay ! Here are some versions showing element uses, production sources, prices and more. You can see these and others here:

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4 years

It’s #Halloween tomorrow! Why is blood red and why does it have a metallic smell? This graphic explains!

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3 years

Watching the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics and wondering what the medals are made of? Spoiler: the gold medal is mostly not gold!

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3 years

For #InternationalWomensDay I’ve created a set of cards profiling 100 #WomenInChemistry . You can view and download the full set of cards here: #IWD #IWD2021

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3 years

It’s #InternationalWomensDay – here’s a set of cards featuring 100 incredible #WomenInChemistry 👩‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬 View the full set here: #IWD #IWD2021

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The #NobelPrize in Chemistry for 2022 will be awarded later this morning! Here’s a reminder of the research that won last year’s prize:

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Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. She was a chemist and crystallographic who made a key contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA:

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It's #WorldBookDay in the UK! Obviously focused more on reading books, but here's a graphic on what you're picking up if you sniff them 📚

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4 years

Today is #AdaLovelaceDay – celebrating the achievements of women in science. Here are a series of graphics highlighting women in chemistry from the past and the present:

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8 months

Today is the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere, so here's a look at the chemical cause of the yellows, oranges and reds in the fall foliage we'll be seeing shortly!

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3 years

Wake up and smell the coffee! Here's a look at some of the compounds that contribute to coffee's aroma for #NationalCoffeeDay ☕

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3 years

The 2021 #NobelPrize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis, the use of small organic molecules to make mirror image molecules cheaply and efficiently:

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5 years

Today is International #WomenInScience Day; here are just a few of the many women who've made advances in chemistry in the past few decades:

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4 years

For #NationalWatermelonDay , here's the chemistry behind their colour and aroma – and what can make them explode!

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2 years

Today is #NationalJewelDay – here's a closer look at what causes the colour of different gemstones:

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3 years

Tomorrow it’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩🏼‍🔬 I made this graphic a few years back highlighting contemporary women in chemistry – any you’d like to see added in a second edition? #WomenInScienceDay

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It’s #InternationalCoffeeDay ! Do you prefer arabica or robusta coffee beans in your morning cup? This graphic looks at the chemical differences ☕️

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3 years

Been updating a few old graphics so they match the current style. So here's an old favourite, a graphic guide to laboratory glassware 🧪

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3 years

Day 1 of #ChemAdvent features pinene and bornyl acetate, two of the compounds that make Christmas trees smell so good!

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3 years

Here's some egg science for the #Easter weekend. What makes egg yolks yellow? What makes eggshells different colours? Answers here!

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4 years

Today is #NationalHoneybeeDay – here's a look at the chemistry behind the honey they create! 🐝🍯

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2 years

Today is #WorldChocolateDay ! These graphics look at the chemical differences between different types of chocolate, and how the chocolate's properties can differ at different temperatures 🍫

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1 year

The most popular graphic on the site in 2022 (for the fourth year in a row!) was this one on the history of models of the atom:

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3 years

Who doesn't love the smell of summer rain? Here's a closer look at what contributes to petrichor 🌧️

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3 years

Now you've stuffed your faces with Easter chocolate, here's the science behind it!

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4 years

Who's ready for Bread Week on #GBBO ? Here's the science of baking bread to whet your appetite...

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3 years

It’s #PancakeDay ! Here’s some chemistry relating to some of the tasty toppings 😋

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5 years

It's #MoleDay ! Here's an up-to-date version of my mole explainer:

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3 years

Did you know that this year's Olympic medals are the first to be made solely from recycled metals? 🥇🥈🥉 The metals were scavenged from 78,905 tons of electronic devices, including 6.21 million mobile phones ♻️📱

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Wondering what makes popcorn pop on #NationalPopcornDay ? This graphic explains!

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It's #MoleDay – celebrating the mole in chemistry which makes it easier to talk about the huge numbers of atoms, molecules or ions that participate in chemical reactions (nothing to do with the burrowing mammals). More mole material here:

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The science Nobel Prizes are over for another year. Here are graphic summaries of all three prizes awarded this year 🏅

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It's #InternationalCoffeeDay ! Do you prefer arabica or robusta beans? Here's a look at their chemical differences!

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It's the #AutumnEquinox in the Northern Hemisphere today! Here's the chemistry behind the leaf colour changes we'll be seeing over the coming weeks:

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Dmitri Mendeleev was born #OTD in 1834. He published a periodic table which ordered the elements by increasing relative atomic mass and left gaps for undiscovered elements.

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An RNA vaccine produced by Pfizer & BioNTech was approved for use in the UK today. Here's a graphic, made with @RoySocChem , explaining how these vaccines work:

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It's #NationalPumpkinDay ! Before you get carving, here's why pumpkins are orange, the compounds behind their vegetal smell, and more in @cenmag :

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Today is #HomemadeBreadDay ! Here's some of the chemistry behind the process of baking bread:

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It’s #NationalMangoDay — find out what mangoes and poison ivy have in common with this graphic 🥭

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It’s #FireworksNight in the UK today! While lockdown might mean you can’t make it to a fireworks display, you can still learn about the chemistry behind the colours with this poster 🎇

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Did you know you can make a spooky fluorescent extract from pumpkin seeds? Crushing them with nail varnish remover gives an extract that glows red-orange in UV light, thanks to the chlorophyll precursor protochlorophyllide 🎃 HT @Andrestrujado #FluorescenceFriday #Halloween

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The 2020 #NobelPrize in #Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their development of CRISPR technology which allows editing of the genetic code:

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Today is #InternationalBeerDay ! Here's an updated graphic with some beery chemistry to celebrate 🍻

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It’s #NationalPumpkinDay ! Got your Halloween pumpkins carved yet? Here’s a look at the chemicals behind their colour and aroma in @cenmag :

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Happy New Year! Did you know today is #NationalHangoverDay ? Here's a look at what we know about the science of hangovers:

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2 years

Seeing in the #NewYear with champagne? Here’s the chemistry behind the bubbles! 🍾🥂

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It's #InternationalGinAndTonicDay ! If you're enjoying a G&T to celebrate, here's the chemistry to go with it 🍸

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It’s the first day of meteorological #Autumn . It’ll still be a little while before the leaves start changing colour, but here’s a chemistry primer for when they do!

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Cooking is chemistry, so the latest edition of Periodic Graphics in @cenmag highlights the science behind four practical kitchen hacks, from faster browned onions to smooth nacho sauce:

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As 2021 comes to a close, here’s a look back at some of the year’s chemistry highlights:

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Hopefully it's not too late in the evening to let you all know it's #NationalRedWineDay today 🍷

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Why is blood red, what makes it smell metallic, and what's behind the different types? This graphic takes a look!

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3 years

Enjoying the summer sun? Hopefully you've been using sunscreen, too – here's how it works:

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4 years

Edged over 80K followers over the weekend! 🎉 New followers, be sure to check out the full infographic library: Below are some of my own favourites!

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4 years

Today is #NationalMojitoDay ! Celebrate with some science (and a mojito, obviously) 😋🍹 #MojitoDay

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Day 1 of #ChemAdvent is for those of you who've already got your trees up 🎄 Here are some of the pine aroma molecules filling your home!

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It's Friday, and it's #NationalMojitoDay tomorrow! So here's some cocktail chemistry in preparation 🍸

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In the run-up to #Halloween , here's some more bloody chemistry 🩸

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Margaret Dayhoff, a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics, was born #OTD in 1925. She developed the one-letter code used for amino acids, to reduce the size of the data files needed to describe the sequence of amino acids in a protein.

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This year is the UN's International Year of Glass. How can the chemical composition of glass influence its colour? This graphic takes a look:

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Today is #WorldCancerDay — here's a look at how platinum-based chemotherapy drugs treat cancer in @cenmag :

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Do you know your baking powder from your baking soda? Here's a look at the difference between the two and how they're used in baking in @cenmag :

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Hope you all have a #HappyNewYear ! If you're celebrating with champagne, here's the chemistry behind the bubbles 🍾🥂

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Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 225th birthday of Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, who was the first person to isolate caffeine from coffee beans: #chemtwitter