As of this year the standard example of what a kilogram is will change. No longer will we have a physical representation, but rather a construct based on the harmonization of physics and chemistry. Fascinating stuff. 🙂
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Things Are Good: In Plant Photosynthesis, Scientists See Clues for Improving Solar Energy Cells
Solar cells optimized to suit local light conditions, or made more efficient by using a broader part of the solar spectrum, are among the imaginative applications foreseen from ground-breaking new insights into plant photosynthesis pioneered in Canada. Indeed new, more fully detailed knowledge of how plants and other living organisms
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THE RNA WORLD: CHAPTER 1The RNA World: Third Edition. Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech and John F. Atkins eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor New York 2006. ISBN: 0-87969-739-3 In the beginning was …
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: THE RNA WORLD:CHAPTER ONE
THE RNA WORLD: CHAPTER 1The RNA World: Third Edition. Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech and John F. Atkins eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor New York 2006. ISBN: 0-87969-739-3 In the beginning was the nucleoside, and the nucleoside was of the tribe of base and the
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: THE RNA WORLD:CHAPTER ONE
THE RNA WORLD: CHAPTER 1The RNA World: Third Edition. Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech and John F. Atkins eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor New York 2006. ISBN: 0-87969-739-3 In the beginning was the nucleoside, and the nucleoside was of the tribe of base and the
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