National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor. Simulations published 1 hour ago on arxiv support LK-99 as the holy grail of modern material science and applied physics. (arxiv.org/abs/2307.16892) Here's the plain-english

Went to a uni open day today. Came across this brilliant poll. I'm not particularly surprised it's a pretty even race 😅

Electricity price index in Germany and the emissions intensity. Just a note to other countries: decommissioning nuclear is *not* a sensible way to decarbonize the grid.

This wins the worst T&C's award for at least this year. Insane. Anyone know if corporate plans have different terms? Surely they must.

This has to be one of the dumbest moves a car company can make. The majority of iPhone users (myself included) won't even consider a car without carplay. Car companies can't do software. theverge.com/2023/8/10/2382…

We're in a communications dead-end of our own doing; since we've essentially been told we're dead if we don't meet our climate targets, we now can't accept that we will fail to meet them. There is a way to break out of the resulting anxiety, however. linkedin.com/pulse/revisiti…

It's easy to get lost in everything that's going on & forget that there are still things that feel good in the world; simple pleasures of life accessible to most of us that will bring joy to our days. This list is here to remind us what those things are. transitionlevel.aero/wp/feel-good/

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