American: Why don’t we ever have enough engineers?

Me: See chart below

Berkeley lab's Scintillator Library has been expanded & updated.  It gives the measured properties of scintillators - materials that give off light in response to radiation - for diverse applications, from medical tests and imaging to basic science.  scintillator.lbl.gov #NSD

In Foreign Policy, Andrew Reddie and I wrote about the little known history shaping the future of nuclear energy in Taiwan. A story replete with spies, lies, disasters, democracy, and semiconductors. foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/14/tai…

Root is such a brutalist plotting engine from CERN. It has zero regard for superficial aesthetics, and in turn, it is aesthetic in the most unadulterated, truest form. It's not even brutalist, because there was an explicit counter-culture intent behind brutalism.

Check out 'The Risk Calculus' podcast from Berkeley Risk and Security Lab with awesome new episodes about wargaming. Featuring yours truly, Bethany Goldblum, John R Emery Jacquelyn Schneider Ellie Bartels. Thanks Andrew Reddie and Jane Darby Menton for having me on!
open.spotify.com/episode/71tOga…

Exciting news from Berkeley Risk and Security Lab... tomorrow we're releasing Season One of our new podcast, 'The Risk Calculus.' If you like wargaming, nuclear weapons, Thomas Schelling, and fun facts about Prussia, this one's for you!

open.spotify.com/episode/5xSwIj…

Are you a PhD student, junior faculty member, or early/mid career NatSec professional who wants to learn how to design and run wargames for research, teaching, or policy analysis? Apply to join us at the
MIT SSP Wargaming Lab Summer Institute!

Application deadline: March 15th.

⏰ Apply for the programs before the March 7, 2024 deadline!
🔗 Science & Technology Fellowship: aspentechpolicyhub.org/apply/
🔗 Writing for Public Policy Short Course: aspentechpolicyhub.org/apply-to-the-w…

The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well.

Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.

Happening tomorrow: A live debate between Mr. Frank Miller and Dr. James Acton on the U.S. Nuclear Targeting at CSIS. Sign up NOW ⬇️
csis.org/events/poni-li…

'An undiminished nuclear threat and a new arms race.'

Read the nuclear spotlight from the 2024 #DoomsdayClock announcement: bit.ly/3Oe6sT9

It is still 90 seconds to midnight.

Check out this great resource on career opportunities with the national labs and other FFRDCs! #nuclear

Years in the writing, now out with Georgetown University Press!

1st of its kind overview & guide to #cyber #wargaming .

Cyber Wargaming via @ press.georgetown.edu/Book/Cyber-War…

I'm looking forward to debating US nuclear targeting policy with Frank Miller at a CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues debate on Jan 25!

csis.org/events/poni-li…

Re-upping! Just under a month left to apply to be the next Carnegie Nuclear Policy Stanton Fellow. A great opportunity, especially for those interested in highlighting the policy relevance of their research!

More info here: carnegieendowment.applicantpro.com/jobs/3130110

✨ Job Alert ✨

Come work with our group at Berkeley Astronomy, in an NSF-sponsored postdoc position centered around simulation-based inference with #machinelearning . First application deadline Dec 5.

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04220

💡Reminder: We are still accepting #applications for our Spring 2024 Short Course on nuclear #nonproliferation and #disarmament specifically designed for #diplomats and practitioners. ⚛️
📍in-person in Vienna
⏰18-22 March 2024
🔔Apply by 4 December
More info about the course

The nuclei of atoms are made from protons and neutrons.

Why are there no nuclei made only of neutrons?

It has to do with the Pauli principle, but if the strong force was 10% stronger pure neutron and proton bound states could exist and we might not..

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