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  1. It's in two containers. Well aware it likes to hang around.
  2. Making fish attractors. They are strongly attracted to that end of the chemical sphere.
  3. Thanks for answering. I did it, no layers can be seen and optically clear. It was about 10% by volume BA in to PG. I'm finding PG is a good food solvent and sort of bridge between polar and non-polar ingredients; letting them sit together better.
  4. Do they mix/miscible without separating?
  5. TURIN, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors in northern Italy said. Surgeons at Turin City Hospital (CTO) transferred part of the man's sciatic nerve, which controlled the movement of his amputated foot, to his brachial plexus, the network of nerves that connect the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm and hand. "It's the first time that someone transfers a component of the sciatic nerve to the brachial plexus", Paolo Titolo, one of the surgeons who performed the operation, said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. Marcello Gaviglio, a 55-year-old healthcare worker had to have half his left leg amputated after he was hit by a motor-bike five months ago while travelling to work on his moped. He suffered serious injuries to his brachial plexus as well as his leg, leaving him unable to use either of his hands. Because the part of the sciatic nerve that controlled his left foot was no longer needed, it could be transferred to the shoulder area in the operation carried out on Dec. 21, potentially restoring the mobility to one of his hands. Before it is clear if that is possible, Gaviglio will have to undergo around 5 months of post-operative care. For now, he is still unable to move the hand at all. Nerve transfer surgery is not new, but it has not previously involved moving a nerve that normally controls the foot to an area that controls the hand. "We think this is pioneering surgery because if it works it means that the brain plasticity can control also other parts of the body that we didn't expect and also opens new fields in neuro studies," Titolo said. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/italian-may-regain-use-hand-after-nerve-transfer-amputated-leg-2023-12-27/
  6. Yeah, I think she veers more to the Right than she lets on.
  7. Yes, this is all about keeping him away from the law.
  8. StringJunky replied to iNow's topic in Politics
  9. Only in the dust state, surely? Industrial exposure of the airborne particulates is harmful to lungs. Inside the body's system, it's used for several purposes by it.
  10. No death threats made by myself. I used a common phrase that advises someone to fuck off and stop being being an arse. I'm not blocking anybody, but I won't say any more on this thread.
  11. We have Newtonian, General and quantum theories of gravity. Use what works in a particular situation.
  12. Exactly, the collective behaviour becomes a new entity. At that point we can forget about the cars and the people and just look at the whole geographic area and seeing this 'thing' in it called 'congestion', varying over time. Congestion itself Is the sum effect of all history-paths from all involved elements.
  13. LOL! Your sperm will be preserved forever and so will you.
  14. We are currently at 1000 qbits 2023. By 2030 projections expect 1m qbits. It is estimated one needs 20m to crack 1048 RSA. Apparently, it's about a 1000 doillars a QB. Going to be a while yet
  15. Imagine painting a mirror and then beaming a sun-like spectrum at it. Will that still reduce the heat-producing IR wavelengths passing right through to the other side? What I'm thinking is, if you papered the ceiling with mylar material and painted it, could that improve insulation?
  16. It doesn't mean it's not safe, but why not use a source that is certified to NSF61, if you are motivated enough to post the question, why live in doubt by using an unknown?
  17. @Alan1 Look for medical grade. It's more expensive, but if you want the most refined, that source will be it. NSF 61/ANSI 61 silicone grease is rated for potable systems.
  18. Are you in the Luddite club, do you fear the future? You are coming across like a kid with his fingers in ears and eyes shut, bawling.
  19. Be nice... or take a long walk off a short pier. Why are you bothering with us? Given your supposed experience in science discussions, you are awfully hot-headed. Do you think we should fawn and help you present your pet ideas? If you assert, expect resistance... tis science.
  20. Great, you are citing a position that you haven't read yet.
  21. PDMS's safety profile is pretty good. It was used as a breast implant substrate iirc. I use it as a water proofer on my boots.
  22. The main unknown seems to be whether AI will provide useful hints to the AI solutions, and that affects the projected time.
  23. From the 2017 Hamas manifesto: It seems from this Intercept article, some of our politicians seem to refer to the 1988 manifesto that called for elimination of Jews from Palestine.
  24. As someone put it: from billions to millions of years.

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