Theo J. Mertzimekis, PhD
@tmertzi.bsky.social
Radioactive cats have 14 half-lives. All views personal.
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A 1947 French Film Accurately Predicted Our 21st-Century Addiction to Smartphones
A 1947 French Film Accurately Predicted Our 21st-Century Addiction to Smartphones
When we watch a movie from, say, twenty years ago, it strikes us that both nothing and everything has changed. Apart from their slightly baggier clothes, the people look the same as us. But where are ...
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May 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A 1947 French Film Accurately Predicted Our 21st-Century Addiction to Smartphones
Just applied for verification on Bsky and you can do too
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A New Form of Verification on Bluesky - Bluesky
We’re introducing a new layer of verification — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. Additionally, independent organizations can verify accounts directly through our Trusted Verifiers feat...
bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Just applied for verification on Bsky and you can do too
Navigate to this blog post, the bottom part has the link to the form.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Navigate to this blog post, the bottom part has the link to the form.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is true for every country in the world suffering brain drain. We can see the effects being strong in Greece after 10+ years of economic crisis. #AcademicSky
This is true for every country in the world suffering brain drain. We can see the effects being strong in Greece after 10+ years of economic crisis. #AcademicSky
A brain drain would impoverish the United States and diminish world science
Europe is advertising itself as a destination for embattled US scientists. It seems many are considering leaving.
www.nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is true for every country in the world suffering brain drain. We can see the effects being strong in Greece after 10+ years of economic crisis. #AcademicSky
This is true for every country in the world suffering brain drain. We can see the effects being strong in Greece after 10+ years of economic crisis. #AcademicSky
🧪⚛️In full alignment with my PhD's very recent work. Just out
arxiv.org/abs/2504.023...
arxiv.org/abs/2504.023...
Mapped interacting boson model for nuclear structure studies
The present status of the mapped interacting boson model studies on nuclear structure is reviewed. With the assumption that the nuclear surface deformation induced by the multi-nucleon dynamics is sim...
arxiv.org
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🧪⚛️In full alignment with my PhD's very recent work. Just out
arxiv.org/abs/2504.023...
arxiv.org/abs/2504.023...
So, today was another end-of-an-era moment for me. I have shutdown my Skype presence, erased my account and dropped my petty balance. A journey that started 22 years ago for me gets to an end. The bittersweet feeling is about all the memories Skype helped creating for me that are not digital zeros.
April 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So, today was another end-of-an-era moment for me. I have shutdown my Skype presence, erased my account and dropped my petty balance. A journey that started 22 years ago for me gets to an end. The bittersweet feeling is about all the memories Skype helped creating for me that are not digital zeros.
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French 🇫🇷 ministry to scientists traveling abroad (read 🇺🇸):
Do not to leave with your usual equipment. Use an unmarked computer containing only required and no sensitive data. In the event of a seizure, even temporary, of computer or communication device, you should alert the French Consulate.
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Do not to leave with your usual equipment. Use an unmarked computer containing only required and no sensitive data. In the event of a seizure, even temporary, of computer or communication device, you should alert the French Consulate.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
French 🇫🇷 ministry to scientists traveling abroad (read 🇺🇸):
Do not to leave with your usual equipment. Use an unmarked computer containing only required and no sensitive data. In the event of a seizure, even temporary, of computer or communication device, you should alert the French Consulate.
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Do not to leave with your usual equipment. Use an unmarked computer containing only required and no sensitive data. In the event of a seizure, even temporary, of computer or communication device, you should alert the French Consulate.
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🧪April Fools
www.sciencealert.com/huge-56-mile...
www.sciencealert.com/huge-56-mile...
Huge 56-Mile Particle Smasher Is Possible, Says CERN Report
Europe's CERN laboratory said on Monday that a detailed analysis revealed no technical obstacles to building the world's biggest particle collider, even as critics took issue with the "pharaonic" $17-...
www.sciencealert.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🧪April Fools
www.sciencealert.com/huge-56-mile...
www.sciencealert.com/huge-56-mile...
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Stand up.
Today I join with >1900 members of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine signing this letter, as individuals, decrying the assault on #science by the GOP and Trump administration.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Today I join with >1900 members of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine signing this letter, as individuals, decrying the assault on #science by the GOP and Trump administration.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Public Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All Citizens
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr...
docs.google.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Happy birthday to the name "Big Bang.” Fred Hoyle, defending his steady state theory on the BBC, accidentally coined the term for the prevailing model of the early Universe #OTD in 1949. He was criticizing "the hypothesis that all matter of the universe was created in one big bang." 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 💥
March 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy birthday to the name "Big Bang.” Fred Hoyle, defending his steady state theory on the BBC, accidentally coined the term for the prevailing model of the early Universe #OTD in 1949. He was criticizing "the hypothesis that all matter of the universe was created in one big bang." 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 💥
🧪📐Expected vibroacoustic behaviour of Greek Doric-style temples and its relation with geometrical physics design as part of the intangible cultural heritage
arxiv.org/abs/2503.16490
arxiv.org/abs/2503.16490
Expected vibroacoustic behaviour of Greek Doric-style temples and its relation with geometrical physics design as part of the intangible cultural heritage
This study proposes a new approach to the interpretation of Greek Doric-style temples, based on the integration of its tangible and intangible dimensions as a cultural heritage asset. Rooted on the Gr...
arxiv.org
March 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🧪📐Expected vibroacoustic behaviour of Greek Doric-style temples and its relation with geometrical physics design as part of the intangible cultural heritage
arxiv.org/abs/2503.16490
arxiv.org/abs/2503.16490
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The atomic spectral lines in this app come from the NIST atomic spectroscopy group, which has provided the world with spectroscopic measurements for 120 years.
Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪
Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪
Tired of wondering which atomic lines are in your spectra? You need:
*whose line is it anyway?* An interactive tool for identifying atomic spectral lines. 🧪🔭 #stars
install:
pip install whoseline
source:
github.com/bmorris3/who...
*whose line is it anyway?* An interactive tool for identifying atomic spectral lines. 🧪🔭 #stars
install:
pip install whoseline
source:
github.com/bmorris3/who...
March 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The atomic spectral lines in this app come from the NIST atomic spectroscopy group, which has provided the world with spectroscopic measurements for 120 years.
Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪
Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪
If you need to delete your tweets (just did), here is the FREE way to do it. I used it on Brave browser, works also on Chrome.
github.com/lucahammer/t...
github.com/lucahammer/t...
GitHub - lucahammer/tweetXer: Delete all your Tweets for free
Delete all your Tweets for free. Contribute to lucahammer/tweetXer development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you need to delete your tweets (just did), here is the FREE way to do it. I used it on Brave browser, works also on Chrome.
github.com/lucahammer/t...
github.com/lucahammer/t...
Δεν υπάρχει καμία αμφιβολία, είμαστε χώρα Ταλιμπάν
March 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Δεν υπάρχει καμία αμφιβολία, είμαστε χώρα Ταλιμπάν
🧪⚛️https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-reason-solidity-matter/
March 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🧪⚛️https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-reason-solidity-matter/
As created by Christina Pagel of University College London
source: christinapagel.substack.com/p/so-this-is...
source: christinapagel.substack.com/p/so-this-is...
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
As created by Christina Pagel of University College London
source: christinapagel.substack.com/p/so-this-is...
source: christinapagel.substack.com/p/so-this-is...
Reposted by Theo J. Mertzimekis, PhD
Το παρακάτω διάγραμμα συνοψίζει την εξέλιξη της σεισμικής δραστηριότητας κοντά στη Σαντορίνη.
February 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Το παρακάτω διάγραμμα συνοψίζει την εξέλιξη της σεισμικής δραστηριότητας κοντά στη Σαντορίνη.
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For the #PrinterSolstice2425 prompt lead, the woman who figured out why lead is particularly stable & 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize for #physics: German-American theoretical physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972). 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬🎢 #histsci As the series of increasingly large atomic nuclei grows with 🧵
February 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Very happy my PhD student’s work has been published OA today. In the paper, we summarize the effort to simulate and characterize a novel γ-ray spectrometer designed and constructed to operate in the depths of the ocean. If you think it’s easy, I can assure you it’s not.
doi.org/10.1140/epjs...
doi.org/10.1140/epjs...
Simulating the response of a HPGe-based spectrometer for in situ, long-term operation near the seabed - The European Physical Journal Special Topics
A novel underwater $$\gamma$$ γ -spectrometer, equipped with a HPGe crystal and utilizing electromechanical cooling, is introduced, and results from detailed Monte Carlo simulations are presented. The...
doi.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Very happy my PhD student’s work has been published OA today. In the paper, we summarize the effort to simulate and characterize a novel γ-ray spectrometer designed and constructed to operate in the depths of the ocean. If you think it’s easy, I can assure you it’s not.
doi.org/10.1140/epjs...
doi.org/10.1140/epjs...
🧪⚛️A plunger device used to measure nuclear half lives. This one is installed in the center of the RoSPHERE array at IFIN-HH.
January 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🧪⚛️A plunger device used to measure nuclear half lives. This one is installed in the center of the RoSPHERE array at IFIN-HH.
🧪If you are interested in spending a nice evening with tea and books, here is the perfect reading: What is life? By E. Schroedinger.
A real treasure
archive.org/details/What...
A real treasure
archive.org/details/What...
WHAT IS LIFE? - ERWIN SCHRODINGER : ERWIN SCHRODINGER : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
WHAT IS LIFE? - ERWIN SCHRODINGER
archive.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🧪If you are interested in spending a nice evening with tea and books, here is the perfect reading: What is life? By E. Schroedinger.
A real treasure
archive.org/details/What...
A real treasure
archive.org/details/What...
🧪Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
doi.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🧪Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...