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A place for #FurriesInSTEM to network! #STEMFurs #STEM

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Science Furs @scifurs.bsky.social · Jan 7
Attending @ane.boston ?

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A method to study and enhance the energy efficiency of soft electrostatic actuators | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A method to study and enhance the energy efficiency of soft electrostatic actuators | PNAS
Actuators drive robotic motion, and their energy conversion efficiency is a key performance metric that informs power consumption. Soft electrostat...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Microraptor reveals specialized gliding capabilities in multiwinged early paravians | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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How earthquakes organize stress | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Attending @getoutthefloat.com?

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February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Attending @motorcityfurrycon.org?

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#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #MCFC2026 #MCFC26
February 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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There’s also:
Macaque Crash Course
Friday February 13, 2026
3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
Hosted by @wyrarollo.bsky.social (I think?)
getoutthefloat2026.sched.com/event/2DM7U/...
Get Out The Float 2026: Macaque Crash Course
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February 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Attending @nordicfuzzcon.org?

Furscience Panel: The Good, the Bad, and The Furry
Theatre Stage Valhalla
Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 11:10-13:00 (GMT+1)
nfuzz.co/event/L8HMSY...

#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #STEM #NFC2026
Programme - NordicFuzzCon 2026
Explore the events and programme for 2026.
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February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Don't Take This Panel For Granite! (Geology)
Saturday, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Room: Panel Room 1 (Joliet)
Hosts: Coffee FenFen
motorcityfurrycon.org/schedule/pan...

#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #STEM #MCFC2026 #MCFC26
Don't Take This Panel For Granite! | Schedule | Motor City Furry Con - February 13 - 15, 2026 - Detroit, MI
motorcityfurrycon.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
scifurs.bsky.social
Furries in STEM Meetup
Friday, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Panel Room 3 (LaSalle)
Hosts: Bellamare, Blamthis
motorcityfurrycon.org/schedule/pan...

#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #STEM #MCFC2026 #MCFC26
Furries in STEM Meetup | Schedule | Motor City Furry Con - February 13 - 15, 2026 - Detroit, MI
motorcityfurrycon.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
scifurs.bsky.social
Attending @motorcityfurrycon.org?

Check out the #STEM panels!

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#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #MCFC2026 #MCFC26
February 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Astronomy: A Primer (or, So You Want to Take Pictures of Galaxies and Stuff)
Saturday February 14, 2026
10:30pm - 11:30pm PST
Hosted by @baphijmm.bsky.social
sched.co/2DM7y

#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #STEM #GetOutTheFloat2026 #GetOutTheFloat
Get Out The Float 2026: Astronomy: A Primer (or, So You Want to...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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The Science of Softness - Exploring Plasticizer, The Key Ingredient to Soft Vinyl
Friday February 13, 2026
7:30pm - 9:30pm PST
Hosted by Mesci
sched.co/2DM7j

#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #STEM #GetOutTheFloat2026 #GetOutTheFloat
Get Out The Float 2026: The Science of Softness - Exploring Plas...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Attending @getoutthefloat.com?

Check out the #STEM panels!

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#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #GetOutTheFloat2026 #GetOutTheFloat
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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My furry friend's work has been published in Nature! I even helped a tiny bit! (Only converting some file formats, but I'm counting it) 🔬📰🦓
February 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain - Nature
A mode of brain organization that connects visual and bodily reference frames may translate raw sensory impressions into more abstract formats that are useful for action, social cognition and semantic...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Dominant contribution of Asgard archaea to eukaryogenesis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dominant contribution of Asgard archaea to eukaryogenesis - Nature
A survey of the reconstructed gene set of the last eukaryotic common ancestor shows a consistent link between Asgard archaea and the origin of numerous, functionally diverse eukaryotic genes, dem...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes - Nature
Analysis of eukaryotic gene sequences using a relaxed molecular clock methodology indicate that eukaryotes emerged 3.0–2.25 billion years ago as a result of mitochondrial endosymbiosis with complex ar...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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The Ocean Equity Index
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Ocean Equity Index - Nature
The Ocean Equity Index provides a systematic, twelve-criteria framework to assess and improve equity in ocean initiatives, projects and policies, producing structured data that guide evidence-bas...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Lasing of a cavity-based X-ray source
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lasing of a cavity-based X-ray source - Nature
Lasing with multi-pass gain is achieved in a diamond-based X-ray cavity at the European XFEL, opening a path to next-generation X-ray science.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Functional motifs in food webs and networks | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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February 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Quantum benchmarking of high-fidelity noise-biased operations on a detuned Kerr-cat qubit | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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The dynamics of cooperation in asymmetric public goods games | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The dynamics of cooperation in asymmetric public goods games | PNAS
When people collaborate in groups, they routinely face collective action problems: for the group effort to succeed, individuals need to cooperate d...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Behavioral tuning of spider silk thread stiffness circumvents biomaterial trade-offs | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Behavioral tuning of spider silk thread stiffness circumvents biomaterial trade-offs | PNAS
Biological polymers often face a trade-off between stiffness, strength, and extensibility: Materials that are strong and stiff tend to be brittle, ...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:31 PM