Mastodawn

#proteomics_101 Human MT-ND4L:p is one of the 13 protein sequences encoded on the mitochondrial chromosome. It does not have any observable tryptic peptides, but peptides from its sequence have been observed. What type of experiment would result in finding these peptides?

Ron Beavis ❌20h ago

https://www.zeit.de/2026/17/papst-leo-xiv-donald-trump-konflikt-frieden-usa

Papst Leo XIV. und Donald Trump: Ziemlich beste Feinde

Der Papst und der Präsident waren nie politische Freunde. Warum das Verhältnis erst jetzt entgleist – und es für Leo um mehr als ein moralisches Urteil über Trump geht.

DIE ZEIT

Ron Beavis ❌21h ago

#proteomics_101 Provide at least 2 testable hypotheses that could explain why there is such a difference in peptide frequency of observation for yeast's SED4:p between the regions (1-400) & (401-1065)?

Ron Beavis ❌22h ago

I love it when they just make up stuff in the hopes that enough people will believe it ...
https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/ghost-murmur-a-never-used-secret-tool-deployed-to-find-lost-airman-in-iran-in-daring-mission/

The secret, never-before-used CIA tool that helped find airman downed in Iran: ‘If your heart is beating, we will find you’

“It’s like hearing a voice in a stadium, except the stadium is a thousand square miles of desert,” a source briefed on the program told The Post. “In the right conditions, if your heart is beating,…

New York Post

Ron Beavis ❌1d ago

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/wait-how-did-a-decentralized-service-like-bluesky-go-down/

Wait, how did a decentralized service like Bluesky go down? | TechCrunch

It turns out that decentralized social networks can go down, too. On Thursday evening, the decentralized social network Bluesky experienced a significant

TechCrunch

Ron Beavis ❌1d ago

Canadian advocacy groups have been sending me messages to contact my MP to prevent the passage of Bill C22. Please stop doing this. MPs are worse than useless. Instead, tell me the names of the lobbyists who are pushing the bill & their clients so I can apply pressure where it might be effective.

Ron Beavis ❌1d ago

#proteomics_101 Human SPCS1:p has 4 exons & 102 residues, supported by both proteomics & nucleic acid methods. UniProt lists a 169 aa sequence as canonical that has not been observed. What steps would you have to go through to correct this issue? Estimate the likelihood of success at each step.

Ron Beavis ❌2d ago

Deborah Pickett 2d ago

Is an “Olympic-size swimming pool” a unit of …?

Volume

31.7%

Area

19.7%

Length

26%

Mass

4.6%

Pressure

3.1%

Density

3.2%

Molar quantity

6.3%

Latent heat

5.5%

Poll ended at Apr 16 at 9:58pm.

Ron Beavis ❌3d ago

Slashdot

3d ago

Sony Boss Urges Theaters To Stop 30 Minutes of Trailers and Ads Before Movies https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/2045226/sony-boss-urges-theaters-to-stop-30-minutes-of-trailers-and-ads-before-movies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

Sony Boss Urges Theaters To Stop 30 Minutes of Trailers and Ads Before Movies - Slashdot

Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman urged theater owners to cut down the roughly 30 minutes of trailers and ads before movies. "Get off the ad crack," Rothman told the audience at CinemaCon this week. "Get rid of the endless advertising and substantially shorten the long pre-shows." Variety reports: He...

Ron Beavis ❌3d ago

#proteomics_101 Identify the signal sequence & mature N-terminus of the protein sequence given below.