Cool Science thread

[Dantheman]

Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-plasti...-landfill.html

"Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences used a machine learning model to generate novel mutations to a natural enzyme called PETase that allows bacteria to degrade PET plastics. The model predicts which mutations in these enzymes would accomplish the goal of quickly depolymerizing post-consumer waste plastic at low temperatures.

Through this process, which included studying 51 different post-consumer plastic containers, five different polyester fibers and fabrics and water bottles all made from PET, the researchers proved the effectiveness of the enzyme, which they are calling FAST-PETase (functional, active, stable and tolerant PETase).

"This work really demonstrates the power of bringing together different disciplines, from synthetic biology to chemical engineering to artificial intelligence," said Andrew Ellington, professor in the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology whose team led the development of the machine learning model."

[BmillsSkier]

Full moon lunar eclipse tonight for the EC.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/science/m...outputType=amp

[BmillsSkier]

This is a cool eclipse. Rain got outta here just in time.

[byates1]

[Supermoon]

I’m not high enough for that one

[Mazderati]

This is a chemical reaction. The Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.

[JimmyCarter]

So I know it’s a mix of the natural language processing and my own projection of what sentient AI would sound like or something like that…

But fuck the LaMDA interview is unsettling

https://www.scribd.com/document/5780...t-an-Interview

[BmillsSkier]

This is a chemical reaction. The Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.

I mean that’s cool and all but my Microsoft Media Player did that in 2000 when I was listening to all my ripped music.

[Supermoon]

I mean that’s cool and all but my Microsoft Media Player did that in 2000 when I was listening to all my ripped music.

I was partial to the head.

[AK47bp]

I’m pretty stoned and this was cool to watch.

https://youtu.be/LEENEFaVUzU



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[gravitylover]

BOOM https://youtu.be/NCyg9GLq61g

[Core Shot]

CERN is coming back online

But 1.3 terrawatts. Holy fuck that’s a lot of juice

https://home.cern/science/engineering/powering-cern

[From_the_NEK]

BOOM https://youtu.be/NCyg9GLq61g

Very cool study.
Sad that something like this gets so few views on YT.

[gravitylover]

We need more nerds

[mud]

Biden is going to show the first photos from James Webb coming up at 5pm ET.
Exoplanets up next

[J. Barron DeJong]

Biden is going to show the first photos from James Webb coming up at 5pm ET.
Exoplanets up next

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/stat...kd5tw7EeiRYkVg




https://twitter.com/errorreporrt/sta...kd5tw7EeiRYkVg

[huckbucket]

Here's another Hubble comparison;

https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/FXa-3V3UIAAXKBy.mp4

[Dantheman]

Less than a day is just amazeballs. Hubble deep field images took weeks.

[J. Barron DeJong]

[Supermoon]

This one is my favorite.

My first thought looking at thousands of galaxies was, “I’m either too high for this, or not high enough.”

[mud]

The pics are nice but this is what I’m looking forward to.

“This NIRISS observation demonstrates that Webb has the power to characterize the atmospheres of exoplanets—including those of potentially habitable planets—in exquisite “detail.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/g...net-in-detail/

[Supermoon]

Heard they might be sharing images from inside our solar system this week. That would be really interesting

[huckbucket]

[k2skier112]

[crashtestdummy]

This seems appropriate for this site, useful maggots.

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/medical-maggots/