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Scientists in London have created the world’s thinnest pasta, according to a study published in the journal Nanoscale Advances. But if you’re hoping to cook yourself up a bowl of cacio e pepe with these uber-thin noodles, you’ll be disappointed because this pasta isn’t for eating. Appropriately dubbed “nanopasta,” these threadlike fibers are 200 times … Read more
Recently, many California residents were disturbed to learn that a small, privately-operated bio lab in the Central Valley town of Reedley was shut down by Fresno County Department of Public Health officials after they found that it had been improperly managing almost 1,000 laboratory mice and samples of infectious diseases including COVID-19, rubella, malaria, dengue, … Read more
Our cells, each composed of 100 trillion atoms made of particles from the Big Bang, are filled with all kinds of structures. These include organelles—little factories like energy-producing mitochondria—and tiny molecular machines like ATP synthase, whose rotor and shaft spin at up to 300 rpm to produce ATP, the molecules that transmit energy in our … Read more
We all have our vices. But in a world filled with Pinterest boards and foodie blogs, we can all attest to the fact that our love for food binds us together. But here’s the thing: too much of it can be bad for you — and psychologists have found that there are four types of … Read more