# s-cell: turning stem cells into whatever you want (!)

<< an international team of researchers has a two-part system that can convert the cells to the targets and then remove the remnants of that conversion, leaving only the desired DNA behind to duplicate >>

AA << are using a Tet-On 3G inducible PiggyBac system that is a plasmid they named XLone to achieve insertion, activation and removal >>

A'ndrea Elyse Messer. Two-part system turns stem cells into whatever you want. June 5, 2017

http://news.psu.edu/story/470575/2017/06/05/research/two-part-system-turns-stem-cells-whatever-you-want

Lauren N. Randolph, Xiaoping Bao, et al. An all-in-one, Tet-On 3G inducible PiggyBac system for human pluripotent stem cells and derivatives. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 1549 (2017) doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01684-6

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01684-6

# s-chem: solar fuels, a catalytic "dance" to drive

AA << have identified a rapid electronic process that could aid the water-splitting reaction in cobalt-containing catalysts. Cobalt catalysts are relatively inexpensive and could replace more expensive precious metal catalysts in the production of clean energy, most notably solar fuels >>

Chemical "dance" of cobalt catalysis could  pave way to solar fuels. June  3,  2017

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-06-chemical-cobalt-catalysis-pave-solar.html

Casey N. Brodsky, Ryan  G. Hadt, et al. In situ characterization of cofacial Co(IV) centers in CoO cubane: modeling the high-valent active site in oxygen-evolving catalysts.  PNAS (2017) vol. 114 no. 15  pp. 3855–3860 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1701816114

http://m.pnas.org/content/114/15/3855

# n-soc: Andrew calling: the rebellion against Potus Donald's (chaotic) transition

<< In response to news that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, Governor Cuomo [Andrew M. Cuomo] joined California Governor Edmund G. Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee to announce the United States Climate Alliance, a coalition that will convene U.S. states committed to taking aggressive action on climate change.  If Washington will not act on climate then the states must >>

Governor Cuomo announces the United States Climate Alliance

https://www.ny.gov/content/united-states-climate-alliance

# s-behav: the multifactorial relationship system evolved in Blenny

AA << investigate the evolution of fangs, venom, and mimetic relationships in reef fishes from the tribe Nemophini (fangblennies) >>

Nicholas R. Casewell, Jeroen C. Visser, et al. The Evolution of Fangs, Venom, and Mimicry Systems in Blenny Fishes. Current Biology. Vol 27, Issue 8, p1184–1191, 24 Apr 2017

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)30269-5

<<  It’s a good venom story >> Rich Pyle.

Christie Wilcox. Beware the blenny’s bite: scientists uncover the toxins in fang blenny venom.  Mar 30, 2017

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/science-sushi/2017/03/30/fang-blenny-venom-toxins/

<< Si tratta del fang blenny, o blennide dalle zanne (..) noto anche come "senza paura", perche' non sembra temere troppo i predatori >>

Gli oppioidi del blennide. Le Scienze vol 586 p 24 Giu 2017

http://www.lescienze.it/

# s-ecol: strange migrations

AA << analyze abundance data over time for 86 tree species/groups across the eastern United States spanning the last three decades >>

AA << show that more tree species have experienced a westward shift (73%) than a poleward shift (62%) in their abundance, a trend that is stronger for saplings than adult trees >>

Songlin Fei, Johanna M. Desprez, et al. Divergence of species responses to climate change. Sci. Adv. 2017; 3:e1603055 17 May 2017

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/5/e1603055

# s-game: people who turn career into a game playing ...

AA << speak to a researcher who's fascinated by what happens to people who turn game playing into a career >>

Annabel Bligh, Emily Lindsay Brown, et al. Anthill 13: All the world’s a game. May 17, 2017 10.04am BST

http://theconversation.com/anthill-13-all-the-worlds-a-game-77763

https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/gaming-1806

FonT

1618 - etica d'inversione. May 26, 2005 12:16 AM

http://inkpi.blogspot.it/2005/05/1618-etica-dinversione.html

# n-soc: un lavoro per tutti

<< L'obiettivo vero da raggiungere non è il reddito per tutti, ma il lavoro per tutti. Perché senza lavoro per tutti non ci sarà dignità per tutti >>

Anna Maria Brogi, Ilaria Solaini. Genova. Papa Francesco: «Lavoro per tutti, non reddito per tutti».
27 Mag 2017

https://www.avvenire.it/papa/pagine/papa-francesco-a-genova-ilva-vescovi-giovani-pediatria-messa

FonT

Anche senza fare conti l'ipotetico  reddito di cittadinanza esteso a tutti i cittadini italiani maggiorenni, di (ad esempio) 1500 - 2000 euro mensili contro una eventuale disponibilita' formativa/ lavorativa di circa 3 ore al giorno costerebbe meno, molto ma molto meno alla comunita' della creazione artificiale, campata in aria, di lavori che gia' oggi (senz'altro domani) l'automazione puo' espletare a bassissimi costi e con senz'altro piu' elevate  accuratezza e riproducibilita'. Anche senza essere Nobel di "Scienze" Economiche chiunque lo puo' capire. Anche  venti / trent'anni fa ... Entro una quindicina d'anni sara' cosa ovvia.