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05 June 2019 4,897 8 View

Why prions are not investigated anymore?

Prusiner was given a Nobel price for explaining prion biology, unique in our biosphere. Prions are almost impossible to destroy, following WHO, in order to attenuate them, you have to boil them in...

08 September 2018 9,352 9 View

How 250 exhausted men in an unknown territory could defeat an empire with thousands of well-trained warriors?

Quezacoalt God promised to come back, bringing the red color to the Aztecs, which mean they didn't had bright red colorant. Hernan Cortes, who conquered Mexico, was born in Medellin, Extremadura,...

08 September 2018 1,472 4 View

Is it possible to domesticate AI?

After more than ten years searching the net in three or more languages, and almost nothing more than research, I have the strange sensation Google Search knows better my research in general and...

01 January 1970 9,641 3 View

How do you choose a new book?

Personally, I always follow the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges's trick: read the first page and the last page. If in-between triggers your curiosity, if you think "how could the author...

01 January 1970 4,361 13 View

Facing mind merchandization

That's what Petracha said in 14th C. Florence: " I couldn't face making a merchandise of my mind ". What are your thoughts at the respect?

01 January 1970 4,886 3 View

A Volcano producing a climate change?

This article analyze the consequences of Tambora's implosion (Indonesia) and the climate change it provoked in 19th C....

01 January 1970 9,582 20 View

Language learning in kindergarten schools

I think babies should be put in contact with as much new languages as they can, basically through sounds and games, somehow preparing the brains for further language studies.

01 January 1970 5,206 3 View

In which language do you think?

Most of us speak fluently 3 or more languages. But do you realize in which language you're thinking? In which language do you talk to yourself? Personally, English is a great way to clarify and...

01 January 1970 1,555 60 View

Plants manage to grow thanks to infrared; why can't we get energy from it?

I'm unsure to understand everything but i think this theory is very seductive and beautiful. Using general physics laws to get energy. Emit something to get DC energy: give to get...

01 January 1970 1,780 6 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Does any one can help me choose a reasonable basis set for intermediate metal ions interactions with guanine (i.e Fe2+, Mn2+, Cu2+ and exc.)?

Hello every body Does any one has any idea to help me choose a reasonable basis set for intermediate metal ions (i.e Fe2+, Mn2+, Cu2+ and exc.) interactions with guanine or other DNA organic...

01 March 2021 6,187 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

Why does intensity drops as concentration increases?

Is there any reason for decrease in fluorescence emission intensity of HSA,BSA when increase the concentration ?

28 February 2021 3,653 4 View

POlymer+DMSO solution and moisture??

What could be the reason of moisture at the sides of Vial when I am preparing my polmyer+DMSO solution for membrane fabrication? What etiquettes I am possibly missing here?

28 February 2021 6,516 5 View

Should we reduce the standard unit of length to 0.31951540592 meter ?

The reasoning behind this question is to align the ratios of the proton potential in energy per charge to the speed of light in distance per time. As these two dimensions appear to be related,...

27 February 2021 947 7 View

What could be reason for getting such type of graph for complex impedance in case of polymer blend films?

Its effect appears in real part of ac conductivity also. Can anyone suggest any reason behind it?

26 February 2021 3,487 3 View

Your thoughts on the spherical densiometer to estimate relative species canopy cover?

Hi biologists and biogeomorphologists, I want to characterize vegetation plots on a transect that follows a successionnal gradient from a river bed to a mature forest. Ecologically, I am...

26 February 2021 5,720 2 View

What kind of institutional environment do entrepreneurs need to achieve happiness?

Entrepreneurs are stressful, and happiness is a scarce resource. Happiness is crucial to business development.In addition to the work characteristics, individual characteristics have an effect on...

25 February 2021 876 2 View