Hello everyone. Welcome to another Science Saturday. Here’s what’s happening: ScienceDaily: Fractals in Medicine Scientists are starting to use fractal mathematics to model gene interactions. Fractals are patterns found in nature which recur at progressively smaller scales. Scientists believe that because DNA interactions are not random, fractal models will simulate things like cancer growth and …
Welcome to another Science Saturday! Let’s begin: Futurism.com: Fusion Reactor World Records A second round of tests were conducted at the Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator, a type of reactor that’s used to research fusion. The Stellerator was able to sustain plasma for 100 seconds, a new world record, and achieved temperatures of over 36 million …
Several of my recent Science Saturday posts have mentioned developments in the pursuit of nuclear fusion. Today we’ll take a closer look at what fusion really is, how we could use it, and speculate at whether or not it’s really possible. What is Fusion? Fusion is a nuclear reaction where two smaller atomic nuclei fuse …
Welcome to another Science Saturday everyone. Let’s begin. ScienceNews: Redefining the Kilogram On November 16, at a session of the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, The powers that be decided to eliminate Le Grand K as the standard definition of the kilogram. The kilogram will instead be defined by the Planck …
Welcome to another Science Saturday. Here’s what went on this week: LiveScience: Alien Asteroid There is a strange object known as “Oumuamua” orbiting our sun. Researchers studying the odd bit of space debris theorize that it is the only known object in our solar system that originated in another star system. Now, a group of …
This week’s Science Saturday is going to be a little space-heavy. I usually try to split it up among the major disciplines, but not this time. LiveScience: Aliens Might Be Purple Scientists have been learning how to use green light signatures from exoplanets to determine if they might host life, but have recently begun …
Time for another Science Saturday! Here goes: MIT: Smart Pills Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a way to measure changes in molecular signaling. Theoretically, this could pave the way for creating programmable pills to precisely target a patients individual needs. There’s a lot more research that needs to be done before that …
I’m gonna try my hand at keeping up a new series. Every Saturday I’ll collect some interesting science news articles and link them here. I think it’ll be a good way to remind myself what’s real, and what’s sci-fi. I’ll give some opinions as well, just for good measure. I present: Science Saturday ScienceNews: …