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TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨ @[email protected] · 2026-07-13 · 18:30 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.

Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-silk-loses-top-spot-natures-strongest-material-snails-teeth-180954346/

#snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks

#portsmouth #limpet #teeth #spider #silk #protein

Matt Potter @[email protected] · 2026-06-29 · 10:30 UTC

The Royal Society's fantastic Summer Science week kicks off in London tomorrow. One of its flagship research pieces is 'The Art of Resilience for Successful Ageing'. Led by Professor Dorina Cadar, the project presents the most in-depth study yet of cognitive resilience – and why some brains stay healthy and resilient as we age, while others suffer cognitive decline.

The results suggest a new way of thinking about age, but also life in general.

I interviewed Professor Cadar on what the results can tell us about cognitive resilience and the ageing brain, as well as tips on what we can do for the best chance of a healthy mind in later life... and how a society that prioritises grind could be storing up problems for the future. Read it here: https://www.natwest.com/premier-banking/insights/money-matters/the-secrets-to-a-happier-retirement.html #royalsociety #summerscience #brainScience #brain #neuroscience #science #aging #cognitive #universityofsussex

#royalsociety #summerscience #brainscience #brain #neuroscience #science

Universität Innsbruck @[email protected] · 2026-06-04 · 14:30 UTC

⚛️ Newton war Mitglied, Darwin auch. Jetzt gehört Peter Zoller dazu.

Der Quantenphysiker wurde als erster Wissenschaftler aus Innsbruck zum Fellow der Royal Society gewählt - der ältesten wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft der Welt.

Eine bedeutende Anerkennung für den Forschungsstandort Innsbruck.

👇 Mehr Infos zu seiner Forschung:
https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/2026/royal-society-wahlt-peter-zoller-zum-fellow/

#Quantenphysik #RoyalSociety #AcademicMastodon

#quantenphysik #royalsociety #academicmastodon

IBBoard @[email protected] · 2025-03-04 · 07:24 UTC

BBC News: Elon Musk sparks crisis talks at UK's elite Royal Society

What's the point of the Royal Society if they don't stand for honesty, integrity and scientific truth?

And what achievements are Nobel prize-winner Prof Sir Andre Geim from Manchester University thinking of? Because Musk's PERSONAL scientific achievements appear to be zero. Zip. Zilch.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e44ge0xnwo

#science #RoyalSociety #ElonMusk #ManchesterUniversity #UniversityOfManchester