Jim West's group taught us everything we know about building ultra-quiet rooms

SPARK sighting at @possible-futures.bsky.social! Less than two weeks till it's available at a bookstore near you! Share the story of Jim West and his invention of the microphone we all use today on Zoom, phones 🎤 Preorder here: bit.ly/SPARKbk #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #SciArt #Booksky #Science #Blacksky

Flying through the "spaceport" of my diffraction art! Intensity of diffracted light for different wavelengths. #SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt

It's nice to be excited about science again. Congratulations to my old colleague, Michel Devoret! Being quoted in this article about this amazing achievement is a major bonus 🤓 cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #NobelPrize #Physics #Science #PhysicsNobel

It is nice to be excited about something again, particularly in science. #nobelprize

An old work colleague of mine just got the Nobel Prize. I’m so thrilled. Congrats Michel Devoret! #nobelprize #physics

A new episode of Science Underground is now available! 🎉 It's on the scientist, inventor, and the subject of my new book, SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone. @mitpress.bsky.social #science #booksky #Blacksky #womeninSTEM 🧪 www.ainissaramirez.com/podcast/epis...

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five by Phil Bildner, illustrated by Daniel J. O'Brien! @philbildner.bsky.social @danielostudios.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

Happy Techies Day! Celebrate by reading biographies of women computer pioneers, ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE and GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE. @steamteambooks.bsky.social #bookposse #teachers #librarians#homeschoolers #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #WomenWhoCode

🔬 How people see scientists A new review of 233 studies reveals that public images of scientists remain shaped by vivid, emotional, and often student-focused portrayals. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm 🧪

🚀 Marian Croak, the brilliant mind behind the tech powering Zoom, FaceTime & WhatsApp, holds 200+ patents and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame!

I'm so excited to be in this issue of the @nationalacademies.org of Engineering's THE BRIDGE 🤓 I love talking about science, science education for kids, and the subject of my new book, #HiddenFigure Jim West. www.nae.edu/340914/An-In... #Engineering #Scientist #Inventor #HiddenFigure #BlackSky

Just in time for spooky season... Here's a piece I wrote for @edutopia.org on the science of fear 🎃 www.edutopia.org/blog/the-sci... #Science #WomeninSTEM #sciencefacts

It's October! 🎃 And it's the official kickoff of my SPARK book tour in New England! 📕 bit.ly/SPARKbk I hope to see you at one of these events! @possible-futures.bsky.social @norwalkctevents.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #Science #BookSky #WomeninSTEM #BlackSky #SciArt

It's October! 🎃 And it's the official kickoff of my SPARK book tour in New England! 📕 bit.ly/SPARKbk I hope to see you at one of these events! @possible-futures.bsky.social @norwalkctevents.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #Science #BookSky #WomeninSTEM #BlackSky #SciArt

Week 38 of 52 Weeks of Black American History featuring James West. #SaulSketches SaulSketches.weebly.com/black_history.html

Mychal the Librarian will host a new Reading Rainbow series.

Second-year Robotics student, Amy While, is tackling machine learning with a robot that can spot cans and roll right up to them! 🥫 🤖 More than a fun project, it’s proof of how coding + engineering can solve real problems — from finding lost hikers to tracking vehicles. ⚙️💻 #Robotics #FalmouthUni

Thanks for the great SPARK review, @sciencebase.com! www.sciencebase.com/science-blog... #Science #BookSky #BlackSky #SciArt #picturebooks

NCSE is proudly co-sponsoring Galactic Polymath's #MySciJourney Challenge, dedicated to #SciComm! The deadline to submit videos has been extended to Oct 12. Kids and adults are invited to enter. Best videos will receive awards and cash prizes. www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij... #science

A curious quantum phenomenon called the Schwinger effect could soon be simulated in the lab, say physicists in Canada. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/NyVT50X2ayw

#tbt 2012, giving my #TedTalk, "Save Our Science: How to Inspire a New Generation of Scientists," where I called for a recommitment to improve #stemeducation for children in our schools and throughout our society. #STEM #STEMforkids #BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM 🧪

Did you know that when you watch a football game you're also watching physics? www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5TN... #sciencexplained #physics #BlackinSTEM #NFL

Hey #Blacksky! It's the one-month countdown to the release of #picturebook SPARK! 🎉 Now available for pre-order: bit.ly/SPARKbk SPARK educates the next generation about former Bell Labs scientist, Jim West. Give the gift of science! 🎤 #STEM #BlackInSTEM #HiddenFigures #Scientists #Inventors

This book for youngsters by the one and only Anissa Ramirez looks pretty cool.

Hey #BookSky! It's the one-month countdown to the release of #picturebook SPARK! 🎉 Now available for pre-order: bit.ly/SPARKbk SPARK educates the next generation about former Bell Labs scientist, Jim West. Give the gift of science! 🎤 #STEM #BlackInSTEM #HiddenFigures #Scientists #Inventors

May 1962: James West and Gerhard Sessler Patent the Electret Microphone www.aps.org/apsnews/2023...

I need some help 🙂 I am working on a piece about women in STEM, either consciously or not, code switching. Not just in communication, but in appearance, mannerism, etc. Have you? How? Maybe you don’t anymore, but what are some things you did early career or see others doing? #womeninstem

It's the one-month countdown to the release of SPARK! 🎉 And what better way to celebrate than with this great review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social 🥳 Now available for pre-order: bit.ly/SPARKbk 🧪 #STEM #BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM #inventors #BellLabs

Catch me here on Thursday #HacksterIO Impact Spotlights #RoboticsForTheStreets #NoireSTEMinist #Robots #Robotics #STEM #STEAM #EngineeringProfessor @hacksterio.bsky.social#TechSky #MakerSky #CreatorSky #STEMSky #BlackWomenSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM @hacksterio.bsky.social

Really enjoying this book about the history of Bell Labs - a place that knew true innovation requires more than just one person or group

Exciting news!! Another great review! "Ramirez uses exclamatory prose to highlight the life and legacy of Jim West... this illuminating biography focused on a trailblazer who helped shape the sound of the modern world." —@publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9781536225280 #STEM

My mentor and the subject of my new book 🎉 SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone 🎤 Out 10/21 via Candlewick Press: bit.ly/SPARKbk #inventors #Blackhistory #Blacksky #BlackinSTEM

#tbt At the White House egg roll doing a science demo 🧪 #teachscience #STEMforKids #ScienceforKids #WomeninSTEM #BlackinSTEM #sciencematters

Currently I work as a researcher, but also have a side career as an author and illustrator. I published my first children’s book, How the Earth Works (DK Books), in 2025.
It takes readers on a fascinating journey of discovery into the inner workings of our planet. #SciArt #EarthScientists

It appears I need to share more often what it means to be a #NoireSTEMinist so that folks aren't coming over on this timeline with their ignorant takes about what it is they think I should or should not be doing. Act like you know. Act like you heard. #STEM #DiversifySTEM #RepresentationMatters

Congratulations to the Top 30 Thermo Fisher Scientific #JuniorInnovators!

ATTN: #WomeninSTEM, #BlackinSTEM, #BIPOCinSTEM, #PRIDEinSTEM, let me see your lab coats! 🥼 REPOST with a photo of you in the lab 🧪 #sciencematters #teachSTEM #STEMforKids #protectscience

Please support this wonderful bookstore. The staff is kind and knowledgeable, the selections are well curated, and their children’s book section is a delightful, which is not a word I often use. I did an event there in 2024, and they made me feel like a part of their local reading community!

“I’ve got to get this right.” — Gladys West This week’s HerStory Tuesday honors the Black mathematician, Gladys West, who laid the foundation for the GPS system. A hidden figure whose perseverance reshaped how the world functions daily. #BlackHistory #StoicSisterhood #TeamAnchored #HiddenFigures

We've been trying to make sodium batteries for a long time, mostly because sodium is so widely available (1.1% of the mass of seawater). But finding just the right mixture of materials to make it work and be economical, is still rather elusive. 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

7 Hidden Black Women Who Invented the World We Use Today But Written Out of History: Think about pressing your shirt sleeve just right, sending a 3D image across space, or installing a home security camera—chances are,… #BlackWomenInventors #HiddenFigures #Innovation #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistory

Legos never get old. #STEMforKids #WomeninSTEM #BlackinSTEM #sciencematters

#bluesky #booksky #kidlitmegachat #writingcommunity #mglitchat #kidlitchat #comic #books

📅Sep 10, 1942: The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, begins operations in the U.S. This squadron consisted of women pilots, with an average of 1,400 hours flying time. They ferried military aircraft during WWII, contributing to the war effort. #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoLead tinyurl.com/yny62z56

Wishing a happy 83rd birthday to NASA mathematician and researcher Christine Darden, who specialized in the analysis of supersonic noise and research into its reduction. She was the first Black woman at NASA to reach Senior Executive Service status. #WomenInSTEM #NASA #MathSky 🧪🚀

Before I wrote my soon-to-be published picture book, I wrote this for @chemistryworld.com about scientist Jim West 🎤 "Most people don’t know that an African American inventor made it possible for them to speak to loved ones..." www.chemistryworld.com/culture/jim-... #science #BlackHistory

ICYMI My new picture book, SPARK, received a great review in Kirkus Reviews 🎉 Coming to bookstores on 10/21/25 via Candlewick Press 🎤 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #STEM #sciencematters #picturebooks #kidsbooks #hiddenfigures #Blackscientist #Blackprofessor

My newest piece is an homage to coffee culture and cafe goers everywhere! It’s an 18” x 24” print that I’m releasing in a limited edition of 250. There are 90 different figures in the drawing, drinking everything from iced coffee to matcha lattes. This labor of love took about 90 hours to create.