🔬💡 Nature has compiled examples of basic #research that seemed impractical but led to major breakthroughs, including Thomas Brock's 1960s #Yellowstone hot springs bacteria work that enabled PCR technology for #DNA analysis.

The compilation traces discoveries from Isidor Rabi's 1930s atomic nucleus research to MRI development, Friedrich Reinitzer's 1888 carrot root studies to LCD screens, Francisco Mojica's microbial research to #CRISPR gene editing, and Gila monster venom studies to #diabetes medications like #Ozempic.

👉 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03474-x

#science #technology #tech #medicine #discovery #innovation #history #education #breakthrough

🐒💭 A psychologist at #Utrecht University tested #chimpanzees at #Uganda’s Ngamba Island Sanctuary in five experiments using boxes and hidden food, finding they weigh evidence and change decisions when confronted with contradictory information. The results suggest rational thinking evolved in our primate ancestors and challenges the assumption that reasoned decision-making defines humanity.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-revise-their-beliefs-when-shown-new-evidence-study-finds

#psychology #evolution #primates #science #behavior #research #animals

Google Scholar Is Doomed

https://hannahshelley.neocities.org/blog/2025_08_13_GoogleScholar?_hsmi=379136541

#GoogleScholar #Research #searchengine #ScholComm #AcademicResearch #AI

@frenaville

"My bold prediction? Scholar gets the axe within 5 years. Google will announce it with 12 months' notice, Bluesky will have a collective meltdown, universities will scramble for alternatives, and research workflows will be in chaos for years. "

😱

#GoogleScholar #Research #searchengine #ScholComm #AcademicResearch #AI

Dive into the European research ecosystem with the #EOSCEUNode Resource Catalogue.

Navigating Europe's vast #research landscape just got easier. The #EOSC EU Node Resource Catalogue brings together millions of trusted research resources, from #datasets and #publications to software and services, all in one place, and makes them accessible via the EOSC EU Node Resource Hub.

🔗 Read the article to learn more: https://go.egi.eu/Aq3AC

#OpenScience #OpenAIRE #OpenAccess

Dive into the European research ecosystem with the #EOSCEUNode Resource Catalogue.

Navigating Europe's vast #research landscape just got easier. The #EOSC EU Node Resource Catalogue brings together millions of trusted research resources, from #datasets and #publications to software and services, all in one place, and makes them accessible via the EOSC EU Node Resource Hub.

🔗 Read the article to learn more: https://go.egi.eu/Aq3AC

#OpenScience #OpenAIRE #OpenAccess

The most accurate carotid artery model to date — the first to capture both the soft, low-pressure behavior and the stiff, high-pressure response of the vessel.

Built on the same principles as Fung’s law, but improved: our 2014 α–β framework fits strain energy first, then derives pressure — like how F = dE/dx gives the force in a spring. Here E is the strain energy — the quantity Fung’s law was originally built around. Strain energy is differentiated to give force, and in the fits below that force corresponds to pressure.

The 1987 plot below (Fung-type) fits well only at high pressures; the 2019 plot fits low pressures. Ours is the first to capture both perfectly.

#Biomechanics #MaterialScience #Physics #Mathematics #Modeling #Energy #Pressure #Research #Science #Innovation #london #askfedi

🐒💭 A psychologist at #Utrecht University tested #chimpanzees at #Uganda’s Ngamba Island Sanctuary in five experiments using boxes and hidden food, finding they weigh evidence and change decisions when confronted with contradictory information. The results suggest rational thinking evolved in our primate ancestors and challenges the assumption that reasoned decision-making defines humanity.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-revise-their-beliefs-when-shown-new-evidence-study-finds

#psychology #evolution #primates #science #behavior #research #animals

A Closer Look at Piezoelectric Crystal

https://www.samaterials.com/content/a-closer-look-at-stressed-piezo-crystals.html

#HackerNews #Piezoelectric #Crystals #Technology #Innovation #Science #Research

🔬💡 Nature has compiled examples of basic #research that seemed impractical but led to major breakthroughs, including Thomas Brock's 1960s #Yellowstone hot springs bacteria work that enabled PCR technology for #DNA analysis.

The compilation traces discoveries from Isidor Rabi's 1930s atomic nucleus research to MRI development, Friedrich Reinitzer's 1888 carrot root studies to LCD screens, Francisco Mojica's microbial research to #CRISPR gene editing, and Gila monster venom studies to #diabetes medications like #Ozempic.

👉 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03474-x

#science #technology #tech #medicine #discovery #innovation #history #education #breakthrough

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending' / PBS

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO070E_dI

#science #research #academia

Google Scholar Is Doomed

https://hannahshelley.neocities.org/blog/2025_08_13_GoogleScholar?_hsmi=379136541

#GoogleScholar #Research #searchengine #ScholComm #AcademicResearch #AI

To make the growing number of supercomputers, quantum sites, and AI factories in Europe more accessible to users, hyperconnectivity is essential: reliable connections with ultra-high bandwidth.

The collaborating National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), including SURF, are taking up this challenge. The result will be an HPC ecosystem that researchers can fully benefit from.

Read more: https://www.surf.nl/en/news/european-network-organisations-working-towards-hyperconnectivity-for-supercomputing?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2025-10-social&utm_kwd=european-network-organisations-working-towards-hyperconnectivity-for-supercomputing&utm_source=mastodon&utm_content=onderzoek

#research

Hello again, please fill out my survey! I want to hear your thoughts on whether dogs should be allowed in work environments or not. It should only take about 5-10 minutes of your time!

https://forms.gle/kgB7EkRLohrPs4yMA

#dog #survey #research

Today is the day 🎁

The #dsa regime for researchers to get access to platform data to study societal impact and risks starts TODAY.

This has been a loooooong time coming. And the proof of the pudding will be in the eating …

#dataaccess #research

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/new-measures-unlock-access-data-largest-online-platforms-support-research

❓ Do preprints establish priority of discovery❓
Yes!
✨Preprints have a time stamp.
✨Preprints are publicly available.
✨Preprints can be cited.

#OpenScience #research #science #OpeAccess

Today is the day 🎁

The #dsa regime for researchers to get access to platform data to study societal impact and risks starts TODAY.

This has been a loooooong time coming. And the proof of the pudding will be in the eating …

#dataaccess #research

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/new-measures-unlock-access-data-largest-online-platforms-support-research

❓ Do preprints establish priority of discovery❓
Yes!
✨Preprints have a time stamp.
✨Preprints are publicly available.
✨Preprints can be cited.

#OpenScience #research #science #OpeAccess

👀 When’s the last time you saw a #mustelid?

The #weasel, #stoat, and #polecat may be silently disappearing from the Dutch landscape, or are they just hiding? 🐾

Biologists from #GELIFES at the UG are finding out how to monitor these small carnivores. 🔎

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2025/weaseling-out-the-best-way-to-monitor-small-carnivores

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #mustelids #FSE #research #ecology #conservation #biology #wildlife #biodiversity #ScientistsOnMastodon #conservationbiology @universityofgroningen