Madeleine Shepherd

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice

A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪

A Nobel medal

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"

Stay tuned for more.

*You look at "weird" science fiction people and, like, how many of them do any time in prisons and madhouses

*Not all that many, really. Surprisingly few.

*They might have a *day-job* as some orderly in one of those places

Of my various interest groups over the years mathematicians are the most peculiar. More than acid heads, punks, computer hackers, artists, mystics, and SF writers. There's even a name for what we use. Instead of "logic" we have "mathematical logic". Which I got my PhD in. What---ME mad?

UNREAD There in a stack Of irresistible potential Mainly unread But don't ask "Why do you still buy When so many words are not touched by your eyes" Because before the spine is cracked Without my fingers touching pages, the ideas leak and spread around the room Seep through the ears And into the synapses while I sleep Listen carefully You'll hear the hum Of future thoughts becoming present

For those accused of having too many books Robinince.com #poetry #poem

Why do I keep all these clothes I don't wear. (No need to answer that. It's a commentary rather than a question, like I'm standing in front of the clothes rail shaking my head at my own weirdness & you haven't anything you can add so you shake your head too & go downstairs & make a cup of tea.)

Spotted those a couple of days ago. Such a lovely burst of colour on a dull day.

Create crochet granny squares for a community math/art project! Our Granny Life motif-generating app can now export printable pattern pages ❤️

www.mathgrrl.com/granny-life @geek @crochet 🧶

@miketransreal.bsky.social

Gala Collective brings people together to look at, think about and produce contemporary art in a new kind of city observatory

It's Gala Day today on Calton Hill and I'll be there with some space knitting!

www.collective-edinburgh.art/programme/ga...

What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...

What Is the Fourier Transform? | Quanta Magazine Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts.

"Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation, called the Fourier transform, that decomposes any function into its parts"

Reposting mainly for the wool graphic (but also - Fourier transforms are cool)

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Gala Collective brings people together to look at, think about and produce contemporary art in a new kind of city observatory

7th September is Gala Day at the Collective Gallery in the City Observatory on Edinburgh's Calton Hill.

Check it out her
www.collective-edinburgh.art/programme/ga...

I'll be there with the latest pieces in my Saturn's Rings knitting collection, and a few bargains too.

Pretty much me, but I have such a busy week coming up!

Totally agree about Facebook. If it wasn't for some pretty stubborn family members I'd have ditched it long ago. As you say, Instagram is more useful. Also I keep getting dragged into WhatsApp groups so I fear I'm stuck with Meta. Hope to keep in touch with you one way or another .

Viking and Voyager at 50: What We Might Be Giving Up Two iconic spacecraft launched on this day. One searched for life. The other now sails among the stars. But the US may walk away from it…

#OTD 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:

50 yrs ago, #Viking1 launched.
48 yrs ago, #Voyager2 followed.

One searched for #life on #Mars.
The other carries our voices into #interstellar #space.

These anniversaries remind us what we once dreamed — and what we may now be giving up.🔭🧪

👉 medium.com/@shanil.vira...

The photograph shows a table with sheets of paper, pencils, dice and badges. In the middle of the table is a cuddly toy, which is the Maths Week Scotland mascot. Behind the table is a banner advertising Maths Week Scotland.

We’re at the Edinburgh International Book Festival again today, and look forward to welcoming local schools for some maths drawing games in the Discovery Zone!

#MathsWeekScot #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Such a shame it was only one weekend.

Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI - Edinburgh Art Festival Tipping Point explores how artists can help us respond more wisely to present realities and near-future horizons of artificial intelligence (AI). Commissioned by Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID...

Tipping Point at the Inspace Gallery is a show of artists responding to AI.
There’s things to make you comfortable and things to make you uncomfortable, and it’s another Best Thing in Edinburgh.
Five Technologies: 📲📲📲📲📲
www.edinburghartfestival.com/event/tippin...

Ringing the Changes | St Mary's Edinburgh A dramatic installation of colourful banners depicting bellringing patterns, beneath the cathedrals’ bell tower, incorporating bellringing, weaving and architecture in one magnificent art installation...

Stunning exhibition of woven banners inspired by change ringing at St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh.
#mathart #mathsart #textileart #changeringing

www.cathedral.net/event-detail...

If there isn't one i shall be asking you for a refund! Signed, a big manatee fan.

I'll try to drop in on the live stream when I can. Will there be recordings available after the event for those of us in the wrong time zones?

Today, the one-week #illustratingMath workshop at @icerm.bsky.social starts. It is a week, packed with great talks on #images, #animations, #textiles, #sculptures, #dance, and #3dPrinting. All talks are being live-streamed, so go check out the schedule at icerm.brown.edu/program/topi... and join in!

Tea Green Summer Market | National Galleries of Scotland Join Tea Green for an unforgettable Summer Market at the National Galleries Scotland: Portrait this August! This truly iconic venue in the bustling heart of Edinburgh will be host to a dynamic showcas...

I'll be exhibiting a curated selection of my cellular automata and op art collections this weekend at the Tea Green Summer Market in the National Gallery Scotland - Portrait on Queen Street, Edinburgh.

www.nationalgalleries.org/event/tea-gr...

Photo of a market stall displaying colourful knitting over two levels.

All set up and ready for the public!
Stop by and buy.
www.teagreen.co.uk

If the snooker championship was like this they’d get a lot more viewers

Make that 55 more claimed!
My yarn arrives tomorrow and I should get started after the weekend. Really looking forward to it as a change from my usual knitting.

WOOL’S NEW HORIZONS - Orkney International Science Festival In an age of technology, wool is back – taking advantage of that very technology to open up new products and new markets for yarn spun from traditional breeds of sheep. Visitors from islands along the...

This looks like an amazing afternoon at Orkney Science Festival. I can't justify flying there for such a short visit, though.

oisf.org/fest-event/w...