Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 01/03/2026A rock band can’t stop a missile. But it can keep Ukraine in the world’s ears. U2 released “Yours Eternally” with Ukraine’s Antytila and Ed Sheeran, alongside a short film by Ukrainian filmmaker Illia Mykhailus using real frontline footage. Attention is a form of support. 215144
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Geoff Hutchison @geoffhutchison.net · 26/02/2026I share the sad news that Prof. David H. Waldeck passed away after a battle with cancer. Dave was an extraordinarily creative scientist, a devoted educator, and to all of us a friend, mentor, and leader. He will be deeply missed #chemsky #chemchat 7236
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Russian Strikes on Kyiv Captured from Space Footage from the International Space Station shows the massive overnight bombardment of Ukraine on December 27: ballistic missiles streaking through the sky, flashes from impacts 10275101
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Arthur Dron to mark the anniversary of russia’s full-scale invasion 💙💛 21406116
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Today marks four years since the start of Russia’s unjustified, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This morning, I spoke with members of the Coalition of the Willing to reinforce our support for a just and lasting peace. 401176274
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 22/02/2026We were rooting for our team but our team won... 010
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The Onyon: ICE arrests and deports Claude, citing foreign name. 010
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦NanoBubbles @nanobubbles.bsky.social · 05/02/2026📣 We are hiring, join us! We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on nanoparticle synthesis and characterisation for reproducible bionanoscience. More information in the link below 🔽 🔗 nanobubbles.hypotheses.org/3411nanobubbles.hypotheses.orgPost doctoral Fellow: nanoparticle synthesis and characterisation for reproducible bionanoscience... 044
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Apartment building in Kharkiv is on fire after russian drone attack‼️ 311937
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Geoff Hutchison @geoffhutchison.net · 02/02/2026Come join us in Pittsburgh this summer #chemsky - see why we've gotten great reviews from past REU students Have questions? Ask away... 045
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Rejected from Nature, rejected from Science, they published in PNAS... 020
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Big week for me with Pitt journalists! Here is an outstanding article by the student newspaper Pitt News, and writer Brynn Hanna, about faculty partnerships with Ukraine including our work to transfer used scientific equipment to Kharkiv 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦 pittnews.com/article/2000...pittnews.comPitt professors across disciplines collaborate with academics in Ukraine - The Pitt NewsFrom donating surplus laboratory equipment to collaborating on research papers, Pitt professors are working with Ukrainian scholars in disciplines ranging from quantum physics to post-war reconstructi... 040
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Excellent article from Pittwire, thoughtful, accessible, by Brandie Jefferson (not a uni press release!) www.pittwire.pitt.edu/features-art...pittwire.pitt.eduPhysics isn’t immune to the replication crisis. Sergey Frolov sees a way forward.A critic of what he says are unjustifiably bold claims in his field, the Pitt physicist advocates for more data sharing in a new paper in Science. 081
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42569709840554
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Here is a temperature map (in celsius) of the USA today, during what is being called the "Big Freeze". Ukraine was colder than this basically every day from Jan 5-23. And thanks to the USA helping Putin, the country was starved of heat and power. 10431162
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Everyone in a while you come across a band that is great, with a fantastic name and just need to buy the shirt. 191
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Enjoying the talk of Dr. Ivan Oransky @retractionwatch.com hosted by our friends at CMU @cmu.edu . What you don't see is the great turnout. Great that folks care and are paying attention. 031
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Finally got all the Microsoft data I requested... 260
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I think we need a new rule to keep the medals away from the laureates 000
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Even physicists need to avoid taking the bait by Jelena Stajic, Senior Editor, Science www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgScienceAdviser: Even physicists need to avoid taking the baitToday in Science and science: Water just got weirder, a glimpse at Homo habilis’ body, and more 121
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 15/01/2026www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...thehindu.comScientists urged to rethink ‘smoking gun’ signals in topological physicsScientists are urged to reconsider misleading signals in topological physics, addressing the 'smoking gun' problem in research findings. 100
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The rarest of sights - a big glossy journal publishing negative replications! Yes, we had to bundle 4 replications into one article AND we had to wait 2 (!!) years in peer review, but here we are: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgData sharing helps avoid “smoking gun” claims of topological milestonesManipulating the topology of electronic bands can realize new states of matter, with possible implications for information technology. A central question is how to tell whether a topological regime ha... 35919
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Come over I will give you a coffee if you wanted to publish in @nature.com or @science.org but decided not to 1221
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 10/01/2026My new favorite band smokingdataguns.bandsmokingdataguns.bandSmoking Data Guns 030
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Evan @evan-m-anderson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Negative and null results are so important! 071
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦AIMOS @aimosinc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Replications and data sharing help make more precise claims in physics too! phys.org/news/2026-01...phys.orgReplication efforts suggest 'smoking gun' evidence isn't enough to prove quantum computing claimsA group of scientists, including Sergey Frolov, professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh, and co-authors from Minnesota and Grenoble have undertaken several replication studies centered ar... 092
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Author's blog... "All four experiments are cases of finetuning and data selection." #Physics #MetaSci #OpenSci 🧪open.substack.comToo many guns are smokingIs the smoking gun evidence sufficient to make a scientific claim? 062
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Breakthrough in condensed matter physics? Think again! "By sharing materials researchers invite the entire community to collaborate on their findings and strengthen and debug their conclusions." By @spinespresso.bsky.social et al. Paywall...science.orgData sharing helps avoid “smoking gun” claims of topological milestonesManipulating the topology of electronic bands can realize new states of matter, with possible implications for information technology. A central question is how to tell whether a topological regime ha... 151
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Stan van Pelt @stanvanpelt.nl · 08/01/2026"the reliability of smoking gun–type claims can be greatly enhanced by releasing comprehensive datasets, discussing alternative scenarios, and disclosing the total volume of study." 051
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Toma Susi @mostlyphysics.net · 08/01/2026Kudos to Science – and of course Sergey and others like him who are holding their own fields accountable. That is how science progresses. 062
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Tom Radcliffe @tjradcliffe.bsky.social · 08/01/2026If publishing null results was a problem in my old field (physics beyond the Standard Model) there would have been, like, three papers in the past 30 years. 042
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The rarest of sights - a big glossy journal publishing negative replications! Yes, we had to bundle 4 replications into one article AND we had to wait 2 (!!) years in peer review, but here we are: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgData sharing helps avoid “smoking gun” claims of topological milestonesManipulating the topology of electronic bands can realize new states of matter, with possible implications for information technology. A central question is how to tell whether a topological regime ha... 35919
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Jens Noritzsch @hcszt.d-64.social · 30/12/2025This needs a push (like) to jump to a higher quantum state… #ITeachPhysics 0114
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Semifinal, Match 2 of 2 b. Resolved and Unresolved 14478
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 24/12/2025The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground. Wonderful! 281568669
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 24/12/2025I worked with Katherine Wright on this opinion in Physics Magazine, about the need to be cautious when choosing your data interpretation. I am grateful that she helped me express these ideas. I am sad that she passed away. physics.aps.org/articles/v14...physics.aps.orgSo, You Think You Discovered a New State of Matter?Take a step back and double check; don’t jump to thinking that unexpected data indicate something new. 0100
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Damn Mastodon, we are number 2 because of them, but on the other hand number 1 is also about Microsoft 020
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Martin Bauer @martinmbauer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Alternative theories have been proposed: - 'There is no Santa' by Grinch et al. Phys. Rev. NP 001/1965 - 'There are no good children' by Ruprecht et al. Phys. Rev. NP 013/1816 - More speculative ideas… 8/12 1273
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Katho 🦧🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ - but why? @katho.bsky.social · 23/12/2025media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table looking at the camera .Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table looking at the camera . 071
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 23/12/2025C'mon people it's the freakin year of quantum, vote for this one! 072
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Hey! Our work made the list! Adding it to my CV 131
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Instead of double-blind peer review, use double-slit peer review 120
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Arya Zandvakili @aryazandvakili.bsky.social · 21/12/2025When viewing the fake article in Google scholar on my university network, there is a link to access the article via my uni's library. That link sends me to a library page that makes fake article appear real... Turns out library page is made programmatically from info on Google scholar 🤦 16428137
Reposted by Sergey Frolov🇺🇦Malte Elson @malte.the100.ci · 17/12/2025While we are unable to offer publication in Nature Aging, we believe your manuscript may be suitable for our Gold Open Access sister journal. 1358
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Or - let AI write, review and read the papers! While scientists could go back to doing the science... 120
Sergey Frolov🇺🇦 @spinespresso.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Topo-latkes www.kosher.com/recipe/donut...kosher.comDonut-Latkes - Kosher.comThese latkes may be adorable, but not too cute to eat! 110