Chris Nicolini

multimedia producer & mainIGer for @ucdavis w/ #TeamSocial focusing on FB, IG, IG Stories, YT & GIPHY platforms.
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[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

Rest in pieces, @Twitter.

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[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

@punkycomesback @_SpaceWeather_ i don't think we've even hit intermission yet

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

@JeffersonEagley @wes_greer @SpaceX @Starlink Aren't abortions illegal in Florida though?

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

@th3ch3m1st @SpaceX

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

Are you kidding me?!? This man is magic

[Andrew Côté @Andercot]

National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor.

Simulations published 1 hour ago on arxiv support LK-99 as the holy grail of modern material science and applied physics.
(https://t.co/UOOtDlx3eE)

Here's the plain-english explanation:
- The simulations modeled what the original Korean authors proposed was happening to their material - where copper atoms were percolating into a crystal structure and replacing lead atoms, causing the crystal to strain slightly and contract by 0.5%. This unique structure was proposed to allow this amazing property.

- @sineatrix from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab simulated this using heavy-duty compute power from the Department of Energy, and looked to see what would happen to the 'electronic structure' of this material, meaning, what are the available conduction pathways in the material.

- It turns out that there are conduction pathways for electrons that are in just the right conditions and places that would enable them to 'superconduct'. More specifically, they were close to the 'Fermi Surface' which is like the sea-level of electrical energy, as in '0 ft above sea-level.' It's believed currently that the more conduction pathways close to the Fermi surface, the higher the temperature you can superconduct at (An analogy might be how its easier for planes to fly close to the surface of the ocean due to the 'ground effect' that gives them more lift.)

This plot in particular shows the 'bands', or electron pathways, crossing above and below the Fermi surface.

- Lastly, these interesting conduction pathways only form when the copper atom percolates into the less likely location in the crystal lattice, or the 'higher energy' binding site. This means the material would be difficult to synthesize since only a small fraction of crystal gets its copper in just the right location.

This is insanely bullish for humanity.

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

It's truly the end of an era for the last of the semi-independant & firewalled science & video news syndication content services.

Rip #InsideScience

https://t.co/6Zn1EuCkgx

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

Proud to have been part of an amazing impactful crew that created an entirely unique type of science news & video content service intended to fill the news holes left by science reporter layoffs.

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

This game feels like the old days when the #USMNT was all heart and scrappy as they come.

[Karla Fung @karlafung]

.@ucdavis Team Social out here running around capturing those incredible #UCDavisGrad moments!

Image description: Karla, TC and Chris smiling at the camera on the commencement stage sidelines.

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

Tres a cero.

#usmnt

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

@MatthewBick Thank you! I was just watching that how are they allowing that to happen?

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

CHRISTIAN PULISIC STRIKES FIRST IN VEGAS!!!!!!

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

The #usmnt is looking 💪🏼 so far

[Teddi Tostanoski @tmtostanoski]

so…who wants my job?

you’d get to work with the brilliant @karlafung, @CHJN22, @jennycarrick, @RJPenman and TC Clark.

and let me tell you, they are the best people ever! ✨

[Gary S. May @Chancellor_May]

To the person who recently dm'd me critiquing our communications team ... 💁🏿‍♂️
https://t.co/zF9tr31yI6

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

@gfndskycolor Did you mean to say that this animation is a forecast prediction for the next 24 hours?

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

@karlafung right on schedule!

https://t.co/kuK80F7PIq

[Cameron Salerno @cameronsalerno1]

Sacramento Earthquake 2023. We will rebuild.

[Chris Nicolini @CHJN22]

@mehradrn yes