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More bad stuff in the OMB rules. Good roundup on this point by Jeffrey Mervis in Science Magazine. https://lnkd.in/eVQUcAQb

Don't miss this week's new issue of #ScienceSignaling! https://scim.ag/4aowuht

Social media posts containing misinformation evoke more moral outrage than posts with trustworthy information, and that outrage facilitates the spread of misinformation, according to a 2024 study in Science. The researchers also found that people are more likely to share outrage-evoking misinformation without reading it first. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3R4QoaR #SocialMediaDay

I am excited to share a recent work to which I contributed, now published in Science Magazine. In this work, my colleagues at the Sandoghdar Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light demonstrate, for the first time, that a single molecule adsorbed on a molecular crystal surface can exhibit Fourier-limited optical transitions (coherence at the fundamental lifetime limit), an achievement that had long been considered extremely challenging. This opens new opportunities for emerging molecular quantum technologies. I contributed to the theoretical understanding of this system by modeling how electron–phonon coupling governs the temperature dependence of the linewidth and transition frequency, and how the local environment shifts the optical transition frequencies. Further details can be found in Masoud Mirzaei’s post below. I am grateful to all of my collaborators for making this exciting work possible. Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/ec_qyxed Science Magazine MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

According to a new study of more than 8000 researcher parents in 119 countries, only 21% of women and 27% of men started to have children during their Ph.D. program. And mothers face particular challenges when navigating parenthood while in graduate school, the study findings indicate. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4eFaDUk

Here's Jocelyn Kaiser's latest analysis in Science Magazine of the spending rate at NIH with quotes from Heather Pierce. Looks like there's a chance the money will get spent but with many fewer grants again due to multi-year commitments. https://lnkd.in/er8hE6U9

The latest episode of the Science Magazine book podcast is available now. I've wanted to interview Georgina Ferry about her biography of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin for many years, so this was a total treat. Hodgkin was a fascinating, complex person, as well as a brilliant scientist (also, did you know that she taught Margaret Thatcher for a while?). https://lnkd.in/gqPS6GHf

Ultra-high-resolution spectroscopy has long been possible in gases and bulk crystals, but achieving comparable spectral resolution on surfaces has remained an open challenge. In our latest work, we demonstrate that surfaces are not fundamentally incompatible with lifetime-limited optical spectroscopy. Through an innovative approach to surface preparation and single-molecule spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures, we show for the first time that surface-adsorbed molecules can exhibit Fourier-limited optical transitions. These results challenge the long-standing assumption that surface-induced perturbations inevitably broaden optical transitions and open new opportunities for combining ultra-high-resolution laser spectroscopy with atomic-resolution scanning probe microscopy, enabling simultaneous access to spectral and spatial information at the single-molecule level. I am deeply grateful to my co-authors, collaborators, and mentors for their support, guidance, and contributions throughout this project. It has been a privilege to be part of such a collaborative effort and to learn from an exceptional team. I am delighted to share that our study has now been published in Science. You can read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/e4jtJ9nW⁠ Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Sandoghdar Lab Science Magazine #quantumoptics #singlemolecule #spectroscopy #surfacephysics #quantumtechnology

"I spent years waiting for permission to be more than a cog in the machine, only to find the machine had no safety net for me. Now, I know there’s no shame in diversifying my value." This week's Working Life. https://scim.ag/4eOf9Qy

New in Science: Researchers in Ukraine used camera traps to investigate the impact of armed conflict on wildlife, finding that mammal species responded through behavioral adjustments, including reduced activity during the night. The results provide valuable insights into the immediate responses of wildlife to such events and underscore the potential of camera trapping to quantify the ecological effects of war. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4xz6vxI