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THE INWARD SELF - FOR VOCALS/GUITARS/ORGAN BASS/DRUMS/CONGA

THE STAR NEW TRACK ON THE NEW PERSEUS VIBRAIN LP “EVOLUTION,” FEATURING: THREE NEW SONGS, ALL THE MAY SINGLES REMASTERED, & A RE-DO OF “YOU CAME ALONE” AND A COOL OUTRO AND CHECK IT OUT HERE: VIBRAIN.BANDCAMP.COM

here’s a soul-psych krautpop super-serious-arrangement thing with lyrics based on my favorite writings of robert walser and a coda to brian wilson. a cool way to open up the new big LP that has all the may things on it and new things and fixed volumes and redone things and a beautiful cover featuring my good friend christina younger and her painting of her wolf shirt. i’m so ecstatic to be putting all this stuff out from basically just one month of time and tell all your friends about it and throw it at them for me and don’t forget to go to the web page and download it for free 

also check out soul picnic tumblr i’ve been listening to that tumblr a lot while making these it’s a good one 

i dont think half my followers even read any of my posts but fuck it heres a reblog dude keep living the dream

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fuckyeahmolecularbiology: Super Synthetic: Why Your Cells Might Be Smarter Than Your Calculator Synthetic biologists have programmed a mammalian cell to calculate basic logical operations thanks to a highly complex artificial gene network. A team of researchers from ETH Zurich headed by Martin Fussenegger, a professor of biotechnology and bioengineering at ETH Zurich’s Department of Biosystems in Basel, has constructed a gene network that can perform logical operations and, as a result, initiate specific metabolic steps. “We have developed the first real cellular calculator,” says Fussenegger. Using biological components, the researchers developed a set of different elements that can be interconnected in different combinations and subsequently perform logical operations. These circuit elements, which are known as “logic gates” in the jargon, use the apple molecule phloretin and the antibiotic erythromycin as input signals. The calculations performed are based on Boolean logic. “By combining several logic gates, we have achieved an unprecedented level of complexity in the synthetic gene network in cells,” stresses Professor Fussenegger. Even more remarkably, the bio-computer can process two different input and output signals in parallel. This sets the bio-computer apart from digital electronics, as this only works with electrons. “Of course, our cell calculator is nowhere near as efficient as a PC,” says the ETH-Zurich professor. “By nature, however, a cell can process many different metabolic products in parallel.” By combining and interconnecting several logic gates, the biotechnologists ultimately obtained a “half-adder” and “half-subtractor”: Both central circuit elements in computer technology. A half-adder is a basic digital circuit that adds up two binary numbers; the half-subtractor, on the other hand, deducts them. These two elements are found in every digital calculator, where they perform most calculations. In cell-structure experiments, the two bio-computer components produced solid results. Scientists hope that these “cell calculators” can be widely used for a variety of applications, including monitoring and regulating a patient’s metabolism to help with diseases like diabetes. While still a far cry from medical applications, Professor  Fussenegger is optimistic. “It’s [just] wonderful that a mammalian cell can calculate like that!” he beams. For more about synthetic cells, read here and here. whoah\

fuckyeahmolecularbiology:

Super Synthetic: Why Your Cells Might Be Smarter Than Your Calculator

Synthetic biologists have programmed a mammalian cell to calculate basic logical operations thanks to a highly complex artificial gene network.

A team of researchers from ETH Zurich headed by Martin Fussenegger, a professor of biotechnology and bioengineering at ETH Zurich’s Department of Biosystems in Basel, has constructed a gene network that can perform logical operations and, as a result, initiate specific metabolic steps. “We have developed the first real cellular calculator,” says Fussenegger.

Using biological components, the researchers developed a set of different elements that can be interconnected in different combinations and subsequently perform logical operations. These , which are known as “logic gates” in the jargon, use the apple molecule phloretin and the antibiotic erythromycin as input signals. The calculations performed are based on Boolean logic.

“By combining several , we have achieved an unprecedented level of complexity in the synthetic in ,” stresses Professor Fussenegger. Even more remarkably, the bio-computer can process two different input and output signals in parallel. This sets the bio-computer apart from digital electronics, as this only works with electrons.

“Of course, our cell calculator is nowhere near as efficient as a PC,” says the ETH-Zurich professor. “By nature, however, a cell can process many different metabolic products in parallel.”

By combining and interconnecting several logic gates, the biotechnologists ultimately obtained a “half-adder” and “half-subtractor”: Both central circuit elements in computer technology. A half-adder is a basic digital circuit that adds up two binary numbers; the half-subtractor, on the other hand, deducts them. These two elements are found in every digital calculator, where they perform most calculations. In cell-structure experiments, the two bio-computer components produced solid results.

Scientists hope that these “cell calculators” can be widely used for a variety of applications, including monitoring and regulating a patient’s metabolism to help with diseases like diabetes. While still a far cry from medical applications, Professor  Fussenegger is optimistic. “It’s [just] wonderful that a mammalian cell can calculate like that!” he beams.

For more about synthetic cells, read here and here.

whoah\

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lowtax:

i think there should be a subgenre of postrock made up of explosions in the sky and mogwai songs that take up your youtube sidebar which have a million views and have people talking about drugs in the comments