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Physician-scientist in training. Neurologist. The Reich lab. NIH/NINDS. Interested in neuroscience, neuroimmunology, math and physics. Opinions are my own. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8HkrbWkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
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What's causing the Great Stagnation? Most branches of physics are thriving. But in so-called "fundamental physics" - briefly, the search for the ultimate laws of nature - we haven't seen a successful new theory since 1980. Why not? There are many causes. One is that string theory got a […]

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hubble’s recent images 🌌 can’t believe this telescope is almost 35 years old and still giving us these BEAUTIFUL images of our universe 🥹

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A new #CosmicDistanceLadder post on why lunar and solar eclipses tend to come in pairs (for instance, the solar eclipse next week is paired with the lunar eclipse from last week). www.instagram.com/p/DHkS3EcA40L

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George Foreman, the heavyweight champion who fought Muhammad Ali and was known for his ferociousness in the ring and bubbly personality, has died. www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

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The DESI survey @desisurvey.bsky.social suggests the universe is *not* maximally boring! Statistical significance is not quite there yet, but a new result is a bit stronger than their previous indication that dark energy might be varying with time. (cont.) arxiv.org/abs/2503.06712

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We've got the latest forecast for timing of showers and thunderstorms today. See this radar forecast in motion, and much more, at cwg.live

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Check out the latest study from our lab, led by @mhall98.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/2)

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Academic Skyers: I am compiling a list of policies and statements from various universities about how they are handling the "pause" in terms of stopping expenditures (or not). Please respond to this post with your institution and materials. THANK YOU!

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Genomic imprinting is of consequence. t.co/6PVRxCdUws

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"Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means." —Bertrand Russell, 1929 "Probability does not exist." —Bruno de Finetti, 1974 www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧠🤖🧠📈

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Is there an arrow of time in the brain? Can Boltzmann and Shannon's ideas be used to understand it? Check this paper by Morten Kringelbach, J Perl and Gustavo Deco on how physics and information theory reveal how hierarchical cognition works cell.com/trends/cogni...

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We’re thrilled to introduce MuSpAn! For researchers in biological imaging, MuSpAn provides tools for Multiscale Spatial Analysis with advanced mathematical methods. 🌟 For more information: www.muspan.co.uk 📝 Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2024... We hope you find it as useful as we do! (Poster below)

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Publications in the past week built substantially on our knowledge of the brain's waste disposal system—glymphatics—and the implications on sleep and brain aging. Featuring exceptional work by Nedergaard Lab and @jonykipnis.bsky.social erictopol.substack.com/p/our-sleep-... open-access

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Science in Bluesky these past couple of weeks

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Savoring “The moment” Creme de banane, Cynar, Bitters and Rye

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Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from gene expression and real-time fluorescence to modulation..

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Hi. My name is Will, and I am a cosmologist. I wrote a book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254722...

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Macrophages excite muscle spindles with glutamate to bolster locomotion www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Truly mind boggling

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Big thanks to @odedrechavi.bsky.social and @ethanewe.bsky.social for the Dispatch in @currentbiology.bsky.social on our amyloid inheritance paper. www.cell.com/current-biol...

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“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

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