Richard Gerber
@gerberrichard.bsky.social
Physics, astronomy, science in general, and high performance computing geek.
Must reading for my racquetball friends: pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
The ingredients for an unbeatable squash shot
In four-walled racket sports such as squash, one type of shot reigns supreme: the nick. It occurs when a player hits the 4-centimeter ball to the right-angled spot where the wall of the court meets th...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Must reading for my racquetball friends: pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
So very sad :-( U.S. abandons hunt for signal of cosmic inflation | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. abandons hunt for signal of cosmic inflation
Now-canceled CMB-S4 project would have searched the afterglow of the Big Bang for signs of cosmic exponential growth spurt
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July 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
So very sad :-( U.S. abandons hunt for signal of cosmic inflation | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/t...
At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
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June 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/t...
physics.aps.org/articles/v18... Great accomplishments by experimental teams and Lattice QCD calculations.
Muon Experiment Calls It a Wrap
The final results from the Muon g − 2 experiment agree with the latest predictions of the muon’s magnetic properties—letting down hopes that the particle would upset the standard model’s applecart.
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June 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
physics.aps.org/articles/v18... Great accomplishments by experimental teams and Lattice QCD calculations.
Science @nersc.bsky.social : Imaging Nuclear Shapes by Smashing them to Smithereens url:https://www.newswise.com/doescience/imaging-nuclear-shapes-by-smashing-them-to-smithereens2/?article_id=826415
April 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Science @nersc.bsky.social : Imaging Nuclear Shapes by Smashing them to Smithereens url:https://www.newswise.com/doescience/imaging-nuclear-shapes-by-smashing-them-to-smithereens2/?article_id=826415
Science @nersc.bsky.social A New Way to Engineer Composite Materials: The innovative polymer design combines strength with reversibility newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/03/06/a...
A new way to engineer composite materials
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March 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Science @nersc.bsky.social A New Way to Engineer Composite Materials: The innovative polymer design combines strength with reversibility newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/03/06/a...
Brilliant! Science Magazine - Assessing soil health with underpants www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
Science Magazine - Assessing soil health with underpants
We watched as the two young boys stuck their shovels in the ground and painstakingly dug up the remains of the underpants.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Brilliant! Science Magazine - Assessing soil health with underpants www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
The winner will be: whatever makes the college football athletic programs the most money: sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
College Football Playoff format for next season still in limbo as commissioners punt on making seeding changes
Playoff executives explored changes to the 2025 postseason Tuesday but came to no decision on a proposal from the Big Ten and SEC to alter the playoff seeding.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The winner will be: whatever makes the college football athletic programs the most money: sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
Ugh: Science Magazine - U.S. cuts support for IPCC report www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
Science Magazine - U.S. cuts support for IPCC report
The world’s nations convened this week in Hangzhou, China, to plan the next major international assessment of climate science—but without the United States.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ugh: Science Magazine - U.S. cuts support for IPCC report www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...
Science @NERSC: DESI uncovers 300 intermediate-mass black holes plus 2,500 active black holes in dwarf galaxies phys.org/news/2025-02...
DESI uncovers 300 intermediate-mass black holes plus 2,500 active black holes in dwarf galaxies
Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ever of dwarf galaxies that host an actively feeding black hole, as well as...
phys.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Science @NERSC: DESI uncovers 300 intermediate-mass black holes plus 2,500 active black holes in dwarf galaxies phys.org/news/2025-02...
Very cool new Einstein Ring observed: cosmosmagazine.com/space/astrop...
February 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Very cool new Einstein Ring observed: cosmosmagazine.com/space/astrop...
The Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program is now accepting applications. science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/
DOE Office of Science Graduate S... | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)
The SCGSR program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory/facility in areas that address scientific chal...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program is now accepting applications. science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr/
NIH proposes cutting overhead rate. On the other hand, once a few small states realize they will lose $100s of millions, this might not happen.
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NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage and lawsuit
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
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February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NIH proposes cutting overhead rate. On the other hand, once a few small states realize they will lose $100s of millions, this might not happen.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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DOE’s Office of Science is now Accepting Applications for Office of Science Graduate Student Research Awards content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...
DOE’s Office of Science is now Accepting Applications for Office of Science Graduate Student Research Awards
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February 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
DOE’s Office of Science is now Accepting Applications for Office of Science Graduate Student Research Awards content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...
NERSC Collaborates with PPPL to Optimize Fusion Energy via Simulation www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire...
NERSC Collaborates with PPPL to Optimize Fusion Energy via Simulation
Jan. 31, 2025 — With the help of supercomputers at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have confirmed throug...
www.hpcwire.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
NERSC Collaborates with PPPL to Optimize Fusion Energy via Simulation www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire...
A non-tradition Fusion reactor design is getting some press: spectrum.ieee.org/dipole-fusio...
A New Fusion Prototype Floats Into Action
OpenStar’s levitating dipole device ditches the traditional doughnut-shaped design
spectrum.ieee.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A non-tradition Fusion reactor design is getting some press: spectrum.ieee.org/dipole-fusio...
Not surprising, I suppose: spectrum.ieee.org/ai-safety
Leading AI Companies Get Lousy Grades on Safety
A new report from the Future of Life Institute gave mostly Ds and Fs
spectrum.ieee.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Not surprising, I suppose: spectrum.ieee.org/ai-safety
Science @nersc.bsky.social : AI Uncovers Potentially Hazardous, Forgotten Oil and Gas Wells | NVIDIA Technical Blog developer.nvidia.com/blog/ai-unco...
AI Uncovers Potentially Hazardous, Forgotten Oil and Gas Wells | NVIDIA Technical Blog
With as many as 800,000 forgotten oil and gas wells scattered across the US, researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), have developed an AI model capable of accurately locating…
developer.nvidia.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Science @nersc.bsky.social : AI Uncovers Potentially Hazardous, Forgotten Oil and Gas Wells | NVIDIA Technical Blog developer.nvidia.com/blog/ai-unco...
Science @NERSC: www.frontiersin.org/journals/phy...
Frontiers | Accelerating discoveries at DIII-D with the Integrated Research Infrastructure
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January 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Science @NERSC: www.frontiersin.org/journals/phy...