Ylva Johnson

Meanwhile, in North Macedonia.

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

Stolt över svenska ambassaden i Skopje som bidragit till att göra detta möjligt: https://t.co/ioBQeiGv5B

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

No one called me weird. But there were signs.

[Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan]

Inequality in Sweden rose by some 7 Gini points or a third of its level in 1980. The increase is similar to the increases in the UK and US since around early 1980s too. @lisdata

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

@AhlquistMartin Tråkigt för oss som läser

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Alexei Navalny is now 2000 km from Moscow, in a Siberian prison camp near the Arctic circle.
History repeating itself
https://t.co/5os1hz3W6O

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

Våt filt över Sveriges kustnära, småskaliga fiske vid ett sillstopp? Njae, större trålare från Västkusten tar upp merparten av den giftiga Östersjösillen, visade denna granskning för några år sedan. Skulle tro att det är samma sak nu.
https://t.co/AAjSaYB4Ja

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

Journalists, you might find this helpful:

https://t.co/vX7FdvlPDI

[Balkan Insight @BalkanInsight]

Kosovo and Serbia have no interest in a new war; the challenge is to stop hard-right elements in both countries – and Russia – from sabotaging the chances of peace.

Read the opinion 👉 https://t.co/Mrxtg8DMD5

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

Bara en sån sak som att ambulansen numera hittar dit den ska. Svenskt bistånd i Nordmakedonien.

[Sida @Sida]

Svenska myndigheter är viktiga och efterfrågade aktörer i utvecklingssamarbetet. I ett samarbete arbetar en svensk myndighet tillsammans med sin motpart för att stärka och bygga upp myndigheten i ett samarbetsland.

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

Ohrid, in beautiful #NorthMacedonia, one of the most underrated towns in Europe according to Conde Naste Traveller

https://t.co/5l2KfHVPWI

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

The new abbreviation of BRICS, if India renames itself Bharat and the invited countries (Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE) join it next year, will be BARBIECUES.

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

Russian money allows for six percent of Western Balkans GDP, according new study:

https://t.co/BPfgMBXCzH

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

This week, scientists have been STUNNED by the possible discovery of room-temperature superconductivity.

IF it is true, humanity might have passed a HUGE milestone.

The impact will be WAY bigger than the combined impact by ChatGPT, artificial AI and anything else you’ve heard of.

In #science, this discovery is much bigger than any graphene, Li-ion batteries, observation of black holes, and even Higgs boson.

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In a long run, the consequences can be bigger than the outcome of industrial revolution and discovery of nuclear reactions and energy. It will deeply transform the humanity.

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I’m putting a list of things that come to my mind. However, there are many more points in reality. Some changes will be so "core" that we can't even foresee them today.

1⃣ Electric vehicles and levitating high-speed trains will benefit immensely. We will see a drastic increase in energy efficiency. Putting it together with high-efficiency superconducting motors, I wonder - "Gas stations will become obsolete?".

2⃣ Energy Storage and Transmission. First, we will see the emergence of LOSSLESS electrical grids with extremely long distance of electricity transmission. Second, a RT superconducting coil is a “perfect battery”. It can store and release a lot of energy with 100% cycling stability and ulta-slow “self-discharge”. It will change everything, from power grids to space shuttles.

3⃣ Computers!!! We will see the emergence of ultrafast, low-energy-consuming computing devices. Stable quantum computing at RT may become a perfectly feasible thing. Overall, this will revolutionize the ways we build computers and devices.

4⃣ Extraordinary sensors in everyday life. Currently, regular superconducting sensors (e.g. near-IR single-photon detectors, or magnetic field sensors) need very low temperatures and are used in very specific/expensive domains. RT superconductors will bring them to our houses, changing the technologies around us forever.

5⃣ Super-cheap MRI machines for medical diagnostics. MRI relies on superconductors, but they can operate at very low temperatures, making the instruments super-expensive. With RT superconductors, they will become compact and cheap. New era for accessible medical diagnostics!

6⃣ High-efficiency and powerful motors. When conventional electric motors incorporate superconducting materials, it will make them a LOT more efficient. Reduced energy consumption + smaller size will revolutionize the industrial machinery and appliances. I am sure that airplanes with electric propulsion will finally become possible.

7⃣ Nuclear fusion may become viable (and controllable) because superconductors are one of the key ingredient.

As you see, such a discovery will change the world as we know it.

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Now, the key question is - can someone reproduce these results?

As far as I see, many groups have jumped into this topic.

Let’s wait for the outcome!

#AcademicTwitter #Engineering

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Sincerely grateful to @SwedishPM and the Government of Sweden 🇸🇪 for approving the Strategy for the Recovery of Ukraine 🇺🇦 for 2023-2027 for a total amount of EUR 522 million. Infrastructure, green development, entrepreneurship, demining and support for democracy are key areas of our post-war recovery.
Thank you, Sweden, for your true solidarity.
Together to victory! 🇺🇦 🇸🇪

[Andreas Steno Larsen @AndreasSteno]

So it was transitory after all?

Extreme deflation continues in the European PPI. Down almost 2% just in May.

More -> https://t.co/drP21IDNNQ

[Mjölbypartiet @Mjolbypartiet]

”Det var en ljummen sommarkväll i östra Ukraina. Vi hade dräpt var sin flaska Jeltzin. Grabbarna jävlades med mig. Sa att jag aldrig skulle våga stå upp mot Putin.

Mitt namn är Jevgenij Prigozjin, och det här är mitt sommarprat.”

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

These are Wagner PMC operations under #Prigozhin in Africa which is facing the new scramble for raw materials amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Russia has a pole position in the competition with other players thanks to Wagner which is why it won‘t be dismantled. #Velsig

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

In addition, #Prigozhin runs the African operations of Russia under the direct command of Putin. It’s about the new scramble for raw materials & rare earths in Africa amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the energy transition, and Russia has a pole position thanks to Wagner.

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

The Russian black swan

[Ylva Johnson @YlvaJohnson]

Why can’t Serbia let go of Kosovo? The answer is partly in the ground and its richness of minerals. The issue of ownership of Trepča Mines has long been a bone of contention between the two nations. #Kosovo #utvpol
https://t.co/4pTMcnqAO6