Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Looking for cool uses of #3DPrinting in the #Laboratory, for a story in @nature.com. Any innovative widgets you've seen/made/used? We had a story like this in 2019, but we want to see what's new since then. Any suggestions are appreciated. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comFive innovative ways to use 3D printing in the laboratoryAs the cost of 3D printers tumbles, researchers have begun using them to make everything from bespoke equipment for experiments to realistic models of human organs. 001
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Take precautions to protect your device when crossing the border. www.aclutx.org/en/news/can-...aclutx.orgCan Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.Esha Bhandari, Deputy Director, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Nathan Freed Wessler, Deputy Director, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Noa Yachot, Former Senior Editor, ACLU 110
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Researchers are developing new #materials for use in the #biosensors and #wearable devices of the future. @natureportfolio.bsky.social @stevexu.bsky.social @johnrogers.bsky.social @xinyuliu.bsky.social @helentran.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow the latest materials are taking biosensors to the next levelResearchers believe the next generation of wearable devices will transform diagnosis and treatment. 010
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Using #AI to understand #animal #language. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... @natureportfolio.bsky.social @projectceti1.bsky.social @earthspecies.bsky.social #whales #elephants #monkeys #crows #sealsnature.comAI decodes the calls of the wildArtificial intelligence could reveal how animals of the land, sea and sky talk to others of their species. 121
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 07/06/2024#Asian #scientists quiz #FBI on #discrimination. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comFBI asks scientists for trust in taking anti-Asian bias seriouslyAt public forum, US investigators seek to repair damage from China Initiative with researchers of Asian descent. At public forum, US investigators seek to repair damage from China Initiative with rese... 010
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 22/05/2024This year's #Turing Award winner. cacm.acm.org/news/a-life-...cacm.acm.orgA Life of Complexity – Communications of the ACM 020
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 18/04/2024#AI could improve #medical #diagnosis by eliminating contrast dyes or seeing things #radiologists don't look for. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comAI’s keen diagnostic eyePowered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial intelligence systems could replace agents such as chemicals currently used to augment medical scans. Powered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial int... 010
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 25/03/2024Making #chatbots multilingual. cacm.acm.org/news/can-cha...cacm.acm.orgCan ChatGPT Learn Chinese or Swahili? – Communications of the ACM 010
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 15/03/2024A bit of electrical charge makes some foods and hydrogels, but not others, stick to some metals. #C&EN A jolt of current has sticky results - C&EN - American Chemical Society cen.acs.org/materials/ad...cen.acs.orgA jolt of current has sticky resultsSome metals adhere to gels and foods in reversible electroadhesion, with potential robotic and underwater applications 010
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 12/03/2024For a Nature Careers story, I'm looking for #scientists who can talk about what happened when their #research #funding ran out. 000
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 25/01/2024New diagnostic tests for tuberculosis could help to eradicate this leading disease. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTracking down tuberculosisImprovements in screening and diagnosis could help to eradicate this curable disease. Improvements in screening and diagnosis could help to eradicate this curable disease. 020
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 02/01/2024@sciencewriters.org Hi guys. Have the dates and locations of SciWri24 been determined yet? 120
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 14/12/2023Diamonds are forever, but PFAS need not be. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow to take ‘forever’ out of forever chemicalsStubborn compounds called PFAS in drinking water put health at risk. Technologies based on plasmas, pressure, sound or fungus could finally degrade these chemicals. Stubborn compounds called PFAS in d... 021
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 17/11/2023I don't like to be the guy who pooh-poohs urban legends, but the Snopes report on this is very amusing in its own right. www.snopes.com/fact-check/d... 020
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 01/11/2023How can we protect our data when quantum computing can break the codes? www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comKeeping secrets in a quantum worldCryptographers are preparing for new quantum computers that will break their ciphers. Cryptographers are preparing for new quantum computers that will break their ciphers. 010
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 26/10/2023Can we teach AI to do good? www.nature.com/articles/d41... 000
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 18/10/2023Some of the other people involved in the Nobel-winning quantum dot research. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 000
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 18/09/2023How can we catch #deepfakes? spie.org/news/photoni... 000
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 22/08/2023Could #nanoparticles stop internal bleeding? cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs-meeting-ne… @cenmag.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Neil Savage Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/07/2023When A.I. is used to design custom proteins that previously did not exist—at scale. “One machine-learning person can generate enough designs to keep 100 biologists busy for months.” www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-… 023
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 07/07/2023I am now on Threads neilsavage Mastodon @neilsavage@mastodon.social Bluesky @neilsavage.bky.social T2 @NeilSavage and of course Twitter @neilsavagewrite Let the games begin! 100
Neil Savage @neilsavage.bsky.social · 07/07/2023So let's see which of these platforms has staying power and which go the way of MySpace and Google+. 030