@ditsch42 @afewbugs yeah classic nail polish and acetone are a good way to leave polish everywhere. The various gel nail types that require setting/curing (just like epoxy) are probably OK though

@Giliell not sure. But she's been made aware of this thread.

@su_liam I think the first nail polish in the 1920s was car paint, supposedly. So we'd be full circle

@LisaLobmeyer a web search for magnet cat eye would do the trick. You need special polish (that comes with a magnet) These are relatively simple, people do a lot fancier things by now. There are of course also youtube tutorials.

@Lunaphied if you search for magnet cat eye nails I'm sure you'll find something similar. These are relatively simple, people do a lot fancier things by now. There are, of course, also YouTube tutorials.

@piebob yeah exactly, it's that one!

@danielaKay Oh I love that petrol metallic. Wonderful! My compliments

@poetaster lol. Nope. I am trained to work with radioactivity. So, obviously: not on my nails

@vampirdaddy this was a high school teacher saying this to one of his pupils, btw. But to be fair it would be just as bad if a university lecturer did it.

@ysegrim magnet cat eye would do the trick. These are relatively simple, people do a lot fancier things by now. There are of course also youtube tutorials.

@walsonde don't worry, I got the spirit!

@Odradek interesting. Yeah I could see that could work. But also that likely could only be used in a super controlling way.

@Odradek @afewbugs it exists for sun burn already btw.

@walsonde this is when mastodon needs all the old twitter burn memes! So true

@Odradek @afewbugs started as a lab rat, now mostly administrator. I got my PhD over 20 years ago, the young peeps in my group are definitely hands on ofc but I now am proud when I can help them still when I have time. As is of course rather normal for academic career paths

@catselbow @afewbugs @cinebox @nachtet come to think of it, such a layer would make it possible to make 50-100 micron thick scintillators. There might be applications

@psistarpsiii oooh I love those! particularly the cute little diffraction spikes

@afewbugs @cinebox @nachtet every nail gets constantly bombarded with millions of neutrinos. So I'd say we're safe. (neutrons, on the other hand, only a few. but they would get stuck on top)

But nail polish with ground up/liquid scintillator in it would totally get me interested. And should not be *that* difficult. Probably biggest issue would be making it cosmetics-safe

@mlanger @jcdvore Yeah I was also baffled when I heard. Can't believe that still happens in 2026

@only_ohm true it depends on the sub-field, and the kind of work. At points of my career during experimental construction I have also worked with various fluids that would not be kind to nail varnish. But I would say that UV cured gel polish is much more robust