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Interesting Facts #3

A neuron with its excitatory neurotransmitter (Glutamate)🧠 #sciart #crochet #neuroscience #science #scicomm #amigurumi #art #instascience https://www.instagram.com/p/CgpUyHQLVXf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Deaf people suffering from schizophrenia still have auditory hallucinations. However, instead of hearing voices, they see hands signing at them. #FACT

#Repost @clevvr_tech • • • • • The future of robotic limbs 🤖😍 Follow @clevvr_tech for more daily videos 🔔 #tech #technews #futuristic #techgeek #innovation #instatech #robotics #automation #robot #engineering #engineer #irobot #mit #bostondynamics #autonomous #science #instascience #artificialintelligence #ai #robotic #robotica #engineered #artificiallimbs https://www.instagram.com/p/B62RrDJnC7u/?igshid=1sjqqdyblk34v

Lightning in a Jar ⚡ This is a acrylic cylinder that has been subjected to several million electrons volts. It stores the potrntial of the electrons likd a capacitor. When a grounded spike cracks the cylinder, it releases its stored energy as fractal electricity. This is often referred to as electrostatic discharge or assisted dielectric breakdown of acrylic. Source @bensosidka . . . #engineering #physics #electricity #electrical #electricalengineering #electronics #electricalengineer #lightningvideo #lightning #science #sciencehook #scienceisawesome #physicslovers #lovescience #instascience https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ltKmjjayf/?igshid=bc74zydso2vv

So many tubessss 😫 - - I am preparing for a starch quantification assay. First step is to put a small amount of a plant starch extraction mix into 2 tubes- to make a control alongside my treated sample. Luckily for me a summer student in the lab kindly prepared all my starch extractions 😇 which has made this whole process a lot less time consuming for me! The starch mix will then be boiled for 15 mins to gelatinise. - - Once the starch has gelatinised I will add the two enzymes amylase and amyloglucosidase to one set of samples- which will degrade the starch to glucose. In the control set I won't add these enzymes, so no starch will be degraded to glucose (important for the future assay!). - - Due to the boiling I need to use screw cap tubes (normal eppendorf tube lids tend to explode open!) And with the control I need 2 tubes per sample... meaning I need 188 tubes which all have to be labelled 😒 I will also be undoing and redoing all 188 tubes to add the starch mix, and then the enzyme mix, and let me tell you- it takes a while! - - Imma going to be here a bit! But, the data I get from this experiment will all be worth it 🤗 - - - - #Postdoclife #science #biology #plantsci #plantbiology #whatascientistdoes #instascience #sciblogger (at John Innes Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1tjO4pBD0e/?igshid=rkxnuekk79y7

Wing of Lysandra thersites alexius (adonis blue butterfly) under microscope #butterfly #butterflies #butterfliesandmoths_ #butterfliesofig #macrophotography #instanature #macro_creature_feature #bugs #macro #photooftheday #insect #insects #lepidoptera #mariposa #butterflywing #butterflywingscales #science #biology #instascience #lycaenidae #lysandra #lysandrabellargus #adonisbluebutterfly #underthemicroscope #unilife #szte #bioszeged #szeged https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwbi8Z5Fm_Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mzozq9m0e8j7