Category Archives: Week 4

So, I was walking around CVS in the ville the other day while running some errands, when I stumbled across this: They were being marketed as “Youth and Diet pills”, and they really got me thinking about the way scientific … Continue reading →

Talking about viral protein coats in class reminded me of the recent end to a band on Italian cured meat. Since the mid 1970s, the U.S.D.A. has been banning the import of non seasoned or cooked hams because of concerns … Continue reading →

In our last class, we were talking about how viruses take advantage of repeated noncovalent interactions to become incredibly stable, making it very difficult to eradicate them from the body. This sounded perfectly horrible, so I thought I’d share an … Continue reading →

We’ve been focusing on the chemical structure of proteins and the effect that these confirmations have on the overall function of the protein and it astounds to believe that proteins can spontaneously refold to their natural  orientation. Obviously, this shows … Continue reading →

The semester only started about the month ago and I’m already relying on caffeine more and more to get me through the week. With midterms starting up, I’m sure a lot of you feel the same way! Since I spend … Continue reading →

At the beginning of the semester, we all pretty much agreed that one thing we did not want as part of our learning environment was competition. Ironically, competition is my favorite lesson from lecture this week. I was passing through … Continue reading →

It seems like more and more people are getting sick recently! This is definitely not a good thing, especially since everyone, including me, has a lot of work coming up. Taking an extra measure to ensure I don’t get catch … Continue reading →

First read this really interesting article: http://io9.com/physicist-proposes-a-thermodynamic-explanation-for-the-1507452119 If you’re really interested, here is the original published article: http://www.englandlab.com/uploads/7/8/0/3/7803054/2013jcpsrep.pdf By now, we all have come to intuitively understand why entropy is a matter of probability; for instance, our dorm rooms, no … Continue reading →