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Biochemistry Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis of a 14-3-3 Gene-Deficient Yeast Tohru Ichimura, Hiroyuki Kubota, Takeshi Goma, Noboru Mizushima, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Maki Iwago, Kazue Kakiuchi, Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Takashi Shinkawa, Masato Taoka, Takashi Ito, and Toshiaki Isobe DOI: 10.1021/bi035421i ACS Editors’ Choice Date: October 3, 2016 A Soluble, Folded Protein without Charged Amino Acid Residues Casper Højgaard, Christian Kofoed, Roall Espersen, Kristoffer Enøe Johansson, Mara Villa, Martin Willemoës, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Kaare Teilum, and Jakob R. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00269 ACS Editors’ Choice Date: July 6, 2016 Identification of Cyanobacteriochromes Detecting Far-Red Light Nathan C. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00299 ACS Editors’ Choice Date: July 2, 2016 c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase Adopts Multiple Active Conformational States in Solution John Badger, Prerna Grover, Haibin Shi, Shoghag B. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00202 ACS Editors’ Choice Date: June 3, 2016 Charles J.

Segmented Sleep: It's actually normal - Healthy Living on Shine So there you lay, awake, after only three or four hours of sleep. You worry, you toss and turn, finally you go back to sleep, but you know something is wrong with you. Is it? Although some people are never really bothered by irregular sleep patterns, others worry that, if they wake up during the night, they will not get enough sleep and will not be able to function well the next day. Some blame the barking dog, others blame a partner's snoring as the reason for their wakefulness. How people used to sleep Sleep patterns of yore are not really a part of recorded scientific information. Ekrich suggests that, in pre-industrial times, people went to bed when it was dark outside. This was followed by the "second sleep," which lasted another three to five hours. Thomas Jefferson planned his time well, and would read philosophy before going to bed "whereon to ruminate in the intervals of sleep." Sleep after the Industrial Revolution Have our sleep patterns really changed?

Joël de Rosnay : À la découverte du Web 5.0 Joël de Rosnay est un biologiste français, d’abord spécialiste des origines du vivant et des nouvelles technologies, puis en systémique et en prospective. Après trois ans de recherche et d’enseignement au MIT, il fut directeur des applications de la recherche à l’Institut Pasteur, puis directeur de la prospective et de l’évaluation de la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie de La Villette. Il a créé AgoraVox en mai 2005 et préside actuellement une société de conseil. Joël de Rosnay, Docteur en Sciences, est Directeur de la Prospective et de l’Evaluation de la Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie de la Villette. Entre 1975 et 1984, il a été Directeur des Applications de la Recherche à l’Institut Pasteur. > Retrouvez le programme et les vidéos de TEDx PARIS 2010

7 Useful Genetic Experiments That Are Creepy As Hell Reviving Extinct Animals Bringing back prehistoric animals has been a trope in science fiction for a very, very long time. So far, none of these efforts have come to fruition. Scientists have been trying to clone the wooly mammoth for over 10 years, and despite continuous reassurance that we're on the brink of a major breakthrough, no one's pulled it off yet. Still, though. Most recently, a scientist announced his intention to reverse-engineer a dinosaur from a modern chicken by systematically removing DNA, because that makes nothing but sense. However, scientists have succeeded in reviving the genetic material of an extinct predator called the Tasmanian tiger, a nine-foot-long giant marsupial capable of hopping on its hind legs like a kangaroo and hiding its young in a pouch, presumably to launch them out as bloodthirsty living projectiles. Otherwise known as "the saddest Sean Connery-related moment of our childhood." "This is going to rock tits." At which point it joined the Uncanny X-Men.

Segmented sleep Segmented sleep, also known as divided sleep, bimodal sleep pattern, bifurcated sleep, or interrupted sleep, is a polyphasic or biphasic sleep pattern where two or more periods of sleep are punctuated by periods of wakefulness. Along with a nap (siesta) in the day, it has been argued that this is the natural pattern of human sleep.[1][2] A case has been made that maintaining such a sleep pattern may be important in regulating stress.[2] Historian A. Roger Ekirch[3][4] has argued that before the Industrial Revolution, segmented sleep was the dominant form of human slumber in Western civilization. He draws evidence from documents from the ancient, medieval, and modern world.[2] Other historians, such as Craig Koslofsky,[5] have endorsed Ekirch's analysis. Segmented sleep as a historical norm[edit] The human circadian rhythm regulates the human sleep-wake cycle of wakefulness during the day and sleep at night. Wehr's study[edit] Physiology[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]

Vortex Cannon Demolishes House « Wonderment Blog Jem Stansfield from BBC's Bang Goes the Theory has "put scientific theory to the test" with his Vortex Cannon. Filmed at 1300-fps, you can see the cannon knock down three different houses made of straw, stick, and brick with an explosive vortex ring. The vortex ring that comes out is not smoke, however. After detonating the explosive gas mixture of acetylene and oxygen, "one of the most dangerous gas mixes in the world," the ring forms from the pressure drop inside the vortex. It condenses the lake's damp air and shoots a cloud out at 200-mph, knocking down anything in its path. Stansfield's cannon is probably too big for the average do-it-yourselfer, but Edwin Wise from Make Magazine has a few garage-friendly vortex cannons - the Tub Thumper, Barking Tube, and Big Bad Boom Cannon. Get the full PDF instructions or see Kipkay in action below, building Wise's first two vortex cannons.

1ℓimit – Faucet Design by Yonggu Do, Dohyung Kim & Sewon Oh & Yan... One Liter Limited 1ℓimit faucet looks more like an elegant test tube inverted on top of a tap. The glass tube holds exactly one liter of water, sufficient for a quick handwash. The theory being that we waste almost six liters of water and use only one, while washing hands. News: New Microscope Produces Dazzling 3D Movies of Live Cells High-speed imaging with the Bessel beam plane illumination microscope reveals the ever-changing surface of a HeLa cell, with long, thin projections called filopodia continually extending and retracting. Video: Laboratory of Eric Betzig/Janelia Farm A new microscope invented by scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus will let researchers use an exquisitely thin sheet of light—similar to that used in supermarket bar-code scanners—to peer inside single living cells, revealing the three-dimensional shapes of cellular landmarks in unprecedented detail. The microscopy technique images at high speed, so researchers can create dazzling movies that make biological processes, such as cell division, come alive. Liang Gao, Thomas Planchon and Eric Betzig display their new Bessel beam plane illumination microscope at HHMI’s Janelia Farm Research Campus. A major goal of biologists is to understand the rules that control molecular processes inside a cell.

Staring into the Singularity 1.2.5 This document has been marked as wrong, obsolete, deprecated by an improved version, or just plain old. From The Low Beyond. ©1996-©2001 by Eliezer S. Yudkowsky. All rights reserved. The address of this document is If you found it elsewhere, please visit the foregoing link for the most recent version. The short version: If computing speeds double every two years,what happens when computer-based AIs are doing the research? Computing speed doubles every two years. Two years after Artificial Intelligences reach human equivalence, their speed doubles. Six months - three months - 1.5 months ... Plug in the numbers for current computing speeds, the current doubling time, and an estimate for the raw processing power of the human brain, and the numbers match in: 2021. But personally, I'd like to do it sooner. 1: The End of History It began four million years ago, when brain volumes began climbing rapidly in the hominid line. In less than thirty years, it will end.

Bacteria hijack an immune signaling system to live safely in our guts Our immune system operates under the basic premise that "self" is different from "non-self." Its primary function lies in distinguishing between these entities, leaving the former alone while attacking the latter. Yet we now know that our guts are home to populations of bacterial cells so vast that they outnumber our own cells, and that these microbiota are essential to our own survival. As a recent study in Nature Immunology notes, "An equilibrium is established between the microbiota and the immune system that is fundamental to intestinal homeostasis." How does the immune system achieve this equilibrium, neither overacting and attacking the symbiotic bacteria nor being lax and allowing pathogens to get through? It turns out that our gut bacteria manipulate the immune system to keep things from getting out of hand. Like many stories of immune regulation, this one is a tale of many interleukins (ILs).

Leafcutter’s DIY Steel Can Hydrophone & Preamp. Step-by-step guide | leafcutterjohn.com Leafcutter’s DIY Steel Can Hydrophone & Preamp. Step-by-step guide *schematic link fixed!* *schematic link fixed! Completed steel can hydrophone Hydrophones enable us to record underwater, this is reason enough to worship and adore them. If you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about right now have a look at these instructions on how to make the simplest possible contact mic It’s exactly the same principle when making a hydrophone except you get to go underwater. I decided to house the pre-amp in the same enclosure as piezo elements (to avoid noise entering the circuit). Two steel cans cut down to size After a few experiments, I found you can quite easily solder steel food cans together using a regular soldering iron and electrical solder. I used a small rotary cutting wheel on a dremel tool to cut nice neat slices of can. Piezo elements super-glued to lid and wired up I used a wire brush to rough up the surface of the can before super-gluing two piezo elements to the inside of the lid.

Online | Collin Cunningham Author profile could not be found! Latest from No posts found. Read Digital Edition Shop Maker Shed Trending Topics Get our Newsletters About Maker Media Weight Gain Calculator Determine the amount of Calories and grams of food required to bulk up, build muscle, and gain weight. How Do I Use This Calculator? The Weight Gainer Calculator is for people who want to increase body weight (bulk up). An effective weight training program is absolutely essential (otherwise all calorie excess will be stored as fat). See the weight gaining article for more. Basic Steps The calculator is a start point for weight gain - because of our unique makeup we all respond differently. Weight Training Program Stick to the big core movements: Bench Presses Dips Push Ups Pull Ups Squats Deadlifts Bent Over Rows Overhead / Shoulder Presses Do them once a week in a split routine like this: Monday: Deadlift, Bench Press Wednesday: Dips, Chins or Pull Ups Friday: Squats, Shoulder Press Further: Read Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength or look at the StrongLifts 5x5 program and How Many Calories Should I Eat? Gaining weight requires a calorie excess. Having Trouble Gaining Weight? You are not alone!

Steve Lambert » SelfControl Is email a distraction? SelfControl is an OS X application which blocks access to incoming and/or outgoing mail servers and websites for a predetermined period of time. For example, you could block access to your email, facebook, and twitter for 90 minutes, but still have access to the rest of the web. Once started, it can not be undone by the application, by deleting the application, or by restarting the computer – you must wait for the timer to run out. Created while at Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology. Thanks to Charlie Stigler for developing the application. Self Control is Free Software SelfControl is Free Software under the GPL. Free Software means you are free to use, modify, and redistribute the application and the source code. Free Software and volunteers have made a Linux version and a Windows version possible. Why did you make this? Because I needed it, same as you. P.S. Help out Has SelfControl been helpful to you? Download SelfControl Download SelfControl at SelfControlApp.com