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Pablo Macias Torres

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PhD student at Lund University. Bird migration tracking and flight energetics. Wind tunnel https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/pablo-mac%C3%ADas-torres

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EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE
Brutal heat from Morocco to UK

Among the records in NW Europe
33.4 JERSEY HOTTEST JUNE DAY IN HISTORY
33.0 Airport

GERMANY
35.8 Wielenbach June R
HIGH MINIMUMS
22.1 Rheinau all time R
21.7 Elzach all time R
21.3 Pirmasens June R
19.4 Mรผnsingen June R

30.06.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night - Nature Every spring, Bogong moths use the starry night sky as a compass to navigate up to 1,000โ€‰km towards their alpine migratory goal.

The Australian bogong moth uses the Milky Way as compass during annual 100-mile journey to cool caves. This is shown by a groundbreaking study also revealing that the Earth's magnetic field plays an important role in the navigation of this mysterious moth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

19.06.2025 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Energy conversion efficiency peaks at intermediate flight speed in a migratory songbird Using in vivo measurements of thrush nightingales flying in a wind tunnel, Macias-Torres et al. show that energy conversion efficiency varies with airspeed following a concave function, with a maximum...

After a lot of time spent in the darkness of the wind tunnel, the results finally see the light.
I'm very excited to share what will become the first chapter of my thesis.
Energy conversion efficiency peaks at intermediate flight speed in a migratory songbird www.cell.com/current-biol...

05.06.2025 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.

I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

06.03.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1654    ๐Ÿ” 692    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 142
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Just returned from the #EUFLYNET cost action meeting in Tarifa. There were plenty of interesting talks regarding migratory birds and networking opportunities. The landscape and wildlife were a highlight. #birdmigration

28.02.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last week, 56,000 #btgodwits were counted in the rice fields of the #Tagus estuary, the highest concentration of the species in the EAF. In this rice field alone, 36K godwits were recorded by drone!

#LifeGodwitflyway

09.02.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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How important are your #postdoc years in the likelihood of you staying & succeeding in #academia?

In our newly published paper in @pnas.org, "Postdoc Publications and Citations Link to Academic Retention and Faculty Success," we study the journey of #CareerSuccess of ~45,000 #postdocs.

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21.01.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

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