Alok Jha

Science and technology editor @TheEconomist • Host of “Babbage” podcast • Author: The Water Book • [email protected] 📧

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

How do you make an object invisible? This week @alokjha interviews Sir John Pendry, pioneer of metamaterials at @imperialcollege, on “Babbage” https://t.co/yMID72TNpV

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

@TulikaBose_ Tikka masala is pretty delicious, to be fair

[Emily H. Wilson @emilyhwilson]

When @arusbridger asked me to set up a new science section at the guardian Tim Radford (the science editor) could have cut up rough about it. Instead he was grace itself and an absolute beacon of collegiality for the new recruits @iansample @alokjha and co.

[Natasha Loder @natashaloder]

Read my cover story in this week's edition of The Economist. The Everything Drugs.

How GLP-1 drugs are being investigated for treating a huge array of conditions and could turn out to be the most important class of drugs ever discovered.

https://t.co/c6G2uo4jT6

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

This year’s chemistry laureates Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have developed an AI model, AlphaFold2, to solve a 50-year-old problem: predicting proteins’ complex structures.

Check out two examples of protein structures determined using AlphaFold2. First up, a bacterial enzyme that causes antibiotic resistance. The structure is important for discovering ways of preventing antibiotic resistance.

Animation: ©Terezia Kovalova/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

#NobelPrize

[Ian Sample @iansample]

Thanks to @alokjha for flagging this gem:
A weekend with Gareth Southgate and friends https://t.co/ZMTKOYpSo5 from @TheEconomist

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

Really enjoyed this. @cduhigg is full of great insights into the science and art of good communication

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

“Our neural activity is starting to become more and more similar.”

@cduhigg talks to @alokjha about what happens to the brain during a good conversation, on “Babbage” https://t.co/tVxlIMUOBd 🎧

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

@BanGaoRen @chrischirp @TheEconomist It is

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

There’s one day left to apply for @TheEconomist science and tech writing internship. If you want to work with us for three months over the summer, the details are here: https://t.co/XRw67oxqtp

[Anil Seth @anilkseth]

1/🧵 Lots of fuss and bother about the announcement from @neuralink today about having implanted their tech in a human brain for the first time. https://t.co/aI8P64TEav

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

We’d love a diverse as possible pool of applicants, so please spread the word far and wide. Email me if you have any questions.

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

Come work with us at @TheEconomist. Applications for our paid science and tech internship are open. More details here: https://t.co/XRw67oxqtp

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

@kharijohnson @WIRED Your work is fantastic. Would love to have your pitches—my email is in my bio.

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

@drjuliashaw Try it out and report back 😌

[Natasha Loder @natashaloder]

Exclusive: Buried in the online autumn statement is a bit of news with potentially huge implications for biopharma.

The UK is going to try to create a pathway for individually customised medicines!

https://t.co/XIBmTvaNOm

@mhra @stopbatten @GenomicsEngland @OHRareDisease

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

@drjuliashaw 💯

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

A few thoughts on today, in no particular order. First, among Israelis: impossible to overstate the level of shock. The intelligence failure resembles 1973, but you almost have to go back to 1948 to find an analogue for the violence that played out in cities and towns. 🧵

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

@mustafasuleyman @Nature Interesting chart—dyou have the link to the original article?

[Alok Jha @alokjha]

Do I know any people in #LosAngeles ?🤔 If so, get in touch. Am in town next week, would appreciate some eating/ sightseeing/cultural recommendations 🙏🏽