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madelain.bsky.social
wumpus torture #fuckdiscord #discord #wumpus #hisachiouchi
wumpus at the tokaimura nuclear plant recreating the famous events of september 30th, 1999, pouring too much uranium oxide into a vat of uranyl nitrate, which ends up going critical and blasting him with 17 sieverts of gamma radiation. it is only after eighty three days of hospitalization that he finally passes away. 83 days of his skin slowly melting off, fluid oozing from his flesh, with necrotic patches and a withered form. hands and legs are suspended from wires, some of which had to be amputated. tubes are connected to his bare nostrils and stomach, hopelessly trying to keep him alive. the sheets are soaked in his puss and blood
September 26, 2026 at 8:22 AM
agatesfrommexico.bsky.social
Cocoinoite is such an underrated species — that uranium-phosphate chemistry is wild. The yellow comes from the uranyl ion (UO₂²⁺), same chromophore behind autunite's glow. Gorgeous focus stack, the crystal habit really comes through.
September 25, 2026 at 4:21 AM
evashougouki.bsky.social
big eyes, sopping wet. with 1.5% uranyl acetate
September 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
E.g. if we start talking about bioremediation of uranium in water, my experience is that LLMs are *obsessed* with Geobacter/Geotalea uranyl reduction, which has been tried for 30 years and (thermodynamically) can only work in the presence of continuous biostimulation.
September 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
nunobandeira.bsky.social
New paper out!
pubs.acs.org/inocaj/artic...
Water-Soluble Girard T-Based Multidentate Ligands for Highly Selective Uranyl(VI) Binding
Abstract. The development of chelating agents capable of selectively binding UO22+ in aqueous media remains a major challenge in uranium recovery and remed
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September 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
englishwordbot.bsky.social
The word "uranyl" on a stylized background
September 7, 2026 at 6:20 AM
mofpapers.bsky.social
Selective Recovery of Uranyl Ions From Sea Water Using Covalent Organic Framework Membranes https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.75260?af=R
August 18, 2026 at 8:49 AM
agatesfrommexico.bsky.social
Green SW fluorescence with no LW response points to trace uranium in the silica matrix — uranyl ions fluoresce brilliantly under shortwave but go dark under longwave. Rare and totally natural 🔬
August 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
newcommunity.bsky.social
Magnetic enrichment meets SERS and interpretable AI.

A reusable FA@tPF sensor detects uranyl ions down to 1 × 10⁻⁷ M in 20 min. A CNN achieved 100% spectral classification accuracy, while Grad-CAM identified the ~850 cm⁻¹ uranyl fingerprint. #Uranium
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www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...
August 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
microbiologysociety.org
Read the latest ICTV Virus Taxonomy profile on Konkoviridae. Published Open Access and fee-free in JGV using a Publish and Read agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002290. #JGV #PublishandRead
Negative-contrast electron micrograph (uranyl acetate) of tulip streak virus. The bar represents 100 nm. Panhandle forms of the large particles are indicated by arrows (Courtesy of T. Morikawa).
August 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
carterradiochem.bsky.social
And here is the finalized version of the paper, now out in Inorganic Chemistry.

pubs.acs.org/inocaj/artic...

Congrats Ecem, Vamsi, and Brett for standing up this new research direction within the group!
August 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
ica-papers.bsky.social
A combined UV–vis spectroscopy and DFT study of uranyl–nicotinate complexation in aqueous solution
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August 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
lisavondung.bsky.social
We also show how the new model can potentially distinguish between different coordination modes in uranyl complexes. If you're interested in solution structures of complexes, organometallic and organic molecules, give it a go! #NMR #DOSY
July 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
mofpapers.bsky.social
Tailored mixed-ligand defective metal-organic frameworks for highly selective and efficient uranyl capture https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138589472607110X
July 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
ccdc.cam.ac.uk
Reporting in @crystengcomm.rsc.org, Olga Yu. Vassilyeva and team have developed a versatile synthetic route to hydroxyl‑functionalized 1,2,4‑triazole oligomers (mono‑, bis-, and tris‑systems) and explored their potential as uranyl chelators.

🔗 ccdc-info.com/4fJH7yX

#ChemSky
Promotional graphic showing the crystal structures.
July 21, 2026 at 10:28 AM
unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
This totally snuck up on me, but as mentioned in today’s PBS Space Time, today marks 50 years since the first human landing on Mars. Six Soyuz launches in 1975 lofted tanks of uranyl chloride/heavy water to (inconveniently) low earth orbit where Apollo 24 and 25 boosted half of them Marsward […]
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July 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM
autunitevulpes.bsky.social
And now for a slew of Autunite pictures and posts. My favourite mineral. This is a Hydrated Calcium Uranyl Phosphate. IIRC from Le Limouzat Mine. I sourced it from Etsy so the origin is iffy. But the pink granite underneath is a good clue.
Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10–12H2O
A pink granite rock covered in fluorescent green crystals. The scene is bathed in longwave UV light ormula:Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2OColour:Yellow, greenish-yellow, pale green; dark green, greenish black.Lustre:Sub-Vitreous, Resinous, Waxy, PearlyHardness:2 - 2½Specific Gravity:3.05 - 3.2Crystal System:OrthorhombicMember of:Autunite GroupName:Partially described by Berzelius in 1819 as "Sel à base de chaux, où l'oxide d'urane joue le rôle d'acide" under the "uranite" entry. Named by Henry James Brooke (1771–1857) and William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880) in 1852 for the type locality at Saint Symphorien near Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France.Type Locality:ⓘ Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne uranium deposit, Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, FranceIsostructural with:Bassetite, Nováčekite, Saléeite Autunite Group. A secondary mineral resulting from the oxidation of primary uranium minerals in hydrothermal veins, granite pegmatites, etc. Dehydrates (reversibly) in air to meta-autunite. -Source: https://www.mindat.org/min-433.html Le Limouzat Mine (incl. Le Limouzat Quarry; BN3; BN5; BN6), Les Bois-Noirs Mining Claim, Saint-Priest-la-Prugne, Roanne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France A former uranium mine started in 1955 and closed in 1980. There was a small quarry at that place before the mine started to work, where exceptionally crystallized vandendriesscheite specimens were collected by Jean Chervet (famous French mineralogist). This mine has operated one of the biggest uranium deposit in France which includes BN3, BN5, and BN6 deposits. The main vein (30 m in width and 700 m in length) has been worked up to 420 m depth (underground and in a quarry) and 2 600 000 tons of ore were extracted. During the 1980s, the quarry and all underground parts of the mine were backfilled. According to Cuney (1974), 6 mineralizing phases are known: - Phase 1: quartz (Q1) with pitchblende, coffinite, pyrite and some small crystals of euhedral arsenopyrite - Phase 2: red quartz (replacement) monocrystalline and chalcedonic (Q2) formed at the same time as hematite - Phase 3: banded smoky quartz (Q3) with chalcopyrite - Phase 4: arrival of fluorite, carbonates, and whewellite not associated with uranium - Phase 5: quartz (Q4) with bismuthinite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite - Phase 6: hydrothermal (or meteoric?) alteration and secondary uranium minerals formation (autunite, torbernite, etc.) Select Mineral List Type Source: https://www.mindat.org/loc-12814.html
July 11, 2026 at 7:57 AM
autunitevulpes.bsky.social
Also in the theme of other pretty rocks that I don't own anymore, some rare tetragonal Torbernite from Majuba Mountain Mine.
Copper Uranyl Phosphate
Cu[(UO2)(PO4)]2(H2O)12
July 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
renalpathsociety.bsky.social
European Society of Pathology
Webinar Series on #electronmicroscopy
Alternative contrast agents to uranyl acetate for pathology
15 July 2026 at 15:00-16:00 CEST (6 am PDT/9 am EDT)
Dr. Eva Miriam Buhl
Registration is free: www.esp-pathology.org/event/esp-we...
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ESP Webinar - Alternative contrast agents to uranyl acetate for pathology - European Society of Pathology
Alternative contrast agents to uranyl acetate for pathology 15 July 2026 | 15:00 – 16:00 CEST Introduction The European Society of Pathology (ESP) with the collaboration of the ESP Working Group Elect...
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July 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
autunitevulpes.bsky.social
Gotta test the lens in dark settings too. Also I know that I'm supposed to be an adult woman of science. But the word 'uranyl' still makes me internally giggle.
Plasma Globe
July 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
solitary.social
(It’s a volatile radioactive substance that readily hydrolyses upon contact with water, forming uranyl fluoride and hydrofluoric acid, both of which are corrosive and toxic.)
July 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
mineralcollection.bsky.social
www.mineralcollection.eu/product/2279...
Torbernite from Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
4 cm x 3.5 cm excl. stand
45 gram incl. stand
€ 100
#torbernite #uranyl #uranylphosphates #frenchminrals #minerals #rocks #crystals #stones
July 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
vwaimlessly.bsky.social
Uranium can be extracted from seawater using specialized adsorbent materials, such as amidoxime-based fibers, which capture uranyl ions dissolved in the ocean.
www.ans.org/news/2025-11...
New, efficient way to extract uranium from seawater reported
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July 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
naturaelapides.bsky.social
Here is my gypsum crystal again for an ultraviolet photo, revealing fluorescence inside caused by organic impurities or uranyl ions (green color).

These impurities appeared only during a fraction of the crystal’s growth, which explains the zoning.

#Mineral #Minerals #FocusStacking #Macro
zone fluorescente dans un cristal de gypse
June 26, 2026 at 6:46 AM