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Dr. Julia

@drdjulia.bsky.social
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Researcher/scientist/crystallographer, excited about understanding complex structures and their formation. Associate Prof @ Cornell. she/her 👩🏻‍💻👩🏻‍🎓📚🚲🏔️ capecrystal.mse.cornell.edu

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Indivisible Tompkins County NY @tompkindivisible.bsky.social · 22h
Rally for Jane Doe Sunday October 4th 1pm Bernie Milton Pavilion Organized by Students at Ithaca College.
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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Cornell AAUP Chapter is outraged by the sexual violence that was committed at Chi Phi in 2024. We call for the community to come together on Monday, October 5 at 4:30pm in Ho Plaza, to stand in support of the survivors of sexual violence. Our full statement is here.
We are outraged by the continued culture of misogyny and by the continued pervasiveness of violence against women at Cornell and at universities and colleges across the country. We are outraged that so many women at Cornell have reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact. 

We are deeply disturbed by Cornell University administration’s response and communications to the community, initially in 2024 and now. Cornell administrators point community members to resources, but do not exercise leadership in creating space to process the harm, the outrage, and to change the culture of misogyny. In moments of crisis such as this, we need leaders, not administrators. 

The Cornell administration’s responses reveal its failure to understand and respond appropriately to actual harm and threats to safety on campus. It has used its internal communications to issue elaborate accusations, and it has imposed excessive discipline against students for political protests where there was no threat of harm or violence. And yet, when it comes to sexual violence, Cornell’s communications have been oblique or silent, leaving the community frustrated, fearful, or angry about the administration’s lack of transparency about how it will take effective responses.

We stand in solidarity with victims of sexual violence. We are outraged by the treatment of Jane Doe. We stand in solidarity with student organizations who have been demanding better, with faculty, staff, and students who have been organizing spaces to process and demand change. We do not yet know precisely how or why this case was so egregiously mishandled. What we do know is that it is the most recent example of the systemic failure of Cornell to protect its community — from patients at Cornell Weill to Cornell students — from sexual violence. This system must change.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/09/2026
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
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Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026
Any frank assessment of your achievements starts with an equally frank assessment of the world-historic forces that attended those achievements. For example, I often tell people who want to get into tech, "If you lack the foresight and work ethic to be born in 1971, I can't really help you." 1/
An old-timey baseball player sliding into base in a great dust-cloud. The background is a high-magnification multicore CPU.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/07/2026
Damage to the century-old Palladin Institute marks a “disaster for biological science in Ukraine.” scim.ag/4p2ND6m
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Major Ukraine research center damaged in Russian strikes
Damage to century-old Palladin Institute marks “disaster for biological science in Ukraine”
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Nature @nature.com · 01/06/2026
Bad experiences with supervisors are common among early-career researchers and one of the leading reasons they leave academia go.nature.com/4dTTEgr
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Poor supervision is pushing young researchers out of academia
A survey finds that academic supervisors can have a huge impact on their students’ mental health.
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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Cornell AAUP, along with other Cornell community organizations, has issued a statement concerning the recent incident involving President Kotlikoff hitting a student and an alum with his car and the subsequent Board of Trustees investigation exonerating the President and condemning the students.
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Inter-organization statement on April 30/May 1 incident
The undersigned issue this joint statement to express our outrage about the conduct of the Board of Trustees and President Kotlikoff in response to the April 30/May 1 incident involving President K…
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Flavio Lehner @climateflavors.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
After a year of repairs, one of the world's most beautiful commutes - the Cascadilla Gorge trail to Cornell - is open again!
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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 02/04/2026
DIE ZEIT hat die Mitgliederkartei der NSDAP aufbereitet. Mit unserem Tool lassen sich Millionen Dokumente einsehen. Suchen Sie nach Ihrem Familiennamen.
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NSDAP-Mitgliederkartei: Recherchieren Sie hier die NSDAP-Vergangenheit Ihrer Familie
DIE ZEIT hat die Mitgliederkartei der NSDAP aufbereitet. Mit unserem Tool lassen sich Millionen Dokumente einsehen. Suchen Sie nach Ihrem Familiennamen.
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Nature @nature.com · 17/03/2026
A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research, says Juliet Turner go.nature.com/4sQu3uX
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How I turned online misogyny about my PhD into momentum for my career
A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 10/03/2026
"… watching these students, I am reminded how transformative that moment can be when someone finally sees in you what you could not yet see in yourself." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/46GFzAr
An illustration of scientists working in a field, with text: Why we should look beyond grades to spot potential in STEM
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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Discover the fascinating world of aperiodic crystals! These structures boast diffraction patterns without traditional periodicity, unlocking exceptional mechanical, optical, and electronic traits. Pop into an Aperiodic Crystals session at #IUCr2026 tinyurl.com/yun4a5da
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Stanford University @stanford.edu · 08/10/2025
Congratulations to 2025 #MacFellow William Tarpeh! The Stanford chemical engineer is working on sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources. 🗞️: stanford.io/3IZIBqF
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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Do you like things to be orderly but still a little unpredictable? Check out sessions like “Quasicrystalline, incommensurate modulated, and composite phases” or “Approximate Periodic Symmetry”, just to name a couple. Browse the microsymposium list at www.iucr2026.org/mic...
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.
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Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.
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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/08/2025
Another in a long list of shamefully backward moves this administration has taken that weakens American higher education.
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Alistair Kitchen @alistairkitchen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thank you, everyone, for the support. You can now read my full account at The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
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Dr. Julia @drdjulia.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our paper in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. @pnas.org on simulating solid–solid phase transformations particle-by-particle is online now: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We observed all three canonical pathways between the body-centered cubic and face-centered cubic sphere packings in unprecedented detail ...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Dr. Julia @drdjulia.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
This work was conducted primarily by Dr. Reum Scott and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), through the now-archived Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MPS-Ascend), as well as by the ACS PRF. @acs.org
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Dr. Julia @drdjulia.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Our paper in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. @pccp.rsc.org with @runofthephill.bsky.social on MOF self-assembly simulations is online now, a.k.a. Lego® for MOFs. We demonstrate the spontaneous assembly of rationally designed, coarse-grained, rigid-body models of 34 distinct MOF nets, ...
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MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
A Coarse-Grained Simulation Toolkit for Metal–Organic Framework Synthesis dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-5…
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Ella Mara Schmidt @ellamschmidt.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We are looking for a motivated PhD student working on the project "Interplay of structure and dynamics in aluminum phosphate frameworks" in my group at Bremen University. Application deadline is July 7th. tinyurl.com/rt62tk6y
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Orit Peleg @oritpeleg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📣 We're on the lookout for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills! Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization! More info below👇
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Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research @mpifkf.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Raphaële Clément as the Director of our new Electrochemical Materials Department!! 🎉🔋 She’s a battery innovator using NMR magic to unlock greener energy. Welcome to the @maxplanck.de, Raphaële! Learn more at: www.fkf.mpg.de/8744352/2025... 📷 Photo credit: UCSB
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MIT Climate Project @mitclimateproject.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Imagine a world without MIT. We'd be missing a lot. www.youtube.com/watc...
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Imagine a world without MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is an independent, coeducational, privately endowed university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance knowledge; to educate students in science, engineering, technology, humanities and social sciences; and to tackle the most pressing problems
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David Bindel @dbindel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Because I have opened a BlueSky window and am procrastinating on reading final papers, let me also share what this spring has been like from my corner of the academic world.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
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Rachel Beatty Riedl @beattyriedl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
This speaks to the real contributions international students and faculty make every day, and the real harm we are all facing : www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
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Opinion | What Is Lost When We Scare Away Foreign Students
The immigration crackdown has come to America’s campuses.
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Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
As of this morning, we've tracked over 600 student visa revocations at more than 100 colleges. That's double yesterday morning's count. Send updates to me or @amowreader.com and follow @insidehighered.com interactive visa map here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.
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Ryan Quinn @ryanequinn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@liamknox.bsky.social: DHS "formalizing a policy to search the social media accounts of all foreign applicants for US visas or other benefits" per memo. ICE "will collect applicants’ social media handles and scour their accounts for any 'antisemitic activity'”
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DHS Formalizes Policy Screening Noncitizens’ Social Media
The Department of Homeland Security is formalizing a policy to search the social media accounts of all foreign applicants for U.S. visas or other benefits, according to a memo issued Wednesday morning...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/04/2025
Breaking News: The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern, two officials said.
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Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Urgently reposting! University leadership need to actively check the SEVIS database every day (studyinthestates.dhs.gov/sevis-help-hub). Ask your chair to commit to it. Yesterday, UW discovered 9 visa cancellations & only found out b/c they ran a status check. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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UW students’ visas revoked without notice by Trump administration
The University of Washington plans to provide the affected students access to legal services that are paid for by their student fees.
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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 08/04/2025
I'm tracking international students who have had their visas revoked / legal status changed in the past month, check out this handy map to see which institutions have reported visa revocations: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
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International student visas, 2.0
A Flourish data visualization by Ashley Mowreader
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Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley @nprfreshair.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., immigration law professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to "send a message... to scare people, and it's working."
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Legal scholar sees immigrant arrests as a 'struggle for the soul of the country'
As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the law — and the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to "send a message."
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Ian Ramjohn @iramjohn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The legality of this aside, having your life disrupted like this mid-semester is awful. For grad students, it doesn't just mean their lives disrupted, it also means research projects thrown into disarray (assuming they survived funding cuts) and classes and labs suddenly deprived of their TAs.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/03/2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that his department has revoked the student visas of hundreds of students so far, with plans to cancel more.
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Trump administration advances immigration crackdown on foreign student protesters
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that his department has revoked the student visas of hundreds of students so far, with plans to cancel more.
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 28/03/2025
Jason Stanley says he’s not fleeing the U.S., but he does not want to work in a society that is not free. So he’s going to Canada. chroni.cl/4hK5Ujz
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‘No Noncitizen Professor at My Institution Can Speak About Politics Ever Again’
Why Jason Stanley, a scholar of fascism, is leaving Yale for Canada.
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Nature @nature.com · 27/03/2025
The massive changes in US research brought about by the new administration of President Donald Trump are causing many scientists in the country to rethink their lives and careers go.nature.com/41OhAgK
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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 26/03/2025
After much hesitation, I canceled my travel plans to US-based @cecamevents.bsky.social ML workshop. I simply cannot see myself travelling to the US given current politics — especially restrictions on academic freedom, freedom of speech, and immigration. #chemsky
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French researcher denied entry to US for 'expressing personal opinion' on Trump policies
France's research minister expressed 'concern' on Wednesday at this decision by the US authorities. The researcher underwent a random check on arrival, before his computer and phone were searched, a s...
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Ryan Poling-Skutvik @rpslab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Welp. It happened. Our NIH training grant was terminated on Friday. Just highlighting this incredibly derisive language used in our termination notice. To focus on the positives, see some of the great things our undergraduates have done over the last couple of years: web.uri.edu/esteemed/
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 21/03/2025
Trump’s Latest Target: Foreign Scholars As the administration continues its crackdown on noncitizens in higher ed, international academics face ICE raids, deportation and challenges at the border. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4iuYmmg
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Trump Administration Attempts to Deport, Bar Entry to Scholars
As the administration continues its crackdown on noncitizens in higher ed, international academics face ICE raids, deportation and challenges at the border.
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Nature [Unofficial] @nature.com.web.brid.gy · 10/03/2025
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Our experience of teaching neuroscience in a maximum-security prison
Nature, Published online: 10 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00208-x Making our way through security each week is a slog, but teaching incarcerated people has been an incredible career experience.
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New @thebulletin.org: There's no substitute for NOAA and the National Weather Service Forecast for weaker weather service: Americans will die, businesses will lose billions by @cornelluniversity.bsky.social scientists Toby Ault, Daniele Visioni, & Peter Hitchcock thebulletin.org/2025/03/fore...
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Forecast for weaker weather service: Americans will die, businesses will lose billions
The critical infrastructure provided by NOAA and NWS cannot and will never be duplicated by the private sector.
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Dr. Julia @drdjulia.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This work was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Essentially all our work is enabled through grants. Federal grants fund scientific research and the livelihood and training of graduate students and researchers at universities such as Cornell. @cornelluniversity.bsky.social
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Dr. Julia @drdjulia.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Last week, we published a paper in Phy. Rev. Mater. @apsphysics.bsky.social, on the high-pressure structural transitions in self-assembled systems of isotropic particles: doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
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Pressure-driven solid--solid phase transformations of isotropic particles across diverse crystal structure types
Pressure-induced phase transformations are widely observed in crystalline materials, attracting interest across diverse fields from superconductors to pharmaceuticals. However, studying the mechanisms...
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 09/02/2025
'No one can expect individual scientists to make a stand, at professional and even personal danger (even though some are doing so),' writes Philip Ball. 'But prudence cannot mean timidity, nor can it risk looking like it.'
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Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
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