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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 7h

Nobel coverage is fast-paced, and there's often not time to reflect on the accomplishment before the next one. (Congrats to the Chem laureates, by the way.)

My day two story on why Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis were looking for macroscopic quantum tunneling and how they managed the tricky search:

Quantum Tunneling Is a Big Deal. This Year's Nobel Physics Prize Shows Why

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing

www.scientificamerican.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 7h

What'd I miss?

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 17h

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

Nature @nature.com · 18h

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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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 1d

He's the one I haven't met. Met Clarke very briefly, had a couple of conversations with Martinis before his Google days, maybe one since. Rather than deep I think I would describe Martinis as clear. Such marvelous explanations.

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Graeme Smith @graemesmith.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget how amazing it is that electrical circuits can behave quantum mechanically!

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electri...

www.nobelprize.org

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel in Physics to Clarke, Devoret and Martinis! Congratulations to them!

Citation says for work in the 1980s on quantized current.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

I'm amazed it's only 20%. I am discouraging my students from applying for grad school there, and worried about those who are already there. I'll bet it drops even further next year, as those applying this coming winter choose to look elsewhere.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

My impression, which could be wrong since I don't know a lot about her before a couple of years ago, is that she wanted to be liberal but discovered that she didn't like either liberal ideas or people. In her head, that makes her contrarian.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

Brunkow works in the Hood Lab at Institute for Systems Biology. Hood received his PhD from Caltech and was chair of the biology department there when we were students. Moved to Washington in 2000.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

Mary Brunkow, PhD - Hood Lab at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) share.google/idgt3qW5Sa54...

Mary Brunkow, PhD

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

Fred Ramsdell - Wikipedia share.google/BRmwtKSj3rjK...

Fred Ramsdell - Wikipedia

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

Jointly with Mary Brunkow, who doesn't even have a Wikipedia page yet (I'm sure she will have one in minutes), and Fred Ramsdell.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

Shimon Sakaguchi - Wikipedia share.google/Diz7qPZa4PfS...

just received part of the #Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

He is not from Keio, but has received the Keio Medical Prize.

Shimon Sakaguchi - Wikipedia

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 2d

Who was that? I probably didn't know them, but you never know.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 3d

58 years ago last week, the ARPANET proposal paper was presented at the first SOSP.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Multiple computer networks and intercomputer communication | Proceedings of the first ACM symposium on Operating System Principles

dl.acm.org

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 3d

Still 91% humidity here. Swam to the station.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 3d

What does he think came "between" the World Wars?

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 4d

The HPV vaccine is doing what had been promised.
17 years after it became available, HPV infections decreased significantly in vaccinated people and unvaccinated people because of herd immunity. buff.ly/WvjQ1BS

h/t @boghuma.bsky.social

#medsky #pedsky 🛟🧪

Light blue background. Young woman with dark hair makes a sign of strength with her arm and she has a vaccine bandaid on her upper arm. It says "The HPV Vaccine Works!"

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 3d

75km ride today with friends. They are teaching me how to ride a bike.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 4d

Just wondering what percentage of the new ICE recruits are on steroids, which are known to statistically increase uncontrolled aggressive behavior.
Not excusing them, just wondering what percentage is chemically enhanced aggression.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 4d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Georgia protesters try to storm Tbilisi presidential palace

Police used pepper spray to disperse demonstrators amid growing turmoil in the Caucasus country.

www.bbc.com

Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 4d

On a variety of issues, when I am told "We don't have the money for that," my response is, "Yes, we do. What you are telling me is you won't prioritize this over other things, or split the money."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4d

very neat little thread about the family, but with a name like that they're obviously crying out for an urban fantasy series.

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 4d

Historical novel about Black Revolutionary War veteran Ichabod Twilight when?

If that’s not a name for a well-researched Bildungsroman, IDK what is

Historical marker reading “Black Heritage Trail NH
- WARNER

The names of four Black men are etched on this Soldiers Monument representing three different wars. Ichabod Twilight served for three years in the Continental Army and after his service lived in Corinth, VT. William Bradish served in the War of 1812 and is buried in Warner's Poor Farm Cemetery. Cousins James and John F. Haskell served in the Civil War. James served with the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment.
John F. served with the 45th United States Colored Infantry. Both cousins are buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Salisbury, NH. These soldiers' stories represent a small part of the rich history of Warner's Black community

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses?
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

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