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- Reposted by Toma SusiI think the Royal Society is right to have a Code of Conduct that Fellows are expected to observe - it must, after all, look after its own reputation. What I don't understand is why the Royal Society itself doesn't seem to care about that.
- Coverage in the Guardian of responses to Paul Nurse's comments on Musk & the Royal Soc Code of Conduct. Plenty of Nobel Prize Winners defending Nurse and Musk & Fellows seem uncomfortable to be named when they disagree. Also quotes from me & @scurry.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
- Kudos to Science – and of course Sergey and others like him who are holding their own fields accountable. That is how science progresses.
- The rarest of sights - a big glossy journal publishing negative replications! Yes, we had to bundle 4 replications into one article AND we had to wait 2 (!!) years in peer review, but here we are: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Toma SusiThank you all for the fantastic collaboration. All ERC grantees should be member of the association of ERC grantees ercgrantees.bsky.social. AERG does not only have great activities and initiatives, It is essential to form a network that is the voice of unbound excellence-based research in Europe.
- We are proud to announce that AERG Border Member and former vice-president Professor Karin Roelofs @epanlab.bsky.social has been appointed to the Scientific Council of the European Research Council @erc.europa.eu Find more 👇 aerg.eu/news/New-erc...
- Reposted by Toma SusiVery sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
- Reposted by Toma SusiWe all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:
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- Reposted by Toma SusiOne step in the right direction from @cnrs.fr . Here’s hoping others will follow and we can get some more space for actual science. 🧪 www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...
- Reposted by Toma SusiI wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
- Reposted by Toma SusiI don't have words for the sort of confused this makes me feel.
- Truly, truly excellent.
- Reposted by Toma SusiNote to political leaders - stop AI overhype. Today's letter from 73 scientists led by my colleague @krisshrishak.bsky.social to Ursula von der Leyen demands that she retract her budget speech non-scientific AI statement that parroted tech CEO hype. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
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- Reposted by Toma SusiAre you frustrated that you missed out on getting tickets to Rachel's live event with Michael McFaul before it sold out? Fret not! Rachel has another live event next month with Timothy Snyder in Chicago. Tickets and details through the Harris Theater site: my.harristheaterchicago.org/10853/10854
- Reposted by Toma SusiToday for #AdaLovelaceDay, which celebrates the achievements of women in STEM, read about the 10 most influential women in British science history, as chosen by leading female scientists: #WomenInSTEM royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
- Falter Arena @ Stadtsaal www.falter.at/arena
- Reposted by Toma SusiThe always brilliant Anjana Ahuja calls out the Royal Society for failing to stand up to Elon Musk. www.ft.com/content/d4eb...
- Reposted by Toma SusiIt was only a question of time. One of those Nobels that was always inevitable, and hugely deserved.
- 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
- Life goals – what an absolute legend.
- Fred Ramsdell, who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine yesterday for work on immunology, hasn't been informed of his win as he's "off the grid" hiking, and can't be contacted. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Reposted by Toma SusiGreat piece by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social on the descent of Sabine Hossenfelder, from science communicator to contrarian outrage-monger www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
- Reposted by Toma SusiAs the @royalsociety.org council meets on 01 Oct to discuss the repudiation of its core values by one of its fellows, Elon Musk, I respectfully remind them of my proposals for actions that should help the RS recover its standing in the scientific community. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
- Reposted by Toma SusiIn the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
- Reposted by Toma SusiA welcome, if belated, awakening to the disconnect between Musk's actions and the stated values of the Royal Society?
- Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...
- Reposted by Toma Susi"We don't hire smart people to tell them what to do, we hire them to tell us what to do." ERC grantee Jan Lagerwall (quoting Steve Jobs), during this morning's #RIDaysEU discussion of how bottom-up funding, supporting investigator-driven frontier research, helps meet future innovation challenges.
- Reposted by Toma Susi#Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza, theUN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report, urging all States to fulfil their legal obligations to end it. ➡️ bit.ly/4mjBAi2
- No comment necessary, sadly. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
- Reposted by Toma Susi"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
- Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
- Another semester, another small research seminar I am coordinating, this time Tuesdays at 14:30-16:00 (CET/CEST). Please contact me if you’d like to speak about 4D-STEM, ptycho, EELS, or related topics! Previous talks here to give you a flavor: physnano.univie.ac.at/seminar/pres...
- Reposted by Toma SusiPowerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.
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What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce... - Reposted by Toma SusiAcademic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
- Reposted by Toma SusiYou can see the same cluster shape just copy pasted multiple times lmao
- Reposted by Toma SusiCongratulations to the new generation of ERC grantees!! The AERG looks forward to welcome you in our community. To know more on the AERG activities and how become a member 👉 aerg.eu #ERC
- 📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out! Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025! ➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh #FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
- Reposted by Toma Susi3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳
- Reposted by Toma SusiIn this piece for Aeon, I argue that, while nanotechnology is now a very real and mature field, a popular early vision of it was an example of what I am calling an "oneiric technology": a fantasy of the sort that Silicon Valley loves. aeon.co/essays/no-su...
- Reposted by Toma SusiThe lovely science community on Bluesky (even without the comparison to the abusive mess on X) has been plain for a long time, but it's nice to have it confirmed by numbers. #science 🧪 #Bluesky #community #socialmedia www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Toma SusiAre you an early career researcher? ✨ @circleu.bsky.social offers mobility fellowships (5 - 30 days) to explore postdoc opportunities at partner universities. 🗓️ Extended deadline: Sept 15. More here: 👉 www.circle-u.eu/calls/circle...
- Reposted by Toma SusiWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Georgios Varnavides will join the Imaging Physics (ImPhys) department as Assistant Professor, starting on 1 September 2025. He will be leading the the Curious Beams Lab. buff.ly/BnFRzZl #ImagingPhysics #CuriousBeamsLab @gvarnavides.bsky.social
- Und auch auf Deutsch. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
- ⚛️ Durchbruch in der Materialforschung: DLR-Forschende konnten erstmals Atome wie Wellen durch eine atomdünne Membran aus Kohlenstoff schicken, bisher ging das nur mit Elektronen oder Neutronen. Das entstandene Muster zeigt, wie die Atome im Material angeordnet sind. ℹ️: s.dlr.de/materiewelle... (1/2)
- Press release from the DLR side of our recent Science article (doi.org/10.1126/scie...) collaboration.
- Does someone happen to be knowledgeable about the Wikidata query service? I had a list of my recent publications embedded on my website, but it seems to have broken... query.wikidata.org#PREFIX%20tar...
- Reposted by Toma SusiTwitter is dead.....scientifically speaking. www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
- Nobel Prize winner Serge Haroche finishing his excellent talk on the laser for the @ercgrantees.bsky.social symposium at the ÖPG-SPS meeting in the @univie.ac.at main ceremonial hall with a famous message of Abraham Flexner that resonates with all those for whom science is more than a profession.
- Reposted by Toma SusiDie Publikation "Diffraction of helium and hydrogen atoms through single-layer graphene" von Carina Kanitz, Jakob Bühler, Joseph J. Robinson, Vladimír Zobač, @mostlyphysics.net, Maxime Debiossac & Christian Brand erschien in @science.org. 👨🔬👩🔬 Zur Publikation: ⤵️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Toma SusiBeugung atomarer Materiewellen durch einen 2D-Kristall 🔍 Forscher:innen des @dlr-de.bsky.social & der Gruppe von Toma Susi beantworten diese Herausforderung, indem sie die Beugung von Helium- und Wasserstoffatomen bei Kiloelektronvoltenergien durch einschichtiges Graphen demonstrieren. ⚛️ 🧪 Mehr: ⤵️
- Reposted by Toma SusiJust in case there was any doubt, ChatGPT 5.0 still makes up completely random citations that don't exist and should not be used for literature search.
- Out today: we have an article in Science demonstrating atom diffraction in transmission for the first time: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... See also accompanying perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... For local Austrian press, see APA news item: science.apa.at/power-search...
- Reposted by Toma SusiThe debate around Musk and the Royal Society is just so frustrating. If those who think it is right to retain him as an FRS were to say "Here, despite his having been a direct accomplice to the dismantling of scientific institutions, destruction of scientific data, spreading of...
- Reposted by Toma SusiMotherfucking wind farms…
- My first publication for @science.org is this perspective I wrote for a paper I helped review. It turned out quite nicely, thanks also to the extensive copyediting work by the staff. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (I’ll also tease that I may have some exciting news to share in short order :-)
- I should of course add that the paper itself is super interesting and well worth a read if you are in the field!
- Reposted by Toma SusiWe are excited to announce the results of the Second Call for Cascade Funding, funded by the European Commission under the CoARA Boost project! 28 projects have been selected for the second round, please see the full details at the following links: 🔗 lnkd.in/e3VgUNxR 🔗 lnkd.in/eAi8DtWy
- Reposted by Toma Susi📢 WE HAVE A NEW NAME We are excited to share that VSC has undergone a slight rebranding and will now operate under a new name: 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗔𝗦𝗖). The name was chosen to reflect the nationwide scope of the consortium - read the official statement here ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
- A true catch for Delft and very happy to have George join us on this side of the Atlantic!
- Introducing the Curious Beams Lab — where we use electron beams and advanced algorithms to image the structure and function of materials at the nanoscale 🔬 PhD & postdoc openings coming soon — stay tuned! #TUDelft #ElectronMicroscopy #ComputationalImaging
- Reposted by Toma SusiI just got back from the big centenary meeting for quantum mechanics on Helgoland. But this year is also a bicentenary: of Michael Faraday's discovery of benzene. Here I consider what it meant, and why we might celebrate it. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/benz...
- Reposted by Toma SusiArrival in Helgoland. A bit like arriving in Newquay on a rainy day in March, except that you have to cross the North Sea to get there. It's pretty wild. The conference is going to happen in what is basically the village hall. I hope there's a raffle.
- Reposted by Toma SusiThe Helgoland 2025 quantum mechanics centenary meeting kicked off last night at the rather grand Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg, with a dinner followed by historical talks.
- Reposted by Toma SusiProud to share our latest: In a collaboration between @univie-physik.bsky.social (@univie.ac.at) and @tuwien.at, we showed how individual #platinum atoms can be anchored to #2D MoS2 for #catalysis and #sensing. Article in Nano Letters by @pubs.acs.org physik.univie.ac.at/en/news/news...
- Reposted by Toma SusiDas ist wirklich ein Coup!
- Große Verstärkung für unsere Redaktion: Christo Grozev @christogrozev.bsky.social – einer der bekanntesten Investigativjournalisten Europas – wird Reporter und Ausbilder bei JETZT.
- Reposted by Toma SusiThe AERG expresses grave concern over the future of fundamental research in Europe in a statement urging European leaders to protect fundamental science by reaffirming the autonomy of the @erc.europa.eu aerg.eu/news/new-sta... Read the full statement 👇 aerg.eu/storage/AERG...
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- Reposted by Toma Susi🎉 Our new Ambassadors for the ERC are here to champion frontier research! Read more about Phoebe Koundouri of the Athens University of Economics and Business, plus the other 31 ambassadors 👉 bit.ly/44bQzp7 #EUresearch #ScienceCommunication #HorizonEU 🌟 #Amb4ERC 🌟 #Science4EU
- Reposted by Toma SusiIt pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country. Right now it's not worth the risk. Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
- 'Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears' www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Toma SusiAs the AERG community @ercgrantees.bsky.social grows, the Board of Directors welcomes four new members. Meet Elisabetta Aurino @bettaaurino.bsky.social (SH, Spain), Dragan Mihailovic (PE, Slovenia), Vikas Trivedi @viktri08.bsky.social (LS, Spain) and Johannes Henn (PE, Germany)
- Reposted by Toma Susi5. This is the moment of truth. The metascience community could tout this as a win and fundraise off of it, cementing their legacy as useful idiots. Or they can side with science, boldly speaking out about the bad-faith ways the Trump administration is co-opting their language and momentum.
