asakiyume | Network

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-chemo-optogenetic-tool-vitamin-green.html

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed CarGAP, a chemo-optogenetic tool that uses vitamin B₁₂ and green light to precisely control gap junctions, the microscopic channels enabling direct cell-to-cell communication. This innovation allows on-demand closing and opening of these intercellular bridges, providing unprecedented spatiotemporal control over vital molecules and electrical signals. Demonstrated in both mammalian cells and living fruit flies, CarGAP provides a powerful new way to study development, immunity, and neural activity, with far-reaching potential for understanding disease mechanisms and advancing regenerative medicine.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-chemo-optogenetic-tool-vitamin-green.html

phys_breaking_feed

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-dna-analysis-reveals-hirondellea-amphipods.html

Two deep-sea amphipod species have been found to live in both hemispheres and share features, according to a new study that boosts our understanding of the biodiversity and evolutionary processes shaping deep-sea ecosystems. Dr. Paige Maroni and Professor Alan Jamieson, from The University of Western Australia's School of Biological Sciences, were co-authors of the study published in Marine Biology.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-dna-analysis-reveals-hirondellea-amphipods.html

jesse_the_k

From that reliable source of journal prompts, thefridayfive

1) What was the reason you began a Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account (or both)?

Volunteered for WisCon in 2007, clearly LJ was where everything was Happening. Took me a year to figure out the culture. Moved to DW on 1 May 2009.

2) How many DW or LJ communities do you subscribe to?

79! Most are evidently dormant. (DW comms never die.)

3) Do you have a favorite community or one you check out often to see what's new?

I love the questions and answers at little_details, where writers seek specifics about an infinite assortment of facts: paint manufacturing, historical Chinese tornadoes, NZ slang for three examples.

4) How did you pick your user name?

It’s a riff on my wallet name which I’ve been using it since 2001.

5) If you could change your user name, would you?

Nope.

soemand

I finally dove into John Lennon’s Rock ’n’ Roll today, sparked by a lingering curiosity about his infamous "Lost Weekend." Between the legal chaos and the heartbreaking context recently highlighted in May Pang’s book, the backstory is undeniably more compelling than the music itself.

Frankly, I was unimpressed. While the cover art is iconic—that moody, black-and-white shot of a young John in a Hamburg doorway is pure perfection—the audio doesn't quite match the aesthetic. The heavy-handed Phil Spector production feels claustrophobic, bleeding into and blurring these lean, classic tracks. Worst of all is the over-processing on Lennon’s voice. This 1970s obsession with "slapback" and layering was largely a byproduct of Lennon’s own lack of confidence in his singing—a tragedy, considering the raw power he naturally possessed. It’s a fascinating historical artifact, but the production ultimately smothers the soul of the originals.

troyswann

( You're about to view content that the journal owner has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

Current Mood: Bemused

nanila

The preceding two weeks of Friday Five questions didn't pique my interest, but this week's are great. Love a bit of meta-blogging. Thank you for the opportunity to navel-gaze.

What was the reason you began a Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account (or both)?

I started off on LJ in 2001 because everyone was doing it. I created an account and then let it sit for a couple of weeks while I figured out what it was for. I think it was victorine who prodded me into posting regularly and then I just…never stopped.
How many DW or LJ communities do you subscribe to?

A few dozen in total. Most of them are dead, the LJ communities in particular. The only one I participate in regularly is DW community awesomeers, because I'm one of the two people who puts up the daily “Just One Thing” posts. I find it easier to write a short comment about my day there than to write up a full post, especially during the work week.
Do you have a favorite community or one you check out often to see what's new?

See above. I also enjoy thefridayfive, and I like reading threeforthememories during its annual spate of activity.
How did you pick your user name?

My current username is a play on my actual name. My original LJ name was “lilith” as that's the pseudonym I first adopted when I started interacting with online communities back in the 90s. Eventually I felt I'd outgrown it, and I've been nanila ever since.
If you could change your user name, would you?

That would genuinely be a big decision after more than 15 years of using this one, in a lot more places than DW and LJ. I'd have to do substantive additional navel-gazing to work out what it would be.

calimac

Is Alysa Liu actually happy to be posing with this police officer?

She's giving the British version of "the finger."

jwz_blog_feed

Posted by jwz

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/03/top-fema-official-claims-he-teleported-to-waffle-house/

https://jwz.org/b/yk4x

FEMA's Gregg Phillips says he has experienced multiple "scary" episodes of sudden teleportation:

Phillips spoke "on multiple podcasts" about being teleported against his will, which he has described as "evil." As director of the Office of Response and Recovery, Phillips oversees billions in funds, and is deeply involved in rapid response efforts in the aftermath of disasters.
"Teleporting is no fun," Phillips said last year. "It's no fun because you don't really know what you're doing. You don't really understand it, it's scary, but yet so real. And you know it's happening but you can't do anything about it, and so you just go, you just go with the ride. And wow, what just an incredible adventure it all was."
Phillips in the same interview described "teleporting" to a Waffle House 50 miles away. "I was with my boys one time and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House," he said. "And I ended up at a Waffle House -- this was in Georgia and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was."
Now, do not mistake Phillips description for something like a medical episode or a black out of some form. He insisted that he was traveling from location to location without experiencing the passage of time. When his friends asked him where he was, he replied that he was at the "'Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.' And they said, 'That's not possible, you just left here a moment ago.' But it was possible. It was real."
Phillips also claimed that he had once felt his car "lifted up" and teleported forty miles to a ditch near a church. [...]
At FEMA, Phillips, who lacks any sort of professional experience related to disaster response, has been successful in the sense that his lack of qualifications fall in line with the Trump administration's apparent goal of kneecaping the agency.

Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/03/top-fema-official-claims-he-teleported-to-waffle-house/

https://jwz.org/b/yk4x

lois_mcmaster_bujold_feed

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/26462304-upcoming-bujold-appearances

So...

I will be a local writer guest/panelist at this year's Minicon 59 here in Minneapolis, April 2 - 5. Writer GoH is Patricia C. Wrede!

https://mnstf.org/minicon59/

for further information of all kinds.

On Saturday May 16th at 1 PM, I am going to be doing a signing at Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore, also here in Minneapolis.

http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/index.s...

Mostly in honor of the 4th Penric collection in hardcover from Baen Books, Penric's Intrigues, which will be released the first week of May. My box of author's copies arrived from the printer yesterday, and they look great!

Meanwhile, the Subterranean Press signed limited edition of the Pen & Des novella "The Adventure of the Demonic Ox" is delayed at their printer, which is not an uncommon glitch for them. It is available for pre-order at SubPress -- https://subterraneanpress.com/bujold-... -- and also at Uncle Hugo's and Dreamhaven bookstores, here in MPLS.

(In a complete side note of idle curiosity, does anyone have any idea why I've been getting such a spate of likes for my first review of The Rivers of London this past week or so? It's normal to get a trickle of likes for my assorted old reviews, but not so many at once.)

Ta, L.

posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on March, 20

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/26462304-upcoming-bujold-appearances

phys_breaking_feed

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-impressionist-sea-slugs-patterns-photonic.html

Nudibranchs are often referred to as the butterflies of the sea. Nudibranchs live worldwide, primarily in warm, shallow marine regions, and stand out for their flamboyant colors and diverse shapes. A team from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam and the University of Cambridge has now discovered how they create their colorful patterns. According to their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the color is produced by nanostructures, each of which creates a specific color impression.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-impressionist-sea-slugs-patterns-photonic.html

marina

Have things gotten better? They have not.

( the good and the bad )

*

Somehow, in the middle of this madness,

roga and I have managed to take a trip. We were originally supposed to go on an organized trip that got canceled because missiles, but we already had a day off from work and we ended up booking a hotel by the sea for 1 night.

The hotel is in a region that gets far fewer missiles (less of a strategic target), and though I can't say I got much sleep on this trip it was still amazing to just... not be in my house? Not have to do endless dishes and laundry? Just wake up by the sea and have breakfast by the sea.

We drove 10 mins to a nearby picturesque town and went around the few shops that were open (making sure we know where the nearest bomb shelter is at all times of course). We went to a little museum by the hotel that randomly had a bunch of military equipment Napoleon dumped into the sea after the failed siege of Acre.

I posted some photos on Bluesky.

It was just 1 day off work, and just 1 night away, and almost the entire time it was raining and cold. We were woken up by a missile alert (the kind that SCREAMS at you from your phone using those natural disaster overrides, but only means there COULD be a missile headed your way, not to be confused with a siren) at 2am, and when roga didn't answer a text or a call I put on my warmest coat and boots and ran over to knock on her door, just to make sure she was awake if there WAS a srein and we suddenly needed to run to the hotel bomb shelter in less than 90 seconds.

I was on my period and taking painkillers basically the whole time.

And still it was so nice to do that. It helped so much. Just one small breath of fresh air.

phys_breaking_feed

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-sufficient-mars-garden-cyanobacteria-based.html

A research team from the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), the Department of Environmental Process Engineering (UVT) at the University of Bremen and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has made significant progress toward a self-sufficient Mars mission: a fertilizer, which can be produced solely with Martian resources, has been successfully used to grow edible biomass.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-sufficient-mars-garden-cyanobacteria-based.html

phys_breaking_feed

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-uncover-gut-liver-serotonin-pathway.html

A new study has for the first time elucidated the gut-liver immune regulatory axis jointly maintained by intestinal commensal bacteria and the intestinal endocrine system, and uncovered the fundamental mechanism underlying the body's nonspecific clearance of drug delivery carriers. It provides a universal solution to the core problem plaguing the delivery field for decades, significantly improves the delivery efficiency and therapeutic effect of tumor-targeted therapy, mRNA therapy, gene editing and other treatments, and blazes a new trail for the clinical translation of biomedical delivery technologies.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-uncover-gut-liver-serotonin-pathway.html

xkcd_feed

https://xkcd.com/3222/

It's ok, I still have some nice, cool gas clouds that aren't collapsing. As long as nothing ionizes them, I can continue to enjoy their ... HEY! NO!!!

https://xkcd.com/3222/

glitteryv

So after months of waiting and high expectations, BTS released Arirang, a.k.a. THE BEST ALBUM OF 2026 (just in case y'all were curious as to how I feel abt this AWESOMECAKES musical journey that's sent me into astral projecting since I sat down to listen to it last night at midnight. Current faves are NORMAL, Body 2 Body, FYA, and Like Animals. But, seriously, the ENTIRE album is magnificent.

The guys did a full hour and 25 livestream on YT where they talked a little abt the process that resulted in this album (including things like WHICH SONGS DID JIMIN WAS AGAINST? HOW MUCH INPUT DID EVERYONE ACTUALLY HAD? WHAT HAPPENED IN LOS ANGELES?) + some mild spoilers for their docu next Friday.

Unfortunately, RM got injured during practice so, although he will be onstage tomorrow, he's wearing a cast AND won't be doing any choreo (obvs).

In any case, it's deffo a good look at where BTS is at in terms of their bond AND their goals AND career AND how they feel abt where everything is nowadays. It's an excellent window into BTS' world (including a lot of razzing of RM, praise of Jin, cuteness from Yoongi, sassiness from Jungkook, insight from Hobi and V.)

Watch on YouTube

oursin

And the boidies around here in the past week have included the heron in the eco-pond being very up for a closeup, Mr de Mille, parakeets, and several magpie courting couples.

There have been a fair amount of flowers blooming in the spring, trala, for some weeks now, the daffs have been a particular feature, calling Mr Wordsworth, and today there was a massive show of narcissi along one edge of the playing field.

Among the less flamboyant flowers, the Wildflower Corner included grape hyacinths, and dandelions.

The trees along the street are busting out in leaves and blossom.

We also note that toxic nitrogen dioxide pollution in London has fallen to air quality standards in under ten years (rather than the projected nearly 200).

phys_breaking_feed

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-compact-terahertz-imaging-real-invasive.html

Scientists at the University of Warwick and University of Exeter have developed a fully fiber-coupled terahertz (THz) imaging system that significantly improves the speed, resolution, and clinical practicality of terahertz imaging. The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates a high-throughput, compact platform that overcomes key barriers limiting current THz systems—bringing real-time, non-invasive tissue imaging closer to routine clinical use.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-compact-terahertz-imaging-real-invasive.html

prisca posting in

fic_promptly

( You're about to view content that a community administrator has advised should be viewed with discretion. )

cupcake_goth

Work yesterday left me incredibly frustrated. The ducks that are nibbling me to death have mutated to giant size and with razor-sharp beaks. Because I was so frustrated, I decided I needed to reread one of the most disturbing sets of Hannibal AU fics I've ever encountered: A Gifted Student and A Letter to My Abuser. They're gorgeously, awfully written. (If you decide to read them, pay close attention to the tags oh god pay close attention to them.)

A Letter to My Abuser is, in some ways, the harder read for me, because when I first read it I tried to figure out why I identified so hard with a side character; Ollie, so giddy to meet his literary idol, but forcibly warned/ran off by this AU version of Will Graham. When I read it last night, my brain went "ohhhhh, yeah, Neil Gaiman", and then I had to read some fluffy fic to scrub my brain.

I hope his victims get closure. And that they win the legal actions against him, because they deserve the money they're suing for.

---

EDITED TO ADD: I used to subscribe to FKAHerSweetness' Ko-Fi, as she left Ao3 and only posted her fic behind a paywall. I eventually ended my subscription because as time went on, I didn't enjoy how she wrote Will. She writes AUs only, and more power to her, but they became something I didn't want to read.

phys_breaking_feed

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-shadowcam-abundant-lunar-ice.html

New observations by a team of US astronomers have cast fresh doubt on whether the lunar surface could host abundant water ice. Publishing their results in Science Advances, a team led by Shuai Li at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has shown that relatively pure ice (making up more than about 20–30% of the surface material) is likely absent from the moon's permanently shadowed regions.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-shadowcam-abundant-lunar-ice.html

Profile

asakiyume

March 2026

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Page Summary

phys_breaking_feed - Chemo-optogenetic tool uses vitamin B₁₂ and green light to precisely regulate cell communication
phys_breaking_feed - DNA analysis reveals two Hirondellea amphipods range farther and deeper than known
jesse_the_k - The Friday Five: Journal History
soemand - Lennon’s "Rock ’n’ Roll"
troyswann - Adventures in nostalgic and off-puttimg cookery
nanila - The Friday Five
calimac - more than it seems?
jwz_blog_feed - Top FEMA Official Claims He Teleported to Waffle House
lois_mcmaster_bujold_feed - upcoming Bujold appearances
phys_breaking_feed - Impressionist sea slugs create their patterns by arranging colorful photonic crystals
marina - (no subject)
phys_breaking_feed - A self-sufficient Mars garden? How cyanobacteria-based fertilizer could grow edible biomass
phys_breaking_feed - Researchers uncover gut-liver serotonin pathway that limits nanoparticle and viral delivery
xkcd_feed - Star Formation
glitteryv - Fandom 50 S4 Post 7: ARIRANG IS LIVE!
oursin - The spring is sprung, the grass is riz
phys_breaking_feed - Compact terahertz imaging system brings real-time, non-invasive clinical diagnostics closer
prisca in fic_promptly - Friday, March 20 - Dating
cupcake_goth - (no subject)
phys_breaking_feed - ShadowCam search casts doubt on abundant lunar ice

Style Credit

Base style: Corinthian by momijizukamori
Theme: Trust Fall by zaluzianskya

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Page generated Mar. 20th, 2026 09:41 pm

Asakiyume mita

Network

Chemo-optogenetic tool uses vitamin B₁₂ and green light to precisely regulate cell communication

DNA analysis reveals two Hirondellea amphipods range farther and deeper than known

The Friday Five: Journal History

Lennon’s "Rock ’n’ Roll"

Adventures in nostalgic and off-puttimg cookery

The Friday Five

more than it seems?

Top FEMA Official Claims He Teleported to Waffle House

upcoming Bujold appearances

Impressionist sea slugs create their patterns by arranging colorful photonic crystals

(no subject)

A self-sufficient Mars garden? How cyanobacteria-based fertilizer could grow edible biomass

Researchers uncover gut-liver serotonin pathway that limits nanoparticle and viral delivery

Star Formation

Fandom 50 S4 Post 7: ARIRANG IS LIVE!

The spring is sprung, the grass is riz

Compact terahertz imaging system brings real-time, non-invasive clinical diagnostics closer

Friday, March 20 - Dating

(no subject)

ShadowCam search casts doubt on abundant lunar ice

Profile

March 2026

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags