Tim Prior

Tim is an inorganic chemist and award-winning educator who plays bridge. He is an amateur zythologist and psephologist.
Opinions all my own.

[Tim Prior @Dr_TimP]

Thinking about my tax return...

@HMRCcustomers how should I enter a single payment from an overseas company to a UK national for professional services

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@ChrisMaslanka Had a #pedanticus moment when I read this recently:
The report outlined how “in terms of flavour, the market is bifurcated into peach, raspberry, cherry, apricot, and others."

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@Chrishdouglas @FXMC1957 I want to know if Ed Reardon was turned down for an episode after two dozen rewrites...

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@JohnWil45304495 cadaverine - lol.
Still in the consultation phase at present. Ongoing troubles have been reported elsewhere.
I did become away of this recently:
https://t.co/GlafuEnu2h

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Pumpkin-molecules as sensors for cadaverine. Beautiful molecules for docking studies.
https://t.co/A2Ohd5gR9j

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#bbccricket "Crawley and Stokes": cricket-themed tribute to "Sarah and Duck" Quack !

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@ZuffleKing So young and so innocent

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I found this recently. Comments on the noise?

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And an enlargement:

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Multi-modal medical imaging probes:
https://t.co/qAXoTU6lDA

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@AlaaElBetany @UniOfHull @RoyalMintUK Congratulations

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I found this. @Nature Scientific Reports
https://t.co/9c7jVMoalC

Report says CuO (copper oxide).
I say this is a simulated pattern of copper metal and NOT experimental data.

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Want students to complete a survey? Give them a QR code and wear a silly hat. Sorted.

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@fxcoudert @PubPeer As an editor I keep seeing submissions like this.
Any time there is any doubt, I just ask the authors to supply the raw data as it was obtained from the instrument eg Bruker .raw file.
Legitimate authors will supply real data. Others have problems...

Ask for the raw data!

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@RichardJMurphy Gratuitously rude seems like a fair interpretation.

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Not really my area (EDX) but I have a suspicion something may not be right...

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@EBUAylesbury I can't help wondering if the staff party is really wild.
Photos?

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@EJShotton @isisneutronmuon Wish I was there

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@ProfRachelGaN Yesterday, I reminded a colleague that a 9am meeting is not suitable for those who having caring responsibilities.
The meeting is now 9:30 start.

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Ring-opening polymerisation from Co or Mn-based 2D coordination polymers
https://t.co/UALPyGLZZW

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Check out our new paper with @laurabastiani_ @MikeRogerson7 @WillM_CEMS @Dr_TimP, Alex Braisier, Kit Hardman.
Ikaite: a potential ticking environmental timebomb for steel waste at high-latitudes in a warming world. https://t.co/Z6dXBDyW73