Best way to know you’ve reached the German border when entering the country is entering a “Funkloch”: a hole in mobile data. No phone connection whatsoever. Never fails.

News for those looking for European funding in quantum tech: 3 calls have been cancelled and moved to the EuroHPC JU work programme (tba) 🧪⚛️

RTDS Group@rtds-group.bsky.social · 4mo ago

1/4 ⚛️ Update: The European Commission has cancelled 3 quantum calls and the submission platform is no longer available. 🚫

I had fun interviewing project partners from @udl.cat to learn more about thermal energy storage system and the innovation brought forward within the SUSHEAT project. Listen to our conversation if you want to learn how these are like batteries for heat, but not quite the same 🧪

SUSHEAT sustainable heat upgrade for industry@susheat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎧 Heat Shift Ep. 2 is out! We spoke to our colleagues from @udl.cat about a new kind of Thermal Energy Storage in the form of a the nature-inspired "heat battery" they're developing for industrial decarbonization! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3PV9... YouTube: youtu.be/r2xOBT7fNaM

UK Pauses Its Plan To Cede Chagos Islands After US Opposition 🧪🦑🌎 Sigh

UK Pauses Its Plan To Cede Chagos Islands After US Opposition

By Suban Abdulla and William Schomberg LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – Britain’s government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands – home...

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Climate change is outpacing water conservation efforts in the Southwest. Cities like Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas have been having great success with reducing water usage. But climate change will produce severe shortages that demand management alone cannot solve.

Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future

Cities have the best chance of reducing water use when people actively participate in water conservation, but even that might not be enough in the future.

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My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms that can only care about whether something keeps you watching.

Wanna hear a bit about my journey as a woman in science and beyond? Tune in to the latest #InnovationCast by RTDS. Bonus track: insights on being a woman in science communication by Nouhaila Bouhout 🧪👩‍🔬

RTDS Group@rtds-group.bsky.social · 5mo ago

International Women's Day is an opportunity to highlight the structural & personal journeys of women shaping the #EU research landscape. In this #InnovationCast episode, RTDS' @cagrap.bsky.social & Nouhaila Bouhout discuss the intersection of research & dissemination open.spotify.com/episode/0JoS...

Decarbonisation needs real solution for industry. Changing the way we approach industrial heat means lowering CO2 emissions. Hear from industry leaders and scientific experts at the upcoming SUSHEAT webinar on March 10 10:00CET 🧪

SUSHEAT sustainable heat upgrade for industry@susheat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

💡How can we integrate sustainable heat solutions into industrial processes? Our upcoming webinar on March 10th at 10:00CET provides a roadmap. We'll discuss everything companies must consider. Hear from industry experts and join the discussion during our live Q&A. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Bright side of spraining my ankle in the stupidest way (don’t text and walk downs stairs kids!) is that I picked up cross stitch again after a 2.5 years hiatus! Last time was just few hours before my water broke

Even though I’m not doing active research anymore, I still support science. The SUSHEAT project is particularly close to my heart, bringing together different technologies to build a solution for industrial heat decarbonisation. And women are at the forefront of this new developments 👩‍🔬

SUSHEAT sustainable heat upgrade for industry@susheat.bsky.social · 6mo ago

From solar integration to thermal storage, women are engineering the future of industrial heat. 🔥 On #WomenInScienceDay, meet four of the brilliant experts powering the #SUSHEAT project. A thread 🧵👇

I woke up salty today, so I had to leave a comment on yet another post sharing “scientists and their world-changing ideas” and showing exclusively male scientists. It’s time men start noticing it too 🧪👩‍🔬

Read about the latest developments in #EUFunding, #policy and #innovation in our new monthly #newsletter, authored by our EU project consultant @cagrap.bsky.social: www.linkedin.com/pulse/rtds-n... #SciComm #Research #Funding #Insights #HorizonEurope

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression

The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

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Business trips by yourself are weird. But here’s the truth • Nobody cares. Truly. No one is judging you for eating alone. • It’s time with yourself, not time by yourself. Reframing helps. • Walk like a local. No frantic map-checking. Just stroll with confidence, explore a shop, let the place unfold.

This week’s inauguration of the Ruby and Jade quantum computers forming the first federated hybrid quantum HPC infrastructure was amazing. The most incredible part? So many women leading the project and presenting key results 😍 ⚛️🧪

“My science is different” No, sir, yours is not science if you refuse to look at the actual evidence. (And if you don’t believe dyslexia exists) 🧪 www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

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Last month, I was lucky enough to celebrate my birthday at the Vienna quantum Tech days. I wrote about the key takeaways on the @rtds-group.bsky.social blog. Bringing research to the market is the main challenge for a quantum Europe. It’s also what RTDS does best. More here tinyurl.com/yjpkme8b ⚛️🧪

Quantum Act 2026: Europe’s Next Leap Forward

This year's Vienna Quantum Tech Days offered a clear signal: Europe will take its next major step with the Quantum Act, due to be launched in 2026.

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(1/2) Marie Skłodowska-Curie, the first woman Nobel laureate and the only person awarded in both Chemistry and Physics, opened new frontiers in science. Her spirit inspires researchers through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme that supports excellence and collaboration across borders 🧪

Perks of being a EU-projects consultant: getting to experience the local culture while attending consortium meetings

"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)". Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says

The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.

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Changing from academia to industry is often referred as transitioning. But how does this transition look like? From a physics point of view, I'd say it' a second order phase transition. 🧪👩🏻‍🔬 ⚛️ 🧵#AcademicSky

2-years-old are your best friend and your worst enemy all in one too-cute-to-handle package

Even people who know that Substack is bad news still think of it as their only alternative. It’s not. @anildash.com lists some and makes a great point: call it your work. Your writing. Thank you for clarifying my thoughts even to myself, now I know how to counter argument to substack use

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 12mo ago

It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news Please get off Substack 😭 www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...

How to excite a physicist on a Greek island? 🌊 By spotting soliton waves! 🧪 ⚛️ 🧵

Update on the anti-vax nominees on the Italian vaccine committee: the committee has been dissolved 🧪

il Post@ilpost.it · 12mo ago

È stato sciolto il gruppo di esperti sui vaccini in cui erano stati nominati due scettici sui vaccini

Paper accepted 🎉 Except… grant just ended and I’m out of funding… OA fees anyone? 🧪 #AcademicSky 🧵

There is much less fuss around this news than around any RFK related one (and it makes sense, in a way). Still, I find it very frightening that Italy has appointed two renowned no-vax supporters in its vaccine experts committee, an organism which collaborates with the WHO. 🧪🧵

Discussions shape us. But papers do it too. For me, one that shaped the way I think was: 🧠 Introduction to topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions by Leijnse & Flensberg. I read it during my master’s thesis—10 years ago!—and it just clicked. 🧵🧪⚛️

Did not have “toddler waking up with pink eye” on my July bingo card…

How do you navigate transitioning out of academia while also on vacation? I mean, how do you deal with those open projects very close to completion? #AcademicSky