Alistair King

Lover of science, politics, humanism, food and electronic music.

[TD777 @Kaniz_Moriam]

Eco-friendly development of cellulose-based textiles, and recycling old clothes as new, again and again are no far to be an industrial practice. A short report on my research group and my PhD works.
@IoncellFibers
#for_sustainable_future

https://t.co/DB5O0MVU55

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@Kaniz_Moriam @Epnoe Michael is too cool there! :)

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Can we have a breed of impartial scientists that are not influenced by any politics, eg social media pressure? Is that still possible?

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Check out our recent Cover Article: For Cellulose Chemistry and Technology Enthusiasts https://t.co/31KGNfI12O via @LinkedIn

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@AgnieszkaBrandt Nice work!

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Hmm...this has been in my basket for about 16 hr...is Amazon giving details to the vendors? Its still worth it though :)

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now relaxing 😎 with @Kaniz42728860 and and Katja Heise

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Presentation on regioselective nanocellulose acetylation by Tetyana Koso at #EPNOE

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Tanja & Kaniz at the bar at the #EPNOE welcome reception

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Michael & Avinash at the #EPNOE welcome reception

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Nummm

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@HallettGroup Congratulations!.....wheres the video of the reception??

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@HallettGroup Any old excuse :)

[World Economic Forum @Davos]

Fashion straight from the forest. Read more: https://t.co/0jrZibtbOS #society #environment

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Fashion straight from the forest. Read more: https://t.co/aHtiTZEWQM #innovation #environment

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Nice coverage of our joint @helsinkiuni and @AaltoUniversity innovation from BBC
BBC News - Wooden clothes on the recycled Christmas list? https://t.co/UZG8pDyphr

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@pereabuc @RuneLinding @schneiderleonid @GerardMeijssen @kamerlinlab @RetractionWatch Looks like politicians are trying to throw the baby out with the bathwater... we need to discuss alternatives that can come from the scientific community (bottom up)

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@pereabuc @RuneLinding @schneiderleonid @GerardMeijssen @kamerlinlab @RetractionWatch These irregularities are not exceptional. Open access will not avoid these cases. Anyhow, this is a side issue. The real problem for me is the forceful nature of plan-s. More time for discussion between scientists on how to best solve our publishing issues is needed.

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@GerardMeijssen @pereabuc @schneiderleonid @kamerlinlab I don't see collective obfusication and deceit in our scientific community. Maintaining quality of peer review is implicit and at risk. Open access is for sure a worthy ideal. However, engagement of scientists with the public and politicians to interpret the science is better

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@GerardMeijssen @pereabuc @schneiderleonid @kamerlinlab Is it really in the public interest to read all papers (or any they want). Do they care? Or do they care more about reaping the benefits that science and engineering brings?