January 2011
38 posts
“Physics is the study of the world, while mathematics is the study of all...”
– Cliff Taubes (via riemannsphere)
Quantum Entanglement Could Stretch Across Time →
ratracer:
coz it’s Sunday and nothing beats some quantum to mess up your mind, innit
Infectious moods: How bugs control your mind →
jjkz:
04:41 12 January 2011
(Image: Jimmy Turnball) The brain is supposed to be isolated from the immune system – but now it seems that happiness, depression and even mental illness really can be catching
FEELING happy? Down in the dumps? Or been behaving strangely lately? Besides the obvious reasons, whether or not you are happy or sad, or prone to depression or other mental illnesses,...
Quantum Quirk Contained: Discovery Moves Quantum... →
gray-grey:
Researchers at the University of Calgary, in Canada, collaborating with the University of Paderborn, in Germany, are working on a way to make quantum networks a reality and have published their findings in the journal Nature. A similar finding by a group at the University of Geneva, in Switzerland is reported in the same issue.
“We have demonstrated, for the first time, that a...
DNA Introduced Directly Into Cell Nucleus Using... →
glycolysisandall:
ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2011) — Researchers have discovered a novel gene therapy method using particles measuring only a few nanometers which encapsulate genetic material and introduce themselves directly into the cell nucleus. The nanodisks, as researchers have named the particles, travel rapidly to the interior of the cell until reaching the nucleus, thus increasing the...
New carbon nanotube aerogel is now the world's...
georumble:
New carbon nanotube aerogel is now the world’s lightest solid material via Engadget by Christopher Trout on 1/16/11 Frozen smoke (read: aerogel) — not to be confused with the stuff your Grandma uses to flavor her turkey — is the world’s lightest solid material, and it just keeps getting lighter. Researchers at the University of Central Florida have created a new form of the super...
Part of Brain That Suppresses Instinct Identified →
gray-grey:
Research from York University is revealing which regions in the brain “fire up” when we suppress an automatic behaviour such as the urge to look at other people as we enter an elevator.
A York study, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, used fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to track brain activity when study participants looked at an image of...
“Let nothing in the world be unknown to you.”
– François Rabelais (via cakecutting)
Inside the Klein bottle →
Biological Computers: Genetically Modified Cells... →
realcleverscience:
RCS Highlight:
“Using yeast cells, the research team at the University of Gothenburg has now produced synthetic circuits based on gene-regulated communication between cells. The yeast cells have been modified genetically so that they sense their surroundings on the basis of set criteria and then send signals to other yeast cells by secreting molecules. The various cells...
“Each individual defines their own unique environment, despite any attempts by...”
– Neuroconstructivism, Volume One (via skarab117)
A cross section of the mind of God? →
nurse-b:
You need to check this out - well done Michelangelo!
“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do...”
– John Louis von Neumann (via joannakoon)
Strange New Twist: Berkeley Researchers Discover... →
cab1729:
Möbius symmetry, the topological phenomenon that yields a half-twisted strip with two surfaces but only one side, has been a source of fascination since its discovery in 1858 by German mathematician August Möbius. As artist M.C. Escher so vividly demonstrated in his “parade of ants,” it is possible to traverse the “inside” and “outside” surfaces of a Möbius strip without crossing over...
