The Science Thread

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AI camera has no lens (looks like a spider crab)

[Stephen Day]

Aug 9, 2024 1:24:32 GMT sdsichero said:

AI camera has no lens (looks like a spider crab)

It's an interesting idea, but nothing about it tells me what makes it better than an actual camera.

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Zebra rock on Mars

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Spooky entaglement in the LHC

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Haha that's a funny one, the Rampaging Baboon Nebula

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I shall call him… mini moon

[Stephen Day]

Oct 8, 2024 1:59:54 GMT sdsichero said:

I shall call him… mini moon

Very cool

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Pretty cool, the Northern Lights visible further South than normal

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Oh no. Scientists just want to recreate killer science fiction robots…

https://www.instagram.com/p/DB1rZ1LP5IP

[Stephen Day]

Nov 1, 2024 19:18:21 GMT sdsichero said:

Oh no. Scientists just want to recreate killer science fiction robots…

https://www.instagram.com/p/DB1rZ1LP5IP

This is how we get Skynet

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Chemists Create 'Impossible' Bond in Molecule, Defying 100-Year-Old Rule

Carbon is a gregarious little atom, bending over backwards to link with a wide variety of elements in what is collectively referred to as organic chemistry. Life itself wouldn't be possible without carbon's knack for making connections.

Yet even this friendly fellow has its limits. Take Bredt's rule for instance, which says stable two-laned connections known as covalent double bonds won't form adjacent to any V-shaped bridges that happen to form across 'bicyclic' molecules.

Now a team of chemists from the University of California, Los Angeles has uncovered a solution that violates Bredt's century-old rule. This encourages future drug research to explore the use of molecules that we thought could not exist.

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Zombie Caterpillar Fungus Could Be Used to Save Human Lives

A compound found in a parasitic fungus that commonly paralyzes and kills caterpillars has been shown to block pathways critical for the growth of some cancers.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham in the UK built on previous research into the cancer-fighting capabilities of cordycepin, a chemical produced by 'zombifying' Cordyceps and Ophiocordyceps species to assist their infection of a living host's body, often affecting the insect's behavior before killing them.

Advances in scientific techniques enabled researchers to study gene expression, cell signaling pathways, and protein production across a vast number of cells in order to figure out what cordycepin is doing.

"It has become easier and less expensive to do these very large experiments, so we were able to examine thousands of genes at the same time," says RNA biologist Cornelia de Moor.

Through lab experiments on human tissue cultures and a genetic analysis of how cordycepin worked on these cells, the team found the chemical was converted into a more active compound called cordycepin triphosphate, which is responsible for inhibiting cell activity.

[Stephen Day]

Nov 17, 2024 7:41:33 GMT sdsichero said:

Zombie Caterpillar Fungus Could Be Used to Save Human Lives

A compound found in a parasitic fungus that commonly paralyzes and kills caterpillars has been shown to block pathways critical for the growth of some cancers.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham in the UK built on previous research into the cancer-fighting capabilities of cordycepin, a chemical produced by 'zombifying' Cordyceps and Ophiocordyceps species to assist their infection of a living host's body, often affecting the insect's behavior before killing them.

Advances in scientific techniques enabled researchers to study gene expression, cell signaling pathways, and protein production across a vast number of cells in order to figure out what cordycepin is doing.

"It has become easier and less expensive to do these very large experiments, so we were able to examine thousands of genes at the same time," says RNA biologist Cornelia de Moor.

Through lab experiments on human tissue cultures and a genetic analysis of how cordycepin worked on these cells, the team found the chemical was converted into a more active compound called cordycepin triphosphate, which is responsible for inhibiting cell activity.

It's cool, but it also sounds like the start of a horror movie.

[sdsichero]

Nov 17, 2024 18:21:42 GMT Stephen Day said:

Nov 17, 2024 7:41:33 GMT sdsichero said:

Zombie Caterpillar Fungus Could Be Used to Save Human Lives

It's cool, but it also sounds like the start of a horror movie.

You look tired. Why don't you just lie down for a while in this convenient bed here…

[Stephen Day]

Nov 17, 2024 18:53:43 GMT sdsichero said:

Nov 17, 2024 18:21:42 GMT Stephen Day said:

It's cool, but it also sounds like the start of a horror movie.

You look tired. Why don't you just lie down for a while in this convenient bed here…