𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀!

Using three years of data recorded at Eindhoven train station, @tue.nl researchers show that when in a crowd you'll follow a stranger even if the path isn't the most efficient!

Read more👇
www.tue.nl/en/news-and-...

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗰𝗹𝗶-𝗳𝗶)? ☔️☀️☃️

Next month, I’m off to the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies to deliver workshops to researchers on creative writing + storytelling.

Their goal? Write a Climate Fiction Anthology for the ages!
More info soon!

@friasunifreiburg.bsky.social

2025 is the International Year of #Quantum. With more students (at all levels) interested in #quantumphysics, new ways are needed to introduce the complex concepts. Researchers in Barcelona have designed new equipment to solve this.🧪

Read more👇
epjquantumtechnology.springeropen.com/articles/10....

George R.R. Martin can add his first physics paper to his literature exploits as he's just had a paper with Ian Tregillis on the physics of the Wild Cards superhero universe published in the American Journal of Physics. 🧪

Read more 👇
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

For the final plenary talk, Thierry Giamarchi takes us on a tour of the world of one-dimensional quantum physics at NWO Physics 2025. Should be magic!

An absolute pleasure to share the stage with @elisabethbik.bsky.social and hear about her great work on scientific integrity #NWOPhysics 2025. Thank you for the inspiring plenary lecture!

How often do unexpected scientific discoveries occur? More often that you might think A study assessed 1.2 million biomedical publications and measured the ‘unexpectedness’ of their findings.

Science is littered with serendipitous findings. Now, a study has put a figure on just how often chance findings happen.

https://go.nature.com/3PHIMXs

Did Pluto ‘kiss and capture’ its largest moon? A new potential mechanism by which Pluto trapped Charon.

The dwarf planet Pluto may have captured its largest moon Charon by first kissing and capturing it before releasing it a few hours later.

That's what new computational models suggest in any case, as published in a new paper in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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New foot-long crustacean named after Darth Vader The 'sea bug' is considered a delicacy in some countries.

Meet Bathynomus vaderi - the crustacean whose name is inspired by Darth Vader.

#starwars #darthvader 🧪

Image credit: ICMS Animation Studio (TU/e)

Image of an artificial cell with a cytoskeleton (in green).

How to give artificial cells a life-like skeleton!

Researchers at TU/e have designed a polymer-based cytoskeleton for artificial cells, making it possible to study with greater accuracy in artificial cells how cells respond to forces. 🧪

Read my article on the work 👇
www.tue.nl/en/news-and-...

Why does Santa wear red? The decision to wear red was influenced by other gift-bringers, but there is also a scientific reason for Santa's red outfit

Why does Santa Claus wear red? It's not because of influence from Coca Cola. Instead, Santa was inspired by other gift-bringers, but there's also an important scientific reason behind Santa's choice of red.

Check out my new article at @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

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www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Want to teach Quantum Mechanics with a little help from Ant-Man? Check out my latest #quantum education paper in IOP's Physics Education on how to use #superheroes with quantum! Thanks to André Luiz & Carlos Rocha for the collab!

Read more 👇
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#scicomm #antman

Joined many months ago but this is my first post here after abandoning the social media platform with the 24th letter of the alphabet in its name. Please follow for science, superheroes, and scicomm insights. #firstpostbluesky