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David Drabold

@dadrabold.bsky.social
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Distinguished Professor of Physics at Ohio University, husband, father, grandfather, amateur genealogist, numismatist. Research in Physics of disordered condensed matter, amorphous materials, methods for electronic structure calculations. Daviddrabold.com

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David Drabold @dadrabold.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Total lunar eclipse last night (in Ohio). 200mm lens and handheld, about 1/4 sec shutter speed.
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Volker Deringer @vlderinger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Amorphous silicon has a seemingly random structure – and yet there is more to it, as Louise demonstrates using #compchem & ML approaches. A great collaboration with @dadrabold.bsky.social! Read more in @naturecomms.bsky.social, openly available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Signatures of paracrystallinity in amorphous silicon from machine-learning-driven molecular dynamics - Nature Communications
Conflicting theories exist on the structure of amorphous silicon. Here the authors use machine-learning-driven molecular dynamics to show that amorphous Si can accommodate a degree of local paracrysta...
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/01/2025
Snowdrop Season is now upon us and, with many of you having planted them back in November, your gardens should be blooming with beauty! We want to see how your gardens are looking, so (snow)drop your garden pictures in the comments!
Snowdrops growing in the woodland area in the Winter Garden at Dunham Massey, Cheshire. The green stems and white petals fade off into the distance.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/01/2025
The golden helmet of Cotofenesti, a highly regarded artifact from Romania, was among the items stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, the police said on Saturday.
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Thieves Blow Up a Dutch Museum Door to Steal a Golden Helmet
The police said the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, a highly regarded artifact from Romania, was among the items stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 10/01/2025
Since 1895, protecting nature and heritage has been the very purpose of the National Trust. 130 years later, this mission continues to guide us 🌲 Have a read of our ambitious plans to transform over 250,000 hectares of land as we celebrate our 130th anniversary - buff.ly/429tSRh
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The National Trust marks its 130th birthday by unveiling hugely ambitious plans, as it launches a new 10-year strategy. See the full story
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David Drabold @dadrabold.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Just published: Thermal conduction paths in materials: daviddrabold.com/thermal-cond...
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Thermal conduction paths in materials
Site projected thermal conductivity in amorphous graphene We have developed a method, the Site-Projected Thermal Conductivity, which gives valuable new insight into the conduction of heat in materi…
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