Dr. Britt Hauke
@supersparticle.bsky.social
MatSci postdoc @ Penn State. I study glass structure! 2025 Physics & Astronomy Planning Committee. Artist on the side. She/they, Bi in Sci. Book, board game, and video game lover.
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The new Trump administration is making an unprecedented effort to PREVENT science from informing policy.
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It's odd that even an authoritarian like Trump would want to destroy US science, but there we have it. It is hard to see any other rationale for this random act of chaos.
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Trump Administration Ousts National Science Foundation from Headquarters Building
Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been blindsided by a plan for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take over their offices
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June 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The new Trump administration is making an unprecedented effort to PREVENT science from informing policy.
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Yeah, you bypass the crystallization and basically "shock" the structure from being in its preferred ordered state.
I'm not sure the logistics of that one in particular one with all of the hydrogen and helium 😂 but maybe the core?
I'm not sure the logistics of that one in particular one with all of the hydrogen and helium 😂 but maybe the core?
June 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Yeah, you bypass the crystallization and basically "shock" the structure from being in its preferred ordered state.
I'm not sure the logistics of that one in particular one with all of the hydrogen and helium 😂 but maybe the core?
I'm not sure the logistics of that one in particular one with all of the hydrogen and helium 😂 but maybe the core?
Most glasses are made out of oxides, so the composition is different amounts of sodium oxide (Na2O), alumina (Al2O3), and silica (Si2O). You can technically make a glass out of anything as long as you cool it fast enough, which is difficult!
June 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Most glasses are made out of oxides, so the composition is different amounts of sodium oxide (Na2O), alumina (Al2O3), and silica (Si2O). You can technically make a glass out of anything as long as you cool it fast enough, which is difficult!
There's always a surprising amount of drama in the science fandom generally 😂 I'm sure some of it is ego, some of it is based on instrument manufacturers picking one technique over another to use
June 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
There's always a surprising amount of drama in the science fandom generally 😂 I'm sure some of it is ego, some of it is based on instrument manufacturers picking one technique over another to use
Yup just the glass itself!
Not necessarily about the results themselves but it was quite surprising to learn how entrenched people are in the two different analysis methods lol, people aren't willing to collaborate with each other which makes comparing results difficult.
Not necessarily about the results themselves but it was quite surprising to learn how entrenched people are in the two different analysis methods lol, people aren't willing to collaborate with each other which makes comparing results difficult.
June 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Yup just the glass itself!
Not necessarily about the results themselves but it was quite surprising to learn how entrenched people are in the two different analysis methods lol, people aren't willing to collaborate with each other which makes comparing results difficult.
Not necessarily about the results themselves but it was quite surprising to learn how entrenched people are in the two different analysis methods lol, people aren't willing to collaborate with each other which makes comparing results difficult.
I was studying the process of relaxation for a specific composition of glass (sodium aluminosilicates) using a thermal analysis technique called Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry! I was comparing two different analysis methods of the data as well.
June 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I was studying the process of relaxation for a specific composition of glass (sodium aluminosilicates) using a thermal analysis technique called Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry! I was comparing two different analysis methods of the data as well.
My dissertation is 270 pages long 🫣
June 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My dissertation is 270 pages long 🫣