Friday Coffee Break: Gamers Solve AIDS Enzyme, Texas Fights for Stem Cells, and Further Fantastic Feats of Science
2011 September 23
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Bits and pieces (largely but not always entirely related to life science) to muse over–or check out and save for later–while enjoying a well-deserved Friday coffee. Or tea. Enjoy! |
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ONLINE GAMERS CRACK AIDS ENZYME PUZZLE Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade. |
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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE THERMOMETER Watch the Golden Gate Bridge rise and fall as much as 16 feet based on the temperature. |
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THE UNITED STATES OF AWESOME/SHAME They can’t all have the most organic farms or the lowest air pollution, but every U.S. state is No. 1 in some environmental or public health category … and No. 50 in another. These infographics show each state’s strengths and weaknesses. |
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TEXAS FIGHTS FOR STEM CELLS Governor Rick Perry prepares to face off against the FDA over stem cell treatments. |
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