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academic publishing, mdpi 

@alexpghayes Check out the blog post linked in the post below. My advice: don't do it
qoto.org/@quantumsensing/10934

Today, I will opt out of any email communication. Yet another email asking to peer review work that's clearly out of my expertise was the drop that filled the bucket.

Not to speak about the perpetuum mobile giving you vouchers for publishing your own work after you have reviewed something.

Not to speak about the insane amount of "special issues", one of which I was recently asked to co-edit while there's an ongoing one on exactly the same topic edited by a colleague.

No more words needed when you see the attached figure which I shamelessly stole from this fantastic article recommended by a friend.

paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/20

Disclaimer: I'm not saying there's nothing wrong re: publishing culture in science in general but is really pushing it here




This week, the world’s human #population is expected to reach 8B. About 109B people have lived and died. Each grain of sand represents 10M.

Spectacular #data visualization of human life on Earth by Max Roser #science

@EXIT_FAILURE did you craft this by hand or is it some sort of machine? Looks awesome!

Our heavy-duty ion getter pump taking a deep breath during venting (sound on!)

#PhysicsFactlet (Just made this for a lecture, so I thought I would put it here too)
Three identical harmonic oscillators, starting with different initial conditions, and their phase-space representation (x is displacement from equilibrium, p is the canonical momentum).
#Physics #Visualization #ITeachPhysics

Decided to look at network stats again. There are 1M more people using #Mastodon today than there were on October 27.

#PhD students of #Mastodon, I have created a Mastadon group for sharing PhD-related posts using @phdstudents when posting a PhD student toot. Let's help the group to grow and share our PhD student experiences.

#Students #postgraduate #research #connectivity #PhDStudents

Neat work out of 🇫🇷,🇨🇦
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Hybrid quantum inertial sensor that "... emits a steady signal at the rate of a classic sensor but with 50x greater precision made possible by #quantum measurements"

#QuantumTechnology #QuantumSensing

phys.org/news/2022-11-quantum-

Original and counterfeit logo of our Very Long Baseline Atom Interferometry facility.
Can you spot the difference?


One of the downsides of heavy-butt turbo pumps: they only spin up to 650 Hz 👂💥🤯

old physicist explaining the impossibility of gravitational wave detection with atom interferometry to younger students, painted in oil
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Yo ,
If you are looking for chitchat, at times useless trivia, and updates on our work in the field of for inertial sensing: this is where it's at!

Did you know that humankind will likely never laser cool potassium worth the amount in a single 🍌?


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