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Month: December 2021

Studying lizard lungs to build replacement human lungs.

29 December 2021 grant 0

Princeton researchers are looking at the fast-growing lungs of ordinary, common lizards called brown anoles to find way to quickly create replacement lungs for humans in need of transplants… Read the rest “Studying lizard lungs to build replacement human lungs.”

Pendants marketed as “Anti 5G” are actually radioactive.

28 December 2021 grant 0

Ars Technica takes us to the technological front of the culture war with a truly absurd story about “quantum pendants” that supposedly neutralize 5G radio waves with negative… Read the rest “Pendants marketed as “Anti 5G” are actually radioactive.”

Scientific illustration from the 1600s showing comet orbits and distances from the Sun.

Science Art: Comet observations from Libra astronomica, y philosophica by Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, 1690.

27 December 2021 grant 0

I can’t make out exactly what this is illustrating. My Spanish is barely good enough to tell, in section 309 of Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora’s Libra astronomica, y philosophica… Read the rest “Science Art: Comet observations from Libra astronomica, y philosophica by Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, 1690.”

SONG: Fast Blue Optical Transients

24 December 2021 grant 0

SONG: “Fast Blue Optical Transients”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science News 13 Dec 2021, “The cosmic ‘Cow’ may have produced a new neutron star or black hole,”… Read the rest “SONG: Fast Blue Optical Transients”

“Exquisitely preserved” dinosaur embryo discovered inside fossilized egg in museum storeroom.

23 December 2021 grant 0

New Scientist reports on the best-preserved dinosaur embryo ever discovered, inside a 70 million-year-old egg that had been stored in Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in Nan’an,… Read the rest ““Exquisitely preserved” dinosaur embryo discovered inside fossilized egg in museum storeroom.”

SONG: Deeper Than Love (a penitential Colleen Green cover)

21 December 2021 grant 0

SONG: “Deeper Than Love (a penitential Colleen Green cover)”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: There is no scientific source. This is a penitential cover of this Colleen Green song… Read the rest “SONG: Deeper Than Love (a penitential Colleen Green cover)”

Scientific illustration of two moths, the rosy maple moth and the io moth.

Science Art: Auiomeris io, Dryocampa rubicunda by Edna Libby Beutenmüller, 1918.

19 December 2021 grant 0

Two moths, pictured in The Field Book of Insects by Frank E. Lutz.
A. io, with the big roundels on its wings, is better known as the io moth. D. rubicunda is more commonly called the rosy maple… Read the rest “Science Art: Auiomeris io, Dryocampa rubicunda by Edna Libby Beutenmüller, 1918.”

Bright and really heavy: What “The Cow” caused in deep space.

17 December 2021 grant 0

Science News shares an explanation for an intense puzzle that’s had astronomers searching for solutions since June 2018. Now, astrophysicist DJ Pasham and his team believe “The… Read the rest “Bright and really heavy: What “The Cow” caused in deep space.”

Bacteria-killing copper fights superbug spread

15 December 2021 grant 0

Australia’s RMIT University is excited by the prospects of a surface that kills bacteria on its own, without any antiseptics being applied – a new form of copper that can eliminate… Read the rest “Bacteria-killing copper fights superbug spread”

Jet biofuel could change things.

15 December 2021 grant 0

Scientific American explores a frontier of carbon-neutral industry – a way to make airplanes and helicopters fly without so many greenhouse gases in their exhaust:

Two flying machines

… Read the rest “Jet biofuel could change things.”
Scientific Illustration of a NASA Space-X Crew 4 Mission Patch.

Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission Patch, by Alexandra Lindgren

12 December 2021 grant 0

A dragonfly in space. Luck, and transformation.

This is the symbol for a joint NASA/ESA mission to the ISS, with Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins on the NASA side, and Samantha… Read the rest “Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission Patch, by Alexandra Lindgren”

Using good scotch to make better electronics

9 December 2021 grant 0

Not by drinking it! Discover reveals how watching The Glenlivet whisky evaporates – and leaves an almost uniform stain, unlike splotchier drinks like coffee or wine – gave… Read the rest “Using good scotch to make better electronics”

Great jumping pterosaurs!

9 December 2021 grant 0

EurekAlert! shares the discovery that the world’s largest-ever flying creature, Quetzalcoatlus, a pterosaur with a 40-foot wingspan, managed to take to the skies despite its … Read the rest “Great jumping pterosaurs!”

Grape seed extract extends mice lifespans (and health) by 9 percent.

6 December 2021 grant 0

New Scientist reports on a Nature Metabolism study that found a chemical found in grape seeds helped bodies weed out weaker “senescent” cells, leading to better overall health… Read the rest “Grape seed extract extends mice lifespans (and health) by 9 percent.”

Scientific illustration of a worker manufacturing (or repairing) a gigantic Westinghouse engine (or generator).

Science Art: Heart of the Turbine, by Lewis W. Hine, 1930.

5 December 2021 grant 0

A gelatin silver print of a man making a Westinghouse engine. I think this might be an AC generator, but I’m not sure – the notes for Hine’s photo in the Smithsonian galleries… Read the rest “Science Art: Heart of the Turbine, by Lewis W. Hine, 1930.”

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