Stuart Cantrill

Husband, Dad, pedant, former Chief Ed of Nature Chemistry and now Editorial Director at Nature Portfolio.

Gin, sloes, vin jaune, chemistry, words & snark. Views ranty, but all mine. He/Him.



Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2024-10-08

@SRDas @Elisa possibly

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2024-10-08

@Elisa I’m not running it, but I think it could be next-gen sequencing or MOFs. Both will win at some point.

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2024-10-08

@Elisa sorry ☹️

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-08-04

@buerviper @steph Possibly - I think others have done that or at least tried it; but it's just a pain... I mean, my list is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d people should be able to do something with column C or column G, but it's a faff...

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-08-04

@steph Yeah; last time I checked, lists aren't a thing here. You can make your own list, but cannot share it...

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-08-04

@steph This might help, but it is far from perfect... mastodon.social/@stuartcantril

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-04-07

@cyrus Was talking about that with the chap in the shop; I think it was bought back, but maybe by a group of vignerons...

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-04-07

Visited my dealer… 😀

Six bottles of wine sitting on a table
Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-04-07

Nature Chemical Engineering is launching in early 2024, but in the meantime, here is a curated collection of 40 articles from across the Nature Portfolio to highlight the potential breadth and scope of the journal.

nature.com/collections/gcgabfa

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-03-04

@Theorem_Poem 12345678910987654321 is a prime number

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-03-04

Marvellous picked up in Annecy last year

Close-up of the label of a wine bottle from Savoie with 2020 Mondeuse Elisa written on it Wine cork on which a silhouette of someone drinking from a wine glass is shown. The red label (with white writing on it) is shown in the background A glass of red wine sitting on a table cloth covered with a stylised red-apple print. I. The background is a tall white jug with yellow flowers in.
Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-02-21

Well, that’s a first. Got to Kings Cross and train cancelled (that’s not a first, sadly), so decided to grab some take-away dinner to eat outside. Moment I step in the shop, a fellow customer (crazy-haired elderly chap) tells me how I’m ruining my health and giving myself heart disease. No, not because of the food at Wasabi, but because I’m wearing a mask. He continues to tell me about his friend at Pfizer who agreed with him & how masks do nothing. I politely disagree with (& then ignore) him.

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-02-20

@GetzlerChem I think so, but not had one (yet)

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-02-18

Time for a boulevardier!

A bottle of Campari next to a bottle of Antica Formula next to a bottle of Johnnie Walker Green Label. In front is a glass with a boulevardier in it with a single large ice cube.
Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-02-18

@AlexGBardsley I’m a huge fan; vin jaune is a favourite of mine and I usually manage a few days in Arbois/Poligny each summer and pick up a few dozen bottles from the region. Just this one was even more than a little out of the ordinary…

Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-02-18

Having a clear-out of the CDs from my (mostly misspent) youth; shame I never saw New Model Army live (saw the rest though). These later Mission albums mostly shit, but I’m keeping the earlier ones… currently blasting them out courtesy of Apple Music…

A 3x3 grid of CDs showing albums by The Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, New Model Army & Nine Inch Nails…
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2023-02-18

Check it out! Dave Smith, Peter O'Brien and co-workers at York University have developed gels that make organolithiums stable under ambient conditions FOR OVER 20 DAYS :pika: :pika:

It's a total game-changer for synthesis in academia and industry. Imagine the applications!

My latest article for Chemistry World: chemistryworld.com/news/gel-ca

@Gav_Armstrong

An organolithium gel held by a gloved hand, with an added title that describes the picture. It's all adapted from an original picture published in Nature Chemistry.
Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-02-17

Well, this one was a little challenging; tasted like a strong flat cider - not unpleasant, but probably not a buy again. Picked it up in as it’s an unusual grape, but also

My hand holding the neck of a bottle of white wine that has a bird on the label.
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William H. Groverwgrover
2023-02-15

Some gutsy product placement decisions at Costco today:

About a ton of baking soda sitting right next to a ton of vinegar at Costco
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Stuart Cantrillstuartcantrill
2023-02-11

Still time to apply for one of the Associate/Senior Editor positions at Nature Chemical Engineering!

Closing date: Feb 15th
Locations: Shanghai, Beijing, New York, London or Berlin

Looking for expertise in one or more of the following:

– Catalysis and reaction engineering
– Energy and environmental engineering
– Cellular and biomolecular engineering
– Theory and computation

Job advert is here: careers.springernature.com/job

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