Patrick McGuire

Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes | Quanta Magazine Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has some physicists wondering if we jus...

Monster #Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes | Quanta Magazine #PrimordialBlackHoles #blackholes #darkmatter #physics #astrophysics share.google/XDF09d8mPapm...

The lake at my workplace, the Univ. of Reading, was frozen over recently. This was on January 6th, soon after it snowed. A mother #swan with her two #cygnets are amongst other waterfowl. #UofReading #snow #ReadingUKWeather #BritishWeather #weather @uniofreading.bsky.social @swanwatchuk.bsky.social

Man in a mustard yellow shirt stands in front of a teal backdrop with BBC Sliced Bread podcast logo and food and lifestyle icons.

Is dark chocolate good for you?

University of Reading nutrition expert, Professor Gunter Kuhnle, will be discussing whether it’s fact or foodie fiction that dark chocolate has health benefits on today's episode of Radio 4’s Sliced Bread at 12:30.

Listen at: https://rdg.ac/3YA9Ts8

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🌍🌫️ What happens to climate model results when we update historical aerosol data for CMIP7?

Read the #research article co-authored by Stephanie Fiedler, EXPECT researcher from @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, on SP forcing data for #CMIP7 and its first application in the model ICON XPP: bit.ly/4qUOl5x

This time, at the 2026 University of Reading Department of #Meteorology's Research Away-Day, we had a larger auditorium in the #PalmerBuilding (and hence more space) than during the same event in 2024. (click on thumbnail to see the composite photo). #ResearchAwayDay @uniofreading.bsky.social

The @uniofreading.bsky.social #Meteorology Dept's Research Away-Day is all day on Monday. I helped to organize the whole Away-Day, as well as the “Upskilling with AI/LLM tools’ breakout session there, and I’ll be speaking during the breakout session about ‘AI for #Programming’. #AI

I'm in #NewOrleans! I walked along the #Moonwalk on the #levee by the #MississippiRiver near the #FrenchQuarter! There was the #NewOrleansRiverboat leaving the dock. #AGU25 #AGU #RiverVideos #boats #NewOrleansVisits

I'm in #NewOrleans! I walked by the #StLouisCathedral in the #FrenchQuarter and in #JacksonSquare! #AGU25 #AGU #NewOrleansVisits

Scientists skip key US meetings — and seize on smaller alternatives Researchers are devising creative ways to get together as Trump’s policies curb travel to US gatherings.

Researchers are devising creative ways to get together as Trump’s policies curb travel to US gatherings

go.nature.com/4adSEUq

#AGU25 travel tip - if landing at MSY, take a taxi rather than rideshare to the convention center area, it’s a flat $36 for 1-2 people and you can avoid the Uber pickup chaos.

I'm at the #AmericanGeophysicalUnion (#AGU) meeting in #NewOrleans! A #jazz #trumpet player is welcoming us with a rendition of #DownByTheRiverside among other tunes. #NewOrleansVisits #AGU2025 #AGU25 #music

I'm at the #ILAMB meeting (International LAnd Model Benchmarking tool) in #NewOrleans for the next few days! The meeting place has a collection of brass horns salvaged from #HurricaneKatrina in 2005. #trombones #NewOrleansVisits

I'm at the #ILAMB meeting (International LAnd Model Benchmarking tool) in #NewOrleans for the next few days! #NewOrleansVisits

Inequalities and indoor air pollution: a prospective observational study of particulate matter (PM2.5) levels in 309 UK homes from the Born in Bradford cohort study - BMC Public Health Particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Evidence suggests socioeconomic and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately exposed to higher outdoor air pollu...

Really proud of this paper. Over the course of a year, we sampled PM2.5 in >300 houses in Bradford. This work package was led by myself and @profrosiemc.bsky.social and involved a dedicated team of atmospheric and health researchers
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

I just saw #KateWinslet here in #ReadingUK! (She's from here.)

We're in #Guildford! This is #GuildfordCastle, which was probably built by #WilliamTheConqueror after 1066. #GuildfordVisits

From the #DuckRace in #ReadingUK on Saturday!

The Roses! #TheRoses #movies #ReadingBiscuitFactory

The Materialists! #movies #ReadingBiscuitFactory #TheMaterialists

Roland Winston - Wikipedia

I just found out that my supervisor (Prof. Roland Winston) at the University of Chicago (for my honors project (1988-1989) in solar-energy optics) passed away earlier this year. :( #UChicago #physics #SolarEnergy #Optics #RolandWInston
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_...

We just got back from the Kamera movie theater in #Bielefeld where we saw Prima Donna or Nothing. Hyejeong and I first met there by chance in the year 2000. #movies #BielefeldVisits #music

Welcome to #ReadingUK and the #UofReading, Paul!

Today, we're at a University of Reading meeting on "South American #Climate and Society"! #SouthAmerica #UofReading @uniofreading.bsky.social

We just left the University of #Birmingham! #UofBirmingham #BirminghamVisits #NationalCentreForAtmosphericScience #NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social

Re-remembering Benjamin Whisoh Lee, promoter of gauge theories The Korean American physicist made the framework underlying the standard model accessible to a generation of particle physicists.

This interesting article about Benjamin Whisoh Lee was in the recent #PhysicsToday. #physics #history #historyofscience #korea #BenjaminWhisohLee pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

The Phoenician Scheme! #ThePhoenicianScheme #ReadingBiscuitFactory #movies

Heavenly Ever After! (Korean: #천국보다아름다운!) #HeavenlyEverAfter #Netflix #JTBC #TV

We have 4 #cygnets! This is yesterday on the lake at my workplace, the University of Reading. @uniofreading.bsky.social @swanwatchuk.bsky.social #uofreading #swans