"I strongly condemn Russia’s violent attack on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. We stand strong with our colleagues in Ukraine." 🇺🇦 Prof. Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 2w ago

Today, science became a target for Russia. My heart goes out to the heroes searching for people trapped inside Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. As well as to the families and loved ones of the victims of horrific attacks across the country.

Sorry, but AI did not officially solve Navier–Stokes. Yet. It seems that someone should say that, in this AI madness. This is how rigor gets traded for virality. And it is also how propAIganda works. #ComplexityThoughts 👉 manlius.substack.com/p/no-ai-hasn...

No, AI hasn’t officially solved Navier–Stokes. Yet

PropAIganda, now with a Millennium Prize Problem

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Metamaterials make the unexpected possible. It is no longer only about describing nature, but also about exploring what else might be possible beyond the limits we once thought were impossible. Check our comment on the #metawayofthinking in @natmater.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The meta way of thinking - Nature Materials

Beyond enabling new optical behaviours, metamaterials influence our thinking of wave–matter interactions in science and engineering.

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Once again: university courses HAVE to change if we want our students to keep learning things. AI hinders education. Learning always requires effort, and effort-shortcuts always impede learning

Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · 2mo ago

Woah.

Billionaire logic is that it makes more sense to terraform Mars rather than to stop venusifying Earth, and that it is a better strategy to build underground bunkers than to make the whole planet a better place to live for everyone.

As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water

Today’s academic profession is challenging. So why do we still hire, assess and reward academics as if excellent research output and adequate teaching skills is all that matters? #EUAExpertVoices article by Karen Vandevelde, from @uantwerpen.be 🔗 https://bit.ly/47XdG7S

📢 The new #ERCMagazine is out! Who defines the question? Who owns the data? Who benefits? This edition explores how equity is woven into excellent frontier science, with concrete examples from the field. 👉 link.europa.eu/JFFYYH #FrontierResearch @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

@ec.europa.eu is fundamental more than ever to support European research to stay competitive for the decades to come! There is no time to be hesitant! We need courage, we need vision, we need more education and research education! And to strengthen ties between academic and industrial ecosystems!

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 4mo ago

🔴 Starting now in Brussels: an important discussion on Europe's future in research. As the debate on #FP10 gathers pace, leading scientists and policymakers will discuss what Europe needs to remain a global leader in R&I. Join the livestream: webcast.ec.europa.eu/voices-from-...

🔴 Starting now in Brussels: an important discussion on Europe's future in research. As the debate on #FP10 gathers pace, leading scientists and policymakers will discuss what Europe needs to remain a global leader in R&I. Join the livestream: webcast.ec.europa.eu/voices-from-...

What is competitiveness? And what is the role of higher education? This briefing offers a digest of recent policy initiatives that are relevant to the recognition of professional qualification in the context of EU competitiveness policies. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sXXZ8K

Brava Annci, proud of you!

SIOF-Plasmonica@plasmonica.bsky.social · 7mo ago

At the closing ceremony of #PlasmonicaSchool2026, best poster prizes 🥇 have been awarded to (from left) Fabrizio Conti (#PoliMi 🇮🇹), Marion Lavignac (Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon 🇫🇷), Ann Céline Zimmermann (Umeå Univ. 🇸🇪): all of them lucky winner of the traditional Italian #plasmon biscuits!

What a day today 😅: we are also announcing the call for abstracts 📥 for our yearly workshop of #Plasmonics and #Nano-Optics💡 #PLASMONICA2026 is open! 📅 8-10 July, 2026 in Pisa #UniPi #CNR-NANO @sns.it + free entry for junior researchers. All details at 🌐https://www.plasmonica.it/2026/. 🧵/1

By changing the physical structure of gold at the nanoscale, researchers can drastically change how the material interacts with light – and, as a result, its electronic and optical properties. This is shown by a study from Umeå University published in @natcomms.nature.com

Thanks @kawresearch.bsky.social for supporting our research!

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation@kawresearch.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Genom att ändra den fysiska strukturen i guld på nanonivå kan forskare drastiskt påverka hur materialet interagerar med ljus och dess elektroniska och optiska egenskaper visar en studie från @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #forskning med stöd av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse tinyurl.com/66b4ud9n

We recently published a work in @natcomms.nature.com where we show that #nanoporosity can drastically alter how #electronic #transitions contribute to the optical response of #metals. Research funded by @kawresearch.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu and @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social.

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation@kawresearch.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Article in Nature: Morphology-modified contributions of electronic transitions to the optical response of plasmonic nanoporous gold metamaterial #research supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @nicolomaccaferri.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com tinyurl.com/5n6dn95x

To continue to drive excellent research, the ERC must be safeguarded from political steering. While the Commission’s proposal to expand the ERC is welcome, proposed changes like the reduction of the President’s term are concerning. 📄 https://bit.ly/4nxoFL4 #FP10 @erc.europa.eu

The crazy thing is not what is happening. What will happen is inevitable for several reasons. The crazy thing is that they talk about war, finance, people lives, etc. as kids would talk about a Monopoly game. That is the craziness described in the history books. But now we are part of it, living it.

"It's important to follow your instinct and go for it." Sonia María García Blanco. "I was hesitant to tell my colleagues that I was applying for an ERC grant. In the end, it turned out I was good enough to get it. If I had listened to others, I wouldn't have even applied."

Researcher to entrepreneur: from love for tiny things to building a startup

Discover how a researcher and university professor jumped into the market with her research on integrated photonics.

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@nicolomaccaferri.bsky.social is investigating how light can be used to understand and manipulate matter at an extremely detailed level. His work could lead to computers powered by light instead of electricity – faster, more energy-efficient, and more environmentally friendly. tinyurl.com/ycx7rmu6

Researching the power of light to revolutionize computers and energy use | Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation

At Umeå University, research is under way that could change how we view energy, computing, and data storage. Physicist Nicolò Maccaferri is investigating how light can be used to understand and manipu...

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@nicolomaccaferri.bsky.social undersöker hur ljus kan användas för att förstå och manipulera materia på en extremt detaljerad nivå. Arbetet kan leda till att framtida datorer drivs av ljus i stället för elektricitet – snabbare, mer energieffektivt och mer miljövänligt #forskning tinyurl.com/3yu4nsvd

Forskning om ljusets kraft – kan revolutionera datorer och energianvändning | Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse

Vid Umeå universitet pågår forskning som kan förändra hur vi ser på energi, beräkningar och datalagring. Fysikern Nicolò Maccaferri undersöker hur ljus kan användas för att förstå och manipulera mater...

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Proud to have our work appear in SCIENCE!!!

We need, more than ever, the Churchills, not the weak and insidious Chamberlains.

The report identifies factors that limit innovation in Europe: fragmentation, both of markets and of regulatory frameworks, incl different national implementations of EU legislation, no true financial union, incompatible standards, insufficient R&D funding, risk-averse regulatory culture.

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last yr.

New ERC report on Europe’s competitiveness! 🇪🇺 "It conveyed a shared message that fundamental research is not a luxury.” ERC President Maria Leptin on the conclusions from the ERC workshop with leading figures from industry, policy and science. Read workshop report: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Before the upcoming publication of the #MFF proposal outlining the architecture of #FP10, EUA underlines the need to safeguard the bottom-up character of the ERC, MSCA, EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition. The FP10 proposal must ensure that the ERC maintains its full independence.

Congratulations! The new Advanced Grant winners are great news. But yet again, many scientists - around 260 - with ground-breaking ideas were rated as excellent, but remained unfunded due to a lack of funds at the ERC. Hope that more funding will be available in the future!

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · last yr.

📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants! The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu

My first task is to hire an Associate/Senior Editor for @natrevelectreng.nature.com. Would you be interested in joining me to shape the journal? Pls DM me if you have any questions💡Apply by 1 Jul. @natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering

Job title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering Location: Shanghai or New York – hybrid working model Closing date: 1st July 2025 About Springer Nature Group Springer Natu...

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Check out the new preprint from our lab entitled “Ultrafast interband transitions in nanoporous gold metamaterial” arxiv.org/abs/2506.08536 🧵

Ultrafast interband transitions in nanoporous gold metamaterial

Nanoporous metals have emerged as promising functional architectures due to their tunable optical and electronic properties, high surface areas, and versatile use in real-life applications such as sen...

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New changes in @erc.europa.eu policies and the new working programme are amazing!!!! 🤩

If your test for ground-breaking discoveries can’t detect the discovery of RNAi, or of CRISPR-Cas9, or the cryoEM resolution revolution or Alphafold2, maybe it’s not a very good test. www.nature.com/articles/d41...