Max Schemmer
@maxschemmer.bsky.social
A physicist playing with ultracold atoms and molecules in Firenze (CNR-INO). Previously: @HumboldtUni & @InstitutOptique
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Max Schemmer
@maxschemmer.bsky.social
· Nov 26
As a brand new lab, we are particular proud to share pictures from our first visitor Prof. Luis Orozco from @univofmaryland.bsky.social
Thank you, Luis for the great discussions!
#🔆-⚛️ interaction #QuantumPhysics #CavityQED
@lensqgases.bsky.social
Thank you, Luis for the great discussions!
#🔆-⚛️ interaction #QuantumPhysics #CavityQED
@lensqgases.bsky.social
Our Lab is online with its first post in the Bluesky 👏🥳, so excited!
Follow us, if you want to stayed tune with the latest news on our dance between photons and atoms.
Follow us, if you want to stayed tune with the latest news on our dance between photons and atoms.
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read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000
February 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM
read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000
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What would really be the implications of taking Santa Claus seriously?
It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus
1/12
It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus
1/12
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
What would really be the implications of taking Santa Claus seriously?
It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus
1/12
It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus
1/12
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
Interesting online colloquium: Nobel laureates Alain Aspect and William D. Phillips will share their insights on the latest quantum breakthroughs and their implications for science and society.
Date: 15 December
More info & registration: iupap.org/2025/11/17/5...
#QuantumScience
Date: 15 December
More info & registration: iupap.org/2025/11/17/5...
#QuantumScience
IUPAP–UNESCO Colloquia: Fifth Webinar with Nobel Laureates Aspect & Phillips - IUPAP: The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and UNESCO are proud to present the fifth and final session of the year in the Physics for Society online colloquia series , an inspiring in...
iupap.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Interesting online colloquium: Nobel laureates Alain Aspect and William D. Phillips will share their insights on the latest quantum breakthroughs and their implications for science and society.
Date: 15 December
More info & registration: iupap.org/2025/11/17/5...
#QuantumScience
Date: 15 December
More info & registration: iupap.org/2025/11/17/5...
#QuantumScience
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Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor? | Arwa Mahdawi
Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor? | Arwa Mahdawi
A viral essay has caused outrage in the US with its argument that the poverty line for a family of four is now $136,500. But is this so wrong, asks Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor? | Arwa Mahdawi
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Ich glaube, wir Männer müssen viel lauter gegen diesen Wahnsinn von Andrew-Tate-Toxizität und Tradwife-Backlash auftreten. Die Fortschritte, die Feministinnen - auch für uns Männer! - erkämpft haben, dürfen wir uns nicht wegnehmen lassen. Was sind das für verrückte Zeiten.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Ich glaube, wir Männer müssen viel lauter gegen diesen Wahnsinn von Andrew-Tate-Toxizität und Tradwife-Backlash auftreten. Die Fortschritte, die Feministinnen - auch für uns Männer! - erkämpft haben, dürfen wir uns nicht wegnehmen lassen. Was sind das für verrückte Zeiten.
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5 Jahre #95vsWissZeitVG! 🎉 Für @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & mich 1 Anlass, Euch DANKE zu sagen, liebe Community: für Ausdauer, Engagement & Solidarität! Nur: Wie? Noch 1 gemeinsamer Text? Nein! Dem Anlass angemessen gibt‘s was ganz Neues: 1 gemeinsames Lied für Euch! #IchBinHanna 🎶
5 Jahre #95vsWissZeitVG: Unser Dank an die Community! #IchBinHanna #WissZeitVG
YouTube video by Amrei Bahr
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
5 Jahre #95vsWissZeitVG! 🎉 Für @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & mich 1 Anlass, Euch DANKE zu sagen, liebe Community: für Ausdauer, Engagement & Solidarität! Nur: Wie? Noch 1 gemeinsamer Text? Nein! Dem Anlass angemessen gibt‘s was ganz Neues: 1 gemeinsames Lied für Euch! #IchBinHanna 🎶
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Im Barbarastollen bei Freiburg lagert Deutschlands kulturelles Langzeitgedächtnis. Das 50 Jahre alte Mikrofilm-Archiv schützt Milliarden Dokumente. #Missing Link
Missing Link: Das Langzeitgedächtnis der Republik wird 50 Jahre alt
Im Barbarastollen bei Freiburg lagert Deutschlands kulturelles Langzeitgedächtnis. Das 50 Jahre alte Mikrofilm-Archiv schützt Milliarden Dokumente.
www.heise.de
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Im Barbarastollen bei Freiburg lagert Deutschlands kulturelles Langzeitgedächtnis. Das 50 Jahre alte Mikrofilm-Archiv schützt Milliarden Dokumente. #Missing Link
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🚨The 2025 #NobelPrize for Physics goes to John Clark, Michel Devoret & John Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantization in an electric circuit”. More details soon... ⚛️🧪
physicsworld.com/a/john-clark...
physicsworld.com/a/john-clark...
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis win the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics – Physics World
Trio honoured for their work on quantum tunnelling
physicsworld.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨The 2025 #NobelPrize for Physics goes to John Clark, Michel Devoret & John Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantization in an electric circuit”. More details soon... ⚛️🧪
physicsworld.com/a/john-clark...
physicsworld.com/a/john-clark...
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After 88Sr, we have now also written a manuscript on 171Yb:
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04416
We hope it is useful and welcome feedback and comments on how we can improve it.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04416
We hope it is useful and welcome feedback and comments on how we can improve it.
September 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
After 88Sr, we have now also written a manuscript on 171Yb:
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04416
We hope it is useful and welcome feedback and comments on how we can improve it.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04416
We hope it is useful and welcome feedback and comments on how we can improve it.
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"40h pro Woche arbeiten. Das ist doch weniger als ein Viertel! Da geht doch mehr!"
Man hört das Argument von Wirtschaftstreibenden, jetzt auch vom deutschen Kanzler. Das Missverständnis dahinter: Viel arbeiten ist in erster Linie ein Privileg - das für viele einfach außer Reichweite liegt (Thread)
Man hört das Argument von Wirtschaftstreibenden, jetzt auch vom deutschen Kanzler. Das Missverständnis dahinter: Viel arbeiten ist in erster Linie ein Privileg - das für viele einfach außer Reichweite liegt (Thread)
September 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"40h pro Woche arbeiten. Das ist doch weniger als ein Viertel! Da geht doch mehr!"
Man hört das Argument von Wirtschaftstreibenden, jetzt auch vom deutschen Kanzler. Das Missverständnis dahinter: Viel arbeiten ist in erster Linie ein Privileg - das für viele einfach außer Reichweite liegt (Thread)
Man hört das Argument von Wirtschaftstreibenden, jetzt auch vom deutschen Kanzler. Das Missverständnis dahinter: Viel arbeiten ist in erster Linie ein Privileg - das für viele einfach außer Reichweite liegt (Thread)
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Our reference can now also be found on the Steck website: steck.us/alkalidata/
July 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our reference can now also be found on the Steck website: steck.us/alkalidata/
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Es geschieht etwas Unerhörtes in Paris. Etwas, das die Dummheit beleidigt und der Hoffnung wieder Stimme verleiht. Während die Städte dieser Welt – fiebrig, zubetoniert, vom Autolärm narkotisiert – wie glühende Mahnmale des Versagens in der Hitze stöhnen, beginnt Paris zu atmen. 1/
July 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Es geschieht etwas Unerhörtes in Paris. Etwas, das die Dummheit beleidigt und der Hoffnung wieder Stimme verleiht. Während die Städte dieser Welt – fiebrig, zubetoniert, vom Autolärm narkotisiert – wie glühende Mahnmale des Versagens in der Hitze stöhnen, beginnt Paris zu atmen. 1/
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Who's Hiring Physics PhD's by @aip.bsky.social
One thing that really stood out to me: only 12% went into academia. ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky
One thing that really stood out to me: only 12% went into academia. ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky
Who's Hiring Physics PhDs
www.aip.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who's Hiring Physics PhD's by @aip.bsky.social
One thing that really stood out to me: only 12% went into academia. ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky
One thing that really stood out to me: only 12% went into academia. ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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...and the winner of this year's Dance Your PhD competition in the Physics and AI/quantum category is Arfor Houwman from University of Innsbruck with “Collective Phenomena in Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases”!
🎶 Arfor Houwman from @ferlainogroup.bsky.social turned his research topic into a music video and won the international "Dance Your PhD" competition in the categories of physics and AI/quantum physics! 🏆🕺 Congratulation! 🎶
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPry...
#DanceYourPhD #Science #QuantumPhysics
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPry...
#DanceYourPhD #Science #QuantumPhysics
Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms | Dance Your PhD 2025 [Physics & AI/Quantum Winner]
YouTube video by Arfor Houwman
www.youtube.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
...and the winner of this year's Dance Your PhD competition in the Physics and AI/quantum category is Arfor Houwman from University of Innsbruck with “Collective Phenomena in Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases”!
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Nope, looking side-by-side photos of the same object from the Hubble and the James Webb space telescopes will never stop being cool. Take this photo of Messier 104 ("The Sombrero Galaxy") - amazing in both optics. 🧪
April 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Nope, looking side-by-side photos of the same object from the Hubble and the James Webb space telescopes will never stop being cool. Take this photo of Messier 104 ("The Sombrero Galaxy") - amazing in both optics. 🧪
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Elternschaft & Wissenschaft:
Frust:
1) Die mittlere Verwaltungsebene, die Elternzeit als Gnadenakt behandelt & droht , den befristeten Vertrag nicht zu verlängern.
2) Kollegen, die glauben, dass man in Elternzeit ungestört publiziert, weil die Partnerin betreut, weil dies sei gottgewollte Ordnung.
Frust:
1) Die mittlere Verwaltungsebene, die Elternzeit als Gnadenakt behandelt & droht , den befristeten Vertrag nicht zu verlängern.
2) Kollegen, die glauben, dass man in Elternzeit ungestört publiziert, weil die Partnerin betreut, weil dies sei gottgewollte Ordnung.
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Elternschaft & Wissenschaft:
Frust:
1) Die mittlere Verwaltungsebene, die Elternzeit als Gnadenakt behandelt & droht , den befristeten Vertrag nicht zu verlängern.
2) Kollegen, die glauben, dass man in Elternzeit ungestört publiziert, weil die Partnerin betreut, weil dies sei gottgewollte Ordnung.
Frust:
1) Die mittlere Verwaltungsebene, die Elternzeit als Gnadenakt behandelt & droht , den befristeten Vertrag nicht zu verlängern.
2) Kollegen, die glauben, dass man in Elternzeit ungestört publiziert, weil die Partnerin betreut, weil dies sei gottgewollte Ordnung.
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If you're based in the US, be careful to not accidentally say that a qudit system is non-binary.
April 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If you're based in the US, be careful to not accidentally say that a qudit system is non-binary.
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Britische Fahrradaktivisten haben einen unerwarteten Verbündeten gefunden: Einer der prominentesten Vertreter der Autokultur, James May, rät zum Radeln und sagt: »Die Welt soll den Menschen gehören, nicht den Maschinen.«
Top Gear: James May äußert sich gegen Autos in London
Britische Fahrradaktivisten haben einen unerwarteten Verbündeten gefunden: Einer der prominentesten Vertreter der Autokultur, James May, rät zum Radeln und sagt: »Die Welt soll den Menschen gehören, nicht den Maschinen.«
www.spiegel.de
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Britische Fahrradaktivisten haben einen unerwarteten Verbündeten gefunden: Einer der prominentesten Vertreter der Autokultur, James May, rät zum Radeln und sagt: »Die Welt soll den Menschen gehören, nicht den Maschinen.«
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Innsbruck is hosting YAO!!!! Are you not yet registered? Hurry up :-) list of speakers AMAZInG! Honestly, YAO is one of the best event the Atomic Physics community has ever created for PhD Students! @yao2025.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Innsbruck is hosting YAO!!!! Are you not yet registered? Hurry up :-) list of speakers AMAZInG! Honestly, YAO is one of the best event the Atomic Physics community has ever created for PhD Students! @yao2025.bsky.social
🔹 Submission Deadline Approaching – FisMat 2025 Workshop in Venice 🔹
I’m organizing "Light-Matter Systems: From Dissipative to Collective Effects" at FisMat 2025, together with Daniele De Bernardis, Giuliano Chiriacò, and Gian Marcello Andolina.
(1/4)
I’m organizing "Light-Matter Systems: From Dissipative to Collective Effects" at FisMat 2025, together with Daniele De Bernardis, Giuliano Chiriacò, and Gian Marcello Andolina.
(1/4)
March 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🔹 Submission Deadline Approaching – FisMat 2025 Workshop in Venice 🔹
I’m organizing "Light-Matter Systems: From Dissipative to Collective Effects" at FisMat 2025, together with Daniele De Bernardis, Giuliano Chiriacò, and Gian Marcello Andolina.
(1/4)
I’m organizing "Light-Matter Systems: From Dissipative to Collective Effects" at FisMat 2025, together with Daniele De Bernardis, Giuliano Chiriacò, and Gian Marcello Andolina.
(1/4)
Integrated Photonics for neutral atom, ion and nanoparticle trapping
At @optica.org Integrated Photonics & Optical Cooling and Trapping Technical Group, we organize a webinar series on leveraging integrated nanophotonic circuits for trapping and manipulating neutral atoms, ions, and nanoparticles.
At @optica.org Integrated Photonics & Optical Cooling and Trapping Technical Group, we organize a webinar series on leveraging integrated nanophotonic circuits for trapping and manipulating neutral atoms, ions, and nanoparticles.
March 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Integrated Photonics for neutral atom, ion and nanoparticle trapping
At @optica.org Integrated Photonics & Optical Cooling and Trapping Technical Group, we organize a webinar series on leveraging integrated nanophotonic circuits for trapping and manipulating neutral atoms, ions, and nanoparticles.
At @optica.org Integrated Photonics & Optical Cooling and Trapping Technical Group, we organize a webinar series on leveraging integrated nanophotonic circuits for trapping and manipulating neutral atoms, ions, and nanoparticles.
Why don’t we propose Canada joining the EU, or the European economic area
I understand it is geographically not obvious, but culturally it could very much fit.
Yes there are problems in Europe, but none is on the level of: I bully my neighbour into joining my country
@ec.europa.eu @politico.eu
I understand it is geographically not obvious, but culturally it could very much fit.
Yes there are problems in Europe, but none is on the level of: I bully my neighbour into joining my country
@ec.europa.eu @politico.eu
March 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Why don’t we propose Canada joining the EU, or the European economic area
I understand it is geographically not obvious, but culturally it could very much fit.
Yes there are problems in Europe, but none is on the level of: I bully my neighbour into joining my country
@ec.europa.eu @politico.eu
I understand it is geographically not obvious, but culturally it could very much fit.
Yes there are problems in Europe, but none is on the level of: I bully my neighbour into joining my country
@ec.europa.eu @politico.eu
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In Piazza per l’Europa. In Rom versammeln sich Tausende zu einer Pro-Europa-Demo, zu der der Schriftsteller Miche Serra aufgerufen hat.
March 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In Piazza per l’Europa. In Rom versammeln sich Tausende zu einer Pro-Europa-Demo, zu der der Schriftsteller Miche Serra aufgerufen hat.