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A blog about condensed matter and nanoscale physics. Why should high energy and astro folks have all the fun?

Saturday, August 15, 2026

NSF - public comment, APS feedback opportunity

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In case you weren't aware, in addition to the OMB proposed rule changes which just concluded their public comment period, the NSF has p...
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Saturday, August 08, 2026

Reproducibility in materials research, and an anecdote

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Yesterday I attended the 40th annual summer research colloquium of the Smalley-Curl Institute at Rice, a fun internal conference that prov...
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

PhDs - how long a doctorate should take, and a new pilot program

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I think it's safe to say that most people who've considered the issue think that a doctoral degree in the sciences and engineering i...
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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Papers and news items

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First, some science, clearing out a number of papers and articles that I've been collecting for some time in my far-too-numerous browser...
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Thursday, July 23, 2026

A brief serious note about mental health and well-being

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I've been blogging for 21 years now (!!), and over that time I've had a wide variety of comments on here, but there have been a coup...
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Saturday, July 18, 2026

A few optics/metamaterials highlights from META 2026

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This past week I attended META 2026 , the 16th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, at Trinity Colle...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Bad to worse at NSF? (July 2026 edition)

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When I wrote this post last month , I really did not want it to be first in a series. The inciting incident to write that post was a news ar...
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Douglas Natelson
I am a physics professor at Rice University. My group uses nanoscale tools to address open questions in condensed matter physics, the study of the remarkable emergent properties of materials. Views expressed here are my own; they do not represent the views of my employer or any other entity.
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