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| bio | website | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… |
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| location | United Kingdom | |
| age | 25 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 5 months |
| seen | Apr 8 at 12:22 | |
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Pentester, ex-developer, security researcher, reverse engineer, electronics tinkerer, internet activist, zombie eradicator, promulgator of useless facts, shrubbery inspector, bacon aficionado.
Strengths: Security, Crypto, Win32 API, C#, .NET, PHP, x86 assembly
All answers and comments are encrypted with ROT256-ECB.
Opinions are my own. Advice provided with no warranty.
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Apr 18 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Apr 18 |
accepted | Altering the human genome |
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Apr 18 |
accepted | Mechanism of syndesmophyte growth in AS |
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Apr 18 |
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How is the blood volume of a living organism measured without killing it? Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking about. My method was a little less refined and involved a lot of "glowing area measurement", but it's essentially the same principle. |
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Apr 12 |
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How is the blood volume of a living organism measured without killing it? Could this be done with radioisotopes? I'd imagine a set of scans from different angles could give a reasonable estimate of blood volume. |
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Apr 12 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Apr 12 |
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What actually happens when my leg 'falls asleep'? Whilst it's not particularly academic or explanatory, this article does give you a basic explanation in layman's terms: health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/parts/question552.htm - I too would be interested to know the details, though. |
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Apr 12 |
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Altering the human genome Thanks for the answer. I hadn't considered nanotechnology as a possible injection payload - certainly very interesting stuff! I'll read through those wiki articles for more information. |
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Apr 12 |
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Altering the human genome Thank you very much for the detailed answer. I'll certainly have to read into behavioral genetics! |
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Apr 12 |
asked | Altering the human genome |
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Apr 12 |
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Mechanism of syndesmophyte growth in AS Interesting. So the symptomatic inflammation over long periods of time ultimately causes fibrosis and fuses the vertebrae? Also, what causes the lack of oxygen at the site? |
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Dec 20 |
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Which aspects of renal physiology are standing in the way of an artificial (mechanical) kidney? I'm aware of this, but transistors are highly complex in comparison with a mechanical device. In the case of producing very fine filters and sponge-like structures, 20nm is no big deal. |
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Dec 20 |
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Which aspects of renal physiology are standing in the way of an artificial (mechanical) kidney? Note that the above just refers to the overall transistor size. The internal layers and interconnects are often smaller than 1nm in at least one dimension. Clearly we already have the capability to produce simple parts at a much smaller scale than 100nm. |
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Dec 20 |
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Which aspects of renal physiology are standing in the way of an artificial (mechanical) kidney? I question your "100nm scale microprocessors" remark. We can manufacture microprocessors down to at least 30nm, if not lower. I think the current minimum transistor size is 14nm. Update: Intel and IBM are using 14nm in next-gen fabrication, several other companies are using 15nm. Intel have also been experimenting with 12nm and 11nm units. |
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Dec 20 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Dec 20 |
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How does the sensitive plant detect vibrations? +1 for that GIF, it's mesmerising. |
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Dec 19 |
awarded | Editor |
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Dec 19 |
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Mechanism of syndesmophyte growth in AS grammar |
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Dec 19 |
awarded | Student |
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Dec 18 |
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What are the major evolutionary pressures for Bioluminescence? Whilst it's not exactly academic, the BBC documentary "Blue Planet" had an excellent episode on deep-sea creatures, containing a large section about bioluminescence. Well worth a watch. |
