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The LeidenForce project aims to comprehensively study the #Leidenfrost effect and propose novel applications, either to mitigate its adverse effects or leverage its advantages. #Physics #Droplets #Research #MSCA #HorizonEurope https://www.leidenforce.eu

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Cheikh and Gauri at the Centre Spatial de Liège

Cheikh and Gauri at the Centre Spatial de Liège

The first steps of Cheikh and Gauri at the Centre Spatial de Liège
@universitedeliege.bsky.social with @kafleury.bsky.social

#PhDLife #LeidenForce #Research #SpaceScience

10.10.2025 13:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"le vote d'un amendement de suppression du Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur par l'Assemblée nationale a relancé les débats sur l'évaluation la recherche scientifique"

10.10.2025 08:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Gauri Patki, new DC at LeidenForce

Gauri Patki, new DC at LeidenForce

Welcome Gauri Patki (DC#4) to #LeidenForce!
She will study #LeidenfrostJets at @laboratoire-iemn.bsky.social @fst-ulille.bsky.social & @universitedeliege.bsky.social PtYX.
PI: @leduke21.bsky.social & @marca-be.bsky.social
+ @airbus.com secondment.
www.leidenforce.eu/welcomegaurinews
#FluidDynamics

08.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

LAB CHRONICLE #20
-Data Acquisition-

Camera aligned.
Perfect focus.
→ Then I sneezed.
→ 4 hours of recalibration.

#LabLifeGoesOn #PhDLife #ExperimentalTragedy #LeidenfrostEffect #LabReality

08.10.2025 09:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In one minute !

07.10.2025 09:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed – Physics World Matin Durrani counts down the five most significant physics Nobels since 2000

At PW headquarters, we're all waiting with bated breath for this morning's physics #NobelPrize. If you're doing the same, why not pass the time by reading/arguing with our editor @matindurrani.bsky.social's picks of the 5 most notable physics Nobels this century? physicsworld.com/a/the-top-fi... 🧪⚛️

07.10.2025 09:18 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 3
Picture of Pablo Gil Gonzàlez, new DC at LeidenForce

Picture of Pablo Gil Gonzàlez, new DC at LeidenForce

Welcome Pablo Gil González, new DC at #LeidenForce!
Research @ulbruxelles.bsky.social with Pierre Colinet + secondments @espciparispsl.bsky.social, @ntnu-iss.bsky.social, @universitedeliege.bsky.social, @utwente.bsky.social
🔗Read more: www.leidenforce.eu/welcomepablonews
#PhD #Research #VaporFilm

06.10.2025 13:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A scientist’s guide to AI agents — how could they help your research? Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes.

Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes

go.nature.com/3IY9njc

06.10.2025 09:27 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

" I wanted them to think deeply about the research process and to develop their own inventiveness. I wanted them to tap into their imaginations."

06.10.2025 07:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"So where do physicists end up? Surprise: Physicists can do—and actually do—(almost) anything"
#Physicist #Career #FromPhysicsToAnything #EverythingIsPossible

03.10.2025 10:04 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

“What is the goal of starting a lab?”
"How to choose a good scientific problem?"
"What happens after we choose a problem?"
#MustRead #ResearchGem

03.10.2025 09:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Picture of Mélanie Bulois, new DC in the LeidenForce project

Picture of Mélanie Bulois, new DC in the LeidenForce project

Welcome Mélanie Bulois DC#10 to #LeidenForce!
She’ll explore the #LeidenfrostEffect in multiphase #microfluidics, where droplets levitate & evaporate in tiny channels.
Research @ulbruxelles.bsky.social with Benoit Scheid + secondment @universiteuppa.bsky.social
🔗 www.leidenforce.eu/welcomemelan...

02.10.2025 12:45 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The Focus Collection highlights progress at the intersection of theory, experiment, and data science, uncovering and harnessing unconventional mechanical behaviors in soft systems far from equilibrium
#softmatter #machinelearning #datascience

02.10.2025 09:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Recent physics grads are no stranger to AI Physics graduates are both using artificial intelligence and building it, the latest survey found.

"Ethical decision-making skills are as important for preparing physics students for the workforce as technical skills"
www.aps.org/apsnews/2025...
@apsphysics.bsky.social

01.10.2025 11:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Matteo Leonard, Dilip Maity, Nicolas Vandewalle, Tadd Truscott: Stretching water between two grooves https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25864 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.25864 https://arxiv.org/html/2509.25864

01.10.2025 06:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Matteo Leonard, Jos\'ephine Van Hulle, Florianne Weyer, Denis Terwagne, Nicolas Vandewalle: Droplets sliding on single and multiple vertical fibers https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25898 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.25898 https://arxiv.org/html/2509.25898

01.10.2025 06:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thoughts for researchers… polyglots and champions of scientific palaeography.

01.10.2025 07:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Physicists studied the phase transitions that occur while making the pasta dish cacio e pepe."

30.09.2025 08:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A chart titled "how phd students rate their experiences". 75% of respondents are satisfied with their phds

A chart titled "how phd students rate their experiences". 75% of respondents are satisfied with their phds

3,785 doctoral students across 107 counties told us about everything from supervision practices to workplace concerns

Read the full story: go.nature.com/4gSnYJM

29.09.2025 15:02 — 👍 29    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1

LAB CHRONICLE #19
-Weekly Report-

I found an old coffee cup behind the hotplate.
→ A bit acidic. But stable.

#LabCoffee #ThermodynamicStability #PhaseTransition #SurvivalOfTheCup #LeidenForce

30.09.2025 08:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"The researchers speculate that these scientists [the beginners] offer new perspectives because they are less attached to previous theories and knowledge than are their more experienced colleagues"

29.09.2025 13:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Infographic: The value of publishing null results | For Researchers | Springer Nature Springer Nature’s new white paper, based on responses from 11,069 researchers across 166 countries, is the first large-scale look at why ‘null

« Springer Nature a publié les résultats d'une enquête mondiale demandant à des chercheurs du monde entier de partager leurs perceptions et leurs attitudes à l'égard des résultats nuls et leurs expériences en matière de partage de ces résultats. »

25.09.2025 17:02 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Illustrae. Un outil IA spécialisé pour créer des illustrations pour les sciences Vous avez déjà perdu un temps infini à chercher LE bon schéma de la mitose, celui qui colle pile à votre chapitre ? Ou tenté de dessiner une molécule au

Illustrae. Un outil IA spécialisé pour créer des illustrations pour les sciences. ✨🔬🎨 #Illustrae #IA #Science #Illustrations 

26.09.2025 06:11 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Have you ever seen Styrofoam balls float?

Inspired by the research of the Waitukaitis group, the object “Acoustic Levitation” makes exactly that possible. It allows for the observation of particles isolated from electrical charge.

Find out more: https://www.vistascience.at/en/festival

26.09.2025 07:02 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Because cool physics is everywhere 😎 (source unknown, unfortunately)

26.12.2024 11:03 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I thought of a sneaky way to find my people on this thing.

Self-identify and I will add you...

See you at APS-DFD!

go.bsky.app/8Njfprh

22.11.2024 05:04 — 👍 87    🔁 37    💬 66    📌 2
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The meaning behind the moniker: how to choose a science-company name that delights customers, colleagues and investors Should you have a brainstorming session, use a branding agency or go with gut feeling? In a new article series, Nature explores the art of corporate naming.

How do you choose a name for your scientific company?

go.nature.com/42K8YaG

23.09.2025 15:32 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2

Beaucoup d'idées de compte de chercheuses à suivre !

Il y a encore peu de physiciennes dans la liste donc si vous en connaissez qui pourraient être intéressées d'être ajoutées n'hésitez pas à leur transférer l'info ⤵️

23.09.2025 19:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

LAB CHRONICLE #18
-Shooting Instructions-

Always check that the camera isn’t pointing at the wall.
Especially after 3 days of shooting.

#ExperimentalSetup #KingOfTheLab #NoPanic #Research #LeidenfrostEffect

24.09.2025 08:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pour Science&vie je vous ai concocté une Une sur les fondements de la physique : pourquoi relativité générale et mécanique quantique sont incompatibles ? Doivent-elles être fusionnées ou collées ? Quelle aide apportent les expériences en labo ? 20 pages pour réconcilier (ou pas) les deux infinis ♾️

19.09.2025 08:10 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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