Manus Biggs

An update on the fires in California

Over 60 German and Austrian universities, the German Federal Court of Justice and multiple top German football clubs have announced on Friday that they will be completely withdrawing from Twitter, as a result of Elon Musk's "discussion" with far-right AfD's Alice Weidl.

Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him | Zoe Williams theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

An aerogel made from gelatin and DNA surpasses 100% solar reflectance, yielding exceptional radiative cooling, a Science study reported last year. The novel approach paves the way for high-performance next-generation radiative cooling materials. scim.ag/7zw

Congrats everyone!

What better way to end the year than @rich_schoenlein new publication in collaboration with @Biggs_Lab! Congrats! Enjoy reading 👇! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

An intermediate open structure reveals the gating transition of the mechanically activated PIEZO1 channel | Neuron cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3Bd6ibq

Looking for more brilliant filmmakers to work with us on a new @ScreenScience story, this time in collaboration with @DiabetesCTN w/ funding from @hrbireland about the importance of clinical trials, what they are & how they impact our society. @uniofgalway @Researchirel

Helsinki University continues offering Ukrainian refugees free courses.

BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.

Strong new evidence for T cell exhaustion in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) reflecting chronic viral infection, relevant to #LongCovid, and possible path to treatment candidates pnas.org/doi/epub/10.10… @PNASNews

Many universities, including the one where I teach — the University of Georgia, are suspending classes and going on strike.

Would you look at that Vaccines preventing cancer! Amazing

Did you know the word "scientist" was controversial 100 years ago? go.nature.com/3ZofBhF

Researchers have proclaimed a new era for psychiatric medicine. This new schizophrenia drug could treat Alzheimer's disease. go.nature.com/3OpYJ3Q

"Elon Musk, who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018 on the basis of his technological achievements. Unfortunately, since that time, his interests have extended to using social media for political propaganda"

So there used to be a sea that cut right through North America, the Western Interior Seaway. And it was a place of horror.

As per my previous tablet…

A Ph.D. position is available at the @polimi for join research between the @CaironiPME (PI Mario Caironi) and the Smart Bio-Interfaces (PI @CiofaniGianni) @IITalk research units. All the details at the link! iit.it/phd-polimi