🧪⚛️ Thoughts on the morning of Day 4 of the APS Global Physics Summit, and a brief wrap-up. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-…

🧪⚛️ A summary of recent developments related to science research funding in the US. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/04/us-sci…

Some thoughts on the chaotic changes in US higher education and federal support for university research. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-gran…

This is first and foremost about expanding access and redefining what it means to be elite, which is not about being exclusive.

🧪⚛️ Where is the NSF going? Right now, it doesn't look like it's on a good trajectory. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/04/nsf-qu…

🧪⚛️ Now is the time to push back on the proposed cuts to science and engineering research funding in the US. Congress appropriates, not the executive. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/06/pushin…

🧪⚛️ There is a serious disagreement btw experiment and theory in understanding the ionization energy of a particularly excited state of helium. This is one to watch, though caution is always advised, as anomalies like this historically tend to go away. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-prec…

⚛️🧪 Some advice and points to consider if you are planning a new big science/engineering laboratory building: nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/06/so-you…

⚛️🧪 Some news items + fresh voices in science communication. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/06/brief-…

🧪⚛️ Building silicon computing hardware that functions at very low temperatures is likely essential for getting solid state quantum computing to work. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/06/cryoge…

🧪⚛️ Is scientific progress really slowing down? This is not a very simple question and in my view folds in quite a bit of perception. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/06/scienc…

🧪⚛️ Just a reminder that Senator Ted Cruz ‘s shameless “steal a space shuttle” add-on to the reconciliation bill will cost at least $300M, which is the equivalent of about 600 3-year NSF single PI awards. You know, NSF, the agency overseen by the committee Senator Ted Cruz chairs.

🧪⚛️ Some science updates from the past week, including monostable tetrahedra, tunneling times, and interstellar visitors. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-up…

🧪 ⚛️ There are signs that the US Senate is resisting calls for giant cuts to science agencies. Now is the time to push on the House appropriators, to try to stave off catastrophic damage to US science and engineering research and competitiveness. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/07/us-sci…

Updates on the state of science funding in the appropriations process right now. Lots of pushback on the presidential budget request, but still a long way to go. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-la…

🧪⚛️ Research Experience for Teachers programs are important and fun. It would be very disappointing if they were a casualty of recommended NSF budget cuts. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/07/resear…

🧪⚛️ Some interesting articles from the last couple of weeks, and pointing out today's absolutely appalling executive order about federal research grants. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/08/brief-…

🧪⚛️ Twenty years (!) of blogging about condensed matter, materials, and nanoscale physics, + two interesting items to read. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/08/20-yea…

🧪⚛️ In an era of AI and LLMs, why do we still need to learn and to teach? nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/08/learni…

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Nano Letters. To celebrate this milestone, the Nano Letters editorial team put together a prospective piece reflecting on advancements in the field over the next 25 years. Read the Editorial 👉 go.acs.org/d4p