*apparent height in a scanning tennisball microscope #STM #SurfaceScience #CondensedMatter xkcd!

How do the ultra-wealthy restock during the programmed recession? How do they acquire liquidity in the context of bailouts? The problem is that not everyone sees it, and we need to be well informedwhen the bailouts begin.

“Every industry has certain problems universally acknowledged as broken: In academia, it’s publishing. Academic publishing is dominated by for-profit giants like Elsevier and Springer. Calling their practice a form of thuggery isn’t so much an insult as an economic observation.”

Great work, everyone www.reuters.com/world/europe...

French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated. Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Bis zu 700 Spitzenwissenschaftler könnten auf eine dringende außerplanmäßige Finanzierung für ihre Forschungsprojekte in Deutschland angewiesen sein fyi @BMBF_bund @oezdemir.de

@johncarlosbaez arguments are specially relevant this week. One cannot help but wonder if the whole US Tech and @bluesky will eventually share a scorched-earth mindset to progress. Any tips on how to use @Mastodon efficiently, starting with how to follow across servers?

Truly heartbroken by the passing of my dear colleague, Rudi. For a time, it felt like we were the only two intl. physics faculty in Beijing, and I am at a complete loss…

Thank you MK, for being an inspiring mentor and supporting my applications. I would've loved to have more opportunities to discuss—alas, time goes by unjustly fast. My condolences, dear Marci and family.

Our latest www.nature.com/articles/s41... marks piece no. 8 since our first NC piece 9y ago www.nature.com/articles/nco... –Therein we proposed that a molecule trapped in a 2D MOF pore could function as a thermal memory at the atomic scale–the smallest container storing thermodynamic states 1/n

It's been a real pleasure to work with Ping, Alex and Victoria over the past year on the On-Surface Synthesis Collection for Communications Chemistry. If you haven't browsed the Collection yet, it's worth a look - absolutely beautiful work from leaders in the field. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Next piece “photoinduced engineering of graphene nanoribbon bicomponent topological molecular networks at interfaces through photoswitchable self-assembly” 🤣

Just learning that @jay.bsky.team first name is #蓝天 which means Blue Sky 🦋🤯

We just found 10 surface scientists @🦋 #SciSky 🎉 Help us find more! #UHV #STM #XPS #UPS #ARPES #AFM #ChemPhys #PhySky #ChemSky #SurfSci #SurfaceScience go.bsky.app/LKyQJm7