Episode #891
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Aldrin and Armstrong
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Chemists have developed a method for essentially printing complex designer molecules by using specific frequencies of light. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-022-01008-w
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have produced a method for combining single-walled carbon nanotubes into highly ordered structures, such as a regular helix, with minimal errors by using DNA as a lattice. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo4628
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Item #3
Science
Researchers have produced a biocompatible fiber optic sensor out of spider silk. https://opg.optica.org/boe/fulltext.cfm?uri=boe-13-9-4483&id=487406
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘If anyone can refute me – show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective – I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance. ‘ Marcus Aurelius Meditations Book 6 Number 21