New process could reinvigorate the search for natural product drugs to treat cancers, viral infections
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University s Computational Biology Department in the School of Computer Science have developed a new process that could reinvigorate the search for natural product drugs to treat cancers, viral infections and other ailments.
The machine learning algorithms developed by the Metabolomics and Metagenomics Lab match the signals of a microbe s metabolites with its genomic signals and identify which likely correspond to a natural product. Knowing that, researchers are better equipped to isolate the natural product to begin developing it for a possible drug.
Lunar eclipse Wednesday morning: Why will the moon turn red?
By Scott Sistek
FILE - The moon turns red during a lunar eclipse. (Photo: NASA)
SEATTLE - Early Wednesday morning presents a rare chance to see a lunar eclipse across the Pacific Northwest. The weather is looking marginal for whether clouds will part, but if we luck into a clear patch right along the moon path and you don t might mind being a night owl (or the REALLY early bird), you would see a rather eerie sight: The moon would look red.
First the important stats: The lunar eclipse begins around 1:45 a.m. and peaks around 4:15 a.m., ending at 5:27 a.m. as the moon sets and sun rises. Look for the moon over in the western sky heading for the exact opposite horizon from where the sun will would be rising. This eclipse is coinciding with the year s Super Moon meaning it s happening on the full moon when the moon is at its closest point to Earth, meaning the moon will appear slightly larger than usual.
Hypothetically speaking, if you were an astronaut on the surface of the moon during the total lunar eclipse, the sun would be hidden behind the Earth. This would result in a bright red ring around the Earth, which is actually all of the sunrises and sunsets across the globe.
“You would look up and see the Earth, potentially also the city lights on Earth, and you would notice the ground around you turn red,” Dr. Noah Petro, Project Scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission told Forbes.
In addition to the pretty interesting visual experience, you’d also feel it get extremely cold, so you’d be glad to be in the comfort of your spacesuit.
Dr. Dieuwertje Kast is the Director of STEM Education Programs for the University of Southern California’s Joint Educational Project. Through her efforts, she has provided STEM instruction to over 26,000 underrepresented minority students, 600 educators, 25 school principals, and countless community members. She coordinates supplemental science programs in Los Angeles for low income elementary school students of color across a gamut of schools through the Wonderkids, Young Scientists Program, and the Medical STEM Program. She also volunteers with EE Just, a program dedicated to bringing Black youth into marine biology, and the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative, where she teaches research methods to first-generation high school Latinx students with expeditions to Catalina Island and research symposiums.
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