Mihai Caragiu

Black branes are higher dimension #BlackHoles that have hydrodynamic properties. The Holographic Principle means these branes ≈ lower dimension #QFT fluids. The absorption cross-section of low energy #Gravitons by the brane is then proportional to ideal fluid viscosity. #Science #Physics #Gravity 🧪⚛️

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Another video of the #Serbian police using a LRAD sonic cannon against the student protesters in #Belgrade while they were holding their 15 minutes of silence.

LRAD is an acoustic weapon that fires a targeted "beam" of sound at very high volume, up to 160 dB

#SerbiaProtests #Serbia #Belgrade

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Opinion | What Cutting-Edge Science Can Tell Us About Extreme Weather (Gift Article) Advances in attribution science have made clear how climate change is making floods, fires and heat waves worse.

The question isn’t IF climate change is making extreme weather worse—it’s how much.

Science can put a number on how many more homes flood, how much more rain a hurricane dumps, how much larger wildfires grow--and how much worse it will get if we don't act now.

More by @frediotto.bsky.social & I:

How Bookstores Change the World While most books are purchased from corporate sellers nowadays, stores dedicated to selling books serve a special place in our communities. They're where we can socialize, make serendipitous book disc...

"While most books are purchased from corporate sellers nowadays, stores dedicated to selling books serve a special place in our communities. They're where we can socialize, make serendipitous book discoveries & even get involved in political causes."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-boo...
#BookSky

"Just as words express thoughts conceived, math, the language of science, captures theories imagined." -rian nejar

Researchers demonstrated that #thinking does not need #words (animals think too, duh!). Seems to me that we do not need complex #math - the language of #science - to come up with new ways or #theories to comprehend the universe. 🧪💭⚗️➗

All we need is #imagination.

#SundayThought #philsky #booksky

Major test case for new geothermal technology launches in small German town Residents in the German town of Geretsried have long wanted to run their buildings with clean heat and electricity from geothermal energy rather than fossil fuels.

Major test case for new geothermal technology launches in small German town: apnews.com/article/ener... AP highlights Eavor's first of a kind closed loop geothermal heat & power project in Geretstried in the scenic Bavarian countryside south of Munich, which will go online this year. 🔌💡

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now

Meanwhile...

I struggle to express just how *weird* Vance’s #MSC2025 speech was. This is a transatlantic security conference, happening while there is a war in Europe, and the US is announcing a partial withdrawal from European security. And the US VP speaks about (alleged) threats to free speech in Europe??

Ice rain today

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Germania, manifestazione contro l'estrema destra di Afd: «Oltre 200 mila persone in piazza a Monaco» 
https://www.corriere.it/esteri/25_febbraio_08/germania-oltre-200-mila-persone-in-piazza-a-monaco-contro-l-estrema-destra-di-afd-0810a4aa-0f4e-487b-a9ad-a5cfb04dexlk.shtml

NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%

www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...

Property Prices in Peril First Street™ research is transparent, peer reviewed, and proven against real environmental events. Use the Library to access First Street Research.

Based on peer-reviewed modeling, this report says that climate change -- via rising insurance prices & shifting consumer preferences -- is going to wipe out $1.47 trillion in US net property value.

I'm bad at budgeting. Is $1.47 trillion a lot?

Cluj-Napoca, Romania
#city #town #urban #romania #landscape #photography #sky #bluesky #buildings #old

Romania is diverse.

Romania has helped and is helping Ukraine a lot. It often helped silently, without any fuss. From the very first days, Romania opened its borders to our refugees and helped to transport equipment.

Romanian volunteers have fought and are still fighting in Ukraine.

An infographic showing three key practices of effective mathematics teaching: purposeful planning, developing mathematical proficiency, and adapting to and supporting all learners. It finishes with 'No single pedagogical approach can meet the needs of every mathematics learner'.

Today the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers published their position paper on 'Pedagogy in Mathematics'.

Thanks to #AAMT for being a reasoned and balanced voice in maths education. Proud to play a role in bringing this to life.

🔗 go.aamt.edu.au/2025Pedagogy

#MathsEducation #MathsEdAU

Historic Leap: MIT Physicists Measure Quantum Geometry for First Time Work reveals new ways to understand and manipulate electrons in materials. MIT physicists, in collaboration with colleagues, have measured the geometry—or shape—of electrons in solids at the quantum l...

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Dr. Lindsey Kwok, CIERA fellow at Northwestern University and supernova observer.

Logo for the Astrophysics Podcast, including an image of a computer model of a supernova remnant. Model generated by Dr. Soham Mandal using the SPROUT code.

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Good Morning! The latest episode of the Astrophysics Podcast is out today! I'm interviewing Dr. Lindsey Kwok, a research fellow at Northwestern University. She uses JWST to learn how supernovae exploded!

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#astrophysics #podcast

Association between increase in temperature due to climate change and depressive symptoms in Korea Studies on the long-term effects of rising temperature by climate change on mental health are limited. This study investigates the influence of temper…

🌡️📉 Climate Change and Depression in Korea

A new study found that rising temperatures due to climate change are linked to increased depressive symptoms, especially in urban areas and among younger adults (19–40).

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#ClimateChange #MentalHealth #SciComm 🧪

For my climate change class for non-science majors, I gave a short assignment on the history of climate science. The first question was "Before reading: from your perspective as an undergraduate student in 2025, when does it FEEL like scientists discovered climate change?"

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