#physicist — Public Fediverse posts
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of René Goscinny (1926) - creator of #Asterix.
Birth Anniversary of Danish #Physicist Hans Christian Ørsted (1777) - who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. He is famous for Oersted's Law.
Happy Birthday Magic Johnson (1959).
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of René Goscinny (1926) - creator of #Asterix.
Birth Anniversary of Danish #Physicist Hans Christian Ørsted (1777) - who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism. He is famous for Oersted's Law.
Happy Birthday Magic Johnson (1959).
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Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Strava. It Runs Far Every Night
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a73355106/hamster-wheel-strava-running/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189457
#HackerNews #physicist #hamster #wheel #Strava #running #science #fun
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Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Strava. It Runs Far Every Night
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a73355106/hamster-wheel-strava-running/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189457
#HackerNews #physicist #hamster #wheel #Strava #running #science #fun
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I asked an #AI model
If, in a hypothetical #universe, the speed of #light is not constant & #energy varies with 'c'
If we differentiate E=mc² twice with respect to c, what would be the consequences?
It said this would destroy the universal causal structure. Stars would collapse, & many other things would happen. No #physicist could explain these outcomes
Leaving hostility aside, AI is just a tool. It's up to you whether you use it for good or bad
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I asked an #AI model
If, in a hypothetical #universe, the speed of #light is not constant & #energy varies with 'c'
If we differentiate E=mc² twice with respect to c, what would be the consequences?
It said this would destroy the universal causal structure. Stars would collapse, & many other things would happen. No #physicist could explain these outcomes
Leaving hostility aside, AI is just a tool. It's up to you whether you use it for good or bad
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What is the Rate of flow of Time?
Why does this question sound contradictory, and is it wrong in the first place? I'm asking this question to a physicist.
#time #physics #scicomm #science #stem #Question #AskFedi #knowledge #research #OpenScience #RateofFlow #physicist
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What is the Rate of flow of Time?
Why does this question sound contradictory, and is it wrong in the first place? I'm asking this question to a physicist.
#time #physics #scicomm #science #stem #Question #AskFedi #knowledge #research #OpenScience #RateofFlow #physicist
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She found 6 months mat leave post MSc very difficult being at home watching physicist husband going to work to pursue what he loved. He insisted she return to grad school. Admitted to Georgetown at 23, expecting 2nd child. Writing her thesis, advisor Heyden got her in contact with #physicist George Gamow, who worked at nearby APL & adjunct at George Washington U who took her on as a student (PhD ‘54).
While 4 kids were young, she taught at Georgetown before gaining a 🧵2/
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She found 6 months mat leave post MSc very difficult being at home watching physicist husband going to work to pursue what he loved. He insisted she return to grad school. Admitted to Georgetown at 23, expecting 2nd child. Writing her thesis, advisor Heyden got her in contact with #physicist George Gamow, who worked at nearby APL & adjunct at George Washington U who took her on as a student (PhD ‘54).
While 4 kids were young, she taught at Georgetown before gaining a 🧵2/
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“So one person - #Musk - with questionable views, is aiming not only to rewrite the night sky but in the process gain unfettered control of our heavens?”
#Physicist Laura Grego initially responds quite carefully.
“You know, there’s a legal discussion about at what point does that become appropriation - if you’ve put so many #satellites in a #space - Have you not essentially claimed it?”
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“So one person - #Musk - with questionable views, is aiming not only to rewrite the night sky but in the process gain unfettered control of our heavens?”
#Physicist Laura Grego initially responds quite carefully.
“You know, there’s a legal discussion about at what point does that become appropriation - if you’ve put so many #satellites in a #space - Have you not essentially claimed it?”
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Nobel physicist uses Claude AI to crack decade-old puzzle in jamming theory
https://1ban.news/nobel-physicist-claude-ai-jamming/
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Nobel physicist uses Claude AI to crack decade-old puzzle in jamming theory
https://1ban.news/nobel-physicist-claude-ai-jamming/
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Happy birthday to #physicist Harriet Brooks (1876 - 1933) who discovered atomic recoil, Radon & recognized radioactive elements could undergo chains of transmutations into a series of new elements. #nuclear #physics
She was Rutherford’s 1st grad student at McGill. After publishing her results in 1899 she completed her MSc in 1901 on “Damping of Electrical Oscillations,” before embarking on #radioactivity research.🧵 -
Happy birthday to #physicist Harriet Brooks (1876 - 1933) who discovered atomic recoil, Radon & recognized radioactive elements could undergo chains of transmutations into a series of new elements. #nuclear #physics
She was Rutherford’s 1st grad student at McGill. After publishing her results in 1899 she completed her MSc in 1901 on “Damping of Electrical Oscillations,” before embarking on #radioactivity research.🧵 -
#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of British #Physicist William Henry Bragg (1862). He uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg - the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics: "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays".
British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for #Radio in London (1897).
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of British #Physicist William Henry Bragg (1862). He uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg - the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics: "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays".
British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for #Radio in London (1897).
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It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know how to criticize is good, to know how to create is better.
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It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know how to criticize is good, to know how to create is better.
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Happy birthday to German-American theoretical #physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972), the 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize for #physics. As the series of increasingly large atomic nuclei grows with additional nucleons (protons p & neutrons n) from hydrogen to transuranic elements, there are points where the binding energy of the next nucleon is a lot lower than the last. 🧵
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Happy birthday to German-American theoretical #physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972), the 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize for #physics. As the series of increasingly large atomic nuclei grows with additional nucleons (protons p & neutrons n) from hydrogen to transuranic elements, there are points where the binding energy of the next nucleon is a lot lower than the last. 🧵
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I fear the day that technology surpasses human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.
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I fear the day that technology surpasses human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.
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Ionic Bonds - The Dancing People (Link to the Making of Video Below)
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#physicist #physics #illustrator #artist #art #trending #engineering #commission #commissionart #illustrated #illustration #mastoart #mastoartist
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Ionic Bonds - The Dancing People (Link to the Making of Video Below)
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#physicist #physics #illustrator #artist #art #trending #engineering #commission #commissionart #illustrated #illustration #mastoart #mastoartist
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Happy birthday to #physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples). It states that two bodies of different temperature brought together in a closed system will reach thermal equilibrium; or, you cannot use a cold thing to 🧵
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/33236289
#sciart #linocut #printmaker #MaxwellsDemon #ImaginaryFriends #thermodynamics #mastoArt
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Happy birthday to #physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples). It states that two bodies of different temperature brought together in a closed system will reach thermal equilibrium; or, you cannot use a cold thing to 🧵
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/33236289
#sciart #linocut #printmaker #MaxwellsDemon #ImaginaryFriends #thermodynamics #mastoArt
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Physicist Allan MacDonald becomes first Canadian to win Kavli nanoscience prize
IVAN SEMENIUK SCIENCE REPORTER
The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)
Jun 11, 2026Allan MacDonald, a #Canadian #physicist based in the United States who is best known for helping to usher in the field of “#Twistronics” has been named a winner of this year’s #Kavli Prize in #nanoscience
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Physicist Allan MacDonald becomes first Canadian to win Kavli nanoscience prize
IVAN SEMENIUK SCIENCE REPORTER
The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)
Jun 11, 2026Allan MacDonald, a #Canadian #physicist based in the United States who is best known for helping to usher in the field of “#Twistronics” has been named a winner of this year’s #Kavli Prize in #nanoscience
Gift link:
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👆Real reasons behind #Physicist Raúl Rabadán's 🏃🐂 "espantá" from #scientific directorship of Spanish #Cancer research center #CNIO are beginning to emerge.
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas reportedly refused to cover physicist's 🚚 moving expenses from 🇺🇸
#NewYork, #uSa, to🇪🇸 #Spain Rabadán had called for a tenure as director of a brand new research group at CNIO, which would require hiring six 🧑🔬 #scientists. -
https://bit.ly/4dJc84B
👆In 2025 September Theoretical #Physicist Raúl Rabadán was announced by the Spanish government as new scientific director of #CNIO
Today it was revealed that he has resigned from the position
Leading #Cancer research center of
🇪🇸 #Spain is under investigation for an alleged corruption scheme that may have defrauded it of up to 30 million euros. -
Happy birthday #physicist Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), who came up with a truly beautiful experiment to test whether the weak force conserves parity (whether beta decay would be the same if reflected in the mirror)! In my print on the left I show Wu in her lab & a schematic diagram of her experiment. On the right I show her reflection, as in the mirror, & the mirror reflection of 🧵
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/83367125
#linocut #sciart #particlePhysics #womenInSTEM #histsci #quantum #mastoArt
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Happy birthday #physicist Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), who came up with a truly beautiful experiment to test whether the weak force conserves parity (whether beta decay would be the same if reflected in the mirror)! In my print on the left I show Wu in her lab & a schematic diagram of her experiment. On the right I show her reflection, as in the mirror, & the mirror reflection of 🧵
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/83367125
#linocut #sciart #particlePhysics #womenInSTEM #histsci #quantum #mastoArt
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Quote of the Day by renowned physicist Stephen Hawking: 'Life would be tragic if...'- The greatest physicist's most powerful quote was not about science, rather about finding humor in human struggle
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=quote-of-the-day-by-renowned-physicist-stephen-hawking-life-would-be-tragic-if-the-greatest-physicists-most-powerful-quote-was-not-about-science-rather-about-finding-humor-in-human-struggle
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Happy birthday to British #engineer, #mathematician, #physicist & #inventor Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923). I’ve shown her in my #linocut with a diagram of the dividers from her 1st of 26 (!) patents, one of her diagrams about the origin & growth of ripple marks & one of her diagrams of an electric arc lamp (a subject on which she literally wrote the textbook).
Born Phoebe Sarah Marks, she was the 3rd 🧵https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/966154261
#printmaking #sciart #WomenInSTEM #histsci #suffragette #mastoArt
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Happy birthday to British #engineer, #mathematician, #physicist & #inventor Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923). I’ve shown her in my #linocut with a diagram of the dividers from her 1st of 26 (!) patents, one of her diagrams about the origin & growth of ripple marks & one of her diagrams of an electric arc lamp (a subject on which she literally wrote the textbook).
Born Phoebe Sarah Marks, she was the 3rd 🧵https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/966154261
#printmaking #sciart #WomenInSTEM #histsci #suffragette #mastoArt
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Born on this day: #physicist J. R. Oppenheimer (1904-1967). While best remembered for his role in the Manhattan Project, he was a giant of 20th century theoretical physics, nominated for a Nobel 3 times.
In 1927 he & Max Born greatly simplified how we predict electrons behaviour within atoms. The Born-Oppenheimer or adiabatic approximation is based on the observation that electrons are 1000s times lighter than 🧵 -
Born on this day: #physicist J. R. Oppenheimer (1904-1967). While best remembered for his role in the Manhattan Project, he was a giant of 20th century theoretical physics, nominated for a Nobel 3 times.
In 1927 he & Max Born greatly simplified how we predict electrons behaviour within atoms. The Born-Oppenheimer or adiabatic approximation is based on the observation that electrons are 1000s times lighter than 🧵 -
#OnThisDay Today is International Mother #EarthDay.
The #Paris #Agreement opened for signing (2016).
Birth Anniversary of Russian #Communist #Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (1870), #Physicist Robert Oppenheimer (1904), #Philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724).
Happy Birthday #Actor Jack Nicholson (1937).
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#OnThisDay Today is International Mother #EarthDay.
The #Paris #Agreement opened for signing (2016).
Birth Anniversary of Russian #Communist #Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (1870), #Physicist Robert Oppenheimer (1904), #Philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724).
Happy Birthday #Actor Jack Nicholson (1937).
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'Chances of you living 50yr are very small': #TheoreticalPhysicist explains why humanity won't survive to see forces unified
#NobelPrize #physicist #DavidGross, received $3M Special Breakthrough Prize in #Physics, talks quest to unite all forces and why humanity might not see unified theory
"Currently, I spend part of my time trying to tell people… chances of you living 50 years are very small. Due to the danger of #nuclearwar, you have about 35yr"
https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/the-chances-of-you-living-50-years-are-very-small-theoretical-physicist-explains-why-humanity-likely-wont-survive-to-see-all-the-forces-unified
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'Chances of you living 50yr are very small': #TheoreticalPhysicist explains why humanity won't survive to see forces unified
#NobelPrize #physicist #DavidGross, received $3M Special Breakthrough Prize in #Physics, talks quest to unite all forces and why humanity might not see unified theory
"Currently, I spend part of my time trying to tell people… chances of you living 50 years are very small. Due to the danger of #nuclearwar, you have about 35yr"
https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/the-chances-of-you-living-50-years-are-very-small-theoretical-physicist-explains-why-humanity-likely-wont-survive-to-see-all-the-forces-unified
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Renowned physicist alarmed by 'unheard of' number of scientists dying or vanishing now on White House's radar
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=renowned-physicist-alarmed-by-unheard-of-number-of-scientists-dying-or-vanishing-now-on-white-houses-radar
Quick take: <p>Multiple scientists linked to UFO research
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#OnThisDay Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia (2014).
Birth Anniversary of German #Physicist Georg Ohm (1789) - known for Ohm's law (V=IR).
Happy Birthday Richard Stallman (1953) - #Pioneer of American free #Software movement.
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My latest invention! I call it the Gravitational Paddle Boat!
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#physicist #physics #illustrator #artist #art #trending #engineering #commission #commissionart #illustrated #illustration #mastoart #mastoartist
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Austrian #Physicist Ludwig Boltzmann (1844). In 1877 he provided the current definition of entropy. Max Planck named the constant kB the #Boltzmann #Constant.
Happy Birthday Rihanna (1988) - one of the world's best-selling music artists.
Today is World Day of #Social Justice - an international day recognizing the need to promote social justice.
