@wimgmeijer
Microbiologist, Professor at University College Dublin One Health | Wastewater Based Epidemiology | AMR | Water Quality | Microbial Source Tracking | Host Pathogen Interaction | Rhodococcus equi https://people.ucd.ie/wim.meijer
The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life.
This paper describes a ribozyme, a catalytic RNA molecule, able to do just that..
Fascinating stuff…
🧪🦠
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The system acts as near-permanent archival storage for backup of critical data.
It stores 4.8 terabytes, the equivalent of around 2 million printed books
Data survives for 10,000 years at a temperature of 290ºC and much longer at room temperature.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
😂
All major large language models (LLMs) can be used to either commit academic fraud or facilitate junk science, a test of 13 models has found.
There were major differences though, with Claude made by Anthropic being most resistant to committing fraud.
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
All major large language models (LLMs) can be used to either commit academic fraud or facilitate junk science, a test of 13 models has found.
There were major differences though, with Claude made by Anthropic being most resistant to committing fraud.
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sorry hier in Ierland hebben we al lang een openlijke gay premier (Taoiseach) gehad die ook nog eens van Indiase en Ierse afkomst is..
Nederland loopt iets achter..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Var...
“Cognitive psychology has shown that students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion, and revising weak arguments. This is the work of learning how to learn”
phys.org/news/2026-02...
The UK has suddenly pulled funding for two international physics projects:
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and construction of a new particle accelerator in the US.
UK will no longer be seen as a reliable partner in fundamental physics.
🧪
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
The system acts as near-permanent archival storage for backup of critical data.
It stores 4.8 terabytes, the equivalent of around 2 million printed books
Data survives for 10,000 years at a temperature of 290ºC and much longer at room temperature.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Stargate SG-1 is on Netflix 😊 one of my favourite SciFi series!
Please Netflix also put on Battlestar Galactica 🙏 just one in the pantheon of best SciFi series ever. So say we all!
🧪 (apologies for posting this to the science channel 🤪)
@netflix.com
China dominates clean energy industries, from patented technologies to essential raw materials.
Last year, it installed more wind turbines and solar panels than the rest of the world combined.
Meanwhile the Trump administration aims to keep US oil and gas flowing
🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What could possibly go wrong?
“Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages”
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Large language models (LLMs) can suggest hypotheses, write code and draft papers, and AI agents are automating parts of the research process.
Although this can accelerate science, it also makes it easy to create fake or low-quality papers, known as AI slop.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
People living in the Stone Age in Africa, 60,000 years ago, already understood how to harness toxic plants to improve their hunting success.
It’s the oldest confirmed use of arrow poison ever identified.
🧪
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Ancient DNA analysis shows that the first domesticated cats left Africa no earlier than around 2,000 years ago.
Yet these felines still had plenty of time to achieve world domination, with hundreds of millions now kept as pets.
🧪
www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
Artist reconstruction of P. taiti within the Rhynie ecosystem including hypothesized reconstruction of the aerial portion. Scale bar: 3 m Credit: M. Humpage, Northern Rogue Studios.
Prototaxites was a colossal organism from the Early Devonian (~400 million years ago) that stood up to 8 meters tall. A recent study challenges its long-held fungal classification and instead suggests that it may belong to a previously unknown and extinct lineage! 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
People living in the Stone Age in Africa, 60,000 years ago, already understood how to harness toxic plants to improve their hunting success.
It’s the oldest confirmed use of arrow poison ever identified.
🧪
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life.
This paper describes a ribozyme, a catalytic RNA molecule, able to do just that..
Fascinating stuff…
🧪🦠
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Large language models (LLMs) can suggest hypotheses, write code and draft papers, and AI agents are automating parts of the research process.
Although this can accelerate science, it also makes it easy to create fake or low-quality papers, known as AI slop.
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What could possibly go wrong?
“Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages”
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Black Beauty Meteorite: Meteorite NWA 7034, more commonly known as Black Beauty contains much more hidden water than previously suspected. It fell to Earth from Mars, and could reveal clues about the Red Planet's watery past. www.livescience.com/space/mars/m...
If a pulsar that may lie at the center of our galaxy is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the spacetime around the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole
Morally bankrupt.. a total disgrace.
This would end any politicians career in any other country bar the US, who seem to be ok with blatant corruption, sex offences, convictions, racism and violation of the constitution by the US president.
The Trump administration is morally bankrupt..
China dominates clean energy industries, from patented technologies to essential raw materials.
Last year, it installed more wind turbines and solar panels than the rest of the world combined.
Meanwhile the Trump administration aims to keep US oil and gas flowing
🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Though fearsome predators, snakes can go weeks or even months without eating.
Now, scientists think they may know how they do it.
Snakes have lost the genes to produce ghrelin, a key hormone that regulates appetite, digestion, and fat storage..
🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Over 10,000 doctoral-trained experts in science and related fields left their jobs in the US last year as President Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce.
The departing Ph.D.s took with them a wealth of subject matter expertise and knowledge
🧪🦠
www.science.org/content/arti...
A 33-year-old man survived for 48 hours without his lungs, after a medical team replaced the organs with an external artificial-lung system to keep him alive until he could receive a double lung transplant.
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
