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Cross section through an axoneme. Credit: Wikipedia Alan Turing might be best know for his work helping to crack Germany’s “Enigma” communications code during the second world war. But he also came up with a theory where patterns can form just through chemical compounds spreading out (diffusing) and reacting with one another. This became known as reaction-diffusion theory for pattern formation. Ph.D. student James Cass and I recently published a study in Nature Communications that revealed the tail of a sperm, known as a flagellum, generates patterns as it moves—and that these patterns can be described by Turing’s theory. Patterns…

The Artists Open Houses winter festival, now in its 41st year, has more than 60 homes open to the public to explore across Brighton and Hove, with neighbourhoods coming alive with arts and crafts displayed in the homes of artists. The focus of this year’s winter festival is Christmas, with venues selling a range of artworks and handmade crafts as unique gifts. Many homes are also offering a glass of something mulled and a chance to meet the maker. Entry is free, with the festival taking place across three consecutive weekends until December 10 in homes from Portslade and Fiveways,…

Location : The M1 southbound between junctions J12 and J11 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 20:00 and 20:15 on 26 November 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 30 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Image Credit: Shutterstock Say it ain’t so! BTS singer V (real name Kim Tae-hyung) seemingly chopped off his iconic hair before he is expected to report for military service in South Korea.  The “Slow Dancing” singer, 27, shared a picture via his Instagram Story during the late hours of Saturday, November 25, that showed a pile of black hair on the ground. He added a haircut emoji but did not offer a snapshot of the finished cut.  Fans were sent into a frenzy over his cryptic post. “TAEHYUNG CUT OFF HIS LONG HAIR I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE,” one X…

It would be hard to find a more magical ‘high street’ or an older one – in fact, this place was one of the first ‘shopping centres’, created in 1676 Source link

A recent court filing suggests that Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s legal challenges are just beginning, despite pleading guilty to violating the United States Anti-Money Laundering requirements in a settlement with the Department of Justice. Zhao is expected to be sentenced in February 2024. He is currently challenging the government’s efforts to prevent his return to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while awaiting sentencing with his family. In a filing from Nov. 24, however, authorities indicated that he may face a harsher punishment than initially anticipated:”The defense claims that Mr. Zhao faces merely a “brief” sentence and has no incentive to flee. The…

A new software tool with enhanced genome-sequencing powers has been developed by the University of Adelaide, increasing the speed and accuracy at which researchers can improve plants through breeding. These improvements will allow farmers to grow more resilient crops in a dynamically changing climate and landscape. Called CoreDetector, the tool was created to efficiently handle more computationally challenging genome-sequencing tasks, such as aligning large and evolutionary diverse genomes of plants. “Whole genome alignment of species remains an important method for determining structural and sequence variations of populations,” said the University of Adelaide’s Dr Julian Taylor, who co-led the project. “There…

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Location : The M42 northbound between junctions J3A and J5 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 18:00 and 18:15 on 26 November 2023. Cause : Road traffic collision. Delay : There are currently delays of 40 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Image Credit: Richard Young/Shutterstock Beyonce, 42, brought out many familiar faces on Saturday night, when she hosted the premiere of her Renaissance tour film at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. The singer’s fellow Destiny’s Child members, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland, showed up to the event to support her as well as the group’s founding members, LaToya Luckett and LaTavia Robertson. They all wore black and/or silver dresses that looked incredible on the carpet of the event as they posed with confidence. Many other celebrities attended Beyonce’s special night, including Kris Jenner, Corey Gamble, Lizzo, Lori Harvey,…