Roger Highfield
@rogerhighfield.bsky.social
Museum exec, MRC, visiting prof at the Dunn School, Oxford, and UCL Chemistry. Ex Editor of New Scientist, and Science Editor of the Telegraph. Co-author #VirtualYou and more books. Neutron bouncer
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November 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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'Tiny' AI model beats massive LLMs at logic test www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'Tiny' AI model beats massive LLMs at logic test
Technique could be used as a cheap way to boost ability of other AI models.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
'Tiny' AI model beats massive LLMs at logic test www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Pretty it ain’t but the Science Gateway is an excellent place to explore CERN and smashing science visit.cern/science-gate...
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Pretty it ain’t but the Science Gateway is an excellent place to explore CERN and smashing science visit.cern/science-gate...
Thrill to hear Alan Guth and Michael Turner speak today in @cern.bsky.social - both connected by this milestone 1982 Nuffield Workshop in Cambridge - work featured in my Hawking book and my cosmic beach ball film! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYud...
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thrill to hear Alan Guth and Michael Turner speak today in @cern.bsky.social - both connected by this milestone 1982 Nuffield Workshop in Cambridge - work featured in my Hawking book and my cosmic beach ball film! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYud...
Global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising: when will they peak? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising: when will they peak?
Scientists say emissions could begin to decline in the next several years. What happens in China could determine when.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising: when will they peak? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nice tribute to Nobelist Ham Smith from his old chum & colleague, Craig Venter: “Ham was the best colleague that one could ever have … his belief in trying new ideas, when most people were certain we would fail, was extremely rare in science.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hamilton Smith obituary: molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
Nobel laureate who helped to sequence the first bacterial and human genomes.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Nice tribute to Nobelist Ham Smith from his old chum & colleague, Craig Venter: “Ham was the best colleague that one could ever have … his belief in trying new ideas, when most people were certain we would fail, was extremely rare in science.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Great to be back in @cern.bsky.social to MC an event at the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics featuring Lucy Hawking, Marge Bardeen, Paola Catapano and Michael Riordan - and will be great to catch up with James Gillies! indico.cern.ch/event/1480892/
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Great to be back in @cern.bsky.social to MC an event at the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics featuring Lucy Hawking, Marge Bardeen, Paola Catapano and Michael Riordan - and will be great to catch up with James Gillies! indico.cern.ch/event/1480892/
The computers that run on human brain cells www.nature.com/articles/d41... Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
The computers that run on human brain cells
Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The computers that run on human brain cells www.nature.com/articles/d41... Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments
The plan follows up on a manifesto promise to work towards the phasing out the practice.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Expert reaction www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
Another fascinating insight into the links between water and life: proof of binding force inherent in cavity water , www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Chemistry: First proof of binding force inherent in cavity water
Water is everywhere – it covers the major part of Earth, circulates in the human body, and is found even in the smallest molecular clefts. However, what happens if water cannot flow freely, but ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Another fascinating insight into the links between water and life: proof of binding force inherent in cavity water , www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Reposted by Roger Highfield
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation - Science Museum Blog
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer—one that ‘thinks’ in quantum proba...
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
Reposted by Roger Highfield
Following a visit to the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director @RogerHighfield looks into how lasers and atoms could change the future of computation.
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Following a visit to the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director @RogerHighfield looks into how lasers and atoms could change the future of computation.
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
Find out more on our blog: https://bit.ly/47tDYi7
Jim Watson RIP- sad to hear he’s died blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/jim-watson-f...
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Jim Watson RIP- sad to hear he’s died blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/jim-watson-f...
Hugely enjoyed MI5: Official Secrets at the @UkNatArchives - on until the 23rd, do go!
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
MI5: Official Secrets – Free exhibition, visit now
Step inside the hidden world of MI5 and explore the extraordinary stories behind the security of a nation.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hugely enjoyed MI5: Official Secrets at the @UkNatArchives - on until the 23rd, do go!
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation - Science Museum Blog
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer—one that ‘thinks’ in quantum proba...
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix. Nice review of Matthew Cobb's brilliant Crick bio by Georgina Ferry in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix
A thoroughly researched account of the history and relationships that shaped the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix. Nice review of Matthew Cobb's brilliant Crick bio by Georgina Ferry in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...