Neil Withers

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Neil Withers

@NeilWithers

Features Editor for @ChemistryWorld, so mostly tweeting about #chemistry Formerly an associate editor on @NatureChemistry. Also now @[email protected]

Cambridge, England Katılım Mart 2009

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·20 Ara

Today is my last working day of the year, so it's time for my annual look back at some highlights! Back in January, we published this feature by @ninanotman about recreating/understanding ancient odours, which you could call Raiders of the Lost Smells. chemistryworld.com/features/the-s…

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·17 Eki

It’s a brilliant epic!

Jamie D@JTDurrani

Really pleased to have been able to speak with two of last week's Nobel prize-winners - @GoogleDeepMind's John Jumper and @UWproteindesign's David Baker - for this story: chemistryworld.com/features/how-a…

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·9 Eki

@Robinson_IP @whippletom I was possibly more impressed that another contemporary of his had played the girl in Johnny Briggs who always said 'My mum – who's a nurse – says...'

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·9 Eki

@Robinson_IP @whippletom My brother was a contemporary of his at Queens' - I remembering hearing back in the day about this guy who had Ferrari* as an undergrad... *Or some other sports car

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·20 Eyl

@whippletom @UniofReading I can’t tell you how sad I’d be if Beni’s kebab shop in Durham no longer had the obvious vandalism…

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Alex O'Brien@obrientweet·19 Eyl

This analysis workshop led by my colleague and fellow @absw board member and @thetimes science editor @whippletom is likely to sell out fast. Grab your seat while you can: absw.org.uk/events/analysi…

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·13 Eyl

Lesser spotted Nobel laureate with ... interesting current scientific views glimpsed in the wild!

Greater Cambridge Partnership@GreaterCambs

❓ Question 8, from Professor Brian Josephson: youtube.com/watch?v=b1ZeJm… 9/10

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Oxford Chemistry@OxfordChemistry·9 Eyl

🧪Read about transforming undergraduate lab practicals in this article from @RoySocChem, featuring the amazing work of the @OxfordChemistry @ChemOutreachOxf team. chemistryworld.com/features/the-u…

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·9 Eyl

@whippletom Have you tried the 'control panel for twitter' Chrome Extension? It makes everything a lot more sane - hiding RTs, for example, is genius

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·23 Ağu

Just wait till you hear about fluorescein…

Davide Castelvecchi@dcastelvecchi

I was today years old when I learned that chlorophyll doesn’t contain chlorine. Its name comes from the greek khloros, which means green. (It does contain the organic compound chlorin, which again has no chlorine in it!)

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·22 Ağu

@nedboulting I've always hoped his fellow Aus riders nickname him Richie.

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Neil Withers@NeilWithers·19 Ağu

We tried to make the real version! In Nobel prize nominations, at least: chemistryworld.com/features/visua…

Tom Gauld@tomgauld

My latest @newscientist cartoon.

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