Jerome Moore
@robotnose.bsky.social
Chemist/Physicist/Materials Scientist near Chicago.
Researching new ways to measure scent, better understand the cognition of taste and smell, find pollutants and toxics, measure quality of air and foods and add olfaction to robotic systems.
Researching new ways to measure scent, better understand the cognition of taste and smell, find pollutants and toxics, measure quality of air and foods and add olfaction to robotic systems.
Focus here is on Raman and one of its only sensible use cases, when there is something in the way that is still transparent enough to measure through. Quantitation is not ideal.
How close are we to a robotic “sniffer dog” for chemical threats?
Steve Wood (Agilent) discusses through-barrier detection, Raman and SORS, AI-enhanced analysis, and the future of safer field detection.
👉 https://ow.ly/Kei950Y08E7
#ChemicalDetection #AnalyticalScience
Steve Wood (Agilent) discusses through-barrier detection, Raman and SORS, AI-enhanced analysis, and the future of safer field detection.
👉 https://ow.ly/Kei950Y08E7
#ChemicalDetection #AnalyticalScience
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Focus here is on Raman and one of its only sensible use cases, when there is something in the way that is still transparent enough to measure through. Quantitation is not ideal.
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
It's tech gibberish proselytism. EM says these things to select for overly credulous people.
What does “AI satellite factory” even mean, and why would anyone believe he could make one on the moon.
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
It's tech gibberish proselytism. EM says these things to select for overly credulous people.
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I used to tell people, this is job one. If you don't get reviewers excited, nothing else you do or say will matter.
(Let's pretend we're in the normal times for a second)
I have had a few discussions with scientists over the last few weeks that have gotten me to solidify a problem I am going to call "failure to generate enthusiasm." Grant reviewing is an emotional exercise and sometimes scientists forget that.
I have had a few discussions with scientists over the last few weeks that have gotten me to solidify a problem I am going to call "failure to generate enthusiasm." Grant reviewing is an emotional exercise and sometimes scientists forget that.
February 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I used to tell people, this is job one. If you don't get reviewers excited, nothing else you do or say will matter.
There are unavoidable business fundamentals to getting a company off the ground. The linked article comes from a SaaS or platform angle, where I think people can more easily imagine they have something scalable for profit. For hardware we're always thinking about this stuff.
For startups, it’s not that “the idea doesn’t matter,” of course it does.
The point is that the idea is not 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, and that all the rest of it is 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, so it’s useful to focus on those other things.
Specifically:
The point is that the idea is not 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, and that all the rest of it is 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, so it’s useful to focus on those other things.
Specifically:
Excuse me, is there a problem?
Many startups fail despite identifying a real problem and building a product that solves that problem. This explains why, so you can avoid their fate.
longform.asmartbear.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:51 PM
There are unavoidable business fundamentals to getting a company off the ground. The linked article comes from a SaaS or platform angle, where I think people can more easily imagine they have something scalable for profit. For hardware we're always thinking about this stuff.
One of my areas of expertise is vacuum. I read the white paper on Hyperloop in 2013, and immediately wondered why something so wildly flawed (and not new) was being promoted so hard.
But this is a whole new level of ignoring reality. This is just a bad excuse for SpaceX to do more launches.
But this is a whole new level of ignoring reality. This is just a bad excuse for SpaceX to do more launches.
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
One of my areas of expertise is vacuum. I read the white paper on Hyperloop in 2013, and immediately wondered why something so wildly flawed (and not new) was being promoted so hard.
But this is a whole new level of ignoring reality. This is just a bad excuse for SpaceX to do more launches.
But this is a whole new level of ignoring reality. This is just a bad excuse for SpaceX to do more launches.
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Finally, mathematical modeling suggests the under-representation of women in a given field is the combined result of bias and self-segregation, and is unlikely to fully diminish without active intervention 🧪
"Just wait for the next generation" won't fix it
pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/arti...
"Just wait for the next generation" won't fix it
pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/arti...
Mathematical model of gender bias and homophily in professional hierarchies
Women have become better represented in business, academia, and government over time, yet a dearth of women at the highest levels of leadership remains. Sociolo
pubs.aip.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Finally, mathematical modeling suggests the under-representation of women in a given field is the combined result of bias and self-segregation, and is unlikely to fully diminish without active intervention 🧪
"Just wait for the next generation" won't fix it
pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/arti...
"Just wait for the next generation" won't fix it
pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/arti...
See thread for rest of home, but it's incredible. Also why don't more drawings show the profile like this one? Would be much easier to tell what a place feels like.
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
See thread for rest of home, but it's incredible. Also why don't more drawings show the profile like this one? Would be much easier to tell what a place feels like.
Diet and exercise always seem to have a tenuous relationship to body weight. Best to not obsess over your scale. But do exercise!
When we exercise more 🏃♀️ our bodies save energy in other ways - and if we eat less at the same time this can complete cancel out the energy spent exercising 🧪
Exercise has many other benefits, of c.
www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/
Exercise has many other benefits, of c.
www.newscientist.com/article/2514600-why-exercise-isnt-much-help-if-you-are-trying-to-lose-weight/
Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight
When we exercise more, our bodies may compensate by using less energy for other things – especially if we eat less too
www.newscientist.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Diet and exercise always seem to have a tenuous relationship to body weight. Best to not obsess over your scale. But do exercise!
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Max Ernst :
Young Man Intrigued by the Flight of a Non-Euclidean Fly, 1942-47
Oil and enamel on canvas
82 x 66 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany
Further description in the alt text 👇
Young Man Intrigued by the Flight of a Non-Euclidean Fly, 1942-47
Oil and enamel on canvas
82 x 66 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany
Further description in the alt text 👇
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Max Ernst :
Young Man Intrigued by the Flight of a Non-Euclidean Fly, 1942-47
Oil and enamel on canvas
82 x 66 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany
Further description in the alt text 👇
Young Man Intrigued by the Flight of a Non-Euclidean Fly, 1942-47
Oil and enamel on canvas
82 x 66 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany
Further description in the alt text 👇
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A passive vacuum pump that uses 3D-printed surfaces to better absorb gas molecules has been unveiled by researchers in the UK. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/9RUr50Y9SI9
Pockets and pillars capture ricocheting molecules in vacuum pump – Physics World
Passive system could give quantum sensors a boost
ow.ly
February 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
A passive vacuum pump that uses 3D-printed surfaces to better absorb gas molecules has been unveiled by researchers in the UK. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/9RUr50Y9SI9
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Human Nose Can Detect a Trillion Smells
New analysis blows previous estimates away
www.science.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Every day, people can't not die in freak gasoline fight accidents.
I am obsessed with the story of the first times people wanted to build gas stations in cities
"yeah so I want to put this extremely flammable toxic liquid in the middle of the city and also I want non-specialists to handle it all day long"
city planners at the time were like "...excuse me?"
"yeah so I want to put this extremely flammable toxic liquid in the middle of the city and also I want non-specialists to handle it all day long"
city planners at the time were like "...excuse me?"
February 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Every day, people can't not die in freak gasoline fight accidents.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Please share - multiple summer 2026 in-person undergrad internship opportunities at @pewresearch.org!
- religion
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- social trends
- data journalism
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- news
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- admin
- race
- science
- methods
- politics
Apply soon!
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Fun simulation with wave visualizations of many common phenomena, especially optical:
www.falstad.com/ripple/
www.falstad.com/ripple/
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Fun simulation with wave visualizations of many common phenomena, especially optical:
www.falstad.com/ripple/
www.falstad.com/ripple/
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When you think of robots, what comes to mind?
@gatechengineers.bsky.social professor W. Hong Yeo flips the script on robotics, envisioning a soft helping hand made up of muscles that think and materials that feel.
Read more | 📖 neuro.gatech.edu/georgia-tech...
@gatechengineers.bsky.social professor W. Hong Yeo flips the script on robotics, envisioning a soft helping hand made up of muscles that think and materials that feel.
Read more | 📖 neuro.gatech.edu/georgia-tech...
Georgia Tech’s Soft Robotics Flips the Script on ‘The Terminator’ | Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society
neuro.gatech.edu
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
When you think of robots, what comes to mind?
@gatechengineers.bsky.social professor W. Hong Yeo flips the script on robotics, envisioning a soft helping hand made up of muscles that think and materials that feel.
Read more | 📖 neuro.gatech.edu/georgia-tech...
@gatechengineers.bsky.social professor W. Hong Yeo flips the script on robotics, envisioning a soft helping hand made up of muscles that think and materials that feel.
Read more | 📖 neuro.gatech.edu/georgia-tech...
Nice puzzle on a useful topic for many scientists.
In this week’s Fourier Optics course we shall be looking at diffraction from 2D apertures, with arrays of identical structures.
A quiz to test your understanding of the array theorem. Can you match the apertures to their Fraunhofer diffraction patterns?
🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics 💡 #iTeachPhysics 🎢
A quiz to test your understanding of the array theorem. Can you match the apertures to their Fraunhofer diffraction patterns?
🧪 #physics ⚛️ #optics 💡 #iTeachPhysics 🎢
February 3, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Nice puzzle on a useful topic for many scientists.
"Ground-level air monitors are limited and unevenly distributed."
Yeah. We need more. A lot more. Everywhere. Air composition maps should be as common as weather maps.
Yeah. We need more. A lot more. Everywhere. Air composition maps should be as common as weather maps.
Peer-reviewed evidence that EVs reduce air pollution at regional scale in CA. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 electrek.co/2026/01/26/e...
EVs promised cleaner air. Satellites say it’s finally happening.
Satellite data shows California neighborhoods with more EVs are already seeing measurable drops in air pollution.
electrek.co
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"Ground-level air monitors are limited and unevenly distributed."
Yeah. We need more. A lot more. Everywhere. Air composition maps should be as common as weather maps.
Yeah. We need more. A lot more. Everywhere. Air composition maps should be as common as weather maps.
Smell is the most underrated sense in humans.
FYI: Humans Can Detect Over One Million Odors, Yet Use Only a Fraction in Daily Life #Olfaction #WineTasting #Memory #ForensicScience #SensoryExperience
Humans Can Detect Over One Million Odors, Yet Use Only a Fraction in Daily Life
Smell shapes wine tasting, memory, emotion and even forensic identification, revealing its underestimated impact on our everyday experiences
www.vinetur.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Smell is the most underrated sense in humans.
Good thread summarizing 2025 people cuts across the NASA system. Worse than the federal cuts alone.
But what about the contractors?
In many centers, they make up 2/3 of the total workforce—especially in the Earth Science Division.
These workers have zero protections: no severance and none of the RIF rules that federal employees enjoy.
Contractors are lucky if they get 3 months' notice.
2/5
In many centers, they make up 2/3 of the total workforce—especially in the Earth Science Division.
These workers have zero protections: no severance and none of the RIF rules that federal employees enjoy.
Contractors are lucky if they get 3 months' notice.
2/5
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Good thread summarizing 2025 people cuts across the NASA system. Worse than the federal cuts alone.
Idk but as a dark chocolate lover this sounds wrong. About a quarter of people are purported to be supertasters, yet milk choc is preferred by a majority of people.
It's National Dark Chocolate Day! 🍫
Love it or hate it? Genetics might decide. "Supertasters" have more taste buds and heightened bitter sensitivity making dark chocolate taste overwhelmingly bitter. The rest of us? We can enjoy the complexity.
#NationalDarkChocolateDay!! #AChemS
Love it or hate it? Genetics might decide. "Supertasters" have more taste buds and heightened bitter sensitivity making dark chocolate taste overwhelmingly bitter. The rest of us? We can enjoy the complexity.
#NationalDarkChocolateDay!! #AChemS
February 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Idk but as a dark chocolate lover this sounds wrong. About a quarter of people are purported to be supertasters, yet milk choc is preferred by a majority of people.
So much information in this one pic.
Sol 1760: Right Mastcam-Z Camera, acquired at 11:51:11.866 (local mean solar time), image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
February 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
So much information in this one pic.
Tell me five classes you took in college.
Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Independent Research + Seminar
Assembly Language
Electricity and Magnetism
Instrumental Analysis
Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Independent Research + Seminar
Assembly Language
Electricity and Magnetism
Instrumental Analysis
Tell me five classes you took in college.
Molecular Biology of HIV
History of the Civil War
Organic Chemistry (2.5X, lol)
Science Writing
Physical Chemistry (woof)
Molecular Biology of HIV
History of the Civil War
Organic Chemistry (2.5X, lol)
Science Writing
Physical Chemistry (woof)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
February 1, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college.
Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Independent Research + Seminar
Assembly Language
Electricity and Magnetism
Instrumental Analysis
Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Independent Research + Seminar
Assembly Language
Electricity and Magnetism
Instrumental Analysis
This seems like a fine idea, with a narrow exception for people allergic to what is in the air on a given day and need the relief filtered air gives.
CO2 levels rise when we're home. Not to dangerous levels, but it is an indication that the outside air intake is low.
CO2 levels rise when we're home. Not to dangerous levels, but it is an indication that the outside air intake is low.
'In the last few weeks, an unfamiliar German term may have surfaced on your social media feeds. “Lüften” roughly translates to “ventilate” or “airing out” and involves just that — opening windows in your home once or twice a day, regardless of the outside temperature, to eliminate stale air.' /1
Should We All Be ‘House Burping’?
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This seems like a fine idea, with a narrow exception for people allergic to what is in the air on a given day and need the relief filtered air gives.
CO2 levels rise when we're home. Not to dangerous levels, but it is an indication that the outside air intake is low.
CO2 levels rise when we're home. Not to dangerous levels, but it is an indication that the outside air intake is low.