Triste noticia: ha fallecido nuestro compañero Pepe Bernabéu, figura absolutamente clave de la física en Valencia. Sad news: our colleague Pepe Bernabéu has passed away, an absolutely key figure in physics in Valencia.

Just learned that Pepe Bernabéu was the first Spaniard to hold a Staff Member position in CERN’s Theory Division (1971-1978). Yet another example of what a true trailblazer he was.

Here in Vancouver for a conference, two colleagues who live in the US (but aren’t US citizens) had to cancel their participation due to visa issues. A sign of the times.

At a conference in Canada. Asked four European colleagues, all avoided US stopovers. Coincidence? I doubt it

I was curious to know how many times The Nobel Prize laureates in physics were nominated before winning... so I wrote a little code to figure it out. Looks like the median is 17 but there is heavy tail. Incredible that Gell-Mann was nominated 129x before winning!

C.N. Yang, a giant of physics, has passed away. Renowned for the Lee–Yang hypothesis of parity violation, Yang–Mills gauge theories, and so much more. He received the Nobel Prize... 68 years ago! 🤯

Finally the rumours become public: The CEPC Chinese collider project is on hold. cerncourier.com/a/cepc-matures…

Gran hilo 👇 La inflación de notas ha ocurrido incluso en universidades como Harvard, donde el porcentaje de notas A (=máxima calificación) ha pasado del 26% al 60% en sólo 20 años 🤯. Si todos tenemos A entonces A no significa nada.

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Si tratamos así a los mejores estudiantes…

NEW: UC San Diego has released a new report documenting a “steep decline in the academic preparedness” of its freshmen. The number of entering students needing remedial math has exploded from 1/100 to 1/8. They’ve had to create a second remedial class covering elementary and

The UCSD math department administered a test to 138 students in a remedial math class, and 25% of them got this question wrong:

✅ Hoy se ha celebrado el 75 aniversario del Inst.Fís.Corpuscular, un centro mixto del CSIC y la Universitat València. 🗣️ Diana Morant: “Sin vuestro trabajo nuestro país no podría aportar a la sociedad luz entre las sombras”. ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2025/…

➡️ El Inst.Fís.Corpuscular conmemora sus 75 años como referente en física fundamental 🗣️ La presidenta del #CSIC, Eloísa del Pino, ha destacado que este instituto es un ejemplo de éxito de centro mixto entre el Consejo y la Universitat València 👉 f.mtr.cool/ucmuvjiypv

The academic system is cratering. Grades are inceasingly disconnected with performance or knowledge.