I have now been sent the Labour dossier on their claim to save the average household £6,700. Even by the standards of modern politics, it is impossible to stress how bloody shoddy these numbers are and how quickly they fall apart. Thread follows, with occasional swearing.

Congratulations to Sir Tony Cheetham for his knighthood in recognition for his services to Materials Chemistry. Well deserved. bit.ly/2QjiQlK

Congratulations to Lizzie Driscoll (Dr Lizzie Driscoll ) on being awarded this year's Parkin Prize Lecture for her outreach work explaining the structural chemistry of Li ion batteries Birmingham Energy @chembameditor Chem Birmingham UoB Public Engagement Energy Materials Group (Birmingham) #catmat #relib

Meet our team of technicians who are responding to a shortage of hand sanitiser needed by frontline social care workers to prevent the spread of the #Coronavirus. The team has been producing urgently needed stocks for Birmingham City Council using a World Heath Organisation formula

My PI surprised me with a gift today 🙌🏻🤩♥️ I literally screamed in excitement😂

Am excited to have submitted my first fellowship application. Fingers crossed!

Happy to see that Dr Lizzie Driscoll has won a prize for best talk at the #Faraday2020 conference. Well deserved. Congratulations!

As a scientist and Christian I find #aliceroberts tweet unhelpful. I feel there is already too much of a science vs religion narrative when in my experience there are plenty of christian scientists. I don't want children growing up to think they can't be both.

Dr Paul Anderson and Dr Gavin D. J. Harper from our Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials speak to BBC News (UK) about #ElectricCars and what will happen to all of the dead batteries. #BatteryRecyling #BCSECM #ReLib bbc.co.uk/news/business-… College of Engineering & Physical Sciences UniBirmingham News

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have developed a solvent that enables a “more environmentally friendly” process for recycling Li-ion batteries.The solvent is triethyl phosphate that dissolves and removes the PVDF binder from cathode materials. bestmag.co.uk/content/enviro…

Restoring Surface Defect Crystal of Li-Lacking LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 Material Particles toward More Efficient Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssus…

Had a great day at the Women in Chemistry Conference Women in Chemistry UoN yesterday. Really inspiring talks and the advice of 'You are better than you think you are' should be my new mantra.

Come to visit our stand at #FrontiersInBioimaging to see katana microtome in live action. #volumeem #SBFSEM

A piece I encourage you to all read. A first person account of a Jewish employee at The Guardian, in the immediate aftermath of October 7th. If you're anything like me, it will make you incredibly angry. It also won't surprise you in the slightest. jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-the-gu…