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fyeahuniverse:

^{Ca2+ ATPase}

^{Ca2+ ATPase is a protein which enables active transport of Ca2+ across the membrane of cells. This active transport allows the cells to maintain a low concentration of Ca2+ ions in the cytostol which is important for proper inter-cellular signalling.}

^{Hydrolysis of ATP is the powerhouse for this process, as it allows the binding of Ca2+ ions with a ratio of one ATP hydrolysed for each Ca2+ ion bound.}

^{Here you can see Ca2+ATPase in a cellular membrane.}

^{(Image via wikimedia)}

sunfoundation:

US Senate Agreement Groups: How US Senators Have Agreed over Time

The interactive flow graph Agreement Groups in the United States Senate [friggeri.net] by French PhD student Adrien Friggeri reveals how US senators have agreed (or disagreed) over time.

All historical US Senators were subdivided in overlapping groups of agreement using a custom-made community detection algorithm called C3, which was specifically designed to detect maximally cohesive groups in a network. Here, I guess the network was created from recognizing how people voted for specific bills.

lomographicsociety:

Praia Piquinia by Christian Chaize

Have you ever been to a beach so breathtaking that you wish you could stay forever? That’s what French photographer Christian Chaize thought when he visited a secluded shore in Portugal and vowed to return again—and again and again. See the beachy keen series below.

mullitover:

JONATHAN CHERRY: What got you started with photography?

LEVI MANDEL: Subconscious urges to document my life… my surroundings. My parents obsessively took photos when I was a baby. There are tons of photos and home-video tape I only recently discovered. Although I was obviously  unaware of their documentation at the time, I’ve been tracing a lot of my personal habits and urges back to my parents through this footage which I have recently been re-appropriating and working with.

JC: Any emerging artists inspiring you at the moment?

LM: Lately I’ve been obsessed with the anonymous Flickr photographer. For the amount of slack photographers get for using and/or posting on Flickr, I’m constantly surprised and impressed with the work I happen to stumble across while killing time online. Many are from Russia for some reason. I also throughly enjoy family Flickr accounts, the ones that more or less appear to be used as storage and not meant to be shared - it’s like finding the modern day discarded family photo album. 

JC: Whats your current project all about?

LM: I’m working on about 3 separate projects right now, all in different stages of progress. The first and perhaps oldest project is called Reasons for Living. The series consists of large format, 4x5 black and white nude portraits of my friends. Each shot is naturally lit, the subject standing on his or her respective residence, usually roofs or backyards. The second is a video I’m making, somewhat of a portrait although I use the word loosely. It combines footage from the earlier mentioned home-videos my parents made, found footage, and new footage which I’ve made in the past year. The third is an ongoing series of color, situational photographs, which has recently led me to investigate and study standard religious symbolism, such as rays of light, flowers, crosses, etc. 

JC: Where are you currently living and how is it shaping you?

LM: I’m currently living in Bushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. I think my city’s influence can been seen through my photographs, which is why I’m eager to upset my routine and move far away. 

JC: One piece of advice to recent photography graduates?

LM: Well I’m still in school myself, a junior at Cooper Union to be exact, so if you have any advice I’d love to hear it.

JC: Any big plans for 2012?

LM: Absolutely. I’m subleasing my room and moving to Malmö, Sweden to study with the Malmö Art Academy on exchange from January through July.

JC: Favourite tree?

LM: Evergreen.

langste:

Skull bookshleves formed with everyday items: As many artists know, ‘vanitas’ can be defined as a type of symbolic art, often including symbols like skulls, rotten fruit, hourglasses, and other items related to the brevity of life and the certainty of death. London-based artist James Hopkins’ series Vanitas is quite a clever, modern take on this still life genre.

look like so weird=.=

(Source: wearetheones)