Richard McCracken @RMcCrackenHWU
Associate Professor in Physics at Heriot-Watt University. OPOs, ultrafast lasers, and astrocombs. Opinions my own. mccrackenlab.squarespace.com Edinburgh, Scotland Joined September 2015-
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SAM: Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. FRODO: What are we holding on to, Sam? SAM: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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I'm so sorry - our budget was never meant to affect ordinary working people like Julie and John, with 60 rental properties and a boat.
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🚀 It is a submission time 🚀 As a part of CLEO2025 Committee, we work hard on assembling great lineup of plenary and invited speakers. We invite all researchers and innovators in photonics to contribute with their groundbreaking work to the conference! 🔗 cleo2025.abstractcentral.com
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In 2016, I destroyed my mental health by obsessively refreshing 538 and analyzing poll data and I am so excited to announce that 8 years later I am doing exactly that
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Very sad to hear of the passing on 15 Oct of Wilson Sibbett CBE from @univofstandrews, ultrafast pioneer, mentor & dear friend to many. He won numerous honours from @OpticaWorldwide @rankprize @PhysicsNews @EuroPhysSoc @royalsociety Add your memories here rememberancebook.net/book/professor…
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She'll come back at a critical moment as Sue White.
She'll come back at a critical moment as Sue White.
WTF?
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“Do you have a plan to improve NSS scores?” Well, I have the concept of a plan…
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Everyone is freaking out over this, but there are many logical explanations. Although Starliner is *most* likely haunted, it could also be aliens, space whales, sophon interference, forever lost cosmonauts banging on the hatch begging to be let in, or simply the Babadook.
Everyone is freaking out over this, but there are many logical explanations. Although Starliner is *most* likely haunted, it could also be aliens, space whales, sophon interference, forever lost cosmonauts banging on the hatch begging to be let in, or simply the Babadook.
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A really uncomfortable watch
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Never even liked tennis anyway.
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In four days, we could be seeing "unprecedented historical events" every eight hours until they are coming every four minutes
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All I'm saying is that if *I* was trying to pull off the biggest jailbreak in history, I'd establish myself as the world's most beloved keycutter, and then get appointed Prisons Minister.
Our work with @SALT_Astro has been really rewarding - amazing technology in a beautiful country! @DerryckReid @HWU_Physics
Our work with @SALT_Astro has been really rewarding - amazing technology in a beautiful country! @DerryckReid @HWU_Physics
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About those academic naming schemes...
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