#swirl — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #swirl, aggregated by home.social.
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Worm researcher from Llanelli wins £110,000 scholarship to study how medicines pollute our rivers
A Llanelli student has won a scholarship worth more than £110,000 to fund his PhD at Swansea University — and the research he’ll be doing is more surprising than you might expect.
Ben Williams will spend the next few years studying what happens to worms when medicines get into rivers and waterways. It’s a growing environmental concern: when people take medication, traces of those drugs pass through the body and into the water system, where they can affect wildlife in ways scientists are still working to understand.
The problem is more widespread than many people realise. Painkillers, antidepressants, antibiotics and hormones from contraceptive pills have all been detected in rivers across the UK. While the concentrations are often low, researchers are increasingly concerned about the long-term effects on aquatic life — and ultimately on the water we drink.
Ben’s work will focus on a small worm species used widely in environmental research, chosen because it responds clearly to changes in water quality and gives scientists a reliable way to measure the impact of chemical contamination.
Dr Aidan Seeley with Ben Williams at Swansea University. Image credit: Swansea UniversityBen, who grew up in Llanelli and completed both his undergraduate and masters degrees at Swansea, is one of just four people in the country to win the newly launched Sir David Jack PhD Scholarship, run by the British Pharmacological Society. The award is named after the late Sir David Jack, a pioneering scientist who developed some of the most widely used asthma medications in the world.
The Sir David Jack scholarship was made possible by a donation from Sir David’s family, and forms the first of 40 PhD projects the Society plans to fund over the next decade with the aim of supporting the next generation of researchers in the field.
The scholarship covers Ben’s tuition fees, up to £10,000 a year in research costs, a living stipend and funding to attend scientific conferences — adding up to around £110,000 in total. He starts his PhD in October.
Ben said: “It is a phenomenal academic and personal honour to be awarded this scholarship in its inaugural year. I would like to thank the Society for seeing something in me and providing the opportunity to further myself as an independent researcher.”
He also thanked his supervisors at Swansea for their support: “The continued support and wealth of knowledge that has been provided has enabled me to be here today.”
His PhD will be carried out within Swansea University’s Worm Integrative Research Lab — known as SWIRL — with support from supervisors Dr Aidan Seeley, Professor Martin Clift and Dr Sophie Reed.
Dr Seeley, who leads the lab and runs Swansea’s Medical Pharmacology degree programmes, said: “This is a fantastic result for Ben, the supervisory team, SWIRL and for the Medical School. It really does demonstrate the calibre of students that we produce here in Swansea.”
For Ben, the scholarship is the culmination of years of work building towards a career in research — and a sign that science rooted in practical, real-world questions is attracting serious investment. Environmental pharmacology is a relatively young field, and Swansea’s SWIRL lab is positioning itself at the forefront of it.
More information about studying Medical Pharmacology at Swansea University is available at swansea.ac.uk.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
Michael Sheen fronting explosive new BBC series digging into South Wales chemical contamination claims
The actor is fronting a major new documentary investigation into chemical pollution in south Wales.Swansea University joins £65m national mission to overhaul UK nuclear power
The university is a key partner in a major new research programme training the next generation of energy scientists.Wales at ‘critical tipping point’ as new report warns nature crisis is already here
#BritishPharmacologicalSociety #Environment #medicine #research #scientist #SirDavidJack #SwanseaUniversity #SWIRL #worms
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Sweet Dream - 1
Flower Sweetness#dreams #sweetdream #sweetdreams #abstract #abstration #fog #smoke #flower #transformation #deformation #dreamlike #bloom #swirl #quiet #ghost #sweetness #sweetnessoflife
#monochrome #blackandwhite #nature #manipulation
#photography #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #manipulationphotography #photomanipulation #photography #monochromephotography
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Sweet Dream - 1
Flower Sweetness#dreams #sweetdream #sweetdreams #abstract #abstration #fog #smoke #flower #transformation #deformation #dreamlike #bloom #swirl #quiet #ghost #sweetness #sweetnessoflife
#monochrome #blackandwhite #nature #manipulation
#photography #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #manipulationphotography #photomanipulation #photography #monochromephotography
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Sweet Dream - 1
Flower Sweetness#dreams #sweetdream #sweetdreams #abstract #abstration #fog #smoke #flower #transformation #deformation #dreamlike #bloom #swirl #quiet #ghost #sweetness #sweetnessoflife
#monochrome #blackandwhite #nature #manipulation
#photography #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #manipulationphotography #photomanipulation #photography #monochromephotography
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Sweet Dream - 1
Flower Sweetness#dreams #sweetdream #sweetdreams #abstract #abstration #fog #smoke #flower #transformation #deformation #dreamlike #bloom #swirl #quiet #ghost #sweetness #sweetnessoflife
#monochrome #blackandwhite #nature #manipulation
#photography #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #manipulationphotography #photomanipulation #photography #monochromephotography
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Sweet Dream - 1
Flower Sweetness#dreams #sweetdream #sweetdreams #abstract #abstration #fog #smoke #flower #transformation #deformation #dreamlike #bloom #swirl #quiet #ghost #sweetness #sweetnessoflife
#monochrome #blackandwhite #nature #manipulation
#photography #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #manipulationphotography #photomanipulation #photography #monochromephotography
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/28891/ Nestlé launches cocoa-free chocolate with ChoViva #3d #background #black #carmel #cg #cocoa #Coffee #Cream #creamy #delicious #dessert #drip #flow #fluid #hot #isolated #melt #Nestlé #realistic #render #ripple #Splash #spread #sweet #swirl #tasty #topping #twister #wave #yummy
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Iraqi Kurds Deny Role in Iran as Rumors Swirl of Kurdish Ground Invasion
https://misryoum.com/us/today/iraqi-kurds-deny-role-in-iran-as-rumors/
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq categorically denied that its Peshmerga were preparing an invasion of Iran alongside the United States on Thursday, following rumors that some Iranian Kurdish groups are planning ground operations on what remains of...
#Iraqi #Kurds #Deny #Role #Iran #Rumors #Swirl #Kurdish #Ground #Invasion #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com
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#Now...
I'm #NotSaying you "shouldn't" #Swirl a #NiceSingleMalt into a #Yoghurt; I am #Saying that you can use #TheCommonOrGardenBreakfastScotch for that...
Also #ServesWell with #Coffee and #DoubleCream...
And/or, a #Biscuit...
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Marvin Measures the Swirl
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How do you measure something that won’t stay still?
Marvin meets the Swirl — a phenomenon that changes every time he looks at it. Rulers fail. Clocks fail. Even his galaxy eye can’t classify it.
Then he realises:
The Swirl isn’t moving.
Marvin is.Each step he takes redraws it.
Each pause reshapes it.
Each breath adds a fold.The Swirl becomes a map of choices —
a topological fingerprint of Marvin’s unfolding path.Sometimes the path is the measurement.
✨🗺️#HybridMind42 #MarvinTheCat #CuriositySeries #Swirl #ObserverEffect #QuantumMetaphor
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DJ Moore Trade Rumors Swirl as Bears WR Sees Reduced Role https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/463944/ #Bears #BearsNews #Chicago #ChicagoBears #ChicagoBears #DJMoore #English #Football #moore #NFL #NFLTradeRumors #NFLTrades #reduced #role #RomeOdunze #rumors #sees #Sports #swirl #trade #WideReceiver
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DJ Moore Trade Rumors Swirl as Bears WR Sees Reduced Role https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/463944/ #Bears #BearsNews #Chicago #ChicagoBears #ChicagoBears #DJMoore #English #Football #moore #NFL #NFLTradeRumors #NFLTrades #reduced #role #RomeOdunze #rumors #sees #Sports #swirl #trade #WideReceiver
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Brown study finds no difference in cancer risk between red and white wine https://www.diningandcooking.com/2247796/brown-study-finds-no-difference-in-cancer-risk-between-red-and-white-wine/ #Action #alcohol #beverage #bottle #bubble #Cabernet #celebrate #celebration #closeup #Cool #crystal #dinner #drink #drop #flow #food #glass #goblet #isolated #Juice #life #liquor #Merlot #Motion #object #party #pouring #red #refreshing #romantic #spill #splash #splashing #splatter #splattering #squirt #stem #still #swirl #Tempting. #turn #two #up #white #Wine #wineglass #winery
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Brown study finds no difference in cancer risk between red and white wine https://www.diningandcooking.com/2247796/brown-study-finds-no-difference-in-cancer-risk-between-red-and-white-wine/ #Action #alcohol #beverage #bottle #bubble #Cabernet #celebrate #celebration #closeup #Cool #crystal #dinner #drink #drop #flow #food #glass #goblet #isolated #Juice #life #liquor #Merlot #Motion #object #party #pouring #red #refreshing #romantic #spill #splash #splashing #splatter #splattering #squirt #stem #still #swirl #Tempting. #turn #two #up #white #Wine #wineglass #winery
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Brown study finds no difference in cancer risk between red and white wine https://www.diningandcooking.com/2247796/brown-study-finds-no-difference-in-cancer-risk-between-red-and-white-wine/ #Action #alcohol #beverage #bottle #bubble #Cabernet #celebrate #celebration #closeup #Cool #crystal #dinner #drink #drop #flow #food #glass #goblet #isolated #Juice #life #liquor #Merlot #Motion #object #party #pouring #red #refreshing #romantic #spill #splash #splashing #splatter #splattering #squirt #stem #still #swirl #Tempting. #turn #two #up #white #Wine #wineglass #winery
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the universe is knocking
#Surreal #House #Ocean #Cosmic #Wave #Swirl #Doorway #Mystical #Dreamlike #Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney
want? have: https://aieris.art/featured/the-universe-is-knocking-eris-and-ai.html
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Bonjour! Bluechip prospect Mauricio Ruffy teases UFC Paris return as Benoit Saint Denis rumors swirl
Mauricio Ruffy is looking for a fight. The Brazilian knockout artist is perfect inside the Octagon (3-0), winning…
#NewsBeep #News #MMA #as #AU #Australia #benoit #bluechip #bonjour #com #denis #Fighting #front-page #latestnews #mauricio #mmamania #Paris #prospect #return #ruffy #Rumors #saint #sports #swirl #teases #UFC #UFCnews
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around the event horizon
#EventHorizon #Spiral #Abstract #Vortex #Motion #Swirl #Curved #Space #Physics #Gravity #Dimensional #Cosmic
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusionon actual stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/around-the-event-horizon-eris-and-ai.html
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When you're a member of the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge and love the swirl it doesn't have to be a Helios. Just have a look at projection lenses like this #CZJ #Kipronar 140/1.9 ...
Lina, #Kiel 2024
#photography #portrait #vintagelens #portraitphotography #fotografie #portraitfotografie #projektionsobjektiv #projectionlens #swirl #swirlybokeh #femaleportrait #onemonochromeaday #blackandwhite
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If you love swirl, then (most) projection lenses are right up your alley. And of course the #CrappyCommieCameraParty and the #shittylenschallenge can deliver here as well since there are more than Helios comrades to the party.
Johanna, #Kiel 2023
#Fujifilm GFX100S, 35KP 120/2.8
#photography #portrait #portraitfotografie #portraitphotography #fotografie #adaptedlens #vintagelens #altglas #onemonochromeaday #blackandwhite #swirl #swirlybokeh #monochrome
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#NoThanks; but, would you #Swirl a #NiceSingleMalt into a #Yoghurt...?
And, #QuoteToots; #StillQuiteCool...
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Chromatic Whirl
A few photos taken in Crosshaven in May 2023 when I visited there with Blarney Photography Club. A bit of fun with swirling the camera around as I took the photos.
Apertureƒ/9CameraILCE-7M3Focal length24mmISO50Shutter speed1/3s#BlarneyPhotographyClub #Cork #Crosshaven #ICM #Ireland #Photo #Photography #swirl
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Sequoia Capital recently released a report suggesting we "imagine a world where every profession has its own specialized AI search engine". This is a fallacy I call 'one ring to rule them all', the hope that if we could build the ultimate search & AI product it would automatically ingest any data and solve any enterprise use case for a particular sector. I'm confident in saying this is an impossible dream.
#enterprisesearch #openai #swirl #vespa
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"Piledriver" Released today 15th December 1972
It marked a turning point for #StatusQuo, as it was their first album released on Vertigo Records and the first to feature the hard rock sound that would define the band .
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iridescent junctions
#Iridescent #Swirl #Metallic #Silver #Rainbow #Abstract #Curves #Reflective #Multicolor
#Img2Img #AIArt #AIArtists #AIArtCommunity #StableDiffusionon actual stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/iridescent-junctions-eris-and-ai.html
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Ich fotografiere 'In der Nachbarschaft' einfach viel zu selten, obwohl ich so abwechslungsreiche Motive hier direkt fußläufig habe. Aber oft wirkt das Nahe, was man täglich sieht, zu banal ...
Nella & Jule, 2023 (aus der #BrokenBody Serie)
Lisa Marie, 2024#FotoVorschlag #Photography #Portrait #Fotografie #Portraitfotografie #Portraitphotography #Gipsbein #legcast #Krücken #Crutches #sepia #swirl #swirlybokeh #kiel #bokeh
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