Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Experimental cancer therapy shows success in more than 70% of patients in global clinical trials

Directs patients’ immune system to kill multiple myeloma cells

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/973924

"The therapy, known as a bispecific antibody, binds to both T cells and multiple myeloma cells and directs the T cells—white blood cells that can be enlisted to fight off diseases—to kill multiple myeloma cells. The researchers described this strategy as 'bringing your army right to the enemy.'"

#science

Adventures in nanotech: growing a metallic snowflake

Scientists working at the level of atoms are manipulating metals, opening up possibilities for creating new materials.

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2022/12/09/nano-structures.html

"Why’s that significant? Because coaxing individual atoms to cooperate is leading to a revolution in engineering and technology via nanomaterials. (And creating snowflakes is cool.)"

#science

NASA's Orion Moon Capsule Is Back. What Happens Next? - The craft survived a 26-day voyage and a scorching descent. Now it’s time for NASA engine... - https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-orion-moon-capsule-is-back-what-happens-next/ #science/space #homecoming #science

Fact of the day: You don't need to be a full-time programmer, to contribute to #LibreOffice! 锁琨珑 (Kevin Suo) is an accountant, and helps to fix bugs in his spare time: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/12/12/community-member-monday-%e9%94%81%e7%90%a8%e7%8f%91-kevin-suo/

@pluralistic
We published a report last year that also goes through a bunch of arguments for banning the entire surveillance-based advertising model.
With the DSA, the EU will roll out a ban of advertising based on sensitive personal data and surveillance-based advertising to children, which is a step in the right direction but falls short of solving the wider issue.

Splashdown.

The @NASA_Orion spacecraft successfully completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 12:40pm ET (17:40 UTC) as the final major milestone of the #Artemis I mission. https://go.nasa.gov/3Fl7kzQ
#NASAArtemis #Artemis

Cool story from earlier this year: Scientists announced a breakthrough in determining life's origin on Earth—and maybe Mars. They discovered that RNA forms spontaneously on basalt lava glass, which was abundant on Earth 4.35 billion years ago and still exists on Mars today.

What causes basalt lava glass? Meteor impacts and volcanic activity. So now I can't stop thinking of meteors as sperm crashing into the egg of the earth and getting BUSY. ☄️🌎 🐣

https://phys.org/news/2022-06-scientists-breakthrough-life-earthand-mars.html

#science #life #rna

@jzik I'm always fascinated how such a tiny piece of electronics can contain the full depth and power of a #linux computer, including full #python running in #docker containers managed by #kubernetes.

I just found that gandi.net posted an article on how to set up your own fediverse instance. They mention how to host both Mastodon or Pleroma using their services. Pretty good job, guys. https://news.gandi.net/en/2022/12/how-to-join-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-using-gandi-hosting-offer/

https://t.me/United24media/1468 ⚠️🇺🇦More Nazi-like Book burning as Russians destroy Ukrainian literature in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region — General Staff. For the past two weeks, the occupiers have been conducting searches in local educational institutions in order to identify and destroy books in the Ukrainian language and materials containing the symbols of Ukraine, the summary reports. #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

One of my favorite things about #Twitter was how easily I could connect with various academics from different fields and different countries. What is the best way to do this on #Mastodon? Are there certain accounts that share & boost a broad range of academic & scientific perspectives? #academia #science #phd #scicomm @sociology @communicationscholars @psychology

from @jeffjarvis : "I've never been one to call Twitter a hellsite as I've valued conversation with countless of you here. But Musk by the day keeps dragging us into his hell. Please consider moving to Mastodon. Here's my guidance, text + video:"
https://medium.com/whither-news/on-joining-mastodon-d539eed5e41a
https://youtu.be/Xnbct41Sxnk

YH4F Year 2 https://personaljournal.ca/paigntonlibrarystemgroup/yh4f-year-2

Upcoming computing contests https://personaljournal.ca/paigntonlibrarystemgroup/upcoming-computing-contests

Paignton Library STEM Group - December 2022 https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/paignton-library-stem-group-december-2022-1dys