Surabhya Balu

she/her. Grad Student excited about #aptamers and biosensing devices, books, portrait photography, travel, music and every single movie ever made.

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

Signed up for early access on https://t.co/bVPPLWYiXV @qedScience ... This is one tool I am looking forward to exploring!!

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

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[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 It started from my frustration with the depressing effect that the current publishing system has on the well-being of myself, my team, and pretty much every scientist I know (maybe you’ve noticed from my stupid jokes… :) I was exhausted of dealing with the huge delays, reviewers that can be abusive, and how arbitrary it all is. Unfortunately, the most important factors are often WHO your reviewers are and who YOU are... It’s clear we need alternatives or at least ways to improve the situation. So, together with a really special and talented team we worked to develop this idea into “qed” a platform where you can get CONSTRUCTIVE feedback on your own work or CRITICALLY assess other people’s papers. It can be a real difference maker if many of you join us (thousands have tried it already, but today we release a NEW and much stronger version ;) Let’s harness qed to put the power back in the scientists’ hands, to do, to read & to publish science on our own terms. I’m dying for you to TRY IT, and it’s very simple - just drop a paper (the link to the website is in the replies👇) - it’s completely secure, private, and free, and you get results fast. Please show your support, SHARE, tell your friends, and let’s be the revolution 🫵!

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 It started from my frustration with the depressing effect that the current publishing system has on the well-being of myself, my team, and pretty much every scientist I know (maybe you’ve noticed from my stupid jokes… :) I was exhausted of dealing with the huge delays, reviewers that can be abusive, and how arbitrary it all is. Unfortunately, the most important factors are often WHO your reviewers are and who YOU are... It’s clear we need alternatives or at least ways to improve the situation. So, together with a really special and talented team we worked to develop this idea into “qed” a platform where you can get CONSTRUCTIVE feedback on your own work or CRITICALLY assess other people’s papers. It can be a real difference maker if many of you join us (thousands have tried it already, but today we release a NEW and much stronger version ;) Let’s harness qed to put the power back in the scientists’ hands, to do, to read & to publish science on our own terms. I’m dying for you to TRY IT, and it’s very simple - just drop a paper (the link to the website is in the replies👇) - it’s completely secure, private, and free, and you get results fast. Please show your support, SHARE, tell your friends, and let’s be the revolution 🫵!

[Kyriaki Koupepidou @KKoupepidou]

*Happening now in Japan*: My postdoctoral mentor Susumu Kitagawa-sensei has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry!! While colleagues celebrate with🍺 in Kyoto, we celebrate with science here at @spring8pr. Congratulations to the pioneers!

[Sketching Science @sketchscience]

For the second year in a row, Parafilm has been recognized with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025! 🏅

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@BhavikaKapoor5 😂😂😂

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@monk20380132 @RShivshankar @POTUS My cat is a better president than he is

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@ArchanaSriram2 @RShivshankar Honestly I hope it backfires on him, it would make for great entertainment 😂

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

So tried paying on zomato with a coupon I got from a booking cancellation previously... Now @zomato charges a convenience fee on bill payments?

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@ARanganathan72 😂😂

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@annamalai_k @narendramodi Also, we're really looking forward to a greater visibility of @BJP4TamilNadu on the campaign trail for 2026... Please put up a better fight than last time, a lot of people are counting on the visibility factor to campaign for you among peers.

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@annamalai_k @narendramodi Sir this is a great step in reform, but Hon. PM and the administration should find some way to ensure that the benefit of this reform actually reaches the end-consumer. As you will be aware, companies will simply retain the current pricing and profit off of reduced gst

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@SpokespersonMoD Prayers with our armed forces. Our gratitude to you knows no debt.

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

The world must show zero tolerance for terrorism.

#OperationSindoor

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@ts2308 @zeptocares Have you also noticed that they don't display the total below the list of items? You have to scroll all the way down and even then the Pay button is prominent and the total is in tiny font... App designed to loot

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

So now @ZeptoNow has an item handling cost and a processing fee Even if you have that zepto pass or whatever it is.

Coming to the end of my app-ordering era, I think. Convenience has now started turning into too much of a swindle and I am starting to miss the retail experience!

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@ts2308 @zeptocares Me too!!

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@NirmalaSuku @annamalai_k @mkstalin When people signed the NEET postcards that was considered support but this is crap scribbled as a signature? Hypocrisy much??

[Surabhya Balu @BaluSurabhya]

@annamalai_k @mkstalin என் கல்வி என் உரிமை. செம்மொழி என் மொழி, மும்மொழி நம் மொழி. Every child has the right to learn, not just the children that attend your high prices private schools. Hindi isn't an imposition, it's another way to open up our skillset to the world. Stop this fake 'imposition' drama.

[MAZE @mazemoore]

If you missed what went down at the White House today between Trump and Zelensky, here's a recap.