-
Recent Posts
- Famous authors asking you out (part 3)
- the Finnish word for ‘devil’ predates Christianity … who was it? 😈 #finnishmythology
- The English Couldn’t Pronounce This Name…
- St Catherine’s Wood is coming along (Victoria North)
- A 70s movie that predicted ChatGPT + AI Psychosis
- Who invited Astrology to the science party?
- I crocheted my Birthday dress #accrochets #itsmybirthday
- Samba da lixa
Archives
Categories
Category Archives: Science
I built an acoustic LEVITATOR! Making liquid float on air
Ultrasonic levitation, IN YOUR HOME! Learn how an acoustic levitator works and how to make one. You can learn more about your personal DNA story by going to https://23andMe.com/physicsgirl If you liked this video check out these: Strange Sand Acts … Continue reading
What Covid-19 therapies are there?
There is no approved drug against COVID19, but more than 600 interventional clinical trials are ongoing as of beginning of May 2020. Recently the malaria drug chloroquine received widespread attention after a briefing by the US-president Trump and some Lupus … Continue reading
Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?
Viruses mutate and spread from person to person, a dynamic process that often leaves us playing catch-up when there’s a new disease outbreak. What if vaccines worked the same way? Virologist Leor Weinberger shares a scientific breakthrough: “hijacker therapy,” a … Continue reading
Five things you need to know about bats, disease and coronavirus
October 28, 2020 by Aisling Irwin Bats are in the limelight these days because they are rumoured to be the source of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the coronavirus pandemic. But that is just part of their story. Bats turn … Continue reading
Quantum Biology [Part 1] – How Plants Use Quantum Mechanics
Watch part 2 over on Pat’s channel! https://youtu.be/almlINDXU5c Part 3 https://youtu.be/NW7VUFgwqg8 Paper which caused such a stir (it’s behind a pay wall unfortunately) https://www.nature.com/articles/natur… Book I read about quantum biology Free article about quantum photosynthesis https://physicsworld.com/a/is-photosy… Hi! I’m Jade. If … Continue reading
Ancient Maya built sophisticated water filters – ScienceBlog.com
Ancient Maya in the once-bustling city of Tikal built sophisticated water filters using natural materials they imported from miles away, according to the University of Cincinnati. UC researchers discovered evidence of a filter system at the Corriental reservoir, an important … Continue reading
Probing fine-scale connections in the brain
Tracing connections, such as those in this section of the fruit-fly brain, could uncover links between neural architecture, biology and disease. Credit: FlyEM at HHMI/Google Research Artificial intelligence and improved microscopy make it feasible to map the nervous system … Continue reading
BBC World Service – CrowdScience, Am I related to a virus?
Although they’re not technically ‘alive’ might viruses hold a place in our family tree? All living things are related to each other, from elephants to algae, e-coli to humans like us. Within our cells we hold genetic information in the … Continue reading
Viral ‘molecular scissor’ is next COVID-19 drug target – ScienceBlog.com
American and Polish scientists, reporting Oct. 16 in the journal Science Advances, laid out a novel rationale for COVID-19 drug design – blocking a molecular “scissor” that the virus uses for virus production and to disable human proteins crucial to the … Continue reading
msamba 