Dr Ville Jansson
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Physicist and private investor from Helsingfors; trying to understand the world through science, economics and history | President of the Physical Society in Finland | swe/eng/fi/fr/ger | https://sites.google.com/site/villebcjansson/
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The Guardian
@theguardian.com
· 10d
Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers
Scientists from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, look at 37 species to identify cause of ‘rat hole’ in pavement
With a front paw outstretched and its tail at an angle, the creature that fell on to wet concrete in Chicago left quite the memento mori.
Now, researchers say they have unmasked the identity of the victim, revealing the famous “rat hole” was most probably made by a squirrel. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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FSF och Finska Kemistsamfundet rf ordnar ons 8.10.2025 kl 17-20 ett Höstseminarium i Vetenskapernas hus, Kyrkogatan 6, 00170 Helsingfors. Syftet är att ge inbjudna talare en möjlighet att på en allmän nivå ge en överblick över några av de hetaste forskningsområden inom fysiken och kemin just nu.
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💥 Russia: Ukraine struck the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery.
Refining capacity: 300,000 barrels per day, 15 million tons per year.
The 5th largest refinery in Russia accounts for 5% of total refining capacity.
Refining capacity: 300,000 barrels per day, 15 million tons per year.
The 5th largest refinery in Russia accounts for 5% of total refining capacity.
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Justin Wolfers
@justinwolfers.bsky.social
· Sep 20
Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
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The Guardian
@theguardian.com
· Sep 19
Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing, survey finds
Four out of five making staff cuts as physicists say findings are ‘great concern’ for UK’s leadership in important areas
The heads of UK physics departments say their subject is facing a national crisis as one in four warns that their university departments are in danger of closing because of funding pressures.
In an anonymous survey of department heads by the Institute of Physics (IoP), 26% said they faced potential closure of their department within the next two years, while 60% said they expected courses to be reduced. Continue reading...
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