#mit 2023

[tumblasha]

dash recipe: an mit undergraduate degree

ingredients

coursework that fulfills some degree on this website (i personally recommend starting with ur fav number and going from there)

texas suburbia (for the dress-shopping at the big malls)

a brass rat (not made of brass, no rat)

a camera (or cameras!)

a childhood full of hot humid coastal living (<3)

instructions

be frosh

do class

do ur semesterly cry

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sit in sun: if no sunny childhood, ice water and a mental disconnect from ur surroundings is the way to go!

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and ur done! enjoy ur new diploma!!

[searchsystem]

Liane Makatura / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Rendering / 2023

[jcmarchi]

Researchers detect a new molecule in space

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/researchers-detect-a-new-molecule-in-space/

Researchers detect a new molecule in space

New research from the group of MIT Professor Brett McGuire has revealed the presence of a previously unknown molecule in space. The team’s open-access paper, “Rotational Spectrum and First Interstellar Detection of 2-Methoxyethanol Using ALMA Observations of NGC 6334I,” appears in April 12 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Zachary T.P. Fried, a graduate student in the McGuire group and the lead author of the publication, worked to assemble a puzzle comprised of pieces collected from across the globe, extending beyond MIT to France, Florida, Virginia, and Copenhagen, to achieve this exciting discovery. 

“Our group tries to understand what molecules are present in regions of space where stars and solar systems will eventually take shape,” explains Fried. “This allows us to piece together how chemistry evolves alongside the process of star and planet formation. We do this by looking at the rotational spectra of molecules, the unique patterns of light they give off as they tumble end-over-end in space. These patterns are fingerprints (barcodes) for molecules. To detect new molecules in space, we first must have an idea of what molecule we want to look for, then we can record its spectrum in the lab here on Earth, and then finally we look for that spectrum in space using telescopes.”

Searching for molecules in space

The McGuire Group has recently begun to utilize machine learning to suggest good target molecules to search for. In 2023, one of these machine learning models suggested the researchers target a molecule known as 2-methoxyethanol. 

“There are a number of ‘methoxy’ molecules in space, like dimethyl ether, methoxymethanol, ethyl methyl ether, and methyl formate, but 2-methoxyethanol would be the largest and most complex ever seen,” says Fried. To detect this molecule using radiotelescope observations, the group first needed to measure and analyze its rotational spectrum on Earth. The researchers combined experiments from the University of Lille (Lille, France), the New College of Florida (Sarasota, Florida), and the McGuire lab at MIT to measure this spectrum over a broadband region of frequencies ranging from the microwave to sub-millimeter wave regimes (approximately 8 to 500 gigahertz). 

The data gleaned from these measurements permitted a search for the molecule using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations toward two separate star-forming regions: NGC 6334I and IRAS 16293-2422B. Members of the McGuire group analyzed these telescope observations alongside researchers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Charlottesville, Virginia) and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 

“Ultimately, we observed 25 rotational lines of 2-methoxyethanol that lined up with the molecular signal observed toward NGC 6334I (the barcode matched!), thus resulting in a secure detection of 2-methoxyethanol in this source,” says Fried. “This allowed us to then derive physical parameters of the molecule toward NGC 6334I, such as its abundance and excitation temperature. It also enabled an investigation of the possible chemical formation pathways from known interstellar precursors.”

Looking forward

Molecular discoveries like this one help the researchers to better understand the development of molecular complexity in space during the star formation process. 2-methoxyethanol, which contains 13 atoms, is quite large for interstellar standards — as of 2021, only six species larger than 13 atoms were detected outside the solar system, many by McGuire’s group, and all of them existing as ringed structures.  

“Continued observations of large molecules and subsequent derivations of their abundances allows us to advance our knowledge of how efficiently large molecules can form and by which specific reactions they may be produced,” says Fried. “Additionally, since we detected this molecule in NGC 6334I but not in IRAS 16293-2422B, we were presented with a unique opportunity to look into how the differing physical conditions of these two sources may be affecting the chemistry that can occur.”

[marimayscarlett]

I wasn't tagged, but I remember that some years ago, something similar went around on Tumblr - and since this year comes to a close, I thought it would be fitting 😌 So welcome to the

Big mood 2023

Rules: Create a mood board for your 2023, using 9 pictures to reflect on the year. You don't have to elaborate or use any personal pictures (you can if you want) - you can create your board using pictures of your blorbos/screen caps/memes/aesthetics/etc. to show your vibes, thoughts, memories and moods throughout the year.

This year sure was... something. Hoping that the next one will be half as stressful (or even less) and will contain double the fun to make up for this one 🤞

No pressure tags for my lovely mutuals @wizzardclown @gothtoast @dandysnob @ms-nerd @gloomy-blonde @m---e---l @meinewellemeinstrand @samshinechester @morgana-lefay @keingesprach-allebeissen @musically--declined @vulnerant-omnes @namelessrammgirl @buuucky-barnes

[scoutlive]

Depeche Mode Electro Night im T37

Depeche Mode Electro Night und 80s Pop Party: Laut aber geil”  das war eine explosive Nacht am Taschenberg im T37! Die Party war ein einzigartiger Mix aus wilden Tänzen und unvergesslichen Momenten. Die Tanzarena bot eine perfekte Atmosphäre für eine unvergessliche Nacht. Das Depeche Mode-Line-Up war hervorragend und sorgte für eine ununterbrochene Welle von pulsierenden Beats, die die Partygäste…

[acrosstobear]

FRIDAY, 2023 AUSTRALIAN GP | by simon galloway

[izzymalec]

babe wake up new ofmd promo just dropped

[runeofnoweyr]

MAGtober 10: Injury

... really Jon? A bread knife??

[computervampir]

hab das Abitur mit 2.5 bestanden :)

[lichtecht]

PART 20

of the dfk 2023 audiobook translation

@cnka

Narrator (audiobook): Robert puts another piece of wood on the trunk and swings the axe.

Bökh: „And you never wanted to get in touch?"

The Nichtraucher picks up a piece of wood.

Silence.

Nichtraucher: „Why should I? We didn’t see each other for the past ten years either.“

He rips the piece of wood apart with his bare hands. While holding eye contact with Justus.

Silence.

Justus lowers his head.

Jo: „Uh.. weren’t you-" Martina, quietly: „Jo, leave it. Lets go.“

Martina, louder: „We need to go! We still have something to do.“

The kids leave. Jo and Martina are holding hands as they walk away.

Bökh: „Yeah… Thank you, kids.“

Jo, whispering as they walk away: "What was that just now?!"

Robert picks up the chopped wood and walks back to his wagon. Justus looks after him.

Narrator (audiobook): If the two friends will find back together? Matze isn’t so sure of that.

Matze, sarcastically: „Well, that was a great success!“ Jo: „Yeah, so much for friendship between Internals and Externs.“

Narrator (audiobook): At least Robert granted Herr Bökh access to his wagon. He looks around lost in thought more or less, while Robert washes the dishes.

Dishes clatter. There is silence otherwise.

Justus stares wistfully at Robert while he washes the dishes.

Justus takes his eyes off Robert and starts looking around while Robert continues to ignore him.

Bökh: „I thought you were living in London.“ Nichtraucher: (silence) Bökh: „It's nice here.“ Nichtraucher: (silence)

Justus starts walking around.

Bökh: „I told the kids about our friendship.“ Nichtraucher: „As a cautionary tale?“ Bökh: (chuckles/scoffs) „No. Of course not.“

Narrator (audiobook): Bökh spots the poster of „the Bandits“, the same one hanging in his apartment.

Bökh: „The 'Wild Dog' that we always played in is still there.“

Nichtraucher: (silence)

Bökh: „Should we meet there sometime? For a beer?“

Robert looks up.

He lets out a small huff, almost like an incredulous laugh or a scoff.

He dries his hands on a towel and folds it.

Nichtraucher: (silence) Nichtraucher: „I don’t know what we would have to say to each other.“

Bökh: „Hm. Well. A lot of time has passed.“

Narrator (audiobook): Robert sits down at the table and lights himself a cigarette.

Justus turns as well and starts looking around again.

Nichtraucher: „Why didn’t you come to Marie’s funeral back then?“

Nichtraucher: „You didn’t even get in touch.“

[„You didn't even get in touch“ -> parallels to „And you never wanted to get in touch?“]

Justus is silent. He starts fiddling with his jacket and pulls it off his shoulder. He lets out a deep, shaky sigh and is silent for another few moments.

Bökh: „…I don’t know, you met her and… and suddenly you were gone.“

[Parallels to „suddenly your closest loved ones are gone“]

Bökh: „As if everything -our friendship, the band- as if that had all just been a dream.“

Justus turns around and looks at Robert.

Bökh: „Wir zwei. Wir hatten doch Pläne.“

Bökh: „That really hurt me.“ Nichtraucher: „It hurt you.“

Silence. Just the music.

Bökh: „Yes. Very much back then.“

The Nichtraucher lets out a soft incredulous laugh again, almost like a scoff.

Nichtraucher: „I see.“

Long silence. Justus stares out the window. Finally, he turns and walks to the door.

Bökh: „You know where to find me.“

Justus leaves the wagon. Robert nods to himself silently.

Narrator (audiobook): And with these words, Herr Bökh leaves his friend’s train wagon. If the two will ever see each other again?

[shape]

Solidarity campaign #bringthemhomenow displayed on Billboard in Halle (Saale), Germany during Christmas 2023 and beyond +++

#bringthemhomenow

Solidarity campaign to free the 240 hostages kidnapped by Hamas & Islamic Jihad in Gaza (>130 still in captivity) and in memory of the victims of the jihadist massacres of October 7th in Israel, in which more than 1.300 people were murdered, hundreds were abused, raped and their homes were destroyed (5,431 injured in the terrorist attack). Since then, over 250,000 Israelis have been internally displaced. Israel is fighting for its existence, for the liberation of the hostages and for the security of the nation against terrorist organizations since 10/7.

We stand with Israel!

#bringthemhomenow

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Campaign: https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net

fb: Bring Them Home Now insta: https://www.instagram.com/bringhomenow/

Mapping The October 7th Massacres: https://oct7map.com

[pipii]

Here's cringetober day 2! I think I'm just going to settle with being a day or 2 behind. I'm doing quick illustrations + making all the comics day of and it's already taking a bit of a toll. Gonna keep experimenting with the speech bubbles and all! Please enjoy! Chapter is under the "keep reading."

PREV CHAPTER

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and finally, to the one person who has reblogged and left a kind hashtag the last chapter. I wanted to respond, but I am shy. Mits will be put in a bowtie on your behalf. Soon. Thank you so much for enjoying!

If you liked this, please reblog to share it around!

[x-heesy]

𝗣𝗛𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝝠 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗨𝝠𝗟𝗦

@luna--zylum @bigbonzo @boanerges20

I Wanna Go Bang by Bjarki

[spatortprompts]

Bis zum 29.11. gibt es nun noch die Möglichkeit, beim "Secret Spatort Prompt Exchange" mitzumachen. Hier gibt's alle Infos! 😌

[daughterofhecata]

@writersmonth is over, and I just want to say, I enjoyed it so much!

And my favourite part is, that our small, german fandom is responsible for 97/422 works (currently) in the Writer's Month ao3 collection!

Had a lot of fun doing this with you, @bistdueinbaum & @pointwhitmark! (And also, I am awed by the amount of words you two produced - 11628 and 40035(!) words respectively)!

[reblorzelska]

Die neue Verfilmung vom fliegenden Klassenzimmer fand ich irgendwie eher... Mittelprächtig.

Die Besetzung hat nen guten Job gemacht, mit dem, was sie bekommen haben (kudos gerade an die jungen Darsteller:innen!), aber insgesamt kamen sämtliche Beziehungen irgendwie zu lasch rüber. Die ganzen Sachen, die sie neu aufgemacht haben, haben sie meiner Meinung nach zu wenig ausgebaut (Matz' "eigentlich will doch nur mein Vater, dass ich Boxer werde", Rudas "Mutti hat nie Zeit für mich", Jos... DJ Pflegeeltern? War "Meine Mutter hat mich in der Disco ausgesetzt" wirklich ne notwendige Änderung?!) und insbesondere Justus' Wille, ein Ansprechpartner für die Kinder zu sein, kam nicht so rüber, wie ich es mir erhofft habe (die "ihr dürft mich sonst nicht grüßen" Sache fiel total flach). Sie nennen ihn ja nicht einmal mit Grund Justus, das is jetzt anscheinend einfach sein Vorname...

Theos Characterdevelopment hat mir gefehlt, die ganze Entführungs- und Rettungssache wirkte etwas lieblos und Justus' Kindheitsgeschichte nicht filmisch umzusetzen, halte ich für verschenktes Potential (die Erzählung kam auch spielerisch nicht im Ansatz an das ran, was Ulrich Noethen in der Version von 2003 geleistet hat). Vielleicht hätte man einige der zahlreichen netten Landschaftsaufnahmen von Südtirol gegen für die Handlung relevante Szenen tauschen können.

Pluspunkt: Den Nichtraucher fand ich schön umgesetzt. Joa.