Caddisfly Larvae Build Protective Cases Using Materials Found In Their Environment. Artist Hubert Duprat

Caddisfly larvae build protective cases using materials found in their environment. Artist Hubert Duprat supplied them with gold leaf and precious stones. This is what they created. http://www.utaot.com/ Mysteries, science, art and spirit. 

This Week in Science - May 20 - 26, 2013:

Super-capacitor phone charger here.

Salamander regeneration here.

Imaged orbital structure here.

Sweat-soaking fabric here.

Beginnings of universe experiment here.

Algorithm diagnosing leukemia here.

3d-printed splint here.

Irish potato famine cause here.

White tigers’ coats here.

Neuronal beacon here.

Spray-on lens here.

Fixing insect model here.

ALOIN CELLS:

  Botanist Anatoly I. Mikhaltsov of the Children’s Ecological and Biological Center in Omsk, Russia, was studying the anatomy of Aloe erinacea, an endangered species of aloe endemic to Namibia, when he captured this image of the plant’s aloin cells (blue)—which secrete a component of the gel-like sap that oozes from an aloe’s severed leaf—using a coloring method that he developed. The cluster of aloin cells is 300 microns wide.  [Less] [Link to this slide] 

Anatoly I. Mikhaltsov/Children’s Ecological and Biological Center

Today’s Google doodle is composed of interactive petri dishes in celebration of Julius Petri’s 161st birthday!

Teen Who Was Expelled From School For Science Explosion Receives Full Scholarship U.S. Space Academy

Kiera Wilmot made an honest mistake, but the police were trying to throw away her life with a felony.  After the community stood up for the girl, the charges were dropped, and she was allowed to move on with her life.   Well, her greatness is really starting to shine, as she was recently granted

WELP. LMFAO