Sergey Frolov🇺🇦
@spinespresso.bsky.social
Quantum Computing boffin, Condensed Matter Physics, Reproducibility.
Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Pittsburgh
Blog: https://espressospin.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spinespresso
Lab: http://frolovlab.org/
Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Pittsburgh
Blog: https://espressospin.org/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spinespresso
Lab: http://frolovlab.org/
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Sergey Frolov🇺🇦
@spinespresso.bsky.social
· Feb 24
3 years from when russia invaded Ukraine. When the USA told the leader of the free world President Zelensky to leave, and he replied "I don't need a ride. I need ammunition".
This is the first slide of every talk I gave in the last 3 years. This thread is about (quantum) science in Ukraine. 🧵
This is the first slide of every talk I gave in the last 3 years. This thread is about (quantum) science in Ukraine. 🧵
Petition to rename "White paper" to "Vibe paper". Need to keep up with the times!
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Petition to rename "White paper" to "Vibe paper". Need to keep up with the times!
Theory producing hot air?
La craie pour tableau noir séquestre du carbone - ça a été pris en compte…?
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Theory producing hot air?
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The moment a missile hit a residential building in Ternopil.
For now, Russia has killed 25 people in Ternopil, including 3 kids, and injured 73 more, including 15 kids.
For now, Russia has killed 25 people in Ternopil, including 3 kids, and injured 73 more, including 15 kids.
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The moment a missile hit a residential building in Ternopil.
For now, Russia has killed 25 people in Ternopil, including 3 kids, and injured 73 more, including 15 kids.
For now, Russia has killed 25 people in Ternopil, including 3 kids, and injured 73 more, including 15 kids.
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Vincent Mourik with 'Fake it till you make it: Microsoft’s topological qubit claims' - there is also fraud in physics!
This new quantum computing chip is based on Majorana fermion - based on a now-retracted paper. Some data was spliced out/left out. Similar problems in other groups.
#IRICSydney
This new quantum computing chip is based on Majorana fermion - based on a now-retracted paper. Some data was spliced out/left out. Similar problems in other groups.
#IRICSydney
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Vincent Mourik with 'Fake it till you make it: Microsoft’s topological qubit claims' - there is also fraud in physics!
This new quantum computing chip is based on Majorana fermion - based on a now-retracted paper. Some data was spliced out/left out. Similar problems in other groups.
#IRICSydney
This new quantum computing chip is based on Majorana fermion - based on a now-retracted paper. Some data was spliced out/left out. Similar problems in other groups.
#IRICSydney
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🔴 Russia unleashed a massive overnight attack on Ukraine with waves of drones and missiles, hitting Kyiv.
Preliminary reports say residential areas and energy infrastructure were struck.
Preliminary reports say residential areas and energy infrastructure were struck.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
🔴 Russia unleashed a massive overnight attack on Ukraine with waves of drones and missiles, hitting Kyiv.
Preliminary reports say residential areas and energy infrastructure were struck.
Preliminary reports say residential areas and energy infrastructure were struck.
Laser is no more in use
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Laser is no more in use
This is not it, is it?
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This is not it, is it?
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Russian strikes devastated #Ukraine’s power grids this weekend, blocking access to heating in winter conditions for millions.
Econ4UA has supported Ukrainians through winters since 2022. Our aid is now more needed than ever.
Help us send supplies: ai4good.org/economists-f...
Econ4UA has supported Ukrainians through winters since 2022. Our aid is now more needed than ever.
Help us send supplies: ai4good.org/economists-f...
Donate for Ukraine - Winter and Power - AI for Good Foundation
Winter is the most challenging time in Ukraine: Russian attacks damage power supply, leaving vulnerable populations in the dark, cold and vulnerable.
ai4good.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Russian strikes devastated #Ukraine’s power grids this weekend, blocking access to heating in winter conditions for millions.
Econ4UA has supported Ukrainians through winters since 2022. Our aid is now more needed than ever.
Help us send supplies: ai4good.org/economists-f...
Econ4UA has supported Ukrainians through winters since 2022. Our aid is now more needed than ever.
Help us send supplies: ai4good.org/economists-f...
NSF pumpkin not doing so well 😭
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NSF pumpkin not doing so well 😭
Would the new Research Misconduct policy drafted by the University of Pittsburgh stop the next Pruittgate? Absolutely not.
But will it allow the university to investigate the next problem in a transparent and unbiased way? Also not.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
But will it allow the university to investigate the next problem in a transparent and unbiased way? Also not.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
I hadnt seen this particular take on this story till now. A minimalist apology. Not impressed.
nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...
nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...
Shamed Scientist Apologises For The First Time About The Academic Scandal That Destroyed His Career And Shocked The World
An ecologist who shot to fame after discovering that spiders have human-like personalities has made an emotional apology after being
nationalnews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Would the new Research Misconduct policy drafted by the University of Pittsburgh stop the next Pruittgate? Absolutely not.
But will it allow the university to investigate the next problem in a transparent and unbiased way? Also not.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
But will it allow the university to investigate the next problem in a transparent and unbiased way? Also not.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
Happy Peer Review Day! cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
1 in 5 chemists have deliberately added errors into their papers during peer review, study finds
Conclusion is one of many in a report about how chemists handle errors in manuscripts
cen.acs.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy Peer Review Day! cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
One way to get accepted to Nature Physics is to get rejected from Nature and Science. And one way to get rejected from Nature and Science is for scientific reasons. This is how bad papers make it into Nature Physics.
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
One way to get accepted to Nature Physics is to get rejected from Nature and Science. And one way to get rejected from Nature and Science is for scientific reasons. This is how bad papers make it into Nature Physics.
The most amazing Halloween song ever written youtu.be/9jHYkaIjInE?...
My Body's a Zombie For You
YouTube video by Dead Man's Bones - Topic
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The most amazing Halloween song ever written youtu.be/9jHYkaIjInE?...
Please send it to all current and pending colleagues at the NSF. We support you!!!
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Please send it to all current and pending colleagues at the NSF. We support you!!!
I bet they are popping champagne at Microsoft now:
YES! We are on par with Google Quantum!
(as in both claim some breakthrough while researchers are "sceptical")
Very creative titles by the way, Nature News.
YES! We are on par with Google Quantum!
(as in both claim some breakthrough while researchers are "sceptical")
Very creative titles by the way, Nature News.
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I bet they are popping champagne at Microsoft now:
YES! We are on par with Google Quantum!
(as in both claim some breakthrough while researchers are "sceptical")
Very creative titles by the way, Nature News.
YES! We are on par with Google Quantum!
(as in both claim some breakthrough while researchers are "sceptical")
Very creative titles by the way, Nature News.
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First draft for the intro to this series
October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
First draft for the intro to this series
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Yesterday, we made history. Around 7 MILLION people across the United States stood up to say #NoKings, with allies around the world in countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia joining us in solidarity.
BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yesterday, we made history. Around 7 MILLION people across the United States stood up to say #NoKings, with allies around the world in countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia joining us in solidarity.
BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
BUT OUR FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
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Police just detained two protesters.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Police just detained two protesters.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
Pitt: you cannot share data!
Also Pitt: if you don't share, this is evidence of Research Misconduct
(I tried to correct the first policy for 2 years... Alas, it is still in place)
Also Pitt: if you don't share, this is evidence of Research Misconduct
(I tried to correct the first policy for 2 years... Alas, it is still in place)
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pitt: you cannot share data!
Also Pitt: if you don't share, this is evidence of Research Misconduct
(I tried to correct the first policy for 2 years... Alas, it is still in place)
Also Pitt: if you don't share, this is evidence of Research Misconduct
(I tried to correct the first policy for 2 years... Alas, it is still in place)
Archival photo from 1979, a steel mill in Zaporizhzhia.
The sign in the back says "Ukraine and Russia - became relatives forever"
The sign in the back says "Ukraine and Russia - became relatives forever"
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Archival photo from 1979, a steel mill in Zaporizhzhia.
The sign in the back says "Ukraine and Russia - became relatives forever"
The sign in the back says "Ukraine and Russia - became relatives forever"
if I were springer-nature I could maintain financial solvency by simply collecting APCs and publishing papers that show how all the other stuff they reported is wrong. And I would not even publish any new stuff. Free advice.
It's a letter, highlighting a fundamental flaw in a paper that they recently published. How much do you wanna bet that they don't accept it? 🙄
October 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
if I were springer-nature I could maintain financial solvency by simply collecting APCs and publishing papers that show how all the other stuff they reported is wrong. And I would not even publish any new stuff. Free advice.
I say 'We just published our paper on arXiv'.
'Preprint' is a meaningless term now. First, we do not print. Second, it is not 'pre' - it is the event. This is when we published the paper, is when we published it on arxiv.
We need to retire the term 'preprint'.
'Preprint' is a meaningless term now. First, we do not print. Second, it is not 'pre' - it is the event. This is when we published the paper, is when we published it on arxiv.
We need to retire the term 'preprint'.
October 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I say 'We just published our paper on arXiv'.
'Preprint' is a meaningless term now. First, we do not print. Second, it is not 'pre' - it is the event. This is when we published the paper, is when we published it on arxiv.
We need to retire the term 'preprint'.
'Preprint' is a meaningless term now. First, we do not print. Second, it is not 'pre' - it is the event. This is when we published the paper, is when we published it on arxiv.
We need to retire the term 'preprint'.