# s-gst-music: Hexacorda mollia inside acyclical order and disorder

<< A new composition for string quartet takes listeners on a journey into the weird world of soft matter >>

<< Hexacorda mollia revolves around the theme of order and disorder in soft matter—materials like liquid crystals and biological organisms that can be easily deformed by thermal fluctuations or an external stress, such as an electric or magnetic field. For many of these systems, this form of disorder is required to create ordered structures that can perform some function >>

<< Music is always going through various states of order to disorder and back again, in ways that [scientists] might recognize as phase transitions >>

Katherine Wright. Arts & Culture: A Quartet for Soft Matter. Physics 9, 92. Aug 5, 2016.

http://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/92

# s-chem-ethno: nanotech acupuncture needles

<< this experiment [..] combined nanotechnology with acupuncture needles >>

AA << developed porous acupuncture needles (PANs) with fine pores ranging in sizes from nanometers (one billionth of a meter) to micrometers (one millionth of a meter) on the surface of the needles using a nano-electrochemical method >>

<< PANs are expected to be as effective as conventional large and long needles by minimizing the sense of pain during acupuncture treatment while expanding the surface area of the needle 20 times greater than conventional acupuncture ones >>

<< Through electrophysiological experiments with rats [AA] proved that PANs excel in transferring signals from a spinal dorsal horn by the in vivo stimulation of Shenmen (HT7) points, and in particular, demonstrated that the efficacy of PANs is superior to conventional acupuncture needles in treating alcohol and cocaine addiction in animal experiments >>

Applying nanotechnology to make porous acupuncture needles. Oct 17, 2016.

http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=44827.php

Su-ll In, Young S. Gwak, et al. Hierarchical Micro/Nano-Porous Acupuncture Needles Offering Enhanced Therapeutic Properties. Nature. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 34061 (2016)
doi:10.1038/srep34061

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep34061

# s-gst: multiple cracks, simultaneously ...

<< While  the  initiation  of  fracture  in  brittle  solids  is  generally associated  with  the  preexistence  of  material  imperfections,  the mechanism  for  initiation  of  fracture  in  viscoelastic  fluids,  e.g.,  polymer melts  and  solutions,  remains  an  open  question. >>

<< The  images  reveal  the  simultaneous propagation  of  multiple  cracks >>

<< The  critical  stress  and  strain  for  the onset  of  crack  propagation  are  found  to  be  highly  reproducible  functions of  the  stretch  rate,  while  the  position  of  initiation  is  completely  random >>

Qian Huang, Nicolas J. Alvarez, et al. Multiple Cracks Propagate Simultaneously in Polymer Liquids in Tension. Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 087801. Publ 15 Aug. 2016

http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.087801

Jay Fineberg. How to Fracture a Fluid. Aug.15, 2016

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/95

# s-gene: started on Halloween 2015 ...

<< A “top secret" meeting of scientists was held at the Langone Medical Center on Halloween 2015. Their aim? To kickstart a new Human Genome Project and build a functional human genome from the base pairs up by 2026 >>

<< "There's only one grand challenge in synthetic biology. Only one. And it's to write a human genome. And we have to do that" >> Andrew Hessel

Jason Dorrier. Writing the First Human Genome by 2026 Is Synthetic Biology's Grand Challenge. Oct 10, 2016.

http://singularityhub.com/2016/10/10/writing-the-first-human-genome-by-2026-is-synthetic-biologys-grand-challenge/

Singularity University’s Exponential Medicine 2016 Conference. San Diego, Oct 8-11, 2016.

https://exponential.singularityu.org/medicine/

# n-trade: paper gold; at that point the scheme will be revealed ...

<< At that point, the entire Ponzi scheme in the paper gold and silver markets will be revealed, and it has been ongoing for decades. Those holding paper gold instruments will be scorched and those holding physical bullion will see their true wealth expand dramatically >>

John Embry Says Maguire Is Right, Gold & Silver Smash Was Orchestrated To Bailout Shorts. Oct. 05, 2016.

http://kingworldnews.com/john-embry-says-maguire-is-right-gold-silver-smash-was-orchestrated-to-bailout-shorts/

Laura Naka Antonelli.  La grande farsa dell’oro. “Vendite orchestrate” per nascondere la verita'. 7 Ott. 2016.

http://www.wallstreetitalia.com/la-grande-farsa-delloro-vendite-orchestrate-per-nascondere-la-verita/

# s-gst: solitons (also) in angiogenesis

<< Here's what we humans have in common with oceans, lakes and rivers: We have solitons coursing through us >>

Sonia Fernandez. This Soliton is About You. Monday, October 3, 2016 10:30

http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2016/017218/soliton-about-you

L. L. Bonilla, M. Carretero et al. Soliton driven angiogenesis. Nature. Sci. Rep. 6, Article number: 31296 (2016)doi:10.1038/srep31296. Publ. 09 Aug 2016.

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep31296

# s-behav: surprisingly, they (also) show marked social interactions ...

<< sharks [sand tiger sharks Carcharias taurus] prefer to travel in groups of various sizes and spend a surprising amount of time together. Some individuals even spent up to 95 consecutive hours together over the course of the year. >>

Researchers Examine the Social Networks of Sharks. Released: 4-Oct-2016 3:05 PM EDT

http://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-examine-the-social-networks-of-sharks

Danielle E. Haulsee, Dewayne A. Fox, et al. Network Analysis Reveals Potential Fission-Fusion Behavior in a Shark. Nature. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 34087 (2016)
doi:10.1038/srep34087  Published online: 30 Sept. 2016

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep34087