Ivo van Vulpen

@ivovanvulpen.bsky.social

Deeltjesfysica at UvA_Amsterdam, Nikhef & CERN | wetenschapscommunicatie at UniLeiden | βèta βabbels | http://muurformules.nl | auteur 'de melodie van de natuur

I was not reviewer 2. But I am so annoyed by Americans pretending the whole open science movement is funded by John Arnold. His investments are absolutely dwarfed by what the European Union and European science funders have invested in Open science. Only incredibly biased people would ignore this.

Jeff Lockhart@jwlockhart.bsky.social · 5d ago

I wrote about science funding, science reform, and anti-science agendas. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/s...

The wealthiest university on the planet, Harvard claims it needs to close a huge range of student services, including support for writing tutors and community service, to close a budget deficit while simultaneously planning to spend $10 million on hiring conservative professors. Give me a break.

Faculty Express Cautious Concern About Harvard’s Plan To Endow Viewpoint Diversity Professorships | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard’s plan to bankroll a new cohort of professors in the name of “viewpoint diversity” is drawing a wary response from faculty, who said the proposal could expand donor influence and reshape facul...

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“Veel andere kennisinstellingen keken ons lang meewarig aan en zeiden: waarom maken jullie het jezelf zo moeilijk? Nou, wij doen dat omdat we niet een fuik in willen zwemmen, alle data uit handen willen geven, en onze expertise op dit terrein willen kwijtraken.” auteur: @amandasweb.eurosky.social

National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)@nikhef.bsky.social · 6d ago

Lezen! NEMO Kennislink over digitale autonomie bij Nikhef www.nikhef.nl/focusblokken...

It’s official: UKRI has defunded the LHCb upgrade, which would have run at the High Luminosity LHC (currently under construction). This is a disaster for UK physics. We’ve rightly invested heavily in the HL-LHC but without LHCb, we’re throwing away crucial science that can’t be done anywhere else.

For this to be one of the first actions of a northern Prime Minister is quite something. Jodrell Bank is a British national treasure, but for people from the region (including this former Bradford schoolgirl) it was and still is pure northern inspirational science gold. C'mon Andy. Sort it out.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Goede vraag. Even meerekenen: 68 biljoen dollar = 6,8x10^13 dollar. Dikte dollarbiljet: = 0,11 mm = 1,1x10^-7 km Dus: 7,5 miljoen km. Factor 1000 mis in de krant (niet voor het eerst, niet voor het laatst). Dit is 20x afstand aarde-maan. Te groot om te bevatten dus vraag blijft: wat weet ik nu?

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Inside Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA There is no direct proof he designed the double helix staircase in Chambord castle, but it’s a legend that could very well be true. He lived close by in the city of Amboise (where he is also buried) as guest/friend of Francis 1

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Dit klinkt als een vergader-item van bijbelse proporties. Dat is het niet direct, maar als dit verzoek gehonoreerd wordt dan is dan een klein wonder en ga ik een ex-promovenda en ex-post-doc van Nikhef heilig verklaren 😇

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