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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Laminar flow of boiling nitrogen becoming turbulent mid-air 😍 perks of low-temperature measurements #science 🧪 #sciencesky #physics 💡⚛️ #chemistry #chemsky #scicomm

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

When a biophysicist goes on vacation … beautiful bacterial mats in the thermal springs of Iceland 🦠💛#sciencesky #chemistry 🧪 #physics ⚛️ #scicomm #photosynthesis #science

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

New year, new lab … but still unsuccessful in aligning off-axis parabolic mirrors 🥲 the comatic aberration is beautiful though #science 🧪 #physics ⚛️ #photonics #scicomm #sciencesky

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Optics & Photonics News @optica-opn.org · 29/09/2025

Terahertz science is reaching new limits because of advances in ultrafast laser-driven secondary sources. Read all about these powerful new tools in the October OPN feature article "High-Power Ultrafast Moves into the Terahertz:" bit.ly/46WpG9r #THz #Terahertz 💡⚛️

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SPIE @spie.org · 16/09/2025

What is a photon, really? 😬 A new study applies first quantization to light and bridges classical optics and quantum mechanics. This framework, published in #AdvancedPhotonics, reveals the "quantum diversity" of photons. 🔗 Read the full story here: bit.ly/4plHKBd

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Rethinking the photon: New study reframes quantum light using first quantization

Framework reveals a direct link between classical electromagnetism and quantum photon behavior, highlighting the “quantum diversity” of photons

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

When a beer garden visit results in you & your colleagues cutting off branches 🌿 to see esculin #fluorescence … Freshly cut chestnut branches leak a milky substance that contains esculin, a colorless compound that fluoresces under UV light. #physics ⚛️ #chemistry #chemsky #science 🧪 #scicomm

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Every day is a good day to make red cabbage rainbows 🌈 (the juice contains the pigment anthocyanine, which is an excellent #pH indicator) #science 🧪 #sciencesky #chemsky #scicomm #physics ⚛️

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Finally back at it 😍 Fixed all the instruments and restored the signature vaporwave aesthetic of our lab … #physics ⚛️ #sciencesky 🧪 #science #photonics 💡 #scicomm

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Heather Shearer @heather-sea55.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🧪 lovely #scicomm article- not that I understand it any more than before but it seems that physicists are also confused 😂 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows

First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Only love 💛 for our hollow core fiber (when it still worked … experimental #physics is 10% cool lab work, 90% fixing the laser) #sciencesky #chemsky #science #scicomm #photonics💡 🧪 ⚛️

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Sophie Gutenthaler-Tietze (she/her) @sophieguti.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Behind the scenes of this year’s @munichsoapbox.bsky.social Kids Corner with @e-keil.bsky.social 🧪🥼⚗️ We had so much fun - nothing beats getting other people excited about science😍 #scicomm What’s you favourite science experiment for outreach activities?🤓 - Mine involves red cabbage juice!🧃😌

Two woman behind a table preparing a 24-well plate with red cabbage juice for testing the pH of e.g. coke, vinegar etc.

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Baking but make it science with 3D printed cookie cutters #sciencesky #science 🧪 #physics ⚛️

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Soapbox Science Munich @munichsoapbox.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Call for Volunteers‼️ #SoapboxScience Event in #Munich! 🧬🔬🚀 We're looking for #volunteers to support our speakers, help set up the event, engage the audience, and bring energy to the day! 🙌 There will be a pre-event workshop and you'll receive an event T-shirt as a thank-you! 💚 Sign up now! 🎉

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Our #spectroscopy lab showing its best side 😍 This is one of our hollow-core fiber pump-probe experiments, specifically tailored for blue light excitation. That’s how we look at #carotenoid and #chlorophyll photophysics 🌱 #optics #science 🧪 #sciencesky #physics ⚛️ #photonics 💡 #photosynthesis

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Throwback to a cool double rainbow 🌈 over Garching campus. Sometimes #optics loves you back … #science 🧪 #sciencesky #physics ⚛️ 💡

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Check out our new publication on ultrafast energy transfer in chlorophyll! 🧪💡

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Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Chocolate science! Preparing some experiments for my end of the year #ChemSky lecture @hhu.bsky.social by imprinting a diffraction grating on tempered #chocolate. Also a great way to explain polymorphism of cocoabutter crystals 🤓🧪🥽

Plate with some thin milk chocolate that has a fine grating on the surface leading to rainbows shimmering under a light source

$Bowl with chocolate that is being tempered, a thermometer is sticking out of the bowl. Next to it the packaging for optical diffraction grating foil.$

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Hauer-lab @hauer-lab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

We had ourselves a merry little Xmas party. With a touch of Neon. And Minigolf.

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Erika Keil (she/her) @e-keil.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Another day, another opportunity to accidentally create plasma while aligning our hollow-core fiber … #science 🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics #photonics #sciencecommunication

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