Results are about to start being announced in France. Read my thread for city by city context. And use my spreadsheet to follow the results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is a thread for lovers of elections; French politics; & French geography. Tomorrow are France's runoffs for MAYOR elections; every city choosing its mayor. It's a window into multiparty politics, shifting coalitions, & hard math, & suspense. I'll go thru the 10 biggest cities, 1 by 1.
New preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2602.10882 We measure anti-bunching and witness quantum non-Gaussian states from high-harmonic generation. High-harmonics are generated in a strong field process with unique properties, distinguishing it from the established quantum light sources.
10 years ago today, we told the world "We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!" Relive the moment we shared our result with the world www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJ... #GW10Years #OTD 🔭🧪⚛️ 🎂
[LIVE] FIRST Gravitational Waves Detected | LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory)
YouTube video by National Science Foundation News
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Vor ziemlich genau 8 Jahren hat Jörg Meuthen, ehem. Vorsitzender der AfD, gesagt, er sehe in den Innenstädten "noch vereinzelt Deutsche". Die Vorsitzende der CDU, Angela Merkel, hat ihm umgehend widersprochen. Friedrich Merz hat heute die Sprache und Position der AfD übernommen.
“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … We are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to his fans around the world as D’Angelo, has been called home." More on D'Angelo's life and legacy: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 10mo agoD’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51. Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
New article out
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliqée (LOA)@labooptappl.bsky.social · 11mo agoHigh-order harmonics are non-classcial! This has recently been further substantiated by @kittenstate.bsky.social and his colleagues of the QUANTUM group at LOA. loa.ensta-paris.fr/2025/09/09/q... Their observation of a displaced squeezed state is now published in @physrevresearch.bsky.social.
New article out
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliqée (LOA)@labooptappl.bsky.social · 11mo agoHigh-order harmonics are non-classcial! This has recently been further substantiated by @kittenstate.bsky.social and his colleagues of the QUANTUM group at LOA. loa.ensta-paris.fr/2025/09/09/q... Their observation of a displaced squeezed state is now published in @physrevresearch.bsky.social.
High-order harmonics are non-classcial! This has recently been further substantiated by @kittenstate.bsky.social and his colleagues of the QUANTUM group at LOA. loa.ensta-paris.fr/2025/09/09/q... Their observation of a displaced squeezed state is now published in @physrevresearch.bsky.social.
Quantum Features of High-Order Harmonics – Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Are you a student or early-career researcher in quantum computing or quantum information? Then the following is for you. We're organising a focused, community-driven conference at Leibniz Universität Hannover, hosted by Prof. Robert Raussendorf. 🗓️ Save the date: August 27–29, 2025
Spending a lovely afternoon of writing and watching tour de france
Nature study: when do girls fall behind in #maths? During their 1st year at primary school. 4 yr study, 2.6M French children. By comparing kids born a month apart but in diff school years they show it's education, not age, that triggers the gap☹️ 🧪👩🔬 ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 👇Excellent 🧵
Bibiana Prinoth@bibianaprinoth.ch · last yr.I don't post super often here, but I just came by to share this news article with you (published alongside the paper in Nature yesterday). www.nature.com/articles/d41... There are a couple of sentences in the news article that stuck with me more than anything: 1/x
Wow - I don't remember seeing Magnus choking like this. Props to Gukesh for playing on and sensing the opportunity to take down his predecessor for the first time in classical control. #NorwayChess
After correcting tens of unintended features in my code, I finally arrived at finding yet another one
1.8% was enough for Dallas. Lucky for them, they will draft the tall guy and possibly win their fan support back
Now replacing the lofi girl with the Vatican chimney cam. Same vibes, just with a bit more suspense.
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
They probably will only start to worry when the size of funds will be cut under new government
As a sphere, I couldn't handle the social pressure exhibited by unit spheres. Unrealistic stereotypes also exist in the world of spheres.
Klasse, Habeck ein Buch geschrieben, in dem er das BWV durcharbeitet schön mit Harmonieanalyse und allem drum und dran, dem Titel nach zu urteilen. Werde ich mir auf jeden Fall geben!
No chatbot will ever trigger the same feelings in me as clippy did
A team led by physicist Chien-Shiung Wu obtained the first experimental confirmation of “parity violation,” in the decay of Cobalt-60, #OTD in 1956. Her theory colleagues received a Nobel for the prediction, but she was left off the prize. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 Image: Smithsonian Institution Archives
In 1994 when I worked at Kitt Peak National Observatory, @todlauer.bsky.social made an off-hand comment about grape plasma in the microwave. Being an experimental physicist (read as “nerd”) I immediately tried it during night lunch. Who knew it was come to this? 🧪🔭⚛️
Grapes double sensor magnetic power in an epic quantum breakthrough
Grape pairs boost quantum sensor performance by enhancing magnetic fields, aiding compact and cost-effective sensor development.
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Chess is now taken over completely by the youth. Amazing
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
