More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.

@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Also called biomolecular condensates!
This is useful is DNA repair, as these condensates can form and dissolve really quickly, acting like an on/off control. They also cordon off the repair zone, as nucleases needed for DNA repairs are a threat to gDNA.

Phase separation is a mechanism by which macromolecules are separated into concentrated liquid phase and a dilute liquid phase without any macromolecules. This happens in cells, which contains proteins and nucleic acids that have different physical/chemical properties to encourage phase separation.

Frustrated little dude gripping a pencil saying “how do I pack this down into something I can actually share?” While swirling rainbows labeled “INFINITE POTENTIAL” float around them. Little dude frowns at a tiny grey box, exclaiming “all that work for THIS?!” Little dude shoves the grey box into another little guy’s hands; Frowning, stomping off, and saying “Here you go, I made this, it sucks.” Second little dude cracks open the box, swirling rainbows project out onto their face. Second little dude stares in awe at all the swirling rainbows now floating around them.

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

Read an article about the “stride-to-foot size ratio” of a tiny dinosaur that was so high, which meant that it was flapping its feathered forelimbs as it sprinted.
I can confirm that the tiny dinosaur in my house has a very high stride-to-foot ratio! 🧪

Go-to questions for interviewing scientists - SciLine Discover effective strategies for interviewing scientists. Learn how to select the right sources, craft clear requests, and prepare insightful questions for successful interviews.

Need a set of go-to questions for interviewing a scientist? We've teamed up with @theopennotebook.bsky.social
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO

If anyone can connect me with life science/healthcare folks in Qatar, I’d love to pick your brain about the deep tech landscape over there! 🧪

Colorful Open Access: Sci-Hub, Free Libraries, and Their Alternatives | Jorge Ruiz-Cabrejos A guide to Sci-hub, Sci-net, Nexus, Wosonhj and SmartQuantAi, because paywalls are meant to be climbed.

A great guide from @jruizcabrejos.bsky.social about colourful open access!
jruizcabrejos.com/post/colorfu...

For 5 seconds I thought bart was welcoming vendors within the stations similar to HK MTR, and then I remembered there was an art fair. Art fair is cool but an additional source of revenue for bart is also cool 😂

I enjoy the ride between DTLA and Pasadena!

The BART experience could be improved slightly by providing a directional map of stations at each platform. Refer to HK MTR signage at each platform!
No need for digital signage (more susceptible to damage). #BART

#academicsky #philsky #edusky

What is the life science/biotech version of Hacker News? Fierce Biotech, genome web, endpoints news are more industry-related news; I would love to read more essays or articles from personal websites 🧪

When reading protocols/workflows, the worst possible diagram is a combination of Microsoft suite flow chart and table. Each step does not need to be a 2-row table in varying shades of blue.

Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.

Atlantic: Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working

The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.

by Katherin J. Wu

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He never did a traditional cell biology experiment; his talents lie in his ability to glean function from visualising structure

Would love to go to a Ramón y Cajal exhibition and see the extensive amount of art he has contributed to the field of neuroscience!

Reading The Song of the Cell and learning about T reg cells, absolutely humiliated that I do not know about these cells!

#bskyart #art #artistsofbluesky

Boosting to #SciArt

Hi, I’d love to join!

Flash Floods and Climate Policy As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.

Despite being powerful predictors, tools and institutions like NOAA and the National Weather Service are being weakened, hit by staffing cuts, research center closures, program dismantling, grant stoppage, and data suppression under the Trump administration.


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NSX NC1 and Superveloce Ago

#art #motorcycles #MVAugusta #NSX #painting

2022 MV Augusta Superveloce Ago

#motorcycle #art #MVAugusta

1988 Suzuki GSX-R 750

#art #motorcycle #suzuki

Meet Cathy Tie, Bride of “China’s Frankenstein” The creator of CRISPR babies is flirting again with infamy, this time through a mysterious alliance with an Internet-savvy entrepreneur.

ICYM we published an absolute romp of a story last week about the entrepreneur Cathy Tie who married He Jiankui (the CRISPR baby scientist), is running his social accounts and is acting as muse for his next big act. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/23/1...

Gene-editing therapy made in just 6 months helps baby with life-threatening disease Custom CRISPR paves the way for treating genetic disorders in tailormade ways

In a world first, researchers report easing the symptoms of a baby boy with a rare, life-threatening disease by giving him a version of the #CRISPR gene editor tailored to a mutation he carries. scim.ag/4mrtlll

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Protein editing using a coordinated transposition reaction Protein engineering through the ligation of polypeptide fragments has proven enormously powerful for studying biochemical processes. In general, this strategy necessitates a final protein-folding step...

We've seen tools for editing DNA and RNA - now we can do it with proteins too! Intein pairs can act like transposons within protein sequences.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists The first hummingbird species to nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador.

"I was telling a colleague that yours was the best cover of the research (among the several recent articles that others have written)" -- Juan Bouzat, email

These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists

#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...