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"by linking bouncing to droplet velocity, size and surface properties, the new framework could make it easier to engineer microdroplets for specific purposes"

LAB CHRONICLE #21
-Good Day-

Today, the experiment worked.
Then the camera froze.
→ I have a JPEG of pure science.
→ Just one image. But perfect.

#Bug #Jpeg #PureScience #GoodDay #OneFrame

"When a new entrepreneur emerges, they have every incentive to come up with a radical new technology"

YouTube video by LeidenForce Bubble bursting

A bubble bursting in slow motion — where physics meets poetry.

🎥 Stéphane Dorbolo @marca-be.bsky.social – @universitedeliege.bsky.social
youtu.be/yWhDlVrEOAQ?...

#Physics #FunScience #FluidDynamics #Bubble #SlowMotion

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

"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"

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

LAB CHRONICLE #20
-Data Acquisition-

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

#LabLifeGoesOn #PhDLife #ExperimentalTragedy #LeidenfrostEffect #LabReality

In one minute !

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... 🧪⚛️

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Thoughts for researchers… polyglots and champions of scientific palaeography.

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

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

LAB CHRONICLE #19
-Weekly Report-

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

#LabCoffee #ThermodynamicStability #PhaseTransition #SurvivalOfTheCup #LeidenForce

"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"

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. »

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 

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

Because cool physics is everywhere 😎 (source unknown, unfortunately)

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