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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 22h

Aufstieg und Fall der Menschheit - the German-language version of The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire -- has made the 71-title longlist for the best science book of the year in Austria. A shortlist of 20 will be published on 11 November. More details here www.wissenschaftsbuch.at

Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

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Nature @nature.com · 13h

How to pause and restart your science career: Funding crises, bereavement and a supervisor’s relocation can derail your career path, but you can overcome them.

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How to pause and restart your science career

Funding crises, bereavement and a supervisor’s relocation can derail your career path, but you can overcome them.

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 13h

Our Local Nature grants are for young people, and selected by young people. There's just over a fortnight until the deadline for this year, so get your applications in now!

The scheme provides funding for youth-led projects to connect with and protect nature across the UK.

Apply at buff.ly/ChleErt

A field of sunflowers at dawn. Text reads, "Our Local Nature Grant, Applications open until 25 October."

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 22h

Aufstieg und Fall der Menschheit - the German-language version of The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire -- has made the 71-title longlist for the best science book of the year in Austria. A shortlist of 20 will be published on 11 November. More details here www.wissenschaftsbuch.at

Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

Die Wahl zum Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres

www.wissenschaftsbuch.at

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 23h

That person you meet when you attend a scientific conference and want to quickly get breakfast alone before returning to your room to prepare your presentation

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 1d

Seems I’ve made the long list for a Science Book of the Year award in Austria. www.rowohlt.de/magazin/ausg...

Werner Bartens und Henry Gee stehen auf der Longlist zum «Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres» 2026 | Rowohlt Verlag

Rowohlt Verlag

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Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info · 2d

We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...

Statistics Adviser (Demography)

Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

These intriguing materials - the world's most porous sponges - won today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market

Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 1d

PUBLISHED TOMORROW: The paperback of the French edition iof 'A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth' www.amazon.fr/Une-tr%C3%A8...

Une (très) brève histoire de la vie sur terre: 4,6 milliards d années en 12 chapitres

Noté /5. Retrouvez Une (très) brève histoire de la vie sur terre: 4,6 milliards d années en 12 chapitres et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 2d

Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...

The ISC - your new home at UMass Boston?

The view of Boston Harbor from front of campus

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 9d

EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬

The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 2d

These days John Martinis is building quantum computers with these systems.
Will see if I can find my interview with him on "quantum supremacy" a few years ago.

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 2d

Found a News and Views the much-missed Rolf Landauer sent me (I wasn't smart enough to commission it) on the central topic the Nobel committee described, tunnelling time.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · 2d

Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits?

Here it is: ($)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics

In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy

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‘Tour de force’ experiment probes quantum tunnelling in action

Probing photons inside a barrier also challenges a long-standing interpretation of quantum physics.

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 2d

Jonathan's "Opus Magnum" is finally out. Fundamental discovery. Congratulations!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 2d

Jonathan Rodenfels @mpi-cbg.de, Pablo Sartori @gimmfoundation.bsky.social, and Tommaso Cossetto identified two thermodynamic rules governing the growth and energy utilization of single-celled organisms. Publication in @nature.com Communications. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Cracking organisms’ energy code

Researchers define rules governing how growing microorganisms use energy efficiently

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Greg Copenhaver @copenhaverlab.bsky.social · 3d

The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for demonstrating quantum physics on the macroscopic scale

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Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments win physics Nobel

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis discovered quantum physics on a macroscopic scale, paving the way for quantum computing.

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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 2d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Federico Levi @fdlevi.bsky.social · 2d

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Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms

Nature Physics - In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this...

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Federico Levi @fdlevi.bsky.social · 2d

The laureates played a key role in it, and we were lucky enough to have them look back on their work www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics

In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.

www.nature.com

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Federico Levi @fdlevi.bsky.social · 2d

Very cool Nobel Prize this year. Quantum physics is (too) often reduced to the 100-year-old work of its pioneers. Back at @natphys.nature.com we celebrated experiments that took it from the 1920s to superconducting quantum computers www.nature.com/articles/s41... very much the spirit of this prize.

The ABC of cQED - Nature Physics

The combination of microwave photons with superconducting quantum circuits offers promise for quantum technologies and the fundamental study of quantum light–matter interactions. This month, a Focus issue explores this field of research.

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Jean-Yves Tinevez @jytinevez.bsky.social · 2d

Job alert!

We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?

See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA

Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...

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Wang Yu @wangyu-1979.bsky.social · 3d

Open faculty position!

The Department of Geosciences at the National Taiwan University (NTU-TW) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position.

Details here: web.gl.ntu.edu.tw/index.php/re...

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