Andrea Idini
@nuclearidini.bsky.social
Nuclear physicist, teacher, explorer of the north, European dream believer.
Modeling quantum stuff with supercomputers and having fun @LundUniversity, Sweden.
Modeling quantum stuff with supercomputers and having fun @LundUniversity, Sweden.
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We just published a new paper about a totally new method to compute neutron scattering.
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
Reposted by Andrea Idini
We just published a new paper about a totally new method to compute neutron scattering.
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We just published a new paper about a totally new method to compute neutron scattering.
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
We just published a new paper about a totally new method to compute neutron scattering.
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We just published a new paper about a totally new method to compute neutron scattering.
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
The problem is deceptively simple: what happens when you throw a neutron against an atomic nucleus? If we throw many neutrons, how many will bounce off without exchanging energy?
(1/9)
#academicsky #physics
🎉I've hit forty a couple of weeks ago.
Professionally, I didn’t meet any of the goals I once set for this age.
Personally, I’ve been blessed with an amazing wife and a perfect boy who just turned one.
...and a lot of friends that remember my birthday.
Thank you for all the good wishes!
Professionally, I didn’t meet any of the goals I once set for this age.
Personally, I’ve been blessed with an amazing wife and a perfect boy who just turned one.
...and a lot of friends that remember my birthday.
Thank you for all the good wishes!
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🎉I've hit forty a couple of weeks ago.
Professionally, I didn’t meet any of the goals I once set for this age.
Personally, I’ve been blessed with an amazing wife and a perfect boy who just turned one.
...and a lot of friends that remember my birthday.
Thank you for all the good wishes!
Professionally, I didn’t meet any of the goals I once set for this age.
Personally, I’ve been blessed with an amazing wife and a perfect boy who just turned one.
...and a lot of friends that remember my birthday.
Thank you for all the good wishes!
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thousands buried in 17th century Italian crypt reveal lives of working poor | Science | AAAS
Beautiful research from University of Milan, my Alma mater.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Beautiful research from University of Milan, my Alma mater.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Thousands buried in 17th century Italian crypt reveal lives of working poor
Remains recovered from beneath a Milan hospital shed light on health, diet, and drug habits during the 1600s
www.science.org
May 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thousands buried in 17th century Italian crypt reveal lives of working poor | Science | AAAS
Beautiful research from University of Milan, my Alma mater.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Beautiful research from University of Milan, my Alma mater.
www.science.org/content/arti...
I'm becoming more cynical everyday:
3 researchers make an AI application, with invented references, all three cleared of any guilt because pointing at each other as the culprit.
This place is unbelievable...
www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-05-07/f...
#academicsky #lund #sweden
3 researchers make an AI application, with invented references, all three cleared of any guilt because pointing at each other as the culprit.
This place is unbelievable...
www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-05-07/f...
#academicsky #lund #sweden
May 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I'm becoming more cynical everyday:
3 researchers make an AI application, with invented references, all three cleared of any guilt because pointing at each other as the culprit.
This place is unbelievable...
www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-05-07/f...
#academicsky #lund #sweden
3 researchers make an AI application, with invented references, all three cleared of any guilt because pointing at each other as the culprit.
This place is unbelievable...
www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-05-07/f...
#academicsky #lund #sweden
US scientists and researchers seemed the likely target of the €500m funding boost announced by Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, at the Choose Europe for Science event in Paris yesterday (5 May). #AcademicSky #Europe #Researchers
Scientists urged Choose Europe as US targets NSF, NIH funding
€500m funding boost announced by Ursula von der Leyen at Choose Europe for Science event in Paris, likelyb targeting US researchers
www.siliconrepublic.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Andrea Idini
Blue Sky is ahead but X isnt YET dead for science. Interesting BLOG from @altmetric.com on relative performance of BS vs X related to research. #Science #SciComm #AcademicSky 🌍🧪
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
May 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Blue Sky is ahead but X isnt YET dead for science. Interesting BLOG from @altmetric.com on relative performance of BS vs X related to research. #Science #SciComm #AcademicSky 🌍🧪
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
The national science Foundation is no more.
The question is: what are you going to do about it, friend? Continue your day as usual?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#academicsky #nsf #trump
The question is: what are you going to do about it, friend? Continue your day as usual?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#academicsky #nsf #trump
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The national science Foundation is no more.
The question is: what are you going to do about it, friend? Continue your day as usual?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#academicsky #nsf #trump
The question is: what are you going to do about it, friend? Continue your day as usual?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#academicsky #nsf #trump
If you do research with impact, in this new USA, you might be censored if it doesn't align with the government narrative.
Why the fuck do you stay there, researcher?
youtu.be/CyoW6kFCSWk?...
#academicsky #nih
Why the fuck do you stay there, researcher?
youtu.be/CyoW6kFCSWk?...
#academicsky #nih
Top NIH scientist speaks out, says research was ‘censored’ under RFK Jr
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
April 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
If you do research with impact, in this new USA, you might be censored if it doesn't align with the government narrative.
Why the fuck do you stay there, researcher?
youtu.be/CyoW6kFCSWk?...
#academicsky #nih
Why the fuck do you stay there, researcher?
youtu.be/CyoW6kFCSWk?...
#academicsky #nih
It's official, JD Vance is total jinx material.
April 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It's official, JD Vance is total jinx material.
New paper incoming, it's an evaporation surprise!
April 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
New paper incoming, it's an evaporation surprise!
Why is it called Cavity Quantum ElectroDynamics if there are no relativistic fields?
April 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Why is it called Cavity Quantum ElectroDynamics if there are no relativistic fields?
An engineer dunkin' on Elon Musk submarine plan -> WW3.
March 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
An engineer dunkin' on Elon Musk submarine plan -> WW3.
What keeps a professor working for an institution that does not support freedom of expression and the integrity of students?
I am losing respect for a lot of people & institutions.
Note: Columbia has 15B endowment, that are enough for 600M passive income in perpetuity.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
I am losing respect for a lot of people & institutions.
Note: Columbia has 15B endowment, that are enough for 600M passive income in perpetuity.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
What keeps a professor working for an institution that does not support freedom of expression and the integrity of students?
I am losing respect for a lot of people & institutions.
Note: Columbia has 15B endowment, that are enough for 600M passive income in perpetuity.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
I am losing respect for a lot of people & institutions.
Note: Columbia has 15B endowment, that are enough for 600M passive income in perpetuity.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
“If you have a social media page, make sure it is not filled with commentary on the Middle East,” [the dean of journalism] told the gathering in Pulitzer Hall.
There's a German term for this: *Gleichschaltung.*
Google it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
There's a German term for this: *Gleichschaltung.*
Google it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump
There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school’s president. Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“If you have a social media page, make sure it is not filled with commentary on the Middle East,” [the dean of journalism] told the gathering in Pulitzer Hall.
There's a German term for this: *Gleichschaltung.*
Google it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
There's a German term for this: *Gleichschaltung.*
Google it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
Reposted by Andrea Idini
About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
March 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
March 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Nice to see the first amendment completely ignored. After many other constitutional crisis inducing moments, this might be the lowest yet.
Good luck America, don't be bossed around and show us your famed democracy.
Or don't, and be forgotten.
Good luck America, don't be bossed around and show us your famed democracy.
Or don't, and be forgotten.
March 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Nice to see the first amendment completely ignored. After many other constitutional crisis inducing moments, this might be the lowest yet.
Good luck America, don't be bossed around and show us your famed democracy.
Or don't, and be forgotten.
Good luck America, don't be bossed around and show us your famed democracy.
Or don't, and be forgotten.
PhD defense with opponent Thomas Bush from OIST.
"The Hilbert space is big, you wouldn't believe how mind-bogglingly huge it is"
"We live classically in a world of product states, everything anyone will ever experience is a null measure subset of the Hilbert space"
#physics
"The Hilbert space is big, you wouldn't believe how mind-bogglingly huge it is"
"We live classically in a world of product states, everything anyone will ever experience is a null measure subset of the Hilbert space"
#physics
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
PhD defense with opponent Thomas Bush from OIST.
"The Hilbert space is big, you wouldn't believe how mind-bogglingly huge it is"
"We live classically in a world of product states, everything anyone will ever experience is a null measure subset of the Hilbert space"
#physics
"The Hilbert space is big, you wouldn't believe how mind-bogglingly huge it is"
"We live classically in a world of product states, everything anyone will ever experience is a null measure subset of the Hilbert space"
#physics
Reposted by Andrea Idini
WE JUST GOT DOGE’D
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
February 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
WE JUST GOT DOGE’D
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU.
First time in 20+ years.
I’m fucking livid, y’all.
"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything. One lives only to make blunders.”
February 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything. One lives only to make blunders.”
Question: All these wrongfully fired employees from USDA, nuclear safety, and DOE that are hastily being rehired, are asking for their money's worth or accepting previous conditions?
Is there reporting on this matter?
Is there reporting on this matter?
February 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Question: All these wrongfully fired employees from USDA, nuclear safety, and DOE that are hastily being rehired, are asking for their money's worth or accepting previous conditions?
Is there reporting on this matter?
Is there reporting on this matter?