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TBSchemer t1_jdj074e wrote

Reply to Badlands National Park, South Dakota, US. May 2022 [OC] [4032x3024] by bowieziggyaladdin

I had a bad time in those lands.

Standing at the edge of those gorges, it's so easy to slip and fall. Worst vertigo I ever had.

And then the bugs ate me alive. Tiny yellow biters swarmed into my hair. I had an allergic reaction, and had to rush over to a pharmacy for some Benadryl. Sadly, the Wall Drug store was closed at the time.

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TBSchemer t1_jbi9bme wrote

Reply to comment by BiochemistChef in Aromatic hexazine rings — [N₆]⁴⁻ — an all-nitrogen analogue of benzene, have finally been synthesized by researchers using high-pressure, laser-heated synthesis. The hexazine rings are present within a complex K₉N₅₆ structure containing [N₆]⁴⁻ and [N₅]⁻ rings as well as neutral nitrogen dimers. by MurphysLab

I wouldn't expect this compound to be directly useful for anything, given that it's unstable at all but the most extreme pressures. It's more of a theoretical demonstration.

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TBSchemer t1_jbi953y wrote

Reply to comment by sea_of_joy__ in Aromatic hexazine rings — [N₆]⁴⁻ — an all-nitrogen analogue of benzene, have finally been synthesized by researchers using high-pressure, laser-heated synthesis. The hexazine rings are present within a complex K₉N₅₆ structure containing [N₆]⁴⁻ and [N₅]⁻ rings as well as neutral nitrogen dimers. by MurphysLab

There are no applications. It's just a theoretical exercise.

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TBSchemer t1_jaeevpn wrote

Reply to Researchers have developed a new device that can detect and analyse cancer cells from blood samples, enabling doctors to avoid invasive biopsy surgeries, and to monitor treatment progress by giuliomagnifico

This can be done much better with proteomics, or multiomics approaches.

With proteomics or multiomics, you don't need cells metastasized into the bloodstream. You only need secreted proteins and metabolic byproducts.

PrognomiQ is one company working on this.

https://prognomiq.com/

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