Bucket brigades and proton gates: Researchers shed new light on water's role in photosynthesis. Photosystem II is a protein in plants, algae and cyanobacteria that uses sunlight to break water down into its atomic components, unlocking hydrogen and oxygen.
A longstanding question about this process is how water molecules are funneled into the center of Photosystem II, where water is split to produce the oxygen we breathe. A better understanding of this process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy from sunlight and water. In a paper published last week in Nature Communications, an international collaboration between scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and several other institutions uncovers how the protein takes in water and how hydrogen is removed in order to release the oxygen molecules.
The center of the protein acts as a catalyst, which drives certain chemical reactions to happen in a highly efficient manner. ‘Victim Feminism’ and Sexual Assault on Campus. The Growth of a Victimhood Culture. The Culture of Victimhood. V71 Straus Thirty Years Denying Evidence PV 10. FindingsAt a Glance.Nov.23. How I became a feminist victim. If I was groped by someone, I didn’t give them a scathing look or slap away their hand, and I certainly didn’t tell them to fuck off.
Instead, I was scared into inaction. How could I countenance such a violation? How could I possibly process something so awful? After the event, I would go outside and cry. Climate of Fear. AVfM is funded entirely by ads and membership subscriptions, but you're running an ad blocker and don't have a subscription (or, if you do, you aren't logged in).
That means you're getting content for free without contributing to the costs of running the site. If you prefer not to see ads, please consider taking out even a basic subscription ($5/month). The dangers of brainwashing our children - Relating To Men. This week an image was shared with me that had been posted elsewhere on Facebook.
It was a slide presentation given to boys in an Australian school as part of the new government initiative of “respectful relationships”. While we all agree that respectful relationships are imperative, the manner in which this is being delivered is unscrupulous and is nothing more than brainwashing of our children, both boys and girls. My Facebook feed erupted when I shared this image posted earlier that day. Are reluctant men to blame for so many women being childless? Record numbers are never becoming mothers – and not by choice. This article could be called Women affected by feminism as the “singer” Taylor Swift.
Read below: A kind, funny, handsome husband. Smoke, Mirrors And Violence Against Women - Relating To Men. This is a gritty subject and like most I have found myself investigating and researching over the past year, not one that I particularly enjoy.
However we have reached a point where it is now past time to expose the truth of our so-called national ‘epidemic’ of domestic violence. Fundraising frauds, inflated figures, and deceptive misconduct are all part of the strategy to confuse the everyday Australian that we are in the midst of an epidemic. What we are in the midst of is a rort to line the pockets of women’s lobby group employees to the tune of almost $9million per year, with not one cent going to helping actual victims. New York Times: SAT Full of Stereotypes, Girls Might Underperform. Apparently, some tutors are concerned that an SAT math question with a chart showing more boys than girls in math classes may have made taking the test too difficult for females to handle emotionally.
According to an article in the New York Times, the content of the question is an example of what’s called a “stereotype threat.” “When people are reminded during a test of a negative stereotype about their race or sex, psychologists say, it creates a kind of test anxiety that leads them to underperform,” the article explains. According to the article, the question was one of two that some people in the test-prep industry felt fell into this category.
The other one was a verbal question that included a historical passage from the 19th century that argued that a woman’s place was in the home. Generation Snowflake feminists are creating a culture where women are terrified of being offended. A top British thinker has claimed young women are in the grip of a “hysteria” which has made them unable to cope with being offended.
Claire Fox, head of a thinktank called the Institute of Ideas, has penned a coruscating critique of “Generation Snowflake”, the name given to a growing group of youngsters who “believe it’s their right to be protected from anything they might find unpalatable”. Alamy. The Real Victims of Victimhood.