Worried about the rise of the (bipedal, humanoid) #robots? There are probably more pressing things to worry about: spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-rob...

It always surprises me gow much mire tilted the Earth is in reality compared to how i see it in my head. Also, calm down Jupiter… youtu.be/my1euFQHH-o?...

@anthropic.com have released Claude Sonnet 4.5 which can apparently work on task for *30 hours* unsupervised. Th e scary thing: if you got a job there, or failed to, that decision was probably made with the help of the LLM! www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Scientists @caltech.edu have made a #quantum computer with 6100 qubits breaking the record of 1180 held by Atom Computing since 2023. The new machine maintained superposition for 13 seconds, ten times longer than the previous record. www.sciencealert.com/6100-qubit-p...

Maia Sandu’s victory in #Moldova, and the failure of the #Russia backed patriotic bloc is great news for #Europe and #Ukraine!

For a country with an economy underpinned by the export of oil products, this is a very serious situation and one that is particularly hard to hide from the population.

My super-talented tutee there with her balloon skills that says it all. When I have a moment I’ll do a thread explaining what is going on but in brief LEICESTER IS ON STRIKE!

And that’s that: #Kinlochleven, #Scotland field trip day 5. Not only the last day of this trip, but the last time students from the School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol come to this beautiful place. Good luck to the students on their independent mapping projects starting tomorrow!

#Kinlochleven University of Bristol School of Earth Sciences geological mapping training fieldtrip Day 4: more sunshine, plus vegetarian Paella for 32!

Mind blowing rocks of Rosso Levanto: mantle peridototes that were carbonated and then weathered on the ocean floor of the Piemont-Ligiria ocean.

Yes, that deserves to be amplified!

Incredible good news

Excited to confirm the invited speakers for the #Mineral #Physics session: "Evolving mineralogy of the Earth system: interactions within the crust, mantle and core" 🔊 Jennifer Jackson (@caltech.edu) 🔊 Thomas Breithaupt (Cambridge) 🌐 @manchester.ac.uk 🗓️ 23rd-25th June 2026 🔗 minsoc-150.org

Interesting development in how things are going with the UK's geological disposal facility siting process... www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/54c7f75... #NukeSky #RadioactiveWaste #Nuclear

Conference Alert! @minersoc.bsky.social at 150: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers ➕ Mineral Physics Special Interest group session: "Evolving mineralogy of the Earth system: interactions within the crust, mantle and core" 🌐 @manchester.ac.uk 🗓️ 23rd-25th June 2026 🔗 minsoc-150.org

Conference Alert! @minersoc.bsky.social at 150: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers ➕ Mineral Physics Special Interest group session: "Evolving mineralogy of the Earth system: interactions within the crust, mantle and core" 🌐 University of Manchester 🗓️ 23rd-25th June 2026 🔗 minsoc-150.org

#Kinlochleven University of Bristol School of Earth Sciences geological mapping training fieldtrip Day 2: for three years in a row, awesome weather and awesome views. Plus *folded* cross-bedding!

#molybdenite is commonly found with sulphides inside diamonds. Diamond inclusions are the only samples we have from depths greater than 250km, i.e. most of Earth. That’s why we study them in the Petrology Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Kinlochleven University of Bristol School of Earth Sciences geological mapping training fieldtrip Day 1: great views and Neoproterozoic cross-bedding! #geology

#Kinlochleven University of Bristol School of Earth Sciences geological mapping training fieldtrip Day 0: what you can’t see is how incredibly fresh the air is!

#Kinlochleven University of Bristol School of Earth Sciences geological mapping training fieldtrip Day 0: weather playing ball (so far).

I’m backing the underdog, #Carpathite in today’s #MinCup vote: I wasn’t aware that crystalline polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons existed in nature! PAHs in Antarctic Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001 were briefly considered as evidence that it once contained microbial life.

Some very useful context here about the incursion by #Russia into the airspace of #Estonia yesterday: unprecedented in its details but not unique.

Perovskite fact of round 2: Perovskite type materials have long been studied for their usage in radiation shielding but today I learned other Perovskites are also being studied for radiation detection! Double win for the cubes! #MinCup25 #Perovskite

We are advertising for a 3-year "Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology and Stratigraphy". Part of a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary research grant "Volcanic Histories", focused on research in the Eastern Caribbean. Closing: October 15th www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Vote #perovskite in #MinCup25! A lot of negativity toward this fine mineral this morning. It isn’t perovskite’s fault that its structure is so remarkable and *inclusive* that its name has been used to describe, amongst many other things, the most abundant mineral in the Earth (now bridgmanite).

#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 2: It's all about how minerals interact with humans as dramatic #stibnite faces off against futuristic #perovskite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

The irony of firing someone for speaking about the killing of a man who purported to be a champion of free speech is apparently lost on Disney’s managers. Per @reuters.com: Disney's ABC yanks 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' off air after remarks about Kirk - www.reuters.com/world/us/nex...

Say hello to our brand-new @thermofishersci.bsky.social ICP-OES! Ready to tackle elemental analysis from glass, ceramic and mineral interactions with groundwater / cement porewater etc., like a pro! #lablife #radiomineralogy #NuclearScience #RadioactiveWasteDisposal

And hey there to our shiny new @brukercorporation.bsky.social D6 X-ray Diffractometer — bringing radioactive mineral structures into sharp focus (the photo is a bit wobbly because I'm excited about this guy!) Can’t wait to get hands-on and share what we discover! #NuclearScience #Radiomineralogy

trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...

This is a great new National Nuclear User Facility in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol! Come and use it!

There has been a 60%+ collapse in attention from the site formerly known as Twitter for your uni. This is full database filtered by University of Manchester. Bluesky growing exponentially since end of 2024. Still smaller.

America’s First Private Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facility to Open in Tennessee: gizmodo.com/americas-fir...

#solar and #wind electricity generation capacity have grown more rapidly than any other source in human history (though #nuclear is a close third). Per @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Review 2025: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Damage to a Polish home after a Russian drone crashed into it. Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Tusk calls the incident a “massive provocation” but insists there’s no reason to panic and life will continue as normal. Talks with allies are ongoing.

“The universities said there are no immediate plans for job losses” AND “Prof Harrington said she recognised there would be concern about posts, and said they would be saving costs by reducing senior roles.” ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another astonishing image from #NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (@nasawebb.extwitter.link), this time of the butterfly nebula. The butterfly’s body is a disk of dust seen edge on, from which new planets will form. Per @apod.shinyakato.dev

BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.

🛢️ A new "ceiling" for Russian oil prices has come into effect today, - Yermak The limit is now $47.6 per barrel instead of the previous $60. This decision was made earlier as part of the 18th package of EU sanctions against Russia.

#Germany's dependence on coal is weakening due to cheap renewables and gas, and the cost of carbon credits from the #EU emissions trading scheme. Gov is not closing #coal plants, economics are. Per @bloomberglp.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... [image @cleanenergywire.bsky.social]

Ukrainian drone strikes overnight caused a fire at an oil refinery in Krasnodar, Russia. Work by the 14th regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces, in coordination with the Special Operations Forces.

As of this morning, the Syzran oil refinery is burning.

The Kuybyshev oil refinery in Samara has halted operations after a massive Ukrainian drone strike, ASTRA reports. At least 29 UAVs targeted the facility, causing seven fires and injuring one worker. Key units, including crude processing, hydrogen production, pipelines, and fuel tanks, were hit.

Believe it or not, this is a battery, in #Finland. The insulated silo contains sand, heated to 600C using heat generated by renewable energy. It can store enough energy to heat the town it was built in for a week. Per @newatlas.com.web.brid.gy: newatlas.com/energy/large...

And in more #Nuclear (and #Space) related news, #NASA, #Russia and #China are all planning to send small nuclear reactors to the #Moon. Per @spectrum.ieee.org: spectrum.ieee.org/lunar-nuclea...

Is there a future for #Nuclear batteries beyond powering deep-space missions and remote outposts? Some fascinating possibilities here, including the 14C battery developed by @ukaeaofficial.bsky.social and the University of Brisol. Per @spectrum.ieee.org: spectrum.ieee.org/nuclear-batt...

This quote from @whysharksmatter.bsky.social pretty much explains this phenomenon: "When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish."

@wwattribution.bsky.social have issued a report indicating that the wildfires this summer in #Greece, #Turkey and #Cyprus were 10x more likely to occur due to #ClimateChange. The fires killed at least 17 people. www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...

Are things beginning to shift in #Ukraine’s favour?