Coming across one of the blog entries on rainbows, I immediately thought of the time when I saw the Northern Lights while on holiday. Till date, it is one of the most spectacular and breathtaking phenomenon I have ever seen! … Continue reading
Sound waves are a vibration (disturbance of air) that travels through a medium (air, water, a solid, etc.). The vibrations are different in size and shape, which is what produces different sounds. Sound waves can not exist in a vacuum … Continue reading
This week in class, we learned about the speed of light and how light can travel through objects like air and water, but can also travel through nothing in a vacuum. As I looked up more information about the speed … Continue reading
In watching Ron Hipschman’s talk about light and its properties such as speed, wavelength, and other relative measures, I was inspired to understand how this transmission of light and sound can be applied in everyday life. First and foremost, he … Continue reading
In doing some of this week’s readings, I came across some information on the formation of rainbows. Since I was little, I have long been obsessed with the idea of a rainbow and all of its psychedelic colors. I thought … Continue reading
One unique characteristic of prion diseases is that they tend to be extraordinarily resistant to extreme conditions. This, added with both the facts that they have fatal effects and they tend to have long incubation times, marks them as very … Continue reading
In the reading, E. Coli was used to isolate the PrP. It was difficult at first because of the instability and solubility level of the protein (PrP). There were also problems in the combination of E. Coli and PrP because … Continue reading
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, or prion diseases are the result of proteins trying to fold properly but getting it wrong. When proteins get it wrong in mammals it can lead to horrible diseases such as Kuru which causes people to slowly … Continue reading
I have always known that protein is necessary for the human body to function. We ingest meat, fish, cheese, tofu, beans, eggs, yogurt/milk, soy, and nuts (the top 10 most protein-rich foods) to give our bodies energy. But how exactly … Continue reading
As we looked at the models of proteins in our last class, I was very interested in the model that represented the protein that allows certain jellyfish to glow-in-the-dark. The green fluorescent protein is made of 238 amino acids. Green … Continue reading