#cell structure

[sssnowyowl]

Tiny Blog Stuff: sharing some lab stuff from college

Electrolysis of dyes

Cell Structure through a microscope (plant cell and onion cell)

Photosynthesis/Celluar Respiration with a cabomba plant

Fermentation of yeast

I like lab and biology but lectures always makes me sleepy…

[er-cryptid]

Intrinsic Membrane Proteins

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[ribawesome-ribosomes]

ribosome fun fact #6

ribosomes are found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

[schneegloeckchen]

I love it! The chloroplasts as eyes is genius. As well as all other cell organells translated to organs. And they're so pretty, too! Absolutely gorgeous. 😍

Eukaryotic cell gang!! We love women in STEM.

The organelles of the cells have been translated into human anatomy, so the nucleus is the brain, the vacuole function as the lungs, and the mitochondria is the heart since it’s the… you already know, I don’t have to say it ;)

[kyannnite]

murderous tendencies be damned my boy can work a violin

[magnetothemagnificent]

Almost every "this thing I learned in grade school is useless in my everyday life" claim can be answered by the fact that grade school is meant to give you a general education, not a specialized one. It's supposed to teach you a little bit about everything so that you can get a sense about what you might be interested in. A future doctor won't know they're interested in medicine if they don't learn anything about biology in grade school. A future writer won't know they're interested in writing if they don't learn anything about literature in grade school. A future civic worker won't know they're interested in civics if they don't learn anything about history or government in grade school. So of course you'll end up looking back and thinking that some things you learned are useless.... because grade school isn't about you individually. It's about everyone, it's supposed to ensure everyone has a chance to explore their interests and have a solid foundation for their futures.

[unbfacts]

[alexjcrowley]

Trembley after accusing Wozniak of being an envious alcoholic on the brink of mental decline: I don't know, I🥺👉👈...I'm just trying to make sense of this🫣🫣

[marquisecubey]

emperor / empress

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Precision-shaped Cu₂O crystals unlock new potential for clean energy catalysts

Can the shape of a crystal really change how well it performs in clean energy technology? A new study says yes—decisively. Researchers from National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua University, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University have discovered that the performance of a widely studied catalyst, cuprous oxide (Cu2O), in oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) depends heavily on which crystal face is exposed. The paper is published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Oxygen reduction is a central reaction in fuel cells, which are devices that convert chemical energy into electricity. Platinum is commonly used in this role but is expensive and limited in supply. Cu2O, a more affordable alternative, has now shown surprising potential—if used with the right shape.

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[johbeil]

Four black and white plants studies

Executed with Sony Xperia Mini (Sk17i) using the Blackboard setting of Vignette for Android.

[ribawesome-ribosomes]

ribosome fun fact #16

cells with a lot of ribosomes are better at protein synthesis!

[voiddrawss]

A little doodle I did! Wanted to draw some art kinda representing my take on geostigma

[triptychofvoids]

Saw you appreciate microscope slides, Ludwig. Here’s some mitosis from bio class!

Hope you don’t mind the graticule! Anything in particular you’d want to see under a microscope

oh no i dont mind at all! these look like they must be from a plant of some kind, yes? i may be more biased towards animal cells but nevertheless theyre very pretty!

[fourthandforth]

Spoilers for Genshin 5.6 Mond AQ (Interlude...? I can't keep track.)

So Naberius is the Shade of Life. Okay. Wow.

I've been obsessing over that "Heart of Naberius" mention since I learned that Naberius is also Cerberus in Ars Goetia (Wriothesley mention yippee 🥳). I kept thinking I was kind of reaching, maybe the devs just liked the name and didn't bother with the double meaning, but the oddities piled up:

Meropide is a "a nation within a nation with minimal interference from the divine" (Pantalone's words, from Cashflow Supervision); the biggest supplier of clockwork meka; underground (or underwater, same difference); a gathering place of "exiles"; and thematically/philosophically embodies the concept of rebirth. The similarities to Khaenri'ah had to be deliberate...right? Or does any underground society in Teyvat evolve to Khaenri'ah references the same way animals evolves into crabs 🤔😂

Darkgold Wolfbite. The self-corrosion. Is Wriothesley is a rifthound?!?! If you squint his burst kinda makes a weird spatial rift... okay even that is too far for me. Lol. But where there are rifthound references, there is Gold. Rhinedottir. THE woman of the hour.

A cryo wolf guy. Okay Andrius "Wolf of the North" reference.

But seriously even the Wingalet is related to Mondstadt. Or at least the Mondstadt weapon series the Widsith. (Which was apparently also referenced in a veryyy obscure hidden dialogue in the quest?)

AND THEN. This!!!!! It makes so much sense in hindsight. I keep thinking of Meropide and Cerberus/Naberius separately. I forgot about Egeria!!! Miss who was specifically crafted by the Shade of Life to replace the Heart of the Primordial Sea (aka the Hydro Dragon). Who then went on to create Meropide, specifically to watch over the Primordial Sea. Of course it makes sense that Meropide's symbol directly references Naberius!

I still don't think Wriothesley himself has much to do with most of this, except in the sense that he is literally fated for Meropide. This makes me sad to think about, but everything about this guy was shaped from the ground up to be the Warden, maybe even specifically to be the Warden during the Flood. So since he's a walking Meropide reference, which through Egeria is a Naberius reference... he just kind of inadvertently becomes a walking Naberius reference by proxy? Maybe it's over-complicated but I just feel like there's probably other stuff we can compare with his backstory and with Meropide itself to figure out what's the deal with Naberius and the Shades. Genshin likes to do this thing where they tell the same story over and over, just in different forms, to drive the cyclical narrative theme going on home. It wouldn't be too farfetched.

Now as a Neuviwrio shipper. OH BOY. As above so below right??? 😭😭😭 I specifically have this obsession with them, the way they always seem to be directly contrasting each other only oops! It turns out they're the same thing, only slightly different. You'd think they'd be at odds about their interpretation of Justice, only it seems like they get along well and Neuvillette specifically considers him trustworthy. You'd think the Palais and the Fortress would have some political tension, only the Palais is actually the Fortress's best business partner. You'd think Neuvillette, the Hydro Sovereign, would have nothing thematically similar to Wriothesley (mortal, Duke of the underworld)... except, as it turns out, both of their themes strongly reference Life!!