Katherine Wright

Physicist, science writer, and Deputy Editor for @PhysicsMagazine. Opinions are my own.

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

"The biggest obstacle in making a green battery isn’t technological. It's changing the mindsets of companies and consumers, who largely treat batteries as disposable commodities that can be thrown in the dustbin," @YingShirleyMeng.

https://t.co/0IIlfyJFFm

[Paul Kempler @PAKempler]

I enjoyed this conversation with Katherine Wright about workforce development supporting new and growing #electrochemistry industries.

We're looking forward to graduating our 100th MS electrochemist by the end of 2025!

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

7 astrophysical tau neutrinos found with @uw_icecube.
“We can’t say with absolute certainty that we have found tau neutrinos,” says Doug Cowen, @penn_state. “But the 7 signals have all the characteristics we expect for these particles.”

https://t.co/gw5RUBckp6

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

This year marks the 5th anniversary of the release of the first image of a black hole (M87*). The team that produced the image @ehtelescope recently released a 2nd image of M78*. The collaboration now expects to issue increasingly frequent updates.

https://t.co/tfzEGNFvxR

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

What do you think it was coming from?
A truck.

As in, a hyperspeed alien truck?
No, it was an ordinary truck, like a normal truck driving past a seismometer... all they did was find a truck.

No holding back on the punches here.

https://t.co/zMM7GRjhNl

[Ryan Wilkinson @Ry_Wilk]

A newly uncovered mechanism for the assembly of viral protein shells could help scientists develop antiviral treatments and drug-delivery systems https://t.co/GmT28Wtfp1

[Physics Magazine @PhysicsMagazine]

A @PhysicsMagazine editor has been seen in the wild (@KatRWright visiting @PPPLab for the opening of the Quantum Diamond Lab). Credit: Michael Livingston, PPPL.

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

A rare lab visit 4 me. I attended the opening of @PPPLab's new Quantum Diamond Lab, where researchers will grow diamonds for quantum applications. I also toured the magnetic confinement fusion reactor. Reactor smaller than I expected, equipment need to operate it, much bigger.

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

Great story and reporting here by @dangaristo. This whole saga is mindboggling in so many ways.

[Dan Garisto @dangaristo]

One year ago today, Ranga Dias published an extraordinary claim: a room temperature superconductor at moderate pressure. The paper was retracted, amid allegations of scientific misconduct.

For Nature’s news team, I investigated how it all transpired. https://t.co/6JXKvWqZea

[Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell]

JWST images reveal startling numbers of bright galaxies in the very early universe. They were lighting up like corn popping -- pop pop, galaxies popping into view.
How did that happen? Cosmologists are puzzling over it.
https://t.co/hPMlbLmwEN

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

@DrMLHarris @PhysicsWorld Love it!

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

My first book review and a first story for @PhysicsWorld. It was fun to be able to put my opinion in for a change. (No idea if it will be in the print version, but if it is and you get a copy, please could I have it when you are done--asking for my Mum!)

https://t.co/CUZe6vC8PS

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

While undergraduate physics students that identify as neurodivergent report little outright discrimination or violence, they do say that structural ableism has negatively impacted their time as students. Study from researchers @RutgersU @OhioState. https://t.co/qeu6AHLsDZ

[Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) @kpcallaghan_]

March Meeting is fast approaching and I will be there all week looking for exciting physics stories *and* I will have the privilege of speaking on a panel about science communication and journalism. Please find me to say hi, offer a tip, or ask a question https://t.co/6fzY0QDnd1

[Physics Magazine @PhysicsMagazine]

Less than a year after its opening, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams @FRIBlab @doescience @michiganstateu produced five never-before-seen isotopes, a success that researchers say highlights the discovery potential of the facility. Story by @KatRWright.
https://t.co/r2CaPpEEMJ

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

@ZJAyres @DrEOChapman Agreed. Share it more!

[Katherine Wright @KatRWright]

And relax. My new #JWST feature is out and the weekend has arrived. 😅 Please read, its a good one (yes I am biased, but...).

[Physics Magazine @PhysicsMagazine]

Researchers keep finding bright galaxies in early-Universe data from @NASAWebb @JWSTObservations. Explaining this puzzle will likely revolutionize understanding of the first galaxies. Story by @KatRWright.

https://t.co/scXfMCUeVN