Queen Mary is delighted to be a ‘University of the Year’ finalist in the #THEAwards!

And we’re so proud Professors @larschittka.bsky.social and @alastairhackney.bsky.social have been shortlisted for Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year. @timeshighered.bsky.social.

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"The gear I packed felt like a relic from another climate." – @drbradbrad.bsky.social‬, on a shocking February in #Svalbard. The new Nature Comms commentary reveals the #Arctic winter reaching its melting point, with widespread thaw & vegetation bloom. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you're melting, take comfort: even fruit flies are apparently over this heatwave. 🫠
A fantastic new study shows how #Drosophila larvae have repeatedly evolved to pick their perfect temperature, essentially "fine-tuning" their comfort zone.
Read more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...

Scientists from @mpi-nat.bsky.social & @qmul.ac.uk cracked the code on ion channel currents with atomic-level accuracy. As Dr @wojciechkopec.bsky.social says, this "opens up entirely new avenues for studying physiology and developing therapeutics."

From defining common vocabularies to explicit positionality reflection, the consensus of the panel with David Leslie, Greg Slabaugh, Simone Stumpf, and Laura Herman was clear: interdisciplinarity is a participatory science that requires active and reflective engagement from all involved.

The stage is set, and we're ready for an inspiring day of talks and discussions.
Kicking us off shortly is the brilliant Professor Simone Stumpf from the ‪@uofglasgow.bsky.social‬, delivering her keynote on "The 'wicked problem' of Explainable AI."

Excited to kick off Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI)'s inaugural Research Day and explore "Hard Problems: Can Interdisciplinarity Solve Them?" with world-leading researchers exploring critical challenges like #ClimateChange, #HumanHealth, and the impact of #AI.

Thrilled to see Dr @lindacremonesi.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast this morning! She was talking about the scientific race to uncover why our Universe exists within the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Read more about this groundbreaking research here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huge congrats to Dr @gmogull.bsky.social for co-leading this new paper in @nature.com on #blackhole scattering. The team's found some truly mind-bending connections to Calabi-Yau manifolds using quantum field theory in classical gravity: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This long-invisible structure was revealed using innovative far-ultraviolet techniques, marking the first time a molecular cloud has been detected this way, opening up new possibilities for understanding the molecular universe.
Video credit: Thomas Müller (HdA/MPIA) and Thavisha Dharmawardena (NYU)

Starfish eat prey larger than their tiny mouth by extruding their stomach to digest food externally. This 60x video shows ArBN neurohormone triggering 50% stomach retraction in Asterias rubens. Credit: Weiling Huang