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Hard drives store data on discs coated with a metallic film divided into tiny magnetic regions, each of which stores a single bit – the more regions you can squeeze on to a disc, the bigger the capacity. Now, a team at the University of Leeds, UK, have borrowed a trick from nature to build a new kind of hard drive.
Certain strains of bacteria absorb iron to make magnetic nano-particles that let them navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field. The team have extracted the protein behind this process and used it to create magnetic patterns that can store data. “We’re using and abusing nature because it’s had billions of years to do all of its experiments through evolution, so there is almost no point in us starting from scratch,” says Sarah Staniland, who led the research (Small, vol 8, p 204).
Biological wires Besides using microorganisms to produce magnets, the researchers also managed to create tiny electrical wires from living organisms. They created nano-scale tubes made from the membrane of cells, grown in a lab-controlled environment with the help of a protein present in human lipid molecules. A membrane is a biological film-like "wall" that separates a cell's interior from the outside environment.
Such tubes could in future be used as microscopic bio-engineered wires, capable of transferring information - just like cells do in our bodies - inside a computer, Dr Masayoshi Tanaka from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology told the BBC. "These biological wires can have electrical resistance and can transfer information from one set of cells inside a bio-computer to all the other cells," he said.
Besides computers, such biological wires could even be used in future for human surgery because they are highly biocompatible, Dr Tanaka added. "Various tiny wires have been already developed all over the world, but the biocompatibility is still problematic," he said. "The fabricated nano-wires in this study were covered with components of cell membrane, so theoretically they are highly biocompatible."
his is what I find interesting about subjects such as this. There are certain words, terms or meanings that "sometimes" allude to the same thing, the actual word is just what the person who is looking at it translates it to based on their belief system.
A Scientist, a philosopher, a shaman, a cult member, a priest all walk into a bar
....all of these and more are very likely in my opinion to look at the same thing and give it a different name or term. I think this becomes even more obvious when you look at the core group of people that have been involved in "paranormal / parapsychology" over the last 50 odd years. They simply see things through the pair of glasses that they wear.
Djinns, Aliens, Demons, Spectras, Ghosts......all most and likely the same thing.
The only thing that differs and I might add; differs greatly is what the core foundation of belief that dictates how they translate what they see.
Magnetic particles in the brain? To a neuro-scientist it could be the link to how the brain interprets EMF and used as a carrier of drugs to beat cancer, to a defense contractor; how it can be utilized to gain a military advantage, to a new age follower; it could be the key to consciousnesses, to a psychiatrist it could be the signs of madness....
All depends on the pair of glasses you wear, I like to try them all on, looking at things from all manner of perspectives really helps to gain a greater understanding.
originally posted by: pigsy2400
...there are some areas that do seem to come full circle in some respects.
That however, maybe me connecting dots where none exist, but if the cap fits....
thankfully not everyone is motivated by what motivates the US DoD.
sometimes such discoveries are an unintended consequence of other technological developments
originally posted by: pigsy2400
a reply to: KilgoreTrout
thankfully not everyone is motivated by what motivates the US DoD.
amen to that!
sometimes such discoveries are an unintended consequence of other technological developments
Other people that lurk in well known forests have speculated this KG, mostly that some aspects of understanding of the phenomena simply cannot be disclosed due the medium/technology that was used that is classified at the highest levels that exposed / or interfered with the phenomena.
In terms of if I am on the right track,I am certain that electromagnetism and EMF can have dramatic effects on human biology and behavior from some of the things I have experienced personally and from my time looking into some of these projects that DARPA is doing, along with nearly all encounters of high strangeness and the patterns that emerge from those encounters. Patterns including static in the air, local to experimental/classified radar systems and perhaps other sources of magnetic fields; natural or artificial.
EMF and EM are parts of the puzzle, which parts...no idea, but that's part of the fun in trying to figure it out
What role does electromagnetic signaling have in biological systems?
New program to explore whether electromagnetic waves are purposefully transmitted and received within or between cells and, if so, to leverage those insights not just for biosystems but also for communicating in cluttered electromagnetic environments
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For decades scientists have wondered whether electromagnetic waves might play a role in intra- and inter-cell signaling. Researchers have suggested since the 1960s, for example, that terahertz frequencies emanate from cell membranes, but they’ve lacked the technology and tools to conduct reproducible experiments that could prove whether electromagnetic waves constitute purposeful signals for biological function—or if they’re merely background noise. With recent advances in technology and modeling, experiments may now be possible to test signaling hypotheses.
DARPA’s RadioBio program, announced today, seeks to establish if purposeful electromagnetic wave signaling between biological cells exists—and if evidence supports that it does, to determine what information is being transferred. The validity of existing and new electromagnetic biosignaling claims requires an understanding of how the structure and function of microscopic, natural antennas are capable of generating and receiving information in a noisy spectral environment.
“There are many complex interactions within and between cells, so determining if electromagnetic waves, which could be low or high frequencies, somehow play a role in transmitting and receiving meaningful signals through what might be an ion-rich, aqueous solution is a significant challenge,” said Mike Fiddy, DARPA program manager. “If we can prove that purposeful signaling is happening, the next step would be to discover how the process works. This insight could eventually lead to a broad range of technologies important in biology as well as new small antenna designs, and other innovative concepts for communication systems in ever increasing cluttered electromagnetic environments.”
The program envisions two, 24-month phases. During Phase 1, performers will be asked to theoretically model and simulate hypothesized electromagnetic signaling pathways and then experimentally test those theoretical predictions. In Phase 2, the goal would be to independently develop test beds to replicate, confirm and demonstrate the pathways modeled in Phase 1 and reveal design principles potentially relevant to biological or other applications.
“One of the greatest challenges of the program will be to develop theoretical and numerical models that can describe the properties of near-field, time-varying, sub-wavelength-size biological structures that function as antennas,” Fiddy said. “To overcome such difficulties, RadioBio seeks expertise in antenna design, theoretical and structural biology, biochemistry and other related disciplines.”
originally posted by: AlanHenderson
If so, then it follows that family lines who have a well developed symbiotic relationship with their bacteria may be the Oracles of ancient times.
usually associated with a place, and sometimes that place had an intermediary that was human, but at others it did not and even then the human was not the oracle just the translator of the oracle or deliverer of the message. Oracles were seldom prophets, but prophets and seers did consult oracular devices at times, depends on the when and where.
originally posted by: Baablacksheep
a reply to: pigsy2400
Could this explain the injuries sustained by John Burroughs from the Rendelsham Forest Incident?
The question is what would Dr Green and company say about it?
originally posted by: pigsy2400
a reply to: AlanHenderson
Apologies, it's an English saying, I do not condone the skinning of cats 😁