Researching the atmospheres of exoplanets 🏳️🌈
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Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Today is the last time the sun will set in Oxford after 6pm. The next time the sun sets after 6pm will be in March 2027.
And so the early evenings begin.
📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford
ALT The Radcliffe Camera at dusk, its windows glowing warmly against a deep blue evening sky, with surrounding Oxford buildings and streetlights illuminated nearby.
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
📢They want to stay. They need a way to stay.
This physicist's 🧪words capture what is at stake for UK science: researchers who want a future here but cannot see the next opportunity.
#UKRI #ScienceFunding
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Meet Senior Teaching Technician Max Howe, who spends his days powering Oxford’s undergraduate physics labs - from liquid helium transfers to testing new quantum Hall effect gear.
Read more physics.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-m…
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
I’ve always wished that I could run JAX programs on my Apple GPU, and (naturally) I have more opinions than time, so I used Opus 5.5 to build a custom backend for recent JAX versions. I’m sure there are many rough edges, but it kind of works! github.com/dfm/jax-graft
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Congratulations to Professor Francis Halzen on the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics for discovering high-energy cosmic neutrinos with IceCube! 🧊 It was a pleasure to welcome him in 2019 for our Particle Physics Christmas Lecture. Watch it here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/icecube-op…
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Big news in our universe: Our online shop has launched and is officially open! 🚀
Show your love for physics and support the department at the same time.
Visit thecollegestore.co.uk/collec…
During October you can enjoy 10% off using code TCS-FRESH10 at checkout 🛍️
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
New #CoolWorlds video!
(now with fixed audio!)
youtu.be/FR-3cPMMEEQ?si=IUT3…
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Who is history's greatest physicist?
It's an impossible question to answer decisively, but Russian physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Lev Landau gave it his best shot!
Link: youtube.com/shorts/gAWeoMW-v…
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Thanks to @TheTimes for featuring Mauve and our mission to increase access to space science data!
The blockbuster flotation of SpaceX has galvanised broader interest in funds backing satellite, rocket and data centre ventures thetimes.com/business/techno…
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
I appeared on BBC News today, in-place for tomorrow’s total solar eclipse! With everything now sorted (barring unexpected changes in weather), I have 24 hours left with little to do except: 1) Eat good food, 2) Drink good wine, 3) Swim in that pool with friends. Life is tough!
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
For Oxford's inaugural Women in AI campaign, Dr Heloise Stevance explains how AI virtual research assistants help astronomers find exploding stars among millions nightly. Read in full: mpls.ox.ac.uk/women-in-ai/in… #OxfordWomenInAI
ALT Stills from the video produced by Angel Media for MPLS Oxford.
ALT Stills from the video produced by Angel Media for MPLS Oxford.
ALT Stills from the video produced by Angel Media for MPLS Oxford.
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Meet the women who are shaping the future of AI. At Oxford. Around the world. At the frontier of AI, curiosity, passion and self-belief define your potential ✨
Find out more: mpls.ox.ac.uk/women-in-ai/ #OxfordWomenInAI @UniofOxford @MPLSOxford
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Liz Kendall @leicesterliz, you were telling the @CommonsSITC on Wednesday that this country needs more physics and physicists, and UKRI announced on Thursday a 58% cut to national labs 😯.
Will you take any action to avoid this?
timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
One day, Liz Kendall says she wants "more physics" for the country.
The day after STFC cuts hundreds of physics jobs.
All this with an increasing UKRI budget.
Political agendas sometimes defy logic. And vice versa.
🧪🔭
Hundreds of jobs are set to go at some of the UK’s major science facilities after a research council unveiled plans to reduce infrastructure spending by tens of millions of pounds a year
timeshighereducation.com/new…
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
I am very happy to share that my newest book, “Little Book of Eclipses”, is now available worldwide!
The book is a comprehensive guide to solar and lunar eclipses, including everything you need to know for the three upcoming European solar eclipses in 2026/2027/2028!
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
Oxford Physics ranks #1 in the 2027 Complete University Guide, scoring a perfect 100! Read how our research and student success led the table: thecompleteuniversityguide.c… @UniofOxford
ALT A photo of the DWB building where the sub-department of astrophysics is based, and in the front, the words 'Complete University Guide'.
Dr Jake Taylor retweeted
We start Pride Month 🏳️🌈 with great news: Our Physics LGBT+ Network has a new logo (thanks @jobium for designing it) and merchandise is coming, watch this space!. All proceeds go to support our activities, that started in 2022 thanks to @AstroJake, Glasstone Fellow at Physics.
