@CrawshawScience

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Peeking behind the scenes of your holiday feast! 🎄 with @ThamesValleyRSC’s unique advent calendar! Today, it's all about Pigs in Blankets. 🔬✨ @compoundchem
Poster for Chemistry Advent 2024 titled 'The Chemistry Behind Pigs in Blankets', featuring a list of nutrients found in bacon and sausages, their health benefits, and a mention of Magdalen College School.

ALT Poster for Chemistry Advent 2024 titled 'The Chemistry Behind Pigs in Blankets', featuring a list of nutrients found in bacon and sausages, their health benefits, and a mention of Magdalen College School.

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize7 Nov 2024
Remembering the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie. Curie was born #OnThisDay in 1867.
Cartoon illustration of Marie Skłodowska Curie. She is wearing a black dress and holding a laboratory glassware.

ALT Cartoon illustration of Marie Skłodowska Curie. She is wearing a black dress and holding a laboratory glassware.

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize9 Oct 2024
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize8 Oct 2024
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize7 Oct 2024
BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize4 Jul 2024
Today we remember one of the world's greatest scientists: Marie Skłodowska Curie, who died #OTD in 1934. Curie was the first person to be awarded the #NobelPrize twice and is still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields.
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We’re exploring time in British Science Week 2024! ⏲ Ever wondered how clocks tick at the right rate? Did you know it's something to do with atoms? Time scientist Rachel Godun shows us how they work! Join RI Family Membership and explore science past, present and future! #BSW24
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Bringing you our #SmashingStereotypes campaign for #BSW24. We’re spotlighting remarkable individuals in diverse STEM careers, from motorsport to cosmetic science who are breaking barriers because there's no 'typical' path to STEM success! Read here: bsa.sc/smashing-stereotypes
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize8 Nov 2023
#OnThisDay in 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays. The first X-ray image he took was of his wife Bertha's hand. The discovery of X-rays earned Röntgen the very first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Read more: bit.ly/34tgsBc
A beige, shadowy x-ray of a hand with a wedding ring on the ring finger. The bones have definition and the wedding ring is a darker spot on the ring finger.

ALT A beige, shadowy x-ray of a hand with a wedding ring on the ring finger. The bones have definition and the wedding ring is a darker spot on the ring finger.

A portait of William Rontgen looking to the side. He is wearing formalwear and has a long beard.

ALT A portait of William Rontgen looking to the side. He is wearing formalwear and has a long beard.

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize7 Nov 2023
Happy birthday to Marie Skłodowska Curie, who was born on this day in 1867! Marie Curie was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice, and is still the only individual to receive the prize in two different science categories. Find out more: bit.ly/2EQeIam
Black and white portrait of Marie Skłodowska Curie.

ALT Black and white portrait of Marie Skłodowska Curie.

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize3 Oct 2023
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize2 Oct 2023
BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize4 Jul 2023
Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia on 4 July 1934, a result of years of exposure to radiation through her work. Even today her laboratory notebook from 1899-1902, is radioactive and will be for 1,500 years.
Two pages from Madame Curie's notebook. She has made scientific notes with pictures and handwritten text.

ALT Two pages from Madame Curie's notebook. She has made scientific notes with pictures and handwritten text.

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize25 Jun 2023
#OnThisDay in 1903, Marie Skłodowska Curie defended her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris – becoming the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree in physics.
The first page of Marie Curie's doctoral thesis.

ALT The first page of Marie Curie's doctoral thesis.

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Today is International Women in Engineering Day! Women are significantly underrepresented in engineering, from the classroom to the workplace. Giving young people a role model to look up to vital. Read our interview with Dr Aimée Helliker: britishscienceassociation.or… #IWED23

Working hard, having fun and smashing stereotypes

Today, women make up just 9% of the engineering workforce, but the tides may be turning. We spoke to Dr Aimée Helliker, a lecturer in military engineering, on how doing a Gold CREST Award during her...

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It's #WorldTurtleDay🐢! Did you know that the earliest marine turtles lived alongside dinosaurs in the Jurassic period, over 200 million years ago?! Read on our blog on how we can protect today's turtles by reducing plastic pollution in the ocean: britishscienceassociation.or…
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It's #WorldBiodiversityDay 🐼🐸🌴🐦! Biodiversity is essential for the world's ecosystem, but wildlife populations are dropping at an alarming rate. Read our blog on why targets to improve biodiversity are being missed, and how we can all take action: britishscienceassociation.or…

Why is communicating about biodiversity so hard?

As with the climate crisis, global biodiversity loss – and the urgent need for worldwide action to stop it – is growing every day. Ahead of the International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May), we...

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Happy #StarWarsDay! Did you know that scientists are working on creating 3D holograms, similar to the one of Princess Leia in A New Hope? Read our blog on other spectacles from the world of science fiction that may become reality: britishscienceassociation.or… #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Science fiction or science reality?

We explore the relationship between science and science fiction, looking at the inventions first conjured by sci-fi filmmakers that are now part of our lives, as well as the out-of-this-world films...

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NASA
@NASA22 Apr 2023
Happy #EarthDay 🌍 From the tallest peaks to ocean depths, from arid deserts to lush forests, we observe our home from a unique perspective. Learn about the activities all around NASA, and about the picture that kicked off this celebration of our planet: go.nasa.gov/41yzVvI
In the lower portion of the photo dubbed "Earthrise," the gray uneven cratered surface of the Moon runs diagonally descending from right to left. In the center-right of the photo, the half-illuminated Earth shines bright blue, and partially visible land hides behind swirling white clouds. Credit: NASA

ALT In the lower portion of the photo dubbed "Earthrise," the gray uneven cratered surface of the Moon runs diagonally descending from right to left. In the center-right of the photo, the half-illuminated Earth shines bright blue, and partially visible land hides behind swirling white clouds. Credit: NASA

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BioArtAttack (formerly the Nancy Rothwell award) competition from the @RoyalSocBio is back! Children aged 7-18 years old are asked to draw or paint their favourite animal, plant or fungi (closing date 29th July). rsb.org.uk/get-involved/rsb-… #SciArt #BeCurious #ScienceIsEverywhere
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