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Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:18 pm
by Yuli Ban
Bacteriophages are too cool
They're like biological nanobots (and we're actually going to utilize them for that purpose IRL!)
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They're viruses that kill bacteria and happen to be helpful to humans

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:23 pm
by raklian
Are there existing research attempting at biomimicry for designing artificial nanobots?

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:27 pm
by Yuli Ban
Yes, actually, though we're still using phages
Engineering Bacteria to Produce Pure Phage-like Particles for Gene Delivery

I mean, why make fully artificial nanobots for the task when nature already designed them for us?

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:40 am
by Yuli Ban

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:25 pm
by wjfox

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:39 pm
by raklian
wjfox wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:25 pm
Since the galaxy is probably very ancient, at least one of those stars had or has a planet teeming with life. 2000 trillion stars kinds of ups the statistical odds of that happening.

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:55 pm
by wjfox

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:22 pm
by Yuli Ban
Individual blood cells always look fascinating to me.

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:12 pm
by Yuli Ban

Re: Awesome Pictures

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:55 pm
by raklian
No matter how many times I look at this - it still looks like a Tie Fighter.