Dr Karen Smit
@karenvenasmit.bsky.social
Geochemist studying diamonds and other mantle rocks 💎 ⚒️ 🌍Isotope Geochemistry at Wits School of Geosciences 🇿🇦
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Apply for funding to help you run a training school, or special conference series in 2026 with the EGU's Topical Events Committee's funding programme! Now open for applications by 16 May 2025.
👉 Find out more details and apply: egu.eu/3M45BA/
👉 Find out more details and apply: egu.eu/3M45BA/
April 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Apply for funding to help you run a training school, or special conference series in 2026 with the EGU's Topical Events Committee's funding programme! Now open for applications by 16 May 2025.
👉 Find out more details and apply: egu.eu/3M45BA/
👉 Find out more details and apply: egu.eu/3M45BA/
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A nice schist with muscovite, kyanite/sillimanite, chlorite, and twinned plagioclase.
#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
April 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
A nice schist with muscovite, kyanite/sillimanite, chlorite, and twinned plagioclase.
#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
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Do yourself a favor: take a moment to explore the linked 1.5 BILLION pixel image (4.3 GB file) of the Andromeda galaxy, which showcases >100 million stars. And to think its just part of a single galaxy out of 200,000,000,000+ galaxies in the universe.
👇FULL RES HERE👇
esahubble.org/images/heic1...
👇FULL RES HERE👇
esahubble.org/images/heic1...
March 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Do yourself a favor: take a moment to explore the linked 1.5 BILLION pixel image (4.3 GB file) of the Andromeda galaxy, which showcases >100 million stars. And to think its just part of a single galaxy out of 200,000,000,000+ galaxies in the universe.
👇FULL RES HERE👇
esahubble.org/images/heic1...
👇FULL RES HERE👇
esahubble.org/images/heic1...
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Vera Rubin has been selected to be featured on the back of a quarter. She is the first astronomer to be honored this way. Read about her research on the Andromeda galaxy and how it led to the discovery of dark matter in this article written by Rubin herself. doi.org/10.1063/1.24...
🔭 #WomenInStem
🔭 #WomenInStem
March 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Vera Rubin has been selected to be featured on the back of a quarter. She is the first astronomer to be honored this way. Read about her research on the Andromeda galaxy and how it led to the discovery of dark matter in this article written by Rubin herself. doi.org/10.1063/1.24...
🔭 #WomenInStem
🔭 #WomenInStem
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The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) at the University of Nevada Reno is recruiting for an Associate Professor in Economic Geology and the new Director of the Ralph J. Roberts Center for Research in Economic Geology: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
Associate Professor, Economic Geology
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...
nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) at the University of Nevada Reno is recruiting for an Associate Professor in Economic Geology and the new Director of the Ralph J. Roberts Center for Research in Economic Geology: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
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Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people.
Research is starting to untangle the reasons why
https://go.nature.com/4b3AsLC
Research is starting to untangle the reasons why
https://go.nature.com/4b3AsLC
Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people
Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the reasons why.
go.nature.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people.
Research is starting to untangle the reasons why
https://go.nature.com/4b3AsLC
Research is starting to untangle the reasons why
https://go.nature.com/4b3AsLC
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January 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Reposted by Dr Karen Smit
It's been nearly 2 years in the making and here we are. @weareagc.bsky.social is now open for submissions!
Community led and community driven. Free to read and free to publish.
Community led and community driven. Free to read and free to publish.
January 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
It's been nearly 2 years in the making and here we are. @weareagc.bsky.social is now open for submissions!
Community led and community driven. Free to read and free to publish.
Community led and community driven. Free to read and free to publish.
Flashback to freezing outside for hours during Obama’s 2009 inauguration 🇺🇸🥶☕️
January 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Flashback to freezing outside for hours during Obama’s 2009 inauguration 🇺🇸🥶☕️
Reposted by Dr Karen Smit
If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.
Justice Dept. releases Trump special counsel report on Jan. 6 case
President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office next week.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.
Our family buzzard waiting for his lunch 🦅🐁
January 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our family buzzard waiting for his lunch 🦅🐁
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The best time to start a new hobby is during your writing process... according to scientists who do it 😅
January 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The best time to start a new hobby is during your writing process... according to scientists who do it 😅
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Yup, it's that time of the year again, when reporters need to find a scientist to give them a quote for their article. To save time, I've come up with this.
Calls/emails from reporters asking for a comment on last's years temperature are coming earlier than normal this year. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
January 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yup, it's that time of the year again, when reporters need to find a scientist to give them a quote for their article. To save time, I've come up with this.
Reposted by Dr Karen Smit
Beyond imagination!
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
December 21, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Beyond imagination!
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
Reposted by Dr Karen Smit
Job alert: #PhD position in Early Silicate Earth Differentiation, Geochemistry & Isotope Geology Department, Goettingen University (DE). Apply by 15 Jan. More info: www.eag.org/jobs/
December 17, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Job alert: #PhD position in Early Silicate Earth Differentiation, Geochemistry & Isotope Geology Department, Goettingen University (DE). Apply by 15 Jan. More info: www.eag.org/jobs/
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Academics finishing the semester: FINALLY I can start working on my work!
December 17, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Academics finishing the semester: FINALLY I can start working on my work!
Reposted by Dr Karen Smit
Only a few days left to apply for 2 PhD scholarships in Experimental geosciences (Experimental petrology/geochemistry, Mineral physics, Isotope cosmochemistry/geochronology or Planetary geophysics/ numerical modelling topics) to join us at #BGI in 2025!
www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/exp-geo-daad
www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/exp-geo-daad
Bayerisches Geoinstitut - Employment Opportunities
Bayerisches Geoinstitut für experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik
www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Only a few days left to apply for 2 PhD scholarships in Experimental geosciences (Experimental petrology/geochemistry, Mineral physics, Isotope cosmochemistry/geochronology or Planetary geophysics/ numerical modelling topics) to join us at #BGI in 2025!
www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/exp-geo-daad
www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/exp-geo-daad
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#FridayFold: banded iron formation from the Contorted Bed outcrop across the street from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. ⚒️
December 6, 2024 at 6:49 PM
#FridayFold: banded iron formation from the Contorted Bed outcrop across the street from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. ⚒️