Learning HTML5

Been trying to grow my blog these past days. Today I spent a whole day learning HTML5, which was quite interesting for me, given I don't have any kind of certification in computing, so I didn't have any time for writing a new article.
 





Here is a wonderful picture of cells for the day though:

Original source: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=42719&picture=cell

Photo of the Day - Mother Nature is Incredible!

Taking a Peak

National Geographic description:
As beams of light from the setting sun burst through clouds, a triumphant hiker basks in their glow on a summit in Hawaii’s Ko’olau Range. The achievement, according to Liz Barney, who submitted this photo, was the culmination of rigorous preparation and effort. “It’s not a well-known trek … but for two women, it was their dream,” she says. “[The women] spent an entire year planning and training to cross the Ko’olau summit ridgeline in one self-sufficient thru-hike ... They failed multiple times before they finally succeeded.”

Image credit: Liz Barney via National Geographic Photo of the Day

Head to Liz Barney's blog for more incredible imagery

This photograph was submitted to the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest

Original source: http://www.lizbarney.com/outdoors/summitpt1/

Photo of the Day: CO2 Emissions Endanger Fish!

"A world-first global analysis of marine responses to climbing human CO₂ emissions has painted a grim picture of future fisheries and ocean ecosystems."

 Bleached Coral Colony

Image credit: © ead72 / Fotolia

Journal article: 

Ivan Nagelkerken and Sean D. Connell. Global alteration of ocean ecosystem functioning due to increasing human CO2 emissions. PNAS, October 12, 2015 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510856112

Story source: 

University of Adelaide. "Global marine analysis suggests food chain collapse." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 October 2015. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151012181037.htm>. 

Photo of the Day: Engineering a Mini-Brain!

"A bioengineering team at Brown University can grow “mini-brains” of neurons and supporting cells that form networks and are electrically active."

A bundle of neurons

Image credit: Hoffman-Kim lab/Brown University

Original source: An accessible approach to making a mini-brain

Photo of the Day: Pluto's Blue Sky

This may look like a simple circle with a blue glow around it, but it is not. This is an image of the planet Pluto with an amazing blue haze around it, formed by tiny particles called Tholins that scatter sunlight to give this amazing blue glow.

Image credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Original source and more information: New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto

Photo of the Day: Viruses impaired if their targets have diverse genes

From a study from the University of Utah. "This scanning electron microscope image shows newly formed Friend virus particles (upper right in light blue) budding from an infected T-lymphocyte."

This strengthens the hypothesis that genetic variation between the same species of animals can help reduce the replication of a virus.

Image credit: Elizabeth Fischer and Austin Athman, NIAID, NIH


Original source: Viruses Impaired If Their Targets Have Diverse Genes

Courtesy: National Science Foundation 

Photo of the Day: Moonlight Sonata!

As seen from the beautiful island of Cyprus.

The Moon Entering Earth's Shadow

 

Image Credit & Copyright: Thodoris Tzalavras

Source and explanation:  Astronomy Picture of the Day

Photo of the Day: Optogenetics. Being Controlled by Light!

It is like living inside a science-fiction movie. A revolutionary new technique called optogenetics lets scientists control your neurons by focusing light on them.

Image credit: Ed Boyden and Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGovern Institute

Original Source: Optogenetics -- revolutionary new research technique (Image 1)

Courtesy: National Science Foundation 

Photo of the Day: Beautiful Shot of Mars

Yesterday I watched the movie "The Martian" and I was astounded by the beautiful visual effects that showed Mars. Here is a glorious shot of the real planet.

A photo of mars taken by Viking Orbiter 1.

Image Credit: NASA | JPL | USGS

Original Source: Lush Oasis to Arid Desert: How Our View of Mars Has Changed