Tag: open access
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Rescuing the Archive: Scientists Race to Digitize 100,000 Hours of Groundbreaking Lectures
Countdown to Preservation: Why the Archive Matters Across the globe, a vast trove of lectures and discussions recorded from the 1970s onward sits on fragile magnetic tapes. These recordings, spanning mathematics, physics, philosophy, and the history of science, capture the evolution of ideas as they happened. With each passing year, the risk of decay and…
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Lecture Archive Preservation: Crowdfunding to Save 1970s Lectures
Preserving a Quiet Revolution in Science Thousands of hours of groundbreaking lectures, discussions, and conferences from the 1970s onward are at risk of disappearing as fragile analog tapes decay and technology evolves beyond the equipment to play them. A new effort, led by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose and anchored in Cambridge, aims to rescue…
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Low-Temperature Limits for Motility in a Eukaryotic Cell: Ice-Gliding Diatoms in Arctic Ice
Introduction: Cold-Weather Motility and the Arctic Microbial World In the harsh Arctic environment, ice-entrapped diatoms persist and thrive far from temperate waters. These ice-dwelling phytoplankton navigate a frozen maze, accessing light and nutrients that would otherwise be out of reach. Our study presents direct cellular observations of diatoms embedded in ice and demonstrates a remarkable…
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Low Temperature Limits for Motility in Arctic Ice Diatoms
Overview: Arctic ice diatoms and ice gliding In the harsh Arctic environment, ice-dwelling diatoms endure extreme cold, variable brine pockets, and constrained liquid pathways within the ice. Our study provides direct cellular observations of these microorganisms embedded in ice and reveals a previously undocumented ice-gliding ability that helps them navigate the ice matrix to reach…