BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Physics to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger.

This is an amazing discovery with the potential to speed up all kinds of computations!

Nobel prize laureates traditionally get their own parking spot at their university. So when Ben Feringa was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry, he also got what he deserved from University of Groningen. His private parking spot. Dutch style! (📹 via @afbdijkstra/Simon)

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It’s an honor to be elected Democratic Leader in the Arizona House of Representatives. As we prepare for the 56th legislature ahead, we’ll stay focused on our shared values as Arizonans. Onward!

On Dec. 5, 2022, a team at LLNL's National Ignition Facility conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to achieve fusion ignition. Also known as scientific energy breakeven, the experiment produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it.

First #ChatGPT answer which made me pause.

The sheer acknowledgments section 🤣🤣 This needs an applause for the guts. Link to paper: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Tell me this isn’t the best “traffic” you’ve ever seen. A school “bike bus” planned each Friday in Barcelona a few years back, grew from an initial 5 kids when it started. Safety in numbers — do you think you could do this in your city? Via Lluís Juncà

Presentations of scientists that take ERC Interview training courses

🤣 Si nosotros hemos tenido que escuchar este chiste de Pedro Delgado, vosotros también tenéis que hacerlo. 🔴 DIRECTO | Teledeporte y rtve.es/play/videos/di…

arxiv.org/abs/2305.09586 Superconductivity at 80 K found in layered nickelates !!

Korean teams claimed to have real room-temperature superconductors at ambient conditions arxiv.org/abs/2307.12037 and arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008

Another claim of room temperature SC and levitation by another relatively unknown group with limited background in SC, in fact, they make two bold claims in one evening, obviously this is unlikely, but the boldness is breathtaking arxiv.org/abs/2307.12037 arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008

NEWS FLASH: we contacted several CMTC alumni in Korea who are faculty members at the top Korean universities, and NONE has ever heard of this group from Quantum Energy Research Center, and they are as stumped about these claims as we are. Probably not a good sign.

Here is one final, truly spectacular twist. Apatite, the main constituent of #LK99, is often mistaken for other minerals. In fact, it was named for this property. In Greek, ἀπατάω means “to deceive.” The end!

PRB Editors' Suggestion: Preempted #phonon-mediated #superconductivity in the infinite-layer #nickelates Q. N. Meier, J. B. de Vaulx, F. Bernardini, A. S. Botana et al., Phys. Rev. B 109, 184505 ➡️ go.aps.org/3wn0lpE #EdSugg #physics #condmat @APSPhysics

Why sometimes you need a PI

Give them wings to fly #phd #research #academia