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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 6h

Falter Arena @ Stadtsaal

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 15h

The always brilliant Anjana Ahuja calls out the Royal Society for failing to stand up to Elon Musk.
www.ft.com/content/d4eb...

The Royal Society should be protecting science, not Musk

The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack

www.ft.com

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 15h

It was only a question of time. One of those Nobels that was always inevitable, and hugely deserved.

Nature @nature.com · 15h

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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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 15h

Life goals – what an absolute legend.

Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 1d

Fred Ramsdell, who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine yesterday for work on immunology, hasn't been informed of his win as he's "off the grid" hiking, and can't be contacted.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 8d

Great piece by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social on the descent of Sabine Hossenfelder, from science communicator to contrarian outrage-monger www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Sabine Hossenfelder Asks If Science Is Dying. It’s Not.

Physics is dying. It’s mathematical fiction. Science is failing. Most of academic research that your taxes pay for is almost certainly bullshit. I don’t trust scientists. Would you believe me if I tol...

www.mcgill.ca

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 8d

As the @royalsociety.org council meets on 01 Oct to discuss the repudiation of its core values by one of its fellows, Elon Musk, I respectfully remind them of my proposals for actions that should help the RS recover its standing in the scientific community. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

Conduct Unbecoming – how can the Royal Society escape its Musk box? | Reciprocal Space

occamstypewriter.org

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 20d

In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...

The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals

In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation

www.chemistryworld.com

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 21d

A welcome, if belated, awakening to the disconnect between Musk's actions and the stated values of the Royal Society?

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 21d

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk

One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 21d

"We don't hire smart people to tell them what to do, we hire them to tell us what to do."

ERC grantee Jan Lagerwall (quoting Steve Jobs), during this morning's #RIDaysEU discussion of how bottom-up funding, supporting investigator-driven frontier research, helps meet future innovation challenges.

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UN Human Rights Council Investigative Bodies @uninvhrc.bsky.social · 22d

#Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza, theUN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report, urging all States to fulfil their legal obligations to end it.

➡️ bit.ly/4mjBAi2

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 22d

No comment necessary, sadly.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds

GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

www.ohchr.org

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 26d

"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 27d

Moreover, generally speaking ML potentials do forces and energies, whereas DFT can give access to much more.

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 28d

Another semester, another small research seminar I am coordinating, this time Tuesdays at 14:30-16:00 (CET/CEST).

Please contact me if you’d like to speak about 4D-STEM, ptycho, EELS, or related topics!

Previous talks here to give you a flavor:
physnano.univie.ac.at/seminar/pres...

Previous semesters

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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Powerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.

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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · Sep 8

What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning.

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...

Access to Web of Science will end on 1 January 2026

The university library has decided not to renew the licence for access to the Web of Science citation database (including Journal Citation Reports).

www.uu.nl

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Lifeinsteps @lifeinsteps.bsky.social · Sep 6

You can see the same cluster shape just copy pasted multiple times lmao

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Association of ERC Grantees @ercgrantees.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to the new generation of ERC grantees!!
The AERG looks forward to welcome you in our community.
To know more on the AERG activities and how become a member 👉 aerg.eu
#ERC

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Sep 4

3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳

3 ERC Starting Grants für die Universität Wien

Förderung für Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen und Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak

www.univie.ac.at

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Sep 2

In this piece for Aeon, I argue that, while nanotechnology is now a very real and mature field, a popular early vision of it was an example of what I am calling an "oneiric technology": a fantasy of the sort that Silicon Valley loves.
aeon.co/essays/no-su...

No suffering, no death, no limits: the nanobots pipe dream | Aeon Essays

Thirty years ago, nanotech was about to change everything. Let’s not get tricked again by Silicon Valley’s magical thinking

aeon.co

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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · Sep 2

The lovely science community on Bluesky (even without the comparison to the abusive mess on X) has been plain for a long time, but it's nice to have it confirmed by numbers. #science 🧪 #Bluesky #community #socialmedia

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds

Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform

www.theguardian.com

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Aug 29

Are you an early career researcher? ✨ @circleu.bsky.social
offers mobility fellowships (5 - 30 days) to explore postdoc opportunities at partner universities. 🗓️ Extended deadline: Sept 15. More here: 👉 www.circle-u.eu/calls/circle...

Circle U. Postdoc Mobility Programme - Circle U.

Seed funding for your next cooperative research project!

www.circle-u.eu

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Imaging Physics Department - Technical University Delft, NL @imphys-tudelft.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Georgios Varnavides will join the Imaging Physics (ImPhys) department as Assistant Professor, starting on 1 September 2025. He will be leading the the Curious Beams Lab.

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#ImagingPhysics #CuriousBeamsLab @gvarnavides.bsky.social

Dr. Georgios Varnavides joins ImPhys Faculty as Assistant Professor

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Georgios Varnavides will join the Imaging Physics (ImPhys) department as Assistant Professor, starting on 1 September 2025. He will be leading the the Curious…

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · Aug 25

Und auch auf Deutsch.

doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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