Big Page of Hazel
The oldest confirmed hazel species is Corylus johnsonii found as fossils in the Ypresian-age rocks of Ferry County, Washington, USA
Frangelico, a brand of noisette known for its unusual packaging
The distinctive bottle is designed to resemble a friar in his habit, with a small cord tied around as a cincture. Frangelico is a brand of noisette (flavored with hazelnuts) and herb-flavored liqueur coloured with caramel coloring, which is produced in Canale, Italy. It is 20% alcohol by volume (ABV) or 40 proof. Formerly,
Rhabdomancy is a divination technique which involves the use of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like
Rhabdomancy from wordinfo.com One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions. N. Homes, Daemonologie and Theologie 1650, viii. p.80 Brand, Popular Antiquities 1844, iii.
Zinc, maybe
No proof for the need of zinc in human cells was shown until the late 1930s. More than most ever wanted to know about zinc. A work in progress.
The trefoil knot fold is a protein fold in which the protein backbone is twisted into a trefoil knot shape
"Shallow" knots in which the tail of the polypeptide chain only passes through a loop by a few residues are uncommon, but "deep" knots in which many residues are passed through the loop are extremely rare. Deep trefoil knots have
The birds and the bees and the blister beetles
What on earth?
Railroad worms, glowworm beetles and apple maggots
Railroad worm with both lights on and off Railroad wormPhengodidae PhrixothrixScientific classificationDomain:EukaryotaKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ArthropodaClass:InsectaOrder:ColeopteraFamily:PhengodidaeGenus:PhrixothrixOlivier, 1909Species(several) A railroad worm is a larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix in the family Phengodidae, characterized by the possession of two different colors of bioluminescence. It has the appearance of a caterpillar. The eleven pairs of luminescent organs on
Cyanamide notes (it was a polio vaccine that spurred these notes and by now polio has five mentions on the page and these are two of them)
I'm going to add some polio vaccine stuff at the top of these notes. Hilary Koprowski is the one mentioned on the Polio Hall of Fame page who was not included in the hideous monument, see What In God's Name,
Basil O’Connor (1892 – 1972) was an American lawyer
In cooperation with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt he started two foundations for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and treatment. From 1944 to 1949 he was chairman and president of the American Red Cross
Aliivibrio fischeri (aka Vibrio fischeri), a bioluminescent bacteria and a glowing squid
Edward Chen, Jovana Andrejevic, Lights. Camera. Action! How the Hawaiian bobtail squid brings a creative vision to its maritime world of small big screens, May 27, 2021 Aliivibrio fischeri (also called Vibrio fischeri) is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium found globally in marine environments. Madigan M, Martinko J, eds. (2005). Brock Biology
Tracheal cytotoxin (TCT) is a soluble piece of peptidoglycan (PGN) found in the cell wall of all gram-negative bacteria, but only some bacteria species release TCT including Bordetella pertussis, Vibrio fischeri, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Tracheal cytotoxin (TCT) is a 921 dalton glycopeptide released by Bordetella pertussis, Vibrio fischeri (as a symbiosis chemical), and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (among other peptidoglycan-derived cytotoxins it produces). Cundell, DR; Kanthakumar, K; Taylor, GW; Goldman, WE; Flak, T; Cole, PJ; Wilson, R (1994). "Effect of tracheal cytotoxin from Bordetella pertussis on human neutrophil function in
Fibroin is an insoluble protein present in silk produced by numerous insects
Fibroin is an insoluble protein present in silk produced by numerous insects, such as the larvae of Bombyx mori, and other moth genera such as Antheraea, Cricula, Samia and Gonometa. Silk in its raw state consists of two main proteins, sericin and fibroin, with a glue-like layer of sericin coating two singular filaments
I figure if something is that ugly on purpose, it involves some kind of drug-fueled secret code. Maybe it’s a song?
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Sericin is a protein created by Bombyx mori (silkworms) in the production of silk
A schematic illustration of silk fibers produced by silkworms: (A) the raw silk fiber is composed of two fibroin fibers held together with sericin covered with a protein coat. After degumming, the removal of sericin, the fibroin fibers are dissolved
Riboflavin and its breakdown products interact with DNA, making this system attractive in the photodisinfection of blood and blood products
The application of photosensitisers to tropical pathogens in the blood supply Mark Wainwright PhD, Mauricio S. Baptista, in Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2011 Riboflavin As vitamin B2, riboflavin (Fig. 5) is an essential nutrient in humans. The Mirasol system (Navigant Biotechnologies Inc., CO, USA) utilises riboflavin as a photosensitiser in conjunction with long-wave ultraviolet
Peptidoglycan or murein is a unique large macromolecule, a polysaccharide, consisting of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh-like peptidoglycan layer outside the plasma membrane
Not to be confused with glycopeptide, proteoglycan, or glycoprotein Peptidoglycan or murein is a unique large macromolecule, a polysaccharide, consisting of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh-like peptidoglycan layer outside the plasma membrane, the rigid cell wall (murein sacculus) characteristic of most bacteria (domain Bacteria). Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML (June 1990). "Towards a natural system of organisms: