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Oliver Lord

@olivertlord

Head of Petrology @UoBEarthScience. Royal Society University Research Fellow. Melts rocks with lasers for a living. Die hard @englandcricket fan.

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In the face of widespread anti-government demonstrations & violent protests the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has stepped down & fled to India - here is a quick timeline of events leading to instability in the country

In the face of widespread anti-government demonstrations & violent protests the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has stepped down & fled to India - here is a quick timeline of events leading to instability in the country
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Both the Trump and Biden campaigns had real internal vulnerabilities. Trumps are coming into view now. Two years ago GOP political operatives were leery or Trump and the big money boys were done with him. But over the course of 2023 it became hard to argue that Trump was ….

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With Kamala Harris & Tim Walz there's a new sense of optimism, energy & unity. There's a joyous feeling that we can finally put the politics of anger, resentment & divisiveness behind us & truly be the United States of America! 🇺🇸 #ANewHope

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"A silver is the best they could have hoped for in this competition." 🥈 Victoria Pendleton believes the future is bright for Great Britain's sprint team. 🚲 #Paris2024 #BBCOlympics

"A silver is the best they could have hoped for in this competition." 🥈

<a href="/v_pendleton/">Victoria Pendleton</a> believes the future is bright for Great Britain's sprint team. 🚲

#Paris2024 #BBCOlympics
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Ipsos recontacts prior battleground state respondents, finds shift from Trump+3 with Biden on ballot to Harris+2 ipsos.com/en-us/ipsos-20…

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Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump, 50-46 among likely voters, in each of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan in the first Times/Siena state polls since she became her party's nominee nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/…

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A blaze has broken out at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine this evening, sending up a large column of black smoke. Ukrainian sources report that the Russians set tires on fire in the vicinity of one of the cooling towers.

A blaze has broken out at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine this evening, sending up a large column of black smoke. 

Ukrainian sources report that the Russians set tires on fire in the vicinity of one of the cooling towers.
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To achieve self-sustaining #fusion reactions, perhaps you need self-sustaining fusion companies. SHINE aims to get the capital needed to crack fusion via profitable businesses in neutron imaging, medical isotope manufacturing and transmuting nuclear waste. science.org/content/articl…

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🚨ATTENTION🚨 A small asteroid is expected to "impact" east of the Philippines in ~8.5 hours time, 16:36:46 UT (±1min). Object size is around 1.5 meters and should appear as bright as the Moon momentarily as it burns up in the atmosphere. Approx visibility circle posted below. 1/

🚨ATTENTION🚨 A small asteroid is expected to "impact" east of the Philippines in ~8.5 hours time, 16:36:46 UT (±1min). Object size is around 1.5 meters and should appear as bright as the Moon momentarily as it burns up in the atmosphere. Approx visibility circle posted below. 1/
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*New Paper Alert* We used synchrotron X-rays (Brookhaven Lab) to watch how zinc changes shape when stressed sinusoidally, mimicking seismic waves in the Earth's inner core... ...and yes, before you DM me, we know the core isn't made of zinc! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

*New Paper Alert*

We used synchrotron X-rays (<a href="/BrookhavenLab/">Brookhaven Lab</a>) to watch how zinc changes shape when stressed sinusoidally, mimicking seismic waves in the Earth's inner core...

...and yes, before you DM me, we know the core isn't made of zinc!

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Watch as larnite 'self-pulverizes' due to the volume increase associated with the transition from the α' to the γ phase as it cools after being sintered in an oven. From this recent paper by Chris Gregson, myself, Simon Kohn and Richard Brooker: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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New Zealand have defeated India! ✅ This is the first time New Zealand have beaten India on their home turf, marking India’s first home series loss in 12 years. A remarkable achievement for New Zealand! 🇳🇿🤯 #INDvNZ

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Looking for gift ideas for a materials scientist? Can I suggest Meta's new Orion #AugmentedReality glasses with frames made of magnesium and lenses of silicon carbide? Lightweight, scratch-resistant and with exceptional clarity. And a snip at $10,000! spectrum.ieee.org/meta-ar-glasse…

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🧵 1/ When a candidate loses as badly as Kamala Harris lost, there's rarely only ONE reason why. I broke down 7 reasons why I think she came up short. Let's go through them:

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Within the next 48 hours, SpaceX is set to break a new 48-hour launch record by launching four rockets, including Starship, from Texas, Florida, and California. This is twice as many launches as Europe has completed throughout all of 2024.

Within the next 48 hours, <a href="/SpaceX/">SpaceX</a> is set to break a new 48-hour launch record by launching four rockets, including Starship, from Texas, Florida, and California. This is twice as many launches as Europe has completed throughout all of 2024.