Plants "bleed" too, but through gases!
When wounded, ethylene leaks out and oxygen seeps in. This gas shift acts as an alarm, triggering self-repair to seal the breach. Excited to share our new collaborative work uncovering this clever plant mechanism! Excellent summary here, indulge!
#plantscience

Returned to innocence

Increase your device's brightness a bit for better visibility...It's surreal.

April is Helmet Awareness Month. Please wear your helmets when riding motorbikes and seatbelts when in a car. Helmets can reduce the risk of head injury by 70%. Messy hair is fine. Life is so much more precious.

Be careful on the road and always avoid distractions. Never drink and drive.

Never lose yourself so much that it gets harder for you to find yourself back to you- If there's anyone in your life who loves you or cares for you, each time you leave for the road, please drive with care.

As more people are immigrating now than ever before, the mass production of greenhouse gases is degrading the environment faster than at any moment in the past.

Culture, as we see from the outside is often a simplified view, a generic portrayal as a whole. But there's so much more to it. It is made up of people who have their own ways of looking at the world. It consists of people with their own unique experiences within it.

"That's here. That's home. That's us....on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam".- Dr. Carl Edward Sagan. Thirty five years of the 'Pale blue dot' photo taken by Voyager 1 🌌

In a new review published in a special issue of Science, Scripps Oceanography glaciologist @helen-amanda.bsky.social leads a team of polar researchers to emphasize the importance of prioritizing polar science through increased funding, data and global collaboration.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists have created an actual treatment for prions, the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in deer, & mad cow disease.

"Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo

Quantum computing uses quantum physics to perform calculations far faster than today's supercomputers. What breakthroughs might we see in the field in 2025?

Dr. Shohini Ghose joins us for a quantum computing check-in.

the moon, venus, and saturn all hanging out tonight 🌌🥺

This week, I had ordered 3 2nd hand books. The total price was 6 times lesser than the store value. Two of them arrived in brand new condition. They were old but never used. Initially, I kind of felt guilty for not paying the full price. Then decided to change my perspective & feel blessed instead.

You know you need it.
Take a minute.

#OceanDevotion

It's 18th Jan here. If you are in Asia and if it is night time, go to the balcony now. You would be able to see planets with your eyes. You can see Mars & Venus. Jupiter, Neptune & Uranus are visible too but you will need a telescope for that. So if you have one or can rent one, it's a win win.

D Gukesh won the World Chess Championship, the youngest to have done so after winning against Ding Liren in Singapore this Thursday.