Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.

theconversation.com/lise-meitner...

Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase? RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.

Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Radio Nopal: Spinning Live From a Mexico City Storefront Built on community spirit, Radio Nopal is an independent digital radio station in Mexico City powered by vinyl collectors, DJs, and artists.

www.discogs.com/digs/feature...

Wave-riding and wave-passing by ducklings in formation swimming | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Cambridge Core Wave-riding and wave-passing by ducklings in formation swimming - Volume 928

I often think about this study that shows ducklings swimming in a single-file formation behind their parent conserve energy through wave-riding, where trailing ducklings gain forward push, and wave-passing, where energy transfers efficiently along the line. Get your ducks in a row.

is there a recording available?

At @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

Master thesis submitted!

La Brea, by Hesse Kassel 8 track album

hessekassel.bandcamp.com/album/la-brea

Manso álbum!

EPA limits remain on 'forever chemicals' – for now. See what's in your drinking water. The number of affected drinking water systems grows with each update as the EPA adds more test results. See if your water utility made the list.

PFAS found in drinking water across the US, according to EPA data. #PFAS #foreverchemicals #waterpollution www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...

Great!

Meet you at the Black Lodge, maestro.

Lots of good albums were released this year.
These are the ones I found most interesting and returned to the most in 2024.

In no particular order (not really, but I don't want to commit that much).

How close is a new bird flu (H5N1) pandemic? Probably not around the corner but getting uncomfortably closer.

You've probaly seen various headlines this year about bird flu and the potential for a new pandemic.

So I've written a new substack as a simple explainer on what a flu pandemic actually is, why bird flu and what's been going on over the last 3 years.

open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Cover of the "Solid state Physics" textbook by Ashcroft and Mermin. (Source|: Wikipedia)

#PhysicsFactlet:
The "Ashcroft/Mermin Project"
I will try to (likely very slowly) make one or more visualization per chapter of "Solid State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin, with the hope that they will be useful to people teaching/learning solid state Physics.
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Entropy is one of those formulas that many of us learn, swallow whole, and even use regularly without really understanding.

(E.g., where does that “log” come from? Are there other possible formulas?)

Yet there's an intuitive & almost inevitable way to arrive at this expression.

Very nice project.
Is there something similar but for QC?

Hey #CompChem. Do you know of any computational studies involving PFAS interaction with sensors (for detection)?

Hola, mundo

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