Scarface hadn’t been made when Pete Townshend’s 1974 song “The Punk and the Godfather” came out, but The Godfather certainly had. The Who’s anthem was a musical allegory about the rock scene, but the lyrics might as well be interpreted as a conversation between Michael Corleone and Tony Montana. Possibly right before they rumble. Al
Month: May 2021
IMAGE: Clocks pervade every aspect of life, from the atomic clocks that underlie satellite navigation to the cellular clocks inside our bodies. view more Credit: Lancaster University A new experiment shows that the more energy consumed by a clock, the more accurate its timekeeping. Clocks pervade every aspect of life, from the atomic clocks that underlie
This Manifest review contains spoilers. Manifest Season 3 Episodes 7 and 8 “Destination Unknown” is an apt title for the latest episode of Manifest because where in the hell are we headed with all this? As nice as it is to have major developments in the investigation into the callings and their origin and purpose,
This article contains RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE spoilers. Resident Evil Village may be one of the year’s biggest and scariest games, but that doesn’t mean that you won’t have a little fun from time to time. In fact, Village is packed with easter eggs and references that keep things light, even as you’re running away from the giant
UFOs are often visible, but not always. Sometimes they make noise, sometimes they are silent. If you’ve never seen a flying saucer, that is proof they are everywhere. This is one of the many amazing things we learn in TCM’s upcoming table read of Ed Wood’s masterwork, Plan 9 from Outer Space. We once laughed
IMAGE: Figure 1 (a) Illustration of the experiment. (b) Scanning electron micrograph of a Ag tip (top) and scanning tunneling microscopy image of the Si(111)-7×7 surface. (c) Atomic point contact Raman… view more Credit: NINS/IMS Nanofabrication of electronic devices has reached a single nanometer scale (10-9 m). The rapid advancement of nanoscience and nanotechnology now requires
IMAGE: Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student Yutong Guo (left) and her mentor, assistant professor Costas Arvanitis, have developed a way to use ultrasonics to treat brain disease. view more Credit: Ashley Ritchey, Georgia Tech RNA-based drugs have the potential to change the standard of care for many diseases, making personalized medicine a reality. This rapidly
Scientists from Nanjing University and University of Macau have discovered nano-scaled apoptotic bodies (ABs) as a new brain-targeting drug carrier, bringing new promise for the Parkinson’s Disease as well as other brain diseases. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the most restrictive barrier that keeps most biomolecules and drugs from the brain, setting “barriers” for the
Timothy Michael @iamtimothymike, Krista Flentje @kristaflentje and Angele Taylor @angeletaylor_ discuss Ezekial and Carol’s relationship, the whispers group and their dangerous leader Alpha and the hard decision that Daryl has to make in giving Lydia up. RSS Feed: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/the-walking-dead-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ ABOUT THE WALKING DEAD: Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, this gritty drama
If audiences are expecting Wrath of Man, the fourth collaboration between director Guy Ritchie and star Jason Statham, to have the rollicking, quirky vibe of previous Ritchie/Statham action joints, they should temper expectations right now. While Statham has always been adept with a one-liner, and Ritchie is more than willing to provide him a memorable
This Clarice review contains spoilers. Clarice Episode 8 Clarice episode 8, “Add-a-Bead,” mirrors the procedural with the psychological. Clarice (Rebecca Breeds) lets her emotions find a safe landing place as her ViCAP unit investigates the suicide of a medical student who jumped to her death. The opening segments of Clarice episodes are very atmospheric and
DC Films’ long-gestating Flash movie is finally in production after years in development. While it’ll be nice to see the speedster headline his own blockbuster for the very first time, there’s no doubt the picture’s biggest draw is the return of Michael Keaton as an older, wiser Batman poised to become a mentor to young
IMAGE: researchers entangled the beats of these two mechanical drums–tiny aluminum membranes each made of about 1 trillion atoms–and precisely measured their linked quantum properties. Entangled pairs like this (shown in… view more Credit: Teufel/NIST Like conductors of a spooky symphony, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have “entangled” two small mechanical
IMAGE: In their experiments, the resesearchers used ultrathin crystals consisting of a single layer of atoms. These sheet was sandwiched between two layers of mirror-like materials. The whole structure acts like… view more Credit: Johannes Michl At extremely low temperatures, matter often behaves differently than in normal conditions. At temperatures only a few degrees above absolute
IMAGE: A new avenue for selective and excellent CO2-desorption at room temperature and in the lower pressure region by utilizing A-type zeolite; the CO2 molecule adsorbed is simultaneously pinned by two… view more Credit: 2021 Okayama University-InorgChem It is now well known that carbon dioxide is the biggest contributor to climate change and originates primarily from
IMAGE: Gemma Solomon view more Credit: Emilie Thejll-Madsen Elite Researcher 2021: “I find solutions for problems that we don’t even have yet.” Chemist Gemma Solomon is an explorer in the world of molecules, where among billions of molecules, she looks for precisely those that can help us in, among other things, our green transition, by using
IMAGE: Rice University chemists have adapted their laser-induced graphene process to make conductive patterns from standard photoresist material for consumer electronics and other applications. view more Credit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON – (May 6, 2021) – A Rice University laboratory has adapted its laser-induced graphene technique to make high-resolution, micron-scale patterns of the conductive material for
IMAGE: The advantage of PACs over other therapies. view more Credit: S. Thai Thayumanavan AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers at the Center for Bioactive Delivery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences has engineered a nanoparticle that has the potential to revolutionize disease treatment, including for cancer. This new research,
IMAGE: Quantum bit in a two-dimensional layer consisting of the elements boron and nitrogen view more Credit: University of Stuttgart, Physics 3 Quantum computers or quantum sensors consist of materials that are completely different to their classic predecessors. These materials are faced with the challenge of combining contradicting properties that quantum technologies entail, as for example
Audio elements and sound design, especially the score, are as fundamental to animation as the visuals. The proper use of music at the right time can make the action soar and it’s genuinely exciting that more experimental and passionate creators are embracing the sonic possibilities that television allows. Flying Lotus is an innovative musician with
Morgan has had to walk a very hard path in Fear the Walking Dead season 6. Left for dead by Virginia and later hunted by an axe-wielding murderer, the veteran hero of the zombie apocalypse had to find a reason to live. It wasn’t easy. His friends taken and scattered, lead poisoning slowly killing him,
It’s been awhile since Stranger Things last graced Netflix’s servers with a new season. In fact, it was over a year and precisely one novel coronavirus global pandemic ago. Thankfully the streamer decided to remind us that season 4 of one of its biggest hits is still in the works. Netflix unveiled a new teaser
IMAGE: Sergei Kalinin of Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been elected a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America. view more Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Sergei Kalinin, a scientist and inventor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America professional society. MSA
IMAGE: Interaction forces between magnetic particles translate into macroscopic transformations of the smart polymers view more Credit: 4D-BIOMAP “The overarching idea of this research project is to influence different biological processes at the cellular level (i.e., wound healing, brain synapses or nervous system responses) by developing timely engineering applications”, explains 4D-BIOMAP’s lead researcher, Daniel García González
IMAGE: Configuration of a hard-sphere glass close to jamming. For a comparison, the close packed structure of the crystalline face-centered cubic (FCC) configuration is also shown on the right-hand side… view more Credit: Osaka University Researchers at Chinese Academy of Science and Osaka University show that, unlike the crystalline close packing of spheres, random close packing
The Bad Batch is the newest animated chapter in the Star Wars saga. Set immediately after Revenge of the Sith, the show explores the rise of the Empire from the perspective of a group of “genetically mutated” clones who never fit in with their own kind and fit in even less after Order 66. Unlike
This article contains Tenet spoilers. Throughout the Daniel Craig era of James Bond, the influence of Christopher Nolan has been hard to miss. A year after Nolan reinvented Dark Knight mythology with Batman Begins, and created the industry term of a “reboot” in the process, 007 had his own back-to-basics reset in Casino Royale. And
This Star Wars: The Bad Batch article contains spoilers. Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the new animated series airing on Disney+, picks up where The Clone Wars left off. Order 66 has left the Jedi Order in shambles and the Republic has been re-organized into the Galactic Empire, with Palpatine declaring himself the ultimate ruler
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ARLINGTON, TX (May 5, 2021) — Nanoscope Technologies LLC, a biotechnology company developing gene therapies for treatment of retinal diseases, is featuring multiple scientific presentations highlighting its groundbreaking research on optical gene delivery for vision restoration and OCT-guided electrophysiology platforms for characterization of retinal degeneration and assessment of efficacy of cell-gene therapy at the 2021