Olly 👾1d ago

How the classic Computer Game Doom became a Tool for Science.

Lauren 'Ren' Ramlan, a biological engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, has integrated the game into her research.

⁉️In 2023, during the first year of her doctoral programme, she used Escherichia coli bacteria to display a few frames of Doom. She attached a fluorescent protein to the bacterial cells that could be turned on or off, making them act like black and white pixels on a screen. She then translated and compressed the first few frames of Doom into black-and-white versions that matched the plate growing the cells.⁉️

https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00813-4

#doom #retro #gaming #bacteria #cells #science #biological #engineering #tech #media #news

Richard Michael Blaber6d ago
https://theconversation.com/a-single-dose-of-psilocybin-eased-depression-symptoms-for-months-our-study-found-282499; https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2849099?guestAccessKey=1b34668e-afe8-4888-aa3d-dd05b3b83eff&utm_source=for_the_media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=051526. Read article in full, & NB: "a central #challenge for the field [is] how to disentangle the drug’s #biological #effects from the powerful role of #expectation & #experience. Answering that question will be crucial for understanding where #psilocybin fits into future #mental #healthcare."
A single dose of psilocybin eased depression symptoms for months, our study found

Our trial found psilocybin worked fast and lasted months, but unpicking the drug’s true effect from patients’ expectations remains a challenge.

The Conversation
Show threadTimothy Schwinghamer (he/him)May 16

Existing #literature suggests that inter-basin #water #transfers may have #physical, #chemical, hydrological, and #biological implications for both the donor and recipient basins. #River basins have distinct characteristics, including acidity, turbidity, #temperature, and chemical content of #water, as well as the various #species that reside within and near the aquatic #environment.

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Show threadFabrizio MusacchioMay 10

Reading the dissertation was fascinating because it reveals a side of #Helmholtz that is rarely discussed today. Long before his work on #EnergyConservation, #electrodynamics, and #WavePhysics, he was already deeply engaged with #anatomical and #biological questions.

It also shows that some core ideas about the comparative structure of nervous systems were already being articulated in the early 19th century.

#Neuroscience #Physics #ScienceHistory

Giuseppe MichieliMay 9
#Genetic and #biological characterization of #H9N2 avian #influenza viruses isolated from #swine in #China, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/05/genetic-and-biological-characterization.html
#Genetic and #biological characterization of #H9N2 avian #influenza viruses isolated from #swine in #China

Milo DideMay 6
“#Biological #apocalypse” in #Gaza; Clashes in the Strait of #Hormuz; Dueling ceasefires declared by #Russia and #Ukraine https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/biological-apocalypse-gaza-clashes-strait-hormuz-russia-ukraine-ceasefires?r=1x9kto&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web #StopWars #Ceasefirenow
“Biological apocalypse” in Gaza; Clashes in the Strait of Hormuz; Dueling ceasefires declared by Russia and Ukraine

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K U L T ™May 5

#WEF #Scientists Building #AI #Chatbots To ‘#Erase #Humanity’ With #Biological #Weapons

https://www.patreon.com/posts/wef-scientists-157422874

antóNioApr 28
Snow peas in my home garden.
#photography #home #botanical #biological #Portugal
Hacker NewsApr 26

AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)

https://github.com/sachitrafa/YourMemory

#HackerNews #AI #memory #biological #decay #recall #machinelearning #neuroscience

GitHub - sachitrafa/YourMemory: Agentic AI memory with Ebbinghaus forgetting curve decay. +16pp better recall than Mem0 on LoCoMo.

Agentic AI memory with Ebbinghaus forgetting curve decay. +16pp better recall than Mem0 on LoCoMo. - sachitrafa/YourMemory

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CBC CalgaryApr 23
U.S. couple accused of kidnapping 10-year-old to potentially undergo gender transition surgery in Cuba
A couple from the United States is facing international kidnapping charges after prosecutors claimed they took a 10-year-old child to Cuba to potentially undergo gender transition surgery, allegedly deceiving the child's biological mother with a fake Canadian camping trip to get there.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-cuba-child-alleged-kidnapping-gender-transition-surgery-9.7175449?cmp=rss