The Science of Science

Albert-László Barabási and Dashun Wang

#PhD fellowship in Interpretable Natural Language Processing.

https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentId=18970&ProjectId=163937&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=false

One pathogen does not an epidemic make: A review of interacting contagions, diseases, beliefs, and stories

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15053v1

Thanks to progress in physics, we understand fairly well the behavior of inanimate matter at thermodynamic equilibrium. But can physics help us understand things that are out of equilibrium and alive? In this Lecture, using examples from our research, Prof Simone Pigolotti will try to convince the audience that the answer is yes.

https://youtu.be/l-JyTLO38zc

Réka Albert , "Boolean Modeling of Biological Systems: How to Refine a Model to Improve Its Predictive Power"

https://vimeo.com/1075709098

Alessandro Vespignani , "Navigating Complexity: Human Mobility Networks for Pandemic Prediction and Surveillance"

https://vimeo.com/1075701783

Milking a spherical cow: Toy models in neuroscience

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.16529?af=R

Math department at Stockholm University is announcing two positions:

1.A 1-year #postdoc in Infectious disease modelling with Tom Britton as mentor. Deadline to apply is May 26. More information: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:821479/where:4/

2. Permant position as Associate professor. The topic of the position is Mathematical statistics. A colleague in infectious disease modelling and data analysis is more than welcome! Deadline to apply is June 1. More information: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:815251/where:4/

Please apply if you are interested, or spread the information to others in your networks that might be interested.

If you do only one thing tomorrow to be happier, Lyubomirsky recommends: have a real conversation — ideally deeper than usual — with another human being.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/magazine/happiness-research-studies-relationships.html

NetPlace workshop 2025 on Networks & Physics
https://netplace.site/event/netplaceworkshop/

"People, AI, and Online Research"

Dan Russell's Talk at the Pioneer AI Centre in Copenhagen
How people search for information, how AI affects information seeking, and issues that arise.

https://youtu.be/6tgiPLW9Jd4

Physicists at Cornell University figured out how to chop onions without crying 🧅🧅🧅

Chopping quickly with a blunt knife releases larger onion juice droplets at higher velocities resulting in more contact with your eyes and thus, more tears. Slower slicing with a sharp knife = less tears.

https://arxiv.org/html/2505.06016v1

Junior Professorship (4 years + possible tenure track)
Centre de Physique Théorique, Marseille et Toulon
"Non-linear dynamics and research on intelligent UAV ensembles"

https://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~barrat/CPJ_UTLN_en.html

#Postdoc Research Fellow on Literature and Generative AI at the Center for Digital Narrative
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/280778/postdoctoral-research-fellow-on-literature-and-generative-ai-at-the-center-for-digital-narrative

#Postdoc of Mathematical Modeling of Bacterial Growth

Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as postdoc of Mathematical Modeling of Bacterial Growth from September 1st, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. The position as postdoc is limited to a period of 2.5 years.

To apply for the position go to www.ruc.dk/en/job/

Read more in Danish at https://ruc.dk/nyheder/forskere-vil-fremme-forstaaelsen-af-bakteriel-adfaerd.

#Postdoc in Social Dynamics and Complex Systems - DTU Compute

Are you interested in uncovering the mechanisms underlying human social dynamics between dyads, groups, and networks, during real-time social interaction? We invite applications for an appointment as a postdoc in social dynamics and complex systems. The position is funded by the Villum Young Investigator grant titled “Bridging social neuroscience and social data science: uncovering interaction and brain mechanisms in social networks”.

The position is available for a period of 13 months, starting as soon as possible or from 1 August 2025.

You will primarily be involved in working within the social interaction and neuroscience (SINe Lab) group, with the aim of understanding how we coordinate our movement signals with others during social interactions, and these real-time interpersonal dynamics are shaped by the properties of our social networks.

https://efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/da/sites/CX_2001/job/5088?lastSelectedFacet=ORGANIZATIONS&selectedOrganizationsFacet=300000003721164

Nasal vaccines for respiratory infections

For a nasal vaccine to be successful, the complexity of the relevant anatomical, physiological and immunological properties, including the proximity of the central nervous system to the nasal cavity, must be considered. In this Review, we discuss past and current efforts as well as future directions for developing safe and effective nasal vaccines for the prevention of respiratory infections.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08910-6