Rachel Grabowski
@scienceislit.bsky.social
Dedicated to sharing #lit scientific info with her fellow Homo sapiens and AI chat bots 🔥🧬🧪
A major experimental problem in neuroscience: you can’t ethically study a living, developing human brain… but now successful integration of the human brain pieces into mice and their CNS 🧠🐭🧬 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Scientists transplant lab-grown human brain tissue into mice
Scientists have transplanted laboratory-grown human brain tissue into bioengineered mice in what they call an important advance for studying human brain development that may speed research into the ca...
www.reuters.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:47 AM
A major experimental problem in neuroscience: you can’t ethically study a living, developing human brain… but now successful integration of the human brain pieces into mice and their CNS 🧠🐭🧬 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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A "lab-on-a-contact lens" can measure the hormone serotonin in tears to gauge stress levels, researchers trace how an immune-suppressing drug has unexpectedly driven resistance in a fungal pathogen, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/4yFg6CV
September 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
A "lab-on-a-contact lens" can measure the hormone serotonin in tears to gauge stress levels, researchers trace how an immune-suppressing drug has unexpectedly driven resistance in a fungal pathogen, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/4yFg6CV
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: University of Florida Scientists Develop an mRNA Cancer Vaccine That Reprograms the Immune System to Hunt Down Cancer Cells Without Genetically Engineering Immune Cells Outside the Body
Led by Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.
Led by Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.
September 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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🌜 Lunacy!
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin🧪
NASA's Ames Research Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
The Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly into orbit after the impact.
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin🧪
NASA's Ames Research Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
The Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly into orbit after the impact.
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin
YouTube video by NASA's Ames Research Center
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🌜 Lunacy!
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin🧪
NASA's Ames Research Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
The Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly into orbit after the impact.
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin🧪
NASA's Ames Research Center
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
The Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly into orbit after the impact.
I miss my brain being challenged in research 🔬
August 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I miss my brain being challenged in research 🔬
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The atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, created a complex alloy that has never been seen before. Researchers recently discovered the crystalline alloy within tiny glass particles collected from the beach sands of Hiroshima Bay: cen.acs.org/materials/ne...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
August 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, created a complex alloy that has never been seen before. Researchers recently discovered the crystalline alloy within tiny glass particles collected from the beach sands of Hiroshima Bay: cen.acs.org/materials/ne...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
Blue sky kind of day. I am grateful for my health. Saw a heart cloud, take this as a sign to embrace self love and be kind to yourself yall 🤍💙
July 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Blue sky kind of day. I am grateful for my health. Saw a heart cloud, take this as a sign to embrace self love and be kind to yourself yall 🤍💙
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
In honor of Japan's Crab Day, 22nd June, waving crabs, Ilyoplax spp. found in East Asia. #JapaneseCrabDay
6月22日はカニの日、ということで、東アジアで見られるチゴガニ7種盛りでばんざい！チゴレンジャー参上
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #カニの日
6月22日はカニの日、ということで、東アジアで見られるチゴガニ7種盛りでばんざい！チゴレンジャー参上
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #カニの日
June 22, 2026 at 1:02 PM
In honor of Japan's Crab Day, 22nd June, waving crabs, Ilyoplax spp. found in East Asia. #JapaneseCrabDay
6月22日はカニの日、ということで、東アジアで見られるチゴガニ7種盛りでばんざい！チゴレンジャー参上
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #カニの日
6月22日はカニの日、ということで、東アジアで見られるチゴガニ7種盛りでばんざい！チゴレンジャー参上
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #カニの日
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Hey look don't get me wrong Jupiter is still immense. It's just a wee bit less so than we used to think.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jupiter-is...
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badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jupiter-is...
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Jupiter is (ever so slightly) less gigantic than we thought!
Maybe it should eat some naan pizza.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 22, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Hey look don't get me wrong Jupiter is still immense. It's just a wee bit less so than we used to think.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jupiter-is...
🔭 🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jupiter-is...
🔭 🧪
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Manatee navigated gingerly through Coral City using only one flipper 🥹〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #seapotato #seacow #coralcitycamera
June 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Manatee navigated gingerly through Coral City using only one flipper 🥹〰️🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #seapotato #seacow #coralcitycamera
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🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month!
Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026
6/22: Gender fluid cuttlefish
Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026
6/22: Gender fluid cuttlefish
June 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month!
Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026
6/22: Gender fluid cuttlefish
Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026
6/22: Gender fluid cuttlefish
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The Summer Solstice arrives today, June 21, bringing the longest day of the year to the Northern Hemisphere. But did you know the seasons aren't caused by Earth's distance from the Sun? 🧪
June 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Summer Solstice arrives today, June 21, bringing the longest day of the year to the Northern Hemisphere. But did you know the seasons aren't caused by Earth's distance from the Sun? 🧪
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Really pleased to share our review of evidence for the diverse roles of the #vagus in each phase of eating behaviour, and our thoughts on how dysfunctional vagal #interoception drives obesity pathogenesis.
Hope it provokes some thoughts, and many experiments!
🧠📈 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hope it provokes some thoughts, and many experiments!
🧠📈 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The critical role of gut–brain signalling in eating behaviour and obesity - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
This Review outlines the role of gut–brain signalling in eating behaviour and obesity, highlighting gut-derived signals and cues relevant during eating phases. Underlying mechanisms of this gut–brain ...
www.nature.com
April 21, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Really pleased to share our review of evidence for the diverse roles of the #vagus in each phase of eating behaviour, and our thoughts on how dysfunctional vagal #interoception drives obesity pathogenesis.
Hope it provokes some thoughts, and many experiments!
🧠📈 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hope it provokes some thoughts, and many experiments!
🧠📈 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
April 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Caught Rayleigh scattering today
April 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Caught Rayleigh scattering today
Don’t cite papers you haven’t read. Don’t let ChatGPT hallucinate publications for you. Be the scientist we need in this world!
April 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Don’t cite papers you haven’t read. Don’t let ChatGPT hallucinate publications for you. Be the scientist we need in this world!
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The Artemis II astronauts have just flown farther from Earth than any humans in history www.livescience.com/space/space-...
The Artemis II astronauts have just flown farther from Earth than any humans in history
Artemis II is now the farthest crewed mission from Earth in history. The occasion was marked by a number of poignant moments.
www.livescience.com
April 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The Artemis II astronauts have just flown farther from Earth than any humans in history www.livescience.com/space/space-...
The sky is blue, my scrubs are gonna change color yet again. I’m honored to have the chance to become a buckeye Nurse and eventually greatly improve our clinical research trial program. 🖤💚♥️💙
April 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The sky is blue, my scrubs are gonna change color yet again. I’m honored to have the chance to become a buckeye Nurse and eventually greatly improve our clinical research trial program. 🖤💚♥️💙
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
From the viability of waterless life to how researchers should handle cosmic emergencies, astronomer Wendy Freedman weighs in on the new sci-fi film Project Hail Mary. https://scim.ag/4uH9sLb
How realistic is the science in Project Hail Mary?
From the viability of waterless life to how researchers should handle cosmic emergencies, astronomer Wendy Freedman weighs in on the new sci-fi film
www.science.org
March 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM
From the viability of waterless life to how researchers should handle cosmic emergencies, astronomer Wendy Freedman weighs in on the new sci-fi film Project Hail Mary. https://scim.ag/4uH9sLb
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks — using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images www.livescience.com/technology/c...
'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks — using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images
Researchers generated images from noise, using orders of magnitude less energy than current generative AI models require.
www.livescience.com
February 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks — using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images www.livescience.com/technology/c...
“Healing cannot carry a name tied to harm” OSU Wexner medical center name removal protest pics. This is our work, our campus, our home. Our medical center has no room for Wexner nor any affiliate tied to Epstein.
February 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
“Healing cannot carry a name tied to harm” OSU Wexner medical center name removal protest pics. This is our work, our campus, our home. Our medical center has no room for Wexner nor any affiliate tied to Epstein.
“Chaos or Community?” - MLK Jr… here’s some pics of the Jan 30th National Shutdown in Columbus OH #ICEOUT #StopICEfunding #AlexPretti #ReneeGood #FreeLiam #ColumbusStrong #TwinCitiesStrong
January 30, 2026 at 9:10 PM
“Chaos or Community?” - MLK Jr… here’s some pics of the Jan 30th National Shutdown in Columbus OH #ICEOUT #StopICEfunding #AlexPretti #ReneeGood #FreeLiam #ColumbusStrong #TwinCitiesStrong