wollstonecraft
Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitrogen (2018)
on Thursday September 10, 2020 @10:07PM (#24438488)
This seems like it would lose an appreciable amount of water, but perhaps not nearly as much as transpiration. But in most places water is a cheaper input than nitrogen.
Re:Perchlorate, used in rocket fuels, may be more hazardous than previ...
on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:47PM (#23436372)
But how is this possible? Water has a vapor pressure of 23 millibars at 20 C, meaning water would boil from the leaves.
Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Semiconducto...
on Friday May 15, 2020 @01:27AM (#23189177)
Is Sweden using an unsustainable amount of heaters to fight against deadly winter temperatures? Air conditioning is much more efficient than a heater. Arizona will usually only get more than 15 degrees warmer than a comfortable indoor temperature. In places with cold winters, sometimes temperatures will get more than 25 degrees cooler than a comfortable indoor temperature.
Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County order
on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:30AM (#23150832)
It turned out that ventilators kill coronavirus patients at a much higher rate than CPAP machines.
Re:How does the coronavirus kill?
on Sunday April 19, 2020 @01:23PM (#22917261)
Short term, calorie deficit will deplete the immune system. But long term getting to a healthy weight and less diabetic will make you less susceptible to SARS2.
Re:Tracking Coronavirus by Smell Test
on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:33PM (#22771001)
Olfactory neurons are somewhat notable for their ability to regenerate.
Re:Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December?
on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:50PM (#22606929)
cf Marburgvirus
Re:Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
on Friday March 13, 2020 @08:51PM (#22572149)
Every PI at a major research university who does something related to genetics should have one. There are probably some logistics challenges in getting them all into facilities with the right biosafety level and competent technicians to run them.
Re:Jack Ma to send 500K coronavirus test kits, 1M face masks to US
on Friday March 13, 2020 @08:35PM (#22572064)
"Test kits" are just for sample collection. You still need throughput on a qPCR machine to get results.
Re:A single wild tree on a New Zealand island could soon get some neig...
on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @05:06PM (#21925106)
It is pretty common to induce flowering of plants with gibberellin, for example cannabis.
Re:Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type, research...
on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:03PM (#21182463)
It looks like we know about 36 different blood group systems, including the well-known ABO and Rh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_blood_group_systems
Re:Long Live Microbiomes
on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @07:44PM (#20753373)
Municipal wastewater treatment does not use expensive treatment or chemicals. It is a huge bioreactor where the only input is aeration and stirring.
Re:Hydrophilic disc uses solar power to separate salt from water
on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:18PM (#20752273)
Hydrophilic anything in the environment quickly fouls to hydrophobic.
Re:YInMn Blue
on Friday June 21, 2019 @04:12PM (#20245922)
Why do people get to patent the products of federal grants?
Re:Planting 1.2T Trees Could Cancel Out a Decade of CO2 Emissions
on Sunday April 21, 2019 @01:15PM (#19713186)
We have been genetically modifying plants to maximize CO2 utilization for millenia.
Re:China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tribunal
on Thursday December 13, 2018 @03:43PM (#18675886)
Uyghurs are probably not a tissue match for Han.
Re:Mars Colony Prize
on Thursday October 25, 2018 @09:43PM (#18306130)
How do you reject MWs of waste heat in a near vacuum?
Re:Are we alone? Tiny spacecraft will head to Alpha Centauri to find out
on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:12AM (#17827901)
A normal tank gun is 30,000 g and electronic fuzes work just fine for those.
Re:UBC researchers may have found a way to make donated blood universal
on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:30PM (#17821324)
Change headline to type O- they have not managed to make it Rh-negative.
Re:Friendly Foxes’ Genes Offer Hints to How Dogs Became Domesticated
on Monday August 13, 2018 @09:40AM (#17749953)
This is not just the same perennial article about the fox domestication experiment, they did some new sequencing https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0611-6.
Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates
on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:19PM (#17377956)
What is the detection limit?
Re:Ugandan wins Africa prize for bloodless malaria test
on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:18PM (#17324553)
This is a pulse oximeter.
Re:Scientists find 'friendliness' genes that distinguish dogs from wolves
on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:24PM (#17199874)
Simply delete 27 genes from part of chromosome 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_syndrome
Re:Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World's Deepest Ocean Trench
on Monday May 14, 2018 @05:57PM (#17069808)
China is not a developing country. This meme needs to die.
Re:Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely
on Thursday May 10, 2018 @12:22AM (#17036367)
Bromoform kills methanogens.
Re:California to become first U.S. state mandating solar on new homes
on Sunday May 06, 2018 @05:26PM (#17008653)
Do you want housing shortage? Because that's how you get housing shortage
Re:The Difficulty of Untraining Drug Dogs How to Smell Marijuana
on Monday April 30, 2018 @07:41PM (#16963485)
Dogs are actually trained to always "signal" the handler. You can't swear a dog in under oath- instant probable cause.
Re:An MSG Convert Visits the High Church of Umami
on Saturday April 28, 2018 @01:54AM (#16946260)
Ajinomoto vs Morton's salt as the control, milled to the same consistency in gelcaps.
How did they find the subjects? Was it a general call for college students, or did they attempt to drill down to find rare sensitive individuals?
Re:An MSG Convert Visits the High Church of Umami
on Friday April 27, 2018 @06:03PM (#16944817)
I've done a double blind experiment with myself, and msg reliably triggers migraines.