Reposted by Jared PopowskiArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505 203689515
Reposted by Jared PopowskiNico Schramma @nicoschramma.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Our work on chloroplast packing was featured by @quantamagazine.bsky.social in @maxlevy.bsky.social's article. It was a fun colab with @mazi1.bsky.social and Eric Weeks during my PhD that led to this work. Article: www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-m... Paper in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...share.googleThe Hidden Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells | Quanta MagazineThe sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without sustaining damage from dangerously intense rays. 0102
Reposted by Jared PopowskiNature @nature.com · 29/04/2026These highly sentient creatures have weak protections for their well-being. That must change. go.nature.com/48vuHGwgo.nature.comCephalopods deserve higher welfare standards in researchThese highly sentient creatures have weak protections for their well-being. That must change. 17721
Reposted by Jared PopowskiScience Magazine @science.org · 23/01/2026Researchers have designed an electrode that allows for a month-long, noninvasive method of studying physiology and health in a diverse array of plants. Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/4aay3yP 0428
Reposted by Jared PopowskiJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 06/01/2026The newspaper headlines. It's insane that he got away with this unpunished. 911536
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Project 2025 drives policy decisions in the US government, and I expect that to continue over the next year. I (unaffiliated) found this site that tracks their progress: www.project2025.observer/en Already 50% of Project 2025's policy proposals have been implemented in Trump's first year.project2025.observerProject 2025 TrackerA comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals 010
Reposted by Jared PopowskiJournal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 05/12/2025🔬🪲 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🔬🪲 Glandular trichomes function as ultra-fast biomechanical defense triggers in tomatoes, rupturing upon contact with insects and exposing them to sticky and toxic secretions - Popowski et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 @jaredpopo.bsky.social 0103
Reposted by Jared PopowskiJournal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 01/12/2025📣 Check out the Journal of Experimental Botany's newest special issue 📣 🍅 Tomato - Issue 21 of 2025 🍅 📘 Guest edited by Yves Gibon, Diane Beckles, Sonia Osorio & Hiroshi Ezura 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social @dianemariabeckles.bsky.social 01911
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The JXB Tomato special edition is out, featuring the first publication of my PhD! We found that glandular trichome head rupture in tomato is an ultra-sensitive defense against insect predation. 🧵on plant biomechanics, fluid dynamics, and plant-insect interactions! 🧪 academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...academic.oup.comGlandular trichome rupture in tomato plants is an ultra-fast and sensitive defense mechanism against insectsGlandular trichomes function as ultra-fast biomechanical defense triggers in tomatoes, rupturing upon contact with insects and exposing them to sticky and 1102
Reposted by Jared PopowskiKaare H. Jensen @jensen-research.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Roses don’t just defend themselves. Their prickles are geometrically ideal for gripping surfaces, supporting vertical growth, and, when needed, creating lacerations that deter herbivores. Students - join us to investigate how biological form and physical law work together! 074
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025I've never heard more business bullshitting than while listening to the CEO of Roblox, Dave Baszucki, trying to startup-speak his way around the problem of child predators on his platform during a planned interview on the subject 110
Reposted by Jared PopowskiNature @nature.com · 01/11/2025Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government go.nature.com/47hn0n5go.nature.com7 basic science discoveries that changed the worldOzempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government. 5372146
Reposted by Jared PopowskiNature @nature.com · 17/10/2025Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available go.nature.com/479Sni6go.nature.comIs academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the dataApplications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition. 37043
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025How about we don't tie fundamental research funding up with defense in the EU? The push for defense applications could take away spending in other critical areas like medicine or environmental science 000
Reposted by Jared PopowskiIsabelle Eisenmann @isabelleeisenmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Happy to share that our work on active phase separation by photophobic microalgae is now published in PRL! journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... When surrounded by multiple light sources, cells hide behind each other, leading to the quick formation of a macroscopic branching pattern. 131
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Cool animal that I didn't know existed: this is a crab spider that I saw on a hike in Brittany, strategically positioned amidst the densest group of butterflies that I had seen on the trail 020
Reposted by Jared PopowskiNico Schramma @nicoschramma.bsky.social · 13/07/2025In the last couple of months I helped biodesigner Chris Bellamy in a collaboration with fashion designer Iris van Herpen to make a bioluminescent dress for Paris Haute Couture week. And the outcome was absolutely stunning!!!! www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...uva.nlPhysics meets fashion: a bioluminescent dressA very special look was presented earlier this week by fashion designer Iris van Herpen at the Paris Haute Couture Week. The garment: a bioluminescent dress, created from 125 million living algae. Bio... 37928
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 20/06/2025This is the future I want for all active fault zones! Let's get cheap sensors everywhere+statistical modeling to alert us to incoming earthquakes/volcanic eruptions 000
Reposted by Jared PopowskiToby Kiers @tobykiers.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Join us in Amsterdam to explore the inner lives of mycorrhizal fungi using robotics, fluorescence microscopy & machine learning. Work at AMOLF w/ @thomasshimizu.bsky.social + more 📅 Application Deadline: 15 May, 2025 Advert here: amolf.nl/wp-content/u... Photo (!) @vkokkoris.bsky.social 02012
Reposted by Jared PopowskiPaul Voosen @voosen.me · 11/04/2025BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.science.orgTrump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agencyWhite House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted 11621351653
Reposted by Jared PopowskiHugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 31/03/2025www.scientificamerican.com/article/top-...scientificamerican.comTop U.S. Scientists Are Calling Out Trump’s ‘Climate of Fear’Despite fears that speaking out will make them targets, top researchers warn that the Trump administration’s “wholesale assault on U.S. science” will harm the nation 12618
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 22/03/2025🧵 Watch closely the waves on the surface as a bird moves through the water! This is one of my favorite videos that I've seen recently - dense collections of fish using collective escape waves that confuse birds 🌊 Great new paper by David Bierbach et al. : royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... 120
Reposted by Jared PopowskiNico Schramma @nicoschramma.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Are you at the #APSGlobalSummit2025? I'm extremely honored to be finalist for the @apsdsoft.bsky.social Emerging Soft Matter Excellence Award! Curious? Come by on Tuesday 8-11am at the Session MAR-F65 (my talk: 10:24am) 😊 Also just message me if you wanna have a chat :) @apsphysics.bsky.social 0133
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025To my friends and colleagues back in the US, my heart aches as I watch the Trump administration dismantle the scientific research that made our country so important on the world stage. It's a critical time to speak up, whether at home or abroad. ❤️ standupforscience2025.org standupforscience.frstandupforscience2025.orgSTAND UP FOR SCIENCEMarch 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone. 010
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Soft matter physics is either: 1. Fluid does weird thing 2. Granular system does weird thing 3. Physicists playing biologist (identity crisis) 250
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Went to the wonderful Groote Museum yesterday! Highly recommend for those interested in biology/life sciences and happen to visit the Amsterdam area 031
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 10/01/2025@kpc.bsky.social wrote a nice writeup about my recent preprint about the mechanics of glandular trichome rupture, was a fun interview! www.newscientist.com/article/2463...newscientist.comTomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby trapsA more detailed understanding of the natural anti-insect protections of tomato plants can lead to better pest-management strategies 131
Reposted by Jared PopowskiNico Schramma @nicoschramma.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Yay! I won the @apsphysics.bsky.social DBIO Image contest alongside two others! My colleague @jaredpopo.bsky.social is another winner showing the beauty of plant trichomes! My picture shows the chloroplast network of the marine dinoflagellate Pyrocystis Lunula! engage.aps.org/dbio/resourc... 2133
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Proud to win the @apsphysics.bsky.social DBIO Image contest for my tomato leaf trichome photo! Trichomes break on contact with insects, defending against predation 🐛🌿🔬🧪 Congrats to my co-winners, including labmate @nicoschramma.bsky.social for his stunning chloroplast networks in Pyrocystis Lunula! 0112
Reposted by Jared PopowskiPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/12/2024If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...newsweek.comElon Musk takes aim at WikipediaThe billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump. 420122146344
Reposted by Jared PopowskiIain Couzin @icouzin.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...thetransmitter.orgThe non-model organism “renaissance” has arrivedMeet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study. 14215
Reposted by Jared PopowskiMicah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 02/12/2024Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know! 9385196
Reposted by Jared PopowskiArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 03/12/2024arstechnica.comVodka can propel tiny robots across the waterA popular science classroom demonstration could one day lead to applications in powering tiny robots. 4358
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 30/11/2024"Einstein has once again expressed himself publicly on quantum mechanics...As is well known, this is a catastrophe every time it happens" - Wolfgang Pauli to Werner Heisenberg after the now-famous Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paper of 1935 010
Reposted by Jared PopowskiAlain Goriely @alaingoriely.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Hot off the press A super fun collaboration and paper. All you ever wanted about the squirting cucumber but never dared to ask. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgUncovering the mechanical secrets of the squirting cucumber | PNASRapid movement is rare in the plant kingdom, but a prerequisite for ballistic seed dispersal. A particularly dramatic example of rapid motion in pl... 14214
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 27/11/2024A recent microscopy image of mine showing trichomes on the surface of a tomato leaf (S. Habrochaites). These hair-like structures are powerful defense systems against insects! 🌿🐛 060
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 06/08/2024Science isn't about making the data fit your worldview. It's about making your worldview fit the data. 010
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 07/07/2024Every woman in physics that I've talked to still regularly experiences gender-based discrimination and biases, and the balance of power in academic institutions is overwhelmingly male-dominated. It's time for a more supportive and welcoming system! arxiv.org/abs/2407.02612arxiv.orgWomen for Quantum -- Manifesto of ValuesData show that the presence of women in quantum science is affected by a number of detriments and their percentage decreases even further for higher positions. Beyond data, from our shared... 010
Jared Popowski @jaredpopo.bsky.social · 29/06/2024I made a Python GUI that allows you to search through an exported WhatsApp .txt chat history github.com/jspopowski/W...github.comGitHub - jspopowski/WhatsApp-Chat-Search: Script that allows you to search through an exported WhatsApp .txt chat historyScript that allows you to search through an exported WhatsApp .txt chat history - jspopowski/WhatsApp-Chat-Search 190