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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 21/08/2026

This was a really cool study to be part of – in hindsight obvious, and the effect would have been hiding in most simulated 4D-STEM datasets of this commonly studied system. I'm excited to see what other properties this entirely new interferometric modality can measure!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I'm really sorry to hear this news. The Research Professional team are excellent and have helped the HE and research sector keep up with what is happening. We will be less intelligent without it. Good luck to individual staff members affected, who are excellent writers and journos.

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 29/06/2026

Call for #ViCAS 2027-2028 Fellowships now open ✨ 🔍 Fellowships for two career stages: Advanced and mid-career fellowships 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 🏛️ Residencies starting: 1 October 2027 (4 or 9 months) or 1 March 2028 (4 months) 📅 Application deadline: Friday, 28 August 2026 ➡️ Apply now! For further information: ⤵️

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Becoming a fellow

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/06/2026

1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.

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The diffusion of large language models in published academic articles | PNAS

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th...

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Among Orbán's many corrosive effects in Hungary, he politically strangled universities and research funding. His defeat offers the possibility of a better, more open future for Hungarian science. 🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/09/02/h...

Defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban throttled Hungary’s news media, cracked down on migrants and fought against progressive causes.

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 23/03/2026

Yeah I agree the generic responses were really not ideal, but some kinds of work simply are not in scope so was curious to understand what was behind here. Glad you got a longer and somewhat more satisfactory reply!

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 22/03/2026

What did you try to submit?

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Indeed. New grants are not getting funded, already funded grants are not getting paid, and non-competitive renewals are being held up. Focusing on the top line budget, instead of looking at what is really happening on “the ground” is deeply misguided.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I think the Royal Society is right to have a Code of Conduct that Fellows are expected to observe - it must, after all, look after its own reputation. What I don't understand is why the Royal Society itself doesn't seem to care about that.

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 08/01/2026

Kudos to Science – and of course Sergey and others like him who are holding their own fields accountable. That is how science progresses.

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Karin Roelofs @epanlab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Thank you all for the fantastic collaboration. All ERC grantees should be member of the association of ERC grantees ercgrantees.bsky.social. AERG does not only have great activities and initiatives, It is essential to form a network that is the voice of unbound excellence-based research in Europe.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 12/12/2025

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

Image of Shax from Star Trek Lower Decks with the words "Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice"

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Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw 🍉 @drheaddamage.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

One step in the right direction from @cnrs.fr . Here’s hoping others will follow and we can get some more space for actual science. 🧪 www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...

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The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 23/11/2025

I had (almost) exactly the same question when I saw this, and then did find that both Guardian and BBC had in fact covered this. Lost in the chaos, I guess...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/11/2025

I don't have words for the sort of confused this makes me feel.

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 15/11/2025

Best thing I’ve read in ages, thank you!

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Are you frustrated that you missed out on getting tickets to Rachel's live event with Michael McFaul before it sold out? Fret not! Rachel has another live event next month with Timothy Snyder in Chicago. Tickets and details through the Harris Theater site: my.harristheaterchicago.org/10853/10854

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 22/10/2025

"There's a story that someone ran into an old physicist at a conference and asked him "How's your wife?" To which the physicist replied "Compared to what?""

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 22/10/2025

Ohh snap – Planck mass isn't at all what I was thinking it is, 0.02 mg is roughly correct! simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_...

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Planck mass - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 22/10/2025

Apprently they’ve also redefined Planck mass :D “In Feynman’s proposal, an object of Planck mass (0.02 mg) is placed in a quantum superposition of two locations before interacting gravitationally with another mass”

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 14/10/2025

Today for #AdaLovelaceDay, which celebrates the achievements of women in STEM, read about the 10 most influential women in British science history, as chosen by leading female scientists: #WomenInSTEM royalsociety.org/about-us/who...

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 08/10/2025

Falter Arena @ Stadtsaal www.falter.at/arena

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The always brilliant Anjana Ahuja calls out the Royal Society for failing to stand up to Elon Musk. www.ft.com/content/d4eb...

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The Royal Society should be protecting science, not Musk

The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It was only a question of time. One of those Nobels that was always inevitable, and hugely deserved.

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 08/10/2025

Life goals – what an absolute legend.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

As the @royalsociety.org council meets on 01 Oct to discuss the repudiation of its core values by one of its fellows, Elon Musk, I respectfully remind them of my proposals for actions that should help the RS recover its standing in the scientific community. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

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Conduct Unbecoming – how can the Royal Society escape its Musk box? | Reciprocal Space

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...

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The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals

In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

A welcome, if belated, awakening to the disconnect between Musk's actions and the stated values of the Royal Society?

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 17/09/2025

"We don't hire smart people to tell them what to do, we hire them to tell us what to do." ERC grantee Jan Lagerwall (quoting Steve Jobs), during this morning's #RIDaysEU discussion of how bottom-up funding, supporting investigator-driven frontier research, helps meet future innovation challenges.

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UN Human Rights Council Investigative Bodies @uninvhrc.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

#Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza, theUN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report, urging all States to fulfil their legal obligations to end it. ➡️ bit.ly/4mjBAi2

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 11/09/2025

Moreover, generally speaking ML potentials do forces and energies, whereas DFT can give access to much more.

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Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 10/09/2025

Another semester, another small research seminar I am coordinating, this time Tuesdays at 14:30-16:00 (CET/CEST). Please contact me if you’d like to speak about 4D-STEM, ptycho, EELS, or related topics! Previous talks here to give you a flavor: physnano.univie.ac.at/seminar/pres...

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Previous semesters

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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Powerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.

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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

What might seem like a small announcement—it’s just one institution—actually carries substantial weight and has a strong symbolic meaning. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social, has taken another bold step: it won't renew its Web of Science license. www.uu.nl/en/news/acce...

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Access to Web of Science will end on 1 January 2026

The university library has decided not to renew the licence for access to the Web of Science citation database (including Journal Citation Reports).

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Lifeinsteps @lifeinsteps.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

You can see the same cluster shape just copy pasted multiple times lmao

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Association of ERC Grantees @ercgrantees.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Congratulations to the new generation of ERC grantees!! The AERG looks forward to welcome you in our community. To know more on the AERG activities and how become a member 👉 aerg.eu #ERC

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Association of ERC Grantees

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 04/09/2025

3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳

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3 ERC Starting Grants für die Universität Wien

Förderung für Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen und Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak

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