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2024 February 6

NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble Image Credit & Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), R. Chandar (UToledo), D. Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS Team

Explanation: What's different about this galaxy? Very little, which makes the Spanish Dancer galaxy, NGC 1566, one of the most typical and photogenic spirals on the sky. There is something different about this galaxy image, though, because it is a diagonal combination of two images: one by the Hubble Space Telescope on the upper left, and the other by the James Webb Space Telescope on the lower right. The Hubble image was taken in ultraviolet light and highlights the locations of bright blue stars and dark dust along the galaxy's impressive spiral arms. In contrast, the Webb image was taken in infrared light and highlights where the same dust emits more light than it absorbed. In the rollover image, the other two sides of these images are revealed. Blinking between the two images shows which stars are particularly hot because they glow brighter in ultraviolet light, and the difference between seemingly empty space and infrared-glowing dust.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240206.html

[uzaydanhaberler]

NGC 1566: Webb ve Hubble'dan Bir Spiral Galaksi

Günün Astronomi Görseli 6 Şubat 2024 Görsel & Telif: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), R. Chandar (UToledo), D. Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS Team Bu galakside farklı olan ne? Çok az şey, bu da İspanyol Dansçı Galaksisi NGC 1566’yı gökyüzündeki en tipik ve fotojenik spirallerden biri yapıyor. Yine de bu galaksi görüntüsünde farklı bir şey var, çünkü iki görüntünün…

[glowbunnies]

Student Affairs Hosting Comic-Hypnotist April 12 | UToledo News - UToledo News

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[actatut]

ACT UToledo students & alumni from the last 9 years are invited to our FINAL Koinonia Dinner 6:30 Friday with the Weavers. Scott will be cooking up some of his famous prime rib along with baked potatoes at the Weaver Ranch. Let's celebrate as God makes all things new! actatut.com

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APOD February 6, 2024 NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble What's different about this galaxy? Very little, which makes the Spanish Dancer galaxy, NGC 1566, one of the most typical and photogenic spirals on the sky. There is something different about this galaxy image, though, because it is a diagonal combination of two images: one by the Hubble Space Telescope on the upper left, and the other by the James Webb Space Telescope on the lower right. The Hubble image was taken in ultraviolet light and highlights the locations of bright blue stars and dark dust along the galaxy's impressive spiral arms. In contrast, the Webb image was taken in infrared light and highlights where the same dust emits more light than it absorbed. In the rollover image, the other two sides of these images are revealed. Blinking between the two images shows which stars are particularly hot because they glow brighter in ultraviolet light, and the difference between seemingly empty space and infrared-glowing dust. Image Crunching Opportunity: Take NASA's Astrophoto Challenge © NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), R. Chandar (UToledo), D. Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS Team

[threebit12]

Story portions I made in printmaking #utoledoart #printmaking #art #utoledo (at University of Toledo Department of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/Boc4xqshIgxYpdhEyW8_Khn_pc85rdb7VMqPKY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jqpi4lzlo4ot

[libraryofsports]

[lifewithchronicpain]

An accidental discovery in a university laboratory could lead to a vaccine that can prevent rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic and incurable disease in which the body’s own immune system attacks joint tissues.

Researchers at The University of Toledo years were studying a protein called 14-3-3 zeta and its role in immune system pathologies. Based on their prior work, the research team believed the protein could be a possible trigger for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune conditions that cause the pain, inflammation and bone erosion.

Instead, they found just the opposite. The team discovered that 14-3-3 zeta actually helps prevent arthritis. When they removed the protein through gene-editing technology, it caused severe early onset arthritis in laboratory animals.

Realizing that the protein may be beneficial, the team developed an experimental vaccine using purified 14-3-3 zeta protein grown in a bacterial cell. They found the vaccine promoted a strong, immediate and long-lasting response in rodents that protected them from RA.

"Much to our happy surprise, the rheumatoid arthritis totally disappeared in animals that received a vaccine," said Ritu Chakravarti, PhD, an assistant professor at UToledo College of Medicine and lead author of a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"Sometimes there is no better way than serendipity. We happened to hit a wrong result, but it turned out to be the best result. Those kinds of scientific discoveries are very important in this field." (Read more at link)

[evauim123]

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[rgr-pop]

i saw a post that said that toledo is one of the cheapest cities in america and i was like great, i’ll move to toledo, i’m already always fantasizing about moving to extremely underrated city toledo ohio (detroitland). sure labor is bad in ohio but like which one of us is the right to work state? exactly. so i’m looking at jobs at utoledo (underrated university imo) and they have a listing for basically a desk clerk, technically below what i do but very much my field. $2 more than i make, only 25 hours, cheaper housing, i could live good (haven’t researched transit yet). yeah well their university clerk positions are NON UNION and, of all things, seasonal. i cannot imagine how messy their libraries must be if they have seasonal non-student positions... it’s bad enough running them with the regular ass turnover of libraries.

[kolajmag]

TOLEDO, OHIO, USA

UToledo Celebrates World Collage Day

Noon-2PM EDT | UToledo Student Union. 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606. During the month of April fifty collage kits were made available to students for pick up at the student union. Students are encouraged to share their collages using on social media using the hashtag #UToledoWorldCollageDay and/or drop their collages off by April 30 at the student union room 1532 to participate in a window exhibition. Students who either exhibit their work online or in the window exhibition will be considered for our best of show award! We will have two categories: best of show window exhibit and best of show online exhibit. The winner will be announced on May 8th. Weather permitting there will be a collage demo outside the student union near the window exhibit. All University of Toledo students are eligible to enter a collage into the competition. Members of the public are welcome to view the window display and participate in the collage demo. Note: The University of Toledo observes social distancing practices of maintaining at least six feet of distance between participants and requires mask-wearing in all indoor spaces. MORE

World Collage Day is May 8, 2021. Collage artists around the globe are organizing events. VISIT THE WORLD COLLAGE DAY WEBSITE to see them. http://www.kolajmagazine.com/worldcollageday

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Kolaj Magazine, a full color, print magazine, exists to show how the world of collage is rich, layered, and thick with complexity. By remixing history and culture, collage artists forge new thinking. To understand collage is to reshape one's thinking of art history and redefine the canon of visual culture that informs the present.

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[actatut]

ACT UToledo current students, graduates & alumni from the last 9 years of ministry at UToledo are invited to our final Koinonia Dinner with the Weavers. Scott's cooking up some prime rib and everyone is asked to bring a dish to share! Join us and all of your ACT UToledo friends...

[mindblowingscience]

The most affordable, efficient way to harness the cleanest, most abundant renewable energy source in the world is one step closer to reality.

The University of Toledo physicist pushing the performance of solar cells to levels never before reached made a significant breakthrough in the chemical formula and process to make the new material.

Working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab, Dr. Yanfa Yan, UToledo professor of physics, envisions the ultra-high efficiency material called a tandem perovskite solar cell will be ready to debut in full-sized solar panels in the consumer market in the near future.

Perovskites, compound materials with a special crystal structure formed through chemistry, would replace silicon, which - for now - remains the solar-cell material of choice for converting the sun's light into electrical energy.

"We are producing higher-efficiency, lower-cost solar cells that show great promise to help solve the world energy crisis," Yan said. "The meaningful work will help protect our planet for our children and future generations. We have a problem consuming most of the fossil energies right now, and our collaborative team is focused on refining our innovative way to clean up the mess."

The new research paper, which is published in the journal Science, outlines how the photovoltaics team is fine-tuning a mix of lead and tin to advance the technology closer to its maximum efficiency. Efforts have currently brought the efficiency of the new solar cell to about 23 percent. In comparison, silicon solar panels on the market today have around an 18 percent efficiency rating.

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[scifigeneration]

Breakthrough in new material to harness solar power

The most affordable, efficient way to harness the cleanest, most abundant renewable energy source in the world is one step closer to reality.

The University of Toledo physicist pushing the performance of solar cells to levels never before reached made a significant breakthrough in the chemical formula and process to make the new material.

Working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab and the University of Colorado, Dr. Yanfa Yan, UToledo professor of physics, envisions the ultra-high efficiency material called a tandem perovskite solar cell will be ready to debut in full-sized solar panels in the consumer market in the near future.

Perovskites, compound materials with a special crystal structure formed through chemistry, would replace silicon, which -- for now -- remains the solar-cell material of choice for converting the sun's light into electrical energy.

"We are producing higher-efficiency, lower-cost solar cells that show great promise to help solve the world energy crisis," Yan said. "The meaningful work will help protect our planet for our children and future generations. We have a problem consuming most of the fossil energies right now, and our collaborative team is focused on refining our innovative way to clean up the mess."

The new research paper, which is published in the journal Science, outlines how the photovoltaics team is fine-tuning a mix of lead and tin to advance the technology closer to its maximum efficiency. Efforts have currently brought the efficiency of the new solar cell to about 23 percent. In comparison, silicon solar panels on the market today have around an 18 percent efficiency rating.

Scientists used a chemical compound called guanidinium thiocyanate to dramatically improve the structural and optoelectronic properties of the lead-tin mixed perovskite films.

"Science is the top academic journal in the world, alongside Nature, which published other research by Dr. Yan only five months ago after he discovered a single material that produces white light, which could boost the efficiency and appeal of LED bulbs," Dr. Sanjay Khare, professor and chair of the UToledo Department of Physics and Astronomy, said. "His significant sustainability work at The University of Toledo can help power the world using clean energy."

About five years ago Yan's team at UToledo identified the ideal properties of perovskites and he has since focused his 20 years of experience on producing an all-perovskite tandem solar cell that brings together two different solar cells to increase the total electrical power generated by using two different parts of the sun's spectrum.

Last month the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Yan a $1.1 million grant to continue his research in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Lab.

"This is the material we've been waiting for for a long time," Yan said. "The solar industry is watching and waiting. Some have already started investing in this technology."

Yan is an expert in theory of defect physics and electronic properties in semiconductors, materials synthesis and thin-film solar-cell fabrication.

"Our UToledo research is ongoing to make cheaper and more efficient solar cells that could rival and even outperform the prevailing silicon photovoltaic technology," said Dr. Zhaoning Song, research assistant professor in the UToledo Department of Physics and Astronomy and co-author on the study. "Our tandem solar cells with two layers of perovskites deliver high power conversion efficiency and have the potential to bring down production costs of solar panels, which is an important advance in photovoltaics."

While Yan's team has improved the quality of the materials and the process to manufacture them at a low cost, more progress needs to be made.

"The material cost is low and the fabrication cost is low, but the lifetime of the material is still an unknown," Song said. "We need to continue to increase efficiency and stability."

"Also, lead is considered a toxic substance," Yan said. "I am determined to work with the solar industry to ensure solar panels made of this material can be recycled so they don't cause harm to the environment."

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Breakthrough in new material to harness solar power

The most affordable, efficient way to harness the cleanest, most abundant renewable energy source in the world is one step closer to reality.

The University of Toledo physicist pushing the performance of solar cells to levels never before reached made a significant breakthrough in the chemical formula and process to make the new material.

Working in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab and the University of Colorado, Dr. Yanfa Yan, UToledo professor of physics, envisions the ultra-high efficiency material called a tandem perovskite solar cell will be ready to debut in full-sized solar panels in the consumer market in the near future.

Perovskites, compound materials with a special crystal structure formed through chemistry, would replace silicon, which -- for now -- remains the solar-cell material of choice for converting the sun's light into electrical energy.

Read more.

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