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Millipede's shadow jogging. #millipede #shadow #jogging https://www.instagram.com/p/B1honV7h3Ih/?igshid=z0ing5x4qv21

Wear Your Chromosomes: Jewelry Collection Made from 3D Prints of Microscopy Data

The X and Y-chromosomes found in humans are now wearable. Electron microscopist, Louise Hughes, has created a jewelry collection designed to mirror the look and shape of human chromosomes. Hughes designs every piece from microscopy data and produces it using 3D printing technology. Having already used the structures of organisms to create other jewelry pieces, Hughes felt she could not leave out the essential DNA and chromosomes. The 46 chromosomes found in our cells have never before been so beautifully displayed and worn.

As humans the genes in our DNA, as well as our environment, come to define us. When cells divide, chromosomes compress and form distinct shapes. Those shapes are what inspire the jewelry pieces made by Hughes. Male chromosomes, X and Y, female chromosomes, X and X and the triplet 21st chromosome that causes Down’s syndrome are all replicated in the human chromosome jewelry line. From rings and pendants, to earrings and cufflinks, the stainless steel, bronze, and silver pieces are available in both, karyotpye 1 or 2 structural designs. It has been said that art imitates life and with the human chromosome jewelry designs by Louise Hughes, art is literally replicates life.

Explore the Human Chromosome Jewelry Collection by Louise Hudges on Kickstarter. 

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#TBT William Frederick Gericke (b. 1882), professor and plant nutritionist, University of California, and pioneer in hydroponic agriculture. Shown in 1936 photograph, Gericke is credited with coining the term "hydroponics." 🌱 Share It Here: https://www.groovylabinabox.com/tbt-1936_gericke/ #UCBerkeley #hydroponics https://www.instagram.com/p/B3uLn0mB3Kl/?igshid=1ecv363xhrox6

#TodayInSTEM - NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. This artist's concept depicts select planetary discoveries made to date by NASA's Kepler space telescope. Credits: NASA/W. Read more HERE: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-kepler-mission-announces-largest-collection-of-planets-ever-discovered #STEM #NASA #NASASocial #Kepler #Plantets #Telescope #STEMists

Today is groovy #PeriodicTableDay! Dmitri Mendeleev - Father of the Periodic Table A Russian chemist and #STEMist. He formulated the Periodic Law, created his own version of the periodic table of elements, and used it to correct the properties of some already discovered elements and also to predict the properties of eight elements yet to be discovered. "I saw in a dream a table where all elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper, only in one place did a correction later seem necessary." - Mendeleev, as quoted by Inostrantzev After him was named mendelevium, which is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Md (formerly Mv) and the atomic number 101. It is a metallic radioactive transuranic element in the actinide series, usually synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles. A large lunar impact crater Mendeleev that is located on the far side of the Moon, as seen from the Earth, also bears the name of the scientist. #PeriodicTable #DmitriMendeleev #Mendeleev

Reality Check: Is Our Universe Real?   The idea that everything we know is merely a construction of our minds is investigated in the next episode of the Science Channel program "Through the Wormhole," hosted by Morgan Freeman. The episode premieres Wednesday (July 17) at 10 p.m. EDT.  http://bit.ly/15nFpH1

The Planets to Scale If a single pixel on your screen equalled about 300 km, the eight planets (sorry Pluto!) would look something like this. Einstein in a Box: "Lunar Launch" box coming October 1st, 2013 www.EinsteinInABox.com