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martedì 18 aprile 2017

# s-evol: chaotic self-assembly to evolve prebiotic systems

<< chaotic thermal convection may play a previously unappreciated role in mediating surface-catalyzed synthesis in the prebiotic milieu >>

Aashish Priye, Yuncheng Yu, et al. Synchronized chaotic targeting and acceleration of surface chemistry in prebiotic hydrothermal microenvironments. PNAS vol. 114 no. 6, pp:1275–1280 doi:10.1073/pnas.1612924114

http://m.pnas.org/content/114/6/1275

Drew Thompson. Chaotic flows and the origin of life. April 14, 2017

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-04-chaotic-life.html

venerdì 14 aprile 2017

# s-gst: l'ineffabile duplice meccanica delle onde di Alfven

<< i dati raccolti da MMS [NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission] hanno consentito di osservare due tipi diversi di onde di Alfven. Da una parte, quelle cosiddette “tipiche”, dove le particelle cariche (..) sono libere di correre nel solco fra una cresta e l’altra delle onde del campo magnetico (..). Dall’altra, le onde di Alfven cinetiche, che muovendosi lungo il plasma intrappolano alcuni degli elettroni, facendoli rimbalzare avanti e indietro come fra due muri, o fra due specchi >>

Ecco come le onde di Alfven confinano le particelle. INAF TV. 10 apr 2017.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z-SbeUpWCeQ&feature=youtu.be

http://www.media.inaf.it/

Daniel J. Gershman, Adolfo F-Vinas, et al. Wave-particle energy exchange directly observed in a kinetic Alfven-branch wave. Nature Communications 8 , Article number: 14719 (2017) doi :10.1038/ncomms14719. Publ. 31 March 2017.

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14719

Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Juie Shetye, et al.  High-frequency torsional Alfven waves as an energy source for coronal heating. Scientific Reports 7 , Article number: 43147 (2017). doi :10.1038/srep43147. Publ. online: 03 March 2017.

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep43147

also:

poetiche quasistocastiche circa forme d'onda, generiche e im-probabili senz'altro  ...

http://inkpi.blogspot.it/search?q=onda

mercoledì 12 aprile 2017

# s-brain: an individual grey kernel of proto-buddhist compassion inside

<< (..) local grey matter volume in the left anterior superior temporal sulcus, a region in the functionally defined theory of mind or mentalizing network, was associated with the degree to which participants relied on information about innocent intentions to forgive accidental harms >>

Indrajeet Patil, Marta Calo', et al. Neuroanatomical correlates of forgiving unintentional harms. Nature. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 45967 (2017) doi:10.1038/srep45967. Publ. 06  April  2017

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep45967

also:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=%22Theory+of+Mind%22

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=brain+buddhism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=brain+meditation

venerdì 7 aprile 2017

# s-age: actions of NAD(+) supplementation in older animals

<< (..) NAD+ directly regulates protein-protein interactions, the modulation of which may protect against cancer, radiation, and aging. >>

Jun Li, Michael S. Bonkowski, et al. A conserved NAD binding pocket that regulates protein-protein interactions during aging. Science  24 Mar 2017:Vol. 355, Issue 6331, pp. 1312-1317 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad8242

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6331/1312

also:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=ageing+nad

lunedì 3 aprile 2017

# s-acad: or at least not as robust as they should be ...

<< This is the conclusion of Rigor Mortis, a wide-ranging critique of the modern biomedical research ecosystem by science journalist Richard Harris. He describes how a growing number of claims over the past decade that many published research findings are false, or at least not as robust as they should be, has led to calls for change, and the birth of a new discipline of metascience. >>

Marcus Munafo'. Metascience: Reproducibility blues. Nature 543, 619–620 (30 March 2017) doi:10.1038/543619a Pub 29 Mar2017

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v543/n7647/full/543619a.html

Richard F. Harris. Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions. Basic: 2017.

https://www.amazon.com/Rigor-Mortis-Science-Worthless-Billions/dp/0465097901

sabato 1 aprile 2017

# s-astro: to peer into a black hole

<< By connecting a global array of radio telescopes together to form the equivalent of a giant Earth-sized telescope – using a technique known as Very Long Baseline Interferometry and Earth-aperture synthesis – scientists will peer into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy where a black hole that is 4m times more massive than our sun – Sagittarius A* – lurks. >>

Carole  Mundell. Astronomers  to  peer  into  a  black  hole  for  first  time  with  new  Event Horizon  Telescope.  17 Mars  2017, 16:17  CET

http://theconversation.com/astronomers-to-peer-into-a-black-hole-for-first-time-with-new-event-horizon-telescope-74559

http://www.media.inaf.it/2017/03/24/mission-impossible-per-levent-horizon-telescope/

http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/03/27/buco-nero-foto-event-horizon-telescope-_n_15634820.html

more: "quantum gravity" in: http://journals.aps.org/search

FonT: chissa' se modelli formulati per  descrivere metageometrie di buco nero potrebbero, dopo opportuni  adattamenti, descrivere anche specifiche dinamiche al livello macroscopico generate all'interno (e/o al contorno) di enti in reciproca interazione  ...