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Jim Al-Khalili

@jimalkhalili

Prof Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS HonFREng @UniofSurrey Distinguished Chair in theoretical physics, author, broadcaster, humanist. "Affable Egghead" (Sunday Times).

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Morning. Do you think a radio programme about how to make different types of steel might be interesting. Well, actually, yes. My guest on on BBC Radio 4 is Professor of Metallurgy, Sir Harry Bhadeshia.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Royal Academy of Engineering(@RAEngNews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you to everyone who joined us online tonight and huge thanks to our expert panel who gave up their time to discuss 2023's biggest engineering stories.

Missed the event? Don't worry, you can catch up on the panel discussion and Q&A here: raeng.org.uk/events/2023/de…

Thank you to everyone who joined us online tonight and huge thanks to our expert panel who gave up their time to discuss 2023's biggest engineering stories. Missed the event? Don't worry, you can catch up on the panel discussion and Q&A here: raeng.org.uk/events/2023/de…
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Tim O'Brien(@ProfTimOB) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Andromeda Galaxy in handheld mobile phone shot. Photons travelled for 2.5 million years caught just before they hit the ground out the back of our house.

Andromeda Galaxy in handheld mobile phone shot. Photons travelled for 2.5 million years caught just before they hit the ground out the back of our house.
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Johnjoe McFadden(@johnjoemcfadden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Is Occam's razor the foundation of modern science? See my 'Razor-Sharp Science' article in Annals of NY Acad Sci nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… based on my book Life is Simple amazon.co.uk/Life-Simple-Sc…. and responding to anti-razor articles by my colleagues Jim Al-Khalili + Philip Ball

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It’s always a pleasure to see another edition of The Joy of Science by Jim Al-Khalili arrive into our office! This is the Complex Chinese edition from Sun Color Culture Co., Ltd and with 14 other languages licensed, we’ve got plenty more to look forward to!

It’s always a pleasure to see another edition of The Joy of Science by @jimalkhalili arrive into our office! This is the Complex Chinese edition from Sun Color Culture Co., Ltd and with 14 other languages licensed, we’ve got plenty more to look forward to! #PUPRights #Translation
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Prof Claire Corkhill(@clairecorkhill) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Register for Diamond Light Source's Early Career Scientists Symposium, where you can hear from established scientists about a diverse range of careers, including moi (but most excitingly for me, Jim Al-Khalili)! Deadline 8th Dec tinyurl.com/2ztbe39b South West Nuclear Hub University of Bristol Earth Sciences

Register for @DiamondLightSou's Early Career Scientists Symposium, where you can hear from established scientists about a diverse range of careers, including moi (but most excitingly for me, @jimalkhalili)! Deadline 8th Dec tinyurl.com/2ztbe39b @SWNuclearHub @UoBEarthScience
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Discussing everything from to engineering for and the exciting innovation happening all over the UK and beyond, join us for this exciting webinar where our expert panel will cover the big engineering stories of 2023.

Our panellists are:

- Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE,…

Discussing everything from #AI to engineering for #NetZero and the exciting innovation happening all over the UK and beyond, join us for this exciting webinar where our expert panel will cover the big engineering stories of 2023. Our panellists are: - Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE,…
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We finished the second day of with a brilliant panel discussion on 'Unveiling Quantum Secrets in Biology, Opportunities and Challenges' featuring Jim Al-Khalili Martin Plenio Warwick Bowen Clarice D. Aiello (she,her) Felix Ritort Frank Vollmer and Prof. Aleksandra Radenovic

We finished the second day of #S3IC2023 with a brilliant panel discussion on 'Unveiling Quantum Secrets in Biology, Opportunities and Challenges' featuring @jimalkhalili @MartinPlenio @Warwick_Bowen @ClariceDAiello @fritort @FrankVollmerLAB and Prof. Aleksandra Radenovic #PremC
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Jim Al-Khalili(@jimalkhalili) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nice early maths formula. Actually, there are two solutions. The left hand side could also be 0, which is intuitively all we would expect, but just a few lines of basic algebra show that 1 is also true.

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I’ve handled the review of > 1000 papers at @nature. Over time, you notice aspects of presentation on which reviewers tend to comment. In the interests of minimizing hassles during review, I offer the following suggestions (a bit targeted to climate papers).

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Massimo(@Rainmaker1973) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Does a USB drive get heavier as you store more files on it?

Nope. Paradoxically (and theoretically), the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets.

USB drives use Flash memory, which means the the ones and zeros of the data are stored on transistors.

When you save…

Does a USB drive get heavier as you store more files on it? Nope. Paradoxically (and theoretically), the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets. USB drives use Flash memory, which means the the ones and zeros of the data are stored on transistors. When you save…
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Jim Al-Khalili(@jimalkhalili) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last night I recorded the 300th episode* of The Life Scientific in front of audience at Royal Institution.
My guest was this year’s Ri xmas lecturer, AI expert Michael Wooldridge. It’ll air on 18/12

*actually 301st, but Mike was 300th guest as one ep was me itrvwd by Dr Adam Rutherford

Last night I recorded the 300th episode* of The Life Scientific in front of audience at @Ri_Science. My guest was this year’s Ri xmas lecturer, AI expert @wooldridgemike. It’ll air on 18/12 — *actually 301st, but Mike was 300th guest as one ep was me itrvwd by @AdamRutherford
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