Tom Hancocks
@tehancocks.bsky.social
Training & Skills Manager at Henry Royce Institute
#Bioinformatics #MaterialsScience #Sustainability #HighPeak EMBLEBI Alumni
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#Bioinformatics #MaterialsScience #Sustainability #HighPeak EMBLEBI Alumni
Hiker | Tabletop Games | LARPer
He/Him. Views my own. Profile picture is 14 years old…
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Interesting in Science Communication?
Don’t miss this on 6th of March.
I’m teaming up with @newscientist.bsky.social to explore effective #SciComm & share how you can be part of the HUGE New Scientist event in Oct which last year attracted over 26k people www.newscientist.com/science-even...
Don’t miss this on 6th of March.
I’m teaming up with @newscientist.bsky.social to explore effective #SciComm & share how you can be part of the HUGE New Scientist event in Oct which last year attracted over 26k people www.newscientist.com/science-even...
January 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Interesting in Science Communication?
Don’t miss this on 6th of March.
I’m teaming up with @newscientist.bsky.social to explore effective #SciComm & share how you can be part of the HUGE New Scientist event in Oct which last year attracted over 26k people www.newscientist.com/science-even...
Don’t miss this on 6th of March.
I’m teaming up with @newscientist.bsky.social to explore effective #SciComm & share how you can be part of the HUGE New Scientist event in Oct which last year attracted over 26k people www.newscientist.com/science-even...
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Imagine a future where everything is built to last – designed for repair, reuse and sustainability.🔄
At our first-ever Engineering Annual Lecture, Prof @markmiodownik.bsky.social will reveal how we can achieve this vision.
📅 5 Mar
⏰ 17.00 - 19.00
📍WC2R 2LS
⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-death-...
At our first-ever Engineering Annual Lecture, Prof @markmiodownik.bsky.social will reveal how we can achieve this vision.
📅 5 Mar
⏰ 17.00 - 19.00
📍WC2R 2LS
⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-death-...
The death of consumerism and how we engineer a more sustainable future
Please join us in-person and online for the Engineering Annual Lecture at King's College London with Professor Mark Miodownik.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Imagine a future where everything is built to last – designed for repair, reuse and sustainability.🔄
At our first-ever Engineering Annual Lecture, Prof @markmiodownik.bsky.social will reveal how we can achieve this vision.
📅 5 Mar
⏰ 17.00 - 19.00
📍WC2R 2LS
⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-death-...
At our first-ever Engineering Annual Lecture, Prof @markmiodownik.bsky.social will reveal how we can achieve this vision.
📅 5 Mar
⏰ 17.00 - 19.00
📍WC2R 2LS
⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-death-...
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We now predict a mean of 2.7C of warming in 2100.
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
I have a new paper in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes under current policies. I find that we are likely headed toward 2.7C by 2100 (with uncertainties from 1.9C to 3.7C), and that high end emissions scenarios have become much less likely.
journals.sagepub.com...
journals.sagepub.com...
January 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We now predict a mean of 2.7C of warming in 2100.
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
Do check these out and nominate a colleague for a #HenryRoyceInstitute Technician Awards for Innovation or Outstanding Contribution to UK #MaterialsScience!
🏆 Nominations are open for the 2025 IOM3 awards & prizes! Know someone making an impact? Nominate them today and help recognise future leaders.
🔗 Explore awards by discipline, type, and career stage.
⏳ Deadline: 28 Feb 2025, 23:59 GMT
👉 bit.ly/40h6zn9
#IOM3Awards
🔗 Explore awards by discipline, type, and career stage.
⏳ Deadline: 28 Feb 2025, 23:59 GMT
👉 bit.ly/40h6zn9
#IOM3Awards
January 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Do check these out and nominate a colleague for a #HenryRoyceInstitute Technician Awards for Innovation or Outstanding Contribution to UK #MaterialsScience!
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We are hiring a materials library creative lead. A perfect job for a materials obssessive with a technical background- www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLE817/m...
Materials Library: Creative Lead at UCL
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Materials Library: Creative Lead at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are hiring a materials library creative lead. A perfect job for a materials obssessive with a technical background- www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLE817/m...
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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
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Interested in Science Communication?
There is one week left to apply for FameLab UK. The competition is an international search for #SciComm talent. There are 10 UK heats to choose from and I'll be dotting round the country helping people prepare. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/our-projects...
There is one week left to apply for FameLab UK. The competition is an international search for #SciComm talent. There are 10 UK heats to choose from and I'll be dotting round the country helping people prepare. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/our-projects...
FameLab UK | Cheltenham Festivals
What is FameLab UK?FameLab UK is a science communication competition and sees the best new voices in science from around the country compete against one an
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org
January 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Interested in Science Communication?
There is one week left to apply for FameLab UK. The competition is an international search for #SciComm talent. There are 10 UK heats to choose from and I'll be dotting round the country helping people prepare. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/our-projects...
There is one week left to apply for FameLab UK. The competition is an international search for #SciComm talent. There are 10 UK heats to choose from and I'll be dotting round the country helping people prepare. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/our-projects...
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December was a new record for wind generation in the UK, according to data collated by Ember.
Wind made up 46% of the country's power output through the month.
Wind made up 46% of the country's power output through the month.
January 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
December was a new record for wind generation in the UK, according to data collated by Ember.
Wind made up 46% of the country's power output through the month.
Wind made up 46% of the country's power output through the month.
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+++NEW ANALYSIS+++
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
January 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
+++NEW ANALYSIS+++
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
It’s 1C right now and this should awaken me from my post-Christmas food torpor… #outdoorpool
December 28, 2024 at 11:08 AM
It’s 1C right now and this should awaken me from my post-Christmas food torpor… #outdoorpool
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We are hiring. Come and work with us at the Institute of Making : www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/blog/we-are-...
We are hiring a Materials Library Creative Lead! - Institute of Making
www.instituteofmaking.org.uk
December 20, 2024 at 11:05 PM
We are hiring. Come and work with us at the Institute of Making : www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/blog/we-are-...
Finished #BlackDoves.
Obvious swoon at KK.
It was ok. It ends with a lovely Hallmark family Xmas dinner.
I’m going to start a fan theory that KK’s Helen is actually Juliet from #LoveActually. She disappeared for ten years prior to 2014 to get over the cue cards…
Obvious swoon at KK.
It was ok. It ends with a lovely Hallmark family Xmas dinner.
I’m going to start a fan theory that KK’s Helen is actually Juliet from #LoveActually. She disappeared for ten years prior to 2014 to get over the cue cards…
December 8, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Finished #BlackDoves.
Obvious swoon at KK.
It was ok. It ends with a lovely Hallmark family Xmas dinner.
I’m going to start a fan theory that KK’s Helen is actually Juliet from #LoveActually. She disappeared for ten years prior to 2014 to get over the cue cards…
Obvious swoon at KK.
It was ok. It ends with a lovely Hallmark family Xmas dinner.
I’m going to start a fan theory that KK’s Helen is actually Juliet from #LoveActually. She disappeared for ten years prior to 2014 to get over the cue cards…
The River Goyt was raging through New Mills today!
Getting windy out now too.
Getting windy out now too.
November 23, 2024 at 8:08 PM
The River Goyt was raging through New Mills today!
Getting windy out now too.
Getting windy out now too.
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-7°c on Curbar Edge. ##PeakDistrict
November 21, 2024 at 8:29 AM
-7°c on Curbar Edge. ##PeakDistrict
Nice blizzard hitting New Mills in High Peak this evening when I got home from work on the train.
November 21, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Nice blizzard hitting New Mills in High Peak this evening when I got home from work on the train.
As someone struggling through the planning process due to this current rule (and implications arising from it) this is welcome news. If not for me, but the thousands, if not millions, that need to make this journey in the coming years.
#heatpump
#heatpump
Big news on heat pumps from the UK govt this morning: the 1 metre planning rule is to be abolished!
Big credit to my colleagues @katyking2.bsky.social and @codrinacretu.bsky.social who did so much work on this
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Big credit to my colleagues @katyking2.bsky.social and @codrinacretu.bsky.social who did so much work on this
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Help to save households money and deliver cleaner heat to homes
Up to 300,000 homes to benefit from upgrades next year, as government continues rollout of the Warm Homes Plan.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2024 at 6:20 PM
As someone struggling through the planning process due to this current rule (and implications arising from it) this is welcome news. If not for me, but the thousands, if not millions, that need to make this journey in the coming years.
#heatpump
#heatpump
Kicking off our PhD Student Reseach Sandpit today at Henry Royce Institute as Saint-Gobain introduce the “Grand Challenge” on sustainability in the construction industry. Why do materials matter so much?
Lots to learn and knowledge to apply!
Stick around to find out what they get up to.
Lots to learn and knowledge to apply!
Stick around to find out what they get up to.
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Kicking off our PhD Student Reseach Sandpit today at Henry Royce Institute as Saint-Gobain introduce the “Grand Challenge” on sustainability in the construction industry. Why do materials matter so much?
Lots to learn and knowledge to apply!
Stick around to find out what they get up to.
Lots to learn and knowledge to apply!
Stick around to find out what they get up to.
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If you're into SF then you should be following the Clarke Award.
Wow, we’ve reached Two Thousand and One (ish) followers here in a single week. 🚀
Monolithic thanks to everyone who’s found us here on Bluesky!🦋
Monolithic thanks to everyone who’s found us here on Bluesky!🦋
November 20, 2024 at 9:30 AM
If you're into SF then you should be following the Clarke Award.
View on the way back home from the pub last night.
November 16, 2024 at 5:02 AM
View on the way back home from the pub last night.
So Bluesky. I’m doing this now.
Evening dinner at the National Physical Laboratory’s Postgraduate Institute Conference. Ending a day of brilliant talks on metrology and the measurements we make across the sciences.
Stay tuned for my talk tomorrow on the Henry Royce Institute’s student activities.
Evening dinner at the National Physical Laboratory’s Postgraduate Institute Conference. Ending a day of brilliant talks on metrology and the measurements we make across the sciences.
Stay tuned for my talk tomorrow on the Henry Royce Institute’s student activities.
November 7, 2024 at 9:21 PM
So Bluesky. I’m doing this now.
Evening dinner at the National Physical Laboratory’s Postgraduate Institute Conference. Ending a day of brilliant talks on metrology and the measurements we make across the sciences.
Stay tuned for my talk tomorrow on the Henry Royce Institute’s student activities.
Evening dinner at the National Physical Laboratory’s Postgraduate Institute Conference. Ending a day of brilliant talks on metrology and the measurements we make across the sciences.
Stay tuned for my talk tomorrow on the Henry Royce Institute’s student activities.