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How much effort does it cost when writing a grant proposal? Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Leó #Szilárd [1898–1964], known in scientific circles as the "father of the atom bomb", has been overshadowed by such luminaries as Albert #Einstein, Edward #Teller, J. Robert #Oppenheimer, and Enrico Fermi.

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November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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💥 #OTD in #History 12 September 1933, physicist #LeoSzilard was waiting on a red light where Southampton Row passes Russell Square in Bloomsbury, London. At that moment, Szilard famously conceived the idea of nuclear chain reaction on the spot. He patented it in 1936.
September 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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In a moment of shared urgency, two thinkers reached beyond their labs to shape the destiny of nations.

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Physicist Leo Szilard. Probably circa 1960 Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921
August 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
panbello.bsky.social
Happy (𝟭𝟮𝟳th) birthday, Leo #Szilard! 🎂👏🥳 [°Feb. 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964]🌹😔

#ChicagoMetallurgicalLaboratory #LeóSpitz #SzilárdLeó #LeoSzilard

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Leo Szilard: the physicist who envisaged nuclear weapons but later opposed their use – Physics World
Istvan Hargittai explains why Leo Szilard’s petition for atomic bombs to be stopped was not the only time his views changed
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February 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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« It is not necessary to succeed in order to persevere. As long as there is a margin of hope, however narrow, we have no choice but to base all our actions on that margin. »

― Leó Szilárd

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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
It is not necessary to succeed in order to persevere. As long as there is a margin of hope, however narrow, we have no choice but to base all our actions on that margin. — Leó Szilárd
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October 25, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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September 12th 1933 – Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction. FULL VIDEO ON WW2 HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXty... #onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory #ww2 #chainreaction #leoszilard #oppenheimer
September 12, 2024 at 8:54 PM
johndruddy.bsky.social
12th September 1933 – Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
FULL VIDEO ON WW2 HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXtyoIJszls
#onthisday #history #ww2 #chainreaction #leoszilard #manhattanproject #oppenheimer
September 24, 2023 at 11:51 AM