Nick Howell
@nrhowell.bsky.social
Biologist, researcher, climber and maker of things.
Researcher at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
Solving problems from the bottom up.
Full stack science.
Researcher at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
Solving problems from the bottom up.
Full stack science.
Simulation → real-time dosimetry → cellular response, all in one instrument. Two papers out in Scientific Reports showing how we're testing new neutron capture agents without building dedicated facilities. @ansto.bsky.social #biology #cancer #neutron #science
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www.ansto.gov.au/news/from-di...
From digital to biological: A full-stack research capability
One of ANSTO’s advanced imaging instruments Dingo now delivers a rare fusion of simulation and radiobiology, becoming a launchpad for an innovative neutron therapy innovation.
www.ansto.gov.au
July 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Simulation → real-time dosimetry → cellular response, all in one instrument. Two papers out in Scientific Reports showing how we're testing new neutron capture agents without building dedicated facilities. @ansto.bsky.social #biology #cancer #neutron #science
www.ansto.gov.au/news/from-di...
www.ansto.gov.au/news/from-di...
Just published in Scientific Reports! 📝 Our team created a precise digital model of the Dingo neutron beamline. Perfect foundation for radiobiology research and detector development! #NeutronScience #DigitalTwin #radiobiology @ansto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A functional digital model of the Dingo thermal neutron imaging beamline - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A functional digital model of the Dingo thermal neutron imaging beamline
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just published in Scientific Reports! 📝 Our team created a precise digital model of the Dingo neutron beamline. Perfect foundation for radiobiology research and detector development! #NeutronScience #DigitalTwin #radiobiology @ansto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fungi made Earth’s land liveable by building networks that released nutrients locked in primordial rock and supplied those nutrients to plant roots
https://go.nature.com/3QLda3z
https://go.nature.com/3QLda3z
Revealing how fungi build planet-altering ‘road’ networks
Nature - Imaging study reveals how fungal networks are constructed.
go.nature.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fungi made Earth’s land liveable by building networks that released nutrients locked in primordial rock and supplied those nutrients to plant roots
https://go.nature.com/3QLda3z
https://go.nature.com/3QLda3z
Can anyone pick the country based on this iconic PPE?
#science #scientist #research #travel #radiation #biology
#science #scientist #research #travel #radiation #biology
February 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Can anyone pick the country based on this iconic PPE?
#science #scientist #research #travel #radiation #biology
#science #scientist #research #travel #radiation #biology
Reposted by Nick Howell
A space mission to an asteroid has returned extremely delicate salts not previously observed in extraterrestrial materials
https://go.nature.com/4aGbJwQ
https://go.nature.com/4aGbJwQ
Asteroid Bennu contains salts from ancient brine
Evidence that water evaporated out of the building blocks of planets.
go.nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A space mission to an asteroid has returned extremely delicate salts not previously observed in extraterrestrial materials
https://go.nature.com/4aGbJwQ
https://go.nature.com/4aGbJwQ
Reposted by Nick Howell
Scientists scramble to understand Trump administration actions
President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding
@jonathanlambert.bsky.social for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding
@jonathanlambert.bsky.social for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
Scientists scramble to understand Trump administration actions
President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Scientists scramble to understand Trump administration actions
President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding
@jonathanlambert.bsky.social for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding
@jonathanlambert.bsky.social for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
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Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
fraudsters have infiltrated the academic publishing industry
Frederik Joelving, Cyril Labbé,
Guillaume Cabanac
theconversation.com/fake-papers-...
fraudsters have infiltrated the academic publishing industry
Frederik Joelving, Cyril Labbé,
Guillaume Cabanac
theconversation.com/fake-papers-...
Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
‘Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical fields are especially hard hit.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
fraudsters have infiltrated the academic publishing industry
Frederik Joelving, Cyril Labbé,
Guillaume Cabanac
theconversation.com/fake-papers-...
fraudsters have infiltrated the academic publishing industry
Frederik Joelving, Cyril Labbé,
Guillaume Cabanac
theconversation.com/fake-papers-...
January 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM