Luís Oliveira e Silva
@luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor and Professor of Physics @istecnico.bsky.social 'Make It New' & 'Exceder-se de tal forma que não seja possível conceptuar-se' - AML
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Plasmas, Lasers, Fusion and Neutron Stars for the future scientists in Visão Júnior (Jan - Feb 2025)
My most recent op-ed at Nascer do Sol on the challenges for science in 2026 sol.iol.pt/opiniao/noti...
A Ciência em 2026 | SOL
Um ano depois dos relatórios Draghi e Heitor, os cientistas na Europa continuam sem sentir as transformações na ciência europeia que eram aí identificadas como críticas, apesar dos alertas de alguns…
sol.iol.pt
January 18, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My most recent op-ed at Nascer do Sol on the challenges for science in 2026 sol.iol.pt/opiniao/noti...
Happy Holidays from @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social !
December 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy Holidays from @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social !
Reposted by Luís Oliveira e Silva
📢 Upcoming GOLP Seminar!
We are pleased to announce the next GOLP Seminar by Dr. Hamed Merdji as our Invited Speaker.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: 📅 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 16𝐭𝐡 🕒 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 2𝐩𝐦 (𝐖𝐄𝐓) 📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝑽𝑨6 𝑬𝒅. 𝑪𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 ( @istecnico.bsky.social )
🔗 To know more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
We are pleased to announce the next GOLP Seminar by Dr. Hamed Merdji as our Invited Speaker.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: 📅 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 16𝐭𝐡 🕒 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 2𝐩𝐦 (𝐖𝐄𝐓) 📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝑽𝑨6 𝑬𝒅. 𝑪𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 ( @istecnico.bsky.social )
🔗 To know more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📢 Upcoming GOLP Seminar!
We are pleased to announce the next GOLP Seminar by Dr. Hamed Merdji as our Invited Speaker.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: 📅 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 16𝐭𝐡 🕒 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 2𝐩𝐦 (𝐖𝐄𝐓) 📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝑽𝑨6 𝑬𝒅. 𝑪𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 ( @istecnico.bsky.social )
🔗 To know more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
We are pleased to announce the next GOLP Seminar by Dr. Hamed Merdji as our Invited Speaker.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: 📅 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 16𝐭𝐡 🕒 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 2𝐩𝐦 (𝐖𝐄𝐓) 📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝑽𝑨6 𝑬𝒅. 𝑪𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 ( @istecnico.bsky.social )
🔗 To know more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
“Give credit where it is due”, the (transparent and accountable) use of LLMs, the problems posed by the origin/credit of the datasets used, and much more on the integration of LLMs in research pipelines 👇
LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem - Nature Machine Intelligence
Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Give credit where it is due”, the (transparent and accountable) use of LLMs, the problems posed by the origin/credit of the datasets used, and much more on the integration of LLMs in research pipelines 👇
Reposted by Luís Oliveira e Silva
GoLP Day 2025 continues with the second part of the day, starting with an interactive game to spark discussion on the core values of our group and the hosting university @istecnico.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
GoLP Day 2025 continues with the second part of the day, starting with an interactive game to spark discussion on the core values of our group and the hosting university @istecnico.bsky.social
#GoLPDay2025 poster session going strong! @golp-ist.bsky.social #IPFN @istecnico.bsky.social at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#GoLPDay2025 poster session going strong! @golp-ist.bsky.social #IPFN @istecnico.bsky.social at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences
Our organization team @bolhaomuinos.bsky.social #ClaudiaRomao has everything ready for the next GoLP Day, this friday, back at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences!
Get ready⚡️
We’re packing up the essentials and getting ready for GoLP Day 2025.
📅 Friday, December 12th 📍 Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
Keep tuned for more ⏳
@istecnico.bsky.social
#plasmaphysics #photonics #laserphysics #ist
We’re packing up the essentials and getting ready for GoLP Day 2025.
📅 Friday, December 12th 📍 Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
Keep tuned for more ⏳
@istecnico.bsky.social
#plasmaphysics #photonics #laserphysics #ist
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Our organization team @bolhaomuinos.bsky.social #ClaudiaRomao has everything ready for the next GoLP Day, this friday, back at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences!
I was recently with Carlos Fiolhais and Gonçalo M. Tavares in the Astrolábio TV show (thank you vey much for the invitation!) to talk about physics, art, and ethics (🇵🇹) Video here👇
www.nowcanal.pt/programas/de...
www.nowcanal.pt/programas/de...
Astrolábio | Temporada 2 | EP 10 | Luís Oliveira e Silva | 'A FÍSICA'
Tudo aquilo que poder ver e rever no site do NOW
www.nowcanal.pt
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I was recently with Carlos Fiolhais and Gonçalo M. Tavares in the Astrolábio TV show (thank you vey much for the invitation!) to talk about physics, art, and ethics (🇵🇹) Video here👇
www.nowcanal.pt/programas/de...
www.nowcanal.pt/programas/de...
Four new MSc graduates @golp-ist.bsky.social #eppteam: Francisco A (radiation reaction in non ideal fields, top left), João J (RR & GR, bottom right), Manuel R (theory/sim fireball instabilities, bottom left), Margarida P (ML with PIC data, top right). Congratulations to all! 🎉🎊
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Four new MSc graduates @golp-ist.bsky.social #eppteam: Francisco A (radiation reaction in non ideal fields, top left), João J (RR & GR, bottom right), Manuel R (theory/sim fireball instabilities, bottom left), Margarida P (ML with PIC data, top right). Congratulations to all! 🎉🎊
My most recent op-ed on the 25 de novembro (de 1915) 👇
25 de novembro de 2025: Einstein e a relatividade geral, 110 anos depois
Einstein utilizou a sua influência e visibilidade e nunca se eximiu das questões sociais e políticas mais complexas, mesmo quando isso lhe trouxe dificuldades pessoais.
sol.sapo.pt
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My most recent op-ed on the 25 de novembro (de 1915) 👇
LA + Monuments
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
LA + Monuments
Our most recent paper is out on PNAS (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ) in the Oxford led collaboration where @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social plays a role on theory and simulations (with @pablojbilbao.com and Filipe C)
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Our most recent paper is out on PNAS (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ) in the Oxford led collaboration where @golp-ist.bsky.social @istecnico.bsky.social plays a role on theory and simulations (with @pablojbilbao.com and Filipe C)
Reposted by Luís Oliveira e Silva
INCREDIBLE GAME
INCREDIBLE SERIES
INCREDIBLE SEASON
THE @DODGERS ARE BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS 🏆
(MLB x GEICO)
INCREDIBLE SERIES
INCREDIBLE SEASON
THE @DODGERS ARE BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS 🏆
(MLB x GEICO)
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
INCREDIBLE GAME
INCREDIBLE SERIES
INCREDIBLE SEASON
THE @DODGERS ARE BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS 🏆
(MLB x GEICO)
INCREDIBLE SERIES
INCREDIBLE SEASON
THE @DODGERS ARE BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS 🏆
(MLB x GEICO)
Reposted by Luís Oliveira e Silva
Thinking of patenting my favorite method for ranking researchers: reading their papers and deciding whether they are good.
Hilariously bad idea. In my subfield author lists are almost always alphabetical!
🧪For those of us who do complex collaborations with multiple corresponding authors this is terrible . I suspect it will also hit female authors disproportionately as they tend to have more collaborations across fields…https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03281-4
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thinking of patenting my favorite method for ranking researchers: reading their papers and deciding whether they are good.
Reposted by Luís Oliveira e Silva
Shohei Ohtani just played perhaps the greatest game in the history of baseball, Peter Wehner argues. But Ohtani’s “performance shouldn’t be of interest just to sports fans. His triumph offers all of us a ray of hope at a troubled time.”
A Truly Awesome Performance
Shohei Ohtani’s extraordinary game might be just what we all needed right now.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Shohei Ohtani just played perhaps the greatest game in the history of baseball, Peter Wehner argues. But Ohtani’s “performance shouldn’t be of interest just to sports fans. His triumph offers all of us a ray of hope at a troubled time.”
Ready for the weekend!
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ready for the weekend!
We are ready for the announcement (and so are the Natas): @golp-ist.bsky.social @nobelprize.bsky.social viewing gathering about to start!
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We are ready for the announcement (and so are the Natas): @golp-ist.bsky.social @nobelprize.bsky.social viewing gathering about to start!
This is going to be fantastic (and live! @istecnico.bsky.social ) 👇
Técnico opens its doors to children's questions on topics such as satellites, nanotechnology, radiation, the water cycle and sustainability, trains, the universe, and the relationship between music and mathematics. 🧒
📣 Sign ups open!
🔗 Full article: tinyurl.com/4br4vchv
#TécnicoLisboa #ULisboa
📣 Sign ups open!
🔗 Full article: tinyurl.com/4br4vchv
#TécnicoLisboa #ULisboa
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is going to be fantastic (and live! @istecnico.bsky.social ) 👇
Consagre-se Elmore Leonard www.publico.pt/2025/07/07/o...
Consagre-se Elmore Leonard
Entre a prosa dos quatro grandes mestres americanos – Twain, Faulkner, Donald Barthelme e Leonard – não se pode escolher. Mas Leonard é de longe o mais consistentemente brilhante.
www.publico.pt
July 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Consagre-se Elmore Leonard www.publico.pt/2025/07/07/o...
Excellent, for kids and grown ups! 👇
This is now available, for Portuguese readers. An English version is looking pretty likely, and of course I'll let you know if/when that happens.
www.planetatangerina.com/en/loja/thre...
www.planetatangerina.com/en/loja/thre...
Three Big Questions - Planeta Tangerina, Books, Special projects - Planeta Tangerina - Online shop
Buy online Three Big Questions. 10% publisher discount. (Portuguese edition) What’s Science really about? Having all the answers? Memorising a whole load of information? Discovering stuff in order to ...
www.planetatangerina.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Excellent, for kids and grown ups! 👇
Reposted by Luís Oliveira e Silva
"Beradt feels she must prove what she doesn’t have to prove, at least not so relentlessly — that fascism seeps into every crevice of life." Laurie Winer considers Charlotte Beradt's “The Third Reich of Dreams: Nightmares of a Nation.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/things-still-to-be-salvaged/
June 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Beradt feels she must prove what she doesn’t have to prove, at least not so relentlessly — that fascism seeps into every crevice of life." Laurie Winer considers Charlotte Beradt's “The Third Reich of Dreams: Nightmares of a Nation.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/things-still-to-be-salvaged/
Reposted by Luís Oliveira e Silva
Born #OnThisDay in 1831 was James Clerk Maxwell FRS. Considered one of the most talented physicists of all time, one of his many achievements was to formulate the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together electricity, magnetism and light as aspects of the same phenomenon.
June 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1831 was James Clerk Maxwell FRS. Considered one of the most talented physicists of all time, one of his many achievements was to formulate the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together electricity, magnetism and light as aspects of the same phenomenon.
Amanhã na Feira do Livro de Lisboa, a apresentação de “Uma Ideia de Ciência” #ffms da @joanagsa.bsky.social com a @monicabettencourt.bsky.social e a Miriam Alves 👇
Apresentação no próximo sábado, dia 14, na Feira do Livro de Lx, praça roxa, às 17h.
Muito grata à @monicabettencourt.bsky.social, ao @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social e à Miriam Alves q tão generosamente irão interromper um fds comprido para conversar sobre #ciência.
Venham, para sermos muitxs
Muito grata à @monicabettencourt.bsky.social, ao @luisoliveiraesilva.bsky.social e à Miriam Alves q tão generosamente irão interromper um fds comprido para conversar sobre #ciência.
Venham, para sermos muitxs
June 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Amanhã na Feira do Livro de Lisboa, a apresentação de “Uma Ideia de Ciência” #ffms da @joanagsa.bsky.social com a @monicabettencourt.bsky.social e a Miriam Alves 👇
And a spectacular movie of four wave mixing in the nonlinear quantum vacuum by Lily Zhang (Oxford) showing light being generated from light-light (3 lasers) interaction in vacuum 👇
June 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And a spectacular movie of four wave mixing in the nonlinear quantum vacuum by Lily Zhang (Oxford) showing light being generated from light-light (3 lasers) interaction in vacuum 👇