A peptide that helps fight antibiotic resistant bacteria - The peptide spurs immune response—basically leveraging our own intricate systems to fight off an infection. This is in contrast to direct chemical inhibition, which is how all antibiotics work. From the article:
Pitch drop experiment - World’s longest lab experiment: since 1927 - it measures how slowly pitch (tar) will drip out of a funnel. “The eighth drop fell on 28 November 2000, allowing experimenters to calculate that the pitch has a viscosity approximately 100 billion times that of water.”
This was Dan’s old Redi Whip container.
40 hours a week in the summer, 2-3 classes and labs during the school year, this science building is nearly my home.
This image is the spectrum analysis of an LCD monitor, using a mini spectroscope. You can make your own here: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Mini Spectroscope Instructions.
