You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone.
Vol III Issue 13
Thursday, July 17, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 17th, 2025
You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 16th, 2025
I'm an air-conditioned gypsy.
Vol III Issue 12
Today, 401 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Ancient fault line poses future earthquake hazard in Canada's North.
#Tintina #Quaternary #"fault scarp" #"oral history"
Uranium-based catalyst turns air nitrogen into ammonia.
#end-on #side-on #triamidoamine #nitride
The Forbidden Particle Could Break String Theory.
#"quantum mechanics" #gravity #spacetime #families
Autonomous Tech is Quietly Disrupting Shipping.
#"digital watchkeeping" #"collision avoidance" #MEGURI2040 #"Orca AI"
Mapping corn DNA reveals how genes shape plant traits and pest resistance.
#transcription #genome #maize #bioinformatics
~fin~
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 15th, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 15th, 2025
Me and my magic man, kinda feeling fine.
Vol III Issue 11
Today, 380 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
New research connects quantum computers to the security of cryptography.
#"inefficient-verifier proofs of quantumness" #"one-way puzzle" #"quantum advantage" #primitives
Scientists create food sensor that detects unwanted bacteria, chemicals.
#"READ FWDx" #"food-borne bacteria" #herbicides #EnLiSense
LibreOffice Office Suite Lands Built-In Support For Bitcoin Currency.
#BTC #Currency #Calc #"offiice suite"
MIT scientists have reengineered the photosynthesis enzyme rubisco, improving its sluggish performance.
#"directed evolution" #"oxygen interference" #CO2 #sugars
Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice.
#Blue-i2B #sediments #cores #IP25
~fin~
Saturday, July 12, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 12th, 2025
Vol III Issue 10
Today, 353 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Data mining uncovers previously 'untouchable' proteins for drug development.
#"beta-hairpin loop motif" #degrader #glue #Cereblon #"E3 ubiquitin ligase"
More than 200 new giant viruses discovered in our marine ecosystems.
#BEREN #reprogramming #photosynthesis #phytoplankton
Researchers demonstrate room-temperature lasing in photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser
#photopumped #buried #photonic-crystal #LiDAR
Congenital deafness in teens and adults successfully treated with new gene therapy.
#OTOF #otoferlin #virus-carrier #brainstem
Catalyst Turns Acids Into Pharmaceutical Gold
#"Carboxylic acids" #"Photoactivated ketones" #xanthone #HAT
~fin~
Friday, July 11, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 11th, 2025
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
Vol III Issue 9
Today, 430 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Reed-covered mounds reveal vast underground water network in Great Salt Lake.
#Phragmites #wetlands #groundwater #playa
A hidden brain circuit fuels fibromyalgia, migraines, and PTSD.
#emotional #circuit #thalamus #spinothalamic
Wayback Becomes Part of the FreeDesktop.org Ecosystem.
#X.Org #Wayland #Wayback #standards
This Mineral Could Hold the Key to Earth’s Hidden Ocean.
#olivine #water-transport #infrared #MTZ
Ancient-fossil bioconcrete traps 142% more carbon.
#algae #architechture #"diatomaceous earth" #TPMS
~fin~
Thursday, July 10, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 10th, 2025
Modesty in delivering our opinions leaves us the liberty of changing them without humiliation.
Vol III No 8
Today, 400 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Sugar-coated stem cells could unlock surgery-free liver treatments.
#HPCs #repair #polysaccharides #MOE
AI system decode polymer–solvent interactions for materials discovery
#swelling #gelation #dispersion #solvation
New research suggests that the first continents were born from deep mantle plumes.
#Archean #TTG #zircons #sagduction
Jupiter endangers Earth, and may have extincted the dinosaurs.
#K-Pg #extinction #iridium-rich #mass
Lasers capture the invisible dance of wind and waves
#energy-transfer #"wind-wave coupling" #"short waves" #long waves"
~fin~
Wednesday, July 09, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 9th, 2025
The Ring Wraiths ride in black.
Vol III No 7
Today, 424 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Ice melt linked to monsoon changes.
#Australia #lagoon #"Northern Territory" #pollen
All-Optical Chip Could Unlock Light-Speed Communication.
#optical-electrical-optical #AOSP #silicon-based #photonics
Scientists use AI to create protein that kills E. coli.
#"biological protein" #antibiotic-resistant #"AI Protein Design Platform" #"Deep Learning"
Fruit Trees Turn CO₂ Into Stone.
#Synchrotron #Kenya #oxalate-carbonate #"Ficus wakefieldii"
More Bubbles Means More Variation in Ocean Carbon Storage.
#air-sea #"gas exchange" #"bubble-mediated gas transfer" #north-south
~fin~
Tuesday, July 08, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 8th, 2025
Journalism should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Vol III No 6
Today, 381 links Curated
Mission Control
- RSS Feed
- Wordpress
- BlogSpot
- SubStack
- Comments
Buy Me A Coffee
Today's Links
Arizona brings a huge grid battery online.
#1,200MWh #APS #e-STORAGE #"24,000 homes"
Killer Whales Are Giving Fish to Humans Worldwide.
#Orcas #prosocial #relationships #cooperative
Melting glaciers could trigger volcanic eruptions around the globe.
#Supress #weight #expansion #tectonic
New Cancer Drug Blocks Tumors Without Debilitating Side Effects.
#RAS-PI3Kα #BBO-10203 #PIK3CA #HER2
Ice in Space Could Do Something We Thought Was Impossible
#crystals #lattice #amorphous #mixed
~fin~
Monday, July 07, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 7th, 2025
It takes more than a 140 character tweet to be president.
Vol III No 5
Today, 259 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Microbialites unlock the secrets of early life on Earth.
#rock-like #methane #CO2 #fixation
LibreOffice Begins Landing Markdown File Import Support.
#markup #MD4C #26.2 #2026
Scientists Successfully 3D-Print Functional Human Islets.
#pancreatic #alginate #insulin #vascularization
New tech tracks blood sodium without a single needle.
#optoacoustic #terahertz #spectroscopy #real-time
Wildfires Are Challenging Air Quality Monitoring Infrastructure.
#"emission limits" #"monitoring deserts" #toxins #AIRNow
~fin~
Sunday, July 06, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 6th, 2025
Vol III No 4
Today, 217 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Vitamin D3 nanoemulsion significantly improved core autism symptoms in children.
#ASD #CARS #bioavailability #outcomes
Alien Fish Species Discovered in the Philippines’ Largest Lake.
#"Barbonymus schwanefeldii" #freshwater #invasive #competition
Arctic microbes could revolutionize neuroscience.
#cryorhodopsins #electrical #"switch"blue Light" #optogenetics
A cholesterol secret inside ticks may halt Lyme disease spread.
#anaplasmosis #ATF6 #"Ixodes scapularis" #Stomatin
Migraines halved after treatment with existing GLP-1 drug.
#liraglutide #"receptor agonist" #ICP #CGRP
~fin~
Friday, July 04, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 4th, 2025
Look what's happening out in the streets...
Vol III No 3
395 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Natural compound mimics exercise's anti-aging benefit.
#betaine #"molecular proxy" #kidneys #anti-aging
* Widely used antimicrobial linked to increased allergies in kids.*
#triclosan #eczema #"allergic rhinitis" #Males
Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean.
#salinity #gyres #SMOC #processor
Years-Old Groundwater Dominates Spring Mountain Streams.
#Alpine #tritium #snow-melt #groundwater
Drug brings dying brain cells back to life.
#Parkinson’s #LRRK2 #MLi-2 #"genetic mutations"
~fin~
Thursday, July 03, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 3rd, 2025
I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote
Vol III No 2
356 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Update on the third-ever confirmed interstellar object entering the solar system.
#3I/Atlas #comet #Oumuamua #2I/Borisov
Researchers Unveil New Galactic Map.
#LHAASO #China #ultrahigh-energy #gamma-ray
Oldest Egyptian DNA Reveals Secrets of Elite Potter From Pyramid Era.
#"Fertile Crescent" #melting-pot #4,800 #Mesopotamia
Sorghum proteins offer resilient 3D printable 'bioink' base.
#hydrophobic #3D-printed #"food and pharmaceuticals" #phenolic
Lucy mission provides full view of asteroid Donaldjohanson.
#L'LORRI #"Jupiter Trojans" #"dress rehearsal" #"August 2027"
~fin~
Tuesday, July 01, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 1st, 2025
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Vol II No 1
394 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Citizen scientists spot rare exploding star in real-time.
#"Kilonova Seekers" #dwarf #GOTO0650 #"Cataclysmic variable"
Unusual Crystal Surprises Physicists With Cooling Effect.
#copper #ions #atacamite #magnetocaloric
A Fiery-born Mineral Found in an Icy Asteroid Baffles Scientists.
#Ryugu #djerfisherite #carbon-rich #“C-type”
MDMA rewires serotonin and oxytocin systems in the brain.
#ecstasy #PTSD #thigmotaxis #signaling
Genetically Engineered Tobacco Plants to Produce the Cancer Drug Taxol.
#paclitaxel #"baccatin III" #Yew #mRNA
~fin~
Monday, June 30, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jun 30th, 2025
A Focus on Security Yields Compliance for Free
Vol II No 76
232 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
1,000-year-old crown honoring was found by a farmer in a field.
#Byzantine #Monomachos #1860 #Slovakia
Brain sugar discovery turns the tables on Alzheimer's disease.
#neurons #"glycogen stores" #"oxidative stress" #GlyP
Genetic bottlenecks help explain which cholera strains become pandemic pathogens.
#"Vibrio cholerae" #allelic #CTXΦ #VPI-1
Honey from the Australian sting-less bee has remarkable antimicrobial properties.
#"glucose oxidase" #Hydrogen Peroxide" #bacteria #fungi
Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast.
#Clouds #reflective #"Pacific Decadal Oscillation" #feedback
~fin~
Saturday, June 28, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jun 28th, 2025
A lie told often enough becomes truth.
Vol II No 75
324 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
New 'electronic ink' could give rise to a new generation of flexible gadgets.
#gallium #switch #stiffness #heat
Canadian rocks may be oldest on Earth, dating back 4.16 billion years.
#"Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt" #magma #geochemical #subduction
Ashwagandha extract boosts memory and cognition in people with mild cognitive impairment.
#Sominone #"Withania somnifera" #spatial #MCI
Deep Sleep Likely Increases Odds of “Eureka” Moments
#dots #EEG #N1 #N2
New molecular shuttles can carry antibodies and enzymes to treat cancer and other brain diseases.
#"blood-brain barrier" #transferrin #biotherapeutics #TAT
~fin~
Friday, June 27, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jun 27th, 2025
Advertising is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
Vol II No 74
388 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Breakthrough turns old tech into pure gold with just light and salt.
#e-waste #mixed-metal #ore #"trichloroisocyanuric acid"
*Shedding Light on the Mysteries of Deep Earthquakes *
#"shear thermal runaway" #"500 to 700 kilometers" #olivine #rupture
Caffeine Flips a Cellular Switch That May Slow Aging.
#rapamycin #AMPK #repair #stress
DNA from Prehistoric Proto-City Reveals Signs of Female-Centered Society.
#Çatalhöyük #maternal #male-centered #Anatolia
Construction robots work 8x faster than human crews.
#CivDot #survey #"8 mm" #"27 km per day"
~fin~
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jun 25th, 2025
Then I'll get on my knees and pray... We don't get fooled again.
Vol II No 73
426 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
A compact physical qubit with built-in error correction could be scaled into a 1,000-qubit machine that fits in a data center.
#"fault-tolerant" #bosonic #resonator #multimode
Deep Earth pulses detected beneath Africa
#mantle #Ethiopia #tectonic #rift
Virus Discovery Among Bats in China Fruit Orchards Raise Exposure Concerns.
#Yunnan #Nipah #Hendra #henipaviruses
Wildfires threaten water quality for up to eight years after they burn.
#watersheds #hydrology #"organic carbon" #phosphorus #nitrogen
Killer whales use seaweed tools in grooming behavior.
#"Salish Sea" #manufacturing #"bull kelp" #"southern resident"
~fin~
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jun 24th, 2025
Reciprocal accountability, or criticism, is the only known antidote to error.
Vol II No 72
346 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
New Mexico Footprints Rewrite Timeline of Humans in America.
#Ruppia #Otero #Tularosa #palustrine
How reading the Inca's knotted cords can reveal past droughts and deluges.
#khipus #"Santa Leonor de Jucul" #tassels #rituals
Engineered E. Coli Transforms Waste Plastic Into Common Painkiller.
#"Escherichia coli" #PET #acetaminophen #"Lossen rearrangement"
Tomb fungus Aspergillus flavus yields potent new drug.
#asperigimycins #RiPP #metabolic #genetic
Ceres: The asteroid belt’s forgotten ocean world.
#spherical #dwarf planet" #"Ahuna Mons" #“dirty ocean"
~fin~
Monday, June 23, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jun 23rd, 2025
It doesn’t have to be like this... All we need to do is make sure we keep talking
Vol II No 71
277 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Unexpected mineral in a Ryugu grain challenges the nature of primitive asteroids.
#djerfisherite #enstatite #"CI chondrites" #gas
New Treatment May Cure Severe Type 1 Diabetes
#"islet cells" #"stem cells" #autoimmune #zimislecel
Scientists Double Battery Performance With Dry Electrodes.
#zinc-iodine #1,3,5-trioxane #dendrites #cost
There's a 'ghost' magma plume lurking beneath the Middle East.
#Oman #"Indian tectonic plate" #Salma #uplift
Study shows controversial seed oils reduce inflammation.
#biomarkers #linoleic #cardiometabolic #HOMA-IR
~fin~
Sunday, June 22, 2025
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Jun 22nd, 2025
I don't need your ghetto scenes.. I don't need your war machines.
Vol II No 70
242 links Curated
Mission Control
Today's Links
Scientists find link between depression and microbes in your mouth.
#microbiome #diversity #PHQ-9 #"Alpha diversity"
Astronomers locate universe's 'missing' matter in the largest cosmic structures.
#baryons #"Cosmic Web" #tendril #"four galaxy clusters"
Deep-soil microbe that may help fight water pollution.
#"Earth’s Critical Zone" #Sysuimicrobiota #scavenging #physiology
How light is rewriting fossil fuel chemistry.
#photoredox #"lower energy demands" #SuPRCat #photosynthesis
Data center company uses stranded renewable energy.
#intermittent #grid #Soluna #"curtailed renewable power"
~fin~
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