#science-art — Public Fediverse posts

Two molecules, the same atoms bonded the same way — and yet one smells of oranges and the other of lemons. Limonene is a cyclic monoterpene pressed from citrus peel, and it is chiral: it exists as two non-superimposable mirror images.

#LimoneneMolecule #ChiralityArt #OrganicChemistry #chemistry #molecularart #scienceart #sciart #fediscience

Theobromine is caffeine's gentler sibling: one methyl group lighter, it lifts mood and widens blood vessels without the jolt, which is why chocolate warms rather than wires. The same compound that makes cacao a pleasure for us is what makes it dangerous for dogs, who cannot clear it.

#TheobromineMolecule #ChocolateMolecule #BiochemistryArt #chemistry #molecularart #scienceart #sciart #fediscience

Caffeine works by impersonation: it slots into the brain's adenosine receptors and blocks the signal that would have made you tired, so alertness is really just sleepiness deferred. A xanthine core wearing three methyl groups — C8H10N4O2 — the difference between a slow morning and a working one.

#CaffeineMolecule #BiochemistryArt #CoffeeScience #chemistry #molecularart #scienceart #sciart #fediscience

Caffeine is the jolt of coffee; theobromine is the slow warmth of chocolate. Structurally they are almost the same xanthine skeleton — caffeine simply carries one extra methyl group where theobromine holds a single hydrogen.

#CaffeineMolecule #TheobromineArt #ChocolateArt #chemistry #molecularart #scienceart #sciart #fediscience

Start with 1, 1, and keep adding the last two: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34... Draw each as a square, thread a quarter-circle arc through them, and you get a logarithmic spiral — the same curve that turns up in sunflower seed-heads, pinecones, and the growth of shells.

#FibonacciMug #GoldenRatioMug #GoldenSpiral #scienceart #sciart #fediscience

2026_4 Mystery GI Agony

Caffeine works by impersonation. It's shaped just enough like adenosine — the molecule that builds up through your day and makes you drowsy — to slip into adenosine's receptors and block them. The “time to rest” signal never arrives, and you stay awake.

The most-consumed psychoactive molecule in the world, now on our ceramic mugs. ☕

#caffeine #coffee #chemistry #molecularart #scienceart #sciart #fediscience

Scientific writing, haiku form...

People say dogs, cats
Horses feel emotions but
why not chicken joy?

Based on a scoping review I'm working on covering human views of animal emotions. I may start all of my presentations now with haikus.

#haiku #scicomm #academia #ScienceArt #sciencecomms

#IntenselyCurious 🧠 #ScienceArt 🔭 #HandLettering ✍️ #DarkAcademia 📖 #STEM 🧬 #Astronomy 🌌 #SpaceArt 🚀 #Curiosity 🔍 #LifelongLearner 🎓 #AnatomyArt 💀 #Neuroscience 🧠 #VintageAesthetic 🕯️ #NerdLife 🤓 #Illustration 🎨 #GraphicDesign ✒️ #InkDrawing 🖊️ #Explorer 🧭 #PhysicsArt ⚛️ #ArtForScientists 🧪 #Discovery 🗺️ #Stargazing ✨ #Intellectual 🧐 #TeacherGifts 🍎 #MakersMovement 🛠️ #CreativeSoul 🎨
#JoseloRochaArt
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Are you someone who is intensely curious about the universe? This design is for the lifelong learners, the science nerds, and the stargazers who find beauty in the details of a neuron, the vastness of a galaxy, and the precision of a telescope.

Whether you are obsessed with astronomy, biology, or the deep mysteries of philosophy, this hand-lettered illustration captures that "need to know" energy. It’s perfect for STEM students, teachers, or anyone with a dark academia aesthetic who loves vintage scientific sketches and space exploration. From rocket ships to anatomical skulls, every icon represents a different path of intellectual discovery. Stay curious, stay bold, and keep exploring the unknown. 🚀✨
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https://joselorochaart.dashery.com/products/90642826-intensely-curious-t-shirt

C’est vraiment une technique plus complexe qu’elle en a l’air. 😮
Les baleines à bosse ont vraiment optimisé leur méthode.

Et ça va même au-delà ! 🧠
Je te parle ici des baleines à bosse de l’hémisphère sud 🌍

Mais celles de l’hémisphère nord ont optimisé leur technique autrement…
On parle vraiment là d’habitudes CULTURELLES différentes ! ✨

C’est d’ailleurs la même chose pour leurs chants 🎶
Selon les régions, les modes sont différentes et les tubes musicaux changent chaque année ! 😲

#baleines #ocean
#faunesauvage #artnaturaliste
#scienceart

Found something unexpectedly beautiful under the #microscope today. Not the most ideal #HEK293 morphology, but still mesmerizing in its own way.
#cellculture #scienceart #nerdalert #underthemicroscope

New book:
"Tales from the Poles: A collation of human stories from the Polar Regions"
https://apecsnetherlands.nl/tales-from-the-poles/#flipbook-df_4095/1
(Free-to-read non-downloadable PDF.)
Edited by Nadia Frontier, Youri Renkema, and Saule Akhmetkaliyeva. Design Mehrab Meraj.
My contribution: "I Remember the Arctic Seas" (pages 96-101).
 
#Arctic #Antarctic #Antarctica #Polar #FieldWork #ScienceArt #ArtScience #PolarRegions

Yes, that is the (literally) heavy chain of antibody to SARS-CoV-2 hanging from the ceiling! #ScienceArt

NGC 1499 — the California Nebula.
A quiet river of glowing hydrogen in Perseus, stretching nearly 100 light-years through space.

https://adfr.io/astro/20251218_ngc1499

#Astrophotography #Astronomy #CaliforniaNebula #NGC1499 #Space #ScienceArt #AstroPhoto #astrodon

The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) is a vast star-forming region about 5,000 light-years away in Monoceros.
Glowing hydrogen gas is sculpted by radiation from young stars, while dark dust marks where future stars may still form.

Captured where astronomy meets fine art. 🌌

https://adfr.io/astro/20251215_ngc2237/

#Astrophotography #Astronomy #RosetteNebula #NGC2237 #Space #ScienceArt #astrophoto #astrodon

2025-8-30 Post-Exertional Symptom Exacerbation & MCAS Environmental Illness

https://www.illmarks.com/2025-8-30-post-exertional-symptom-exacerbation-mcas-environmental-illness/

#allergy #art #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #bodymapping #buildingbiology #cfs #chronicIllness #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #chronicIllness #environmentalillness #envrionmentalIllness #healthcare #healthcarereform #healthinsurance #longCovid #longcovid #mastCell #mastCellActivationSyndrome #mastCellDisease #mastcell #mastcellactivationsyndrome #mastcelldisease #mcas #me #mecfs #medicalArt #medicalactivism #medicalart #medicalblog #medicalreform #MillionsMissing #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #pem #pese #pwLC #pwme #SciArt #scienceart #usahealthcare #ushealthcare

The Shadows Lurking in the Equations

https://gods.art/articles/equation_shadows.html

#HackerNews #TheShadowsLurking #Equations #MathMystery #HiddenPatterns #ScienceArt

New #PhotoEssay:
"Floodscapes for Inland Waterscapes: #Floods do not need to mean #disasters"
https://doi.org/10.21463/shima.266
 
More #PhotoEssays on avoiding #disasters:
1. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2024.2395798
2. https://doi.org/10.24564/0002019687 (scroll down for the PDF).
3. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2023.v4si106
4. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2025-431
 
#IslandStudies #resilience #vulnerability #DRR #ScienceArt #ArtScience #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender

Delighted and honoured to be working with the Royal College of Art on a three-year research project to investigate warning sounds:
"Scoring Warnings"
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/rca-led-research-project-awarded-grant-to-investigate-emergency-signals
 
#ArtScience #ScienceArt #MusicArt #ArtMusic #EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #EW4All #WarningsForAll #WarningForAll #Warning4All #Warnings4All

VERZEHRUNG - Acrylic on Canvas 40x40 cm
It is all a cycle of nutrients and from death, new life will be created through the biological processes. Decay is creation, #biology is magic!

#biology #contemporaryart #fantasyart #lowbow #nutriena #cycle #minimonsters #knoedellustration #artforsale #uniqueart #uvart #vibrantart #natureart #scienceart

It is all about connection and give and take.

#art #acrylicpainting #baertierchen #painting #biology #natureart #fantasyart #fruits #lowbow #uvart #scienceart #mushrooms #trees #naturecycle

Here we go just because I still play around with this New App! If you like my work, topics or looking for unique Art pieces to giving them a lovely home, contact me 🤗

So, Happy Friday with DIE FRUCHTBARKEIT
50 x 50 cm, Acrylic on Canvas with UV-Glow effect!

It is all about fertility, fruits, seeding all in all the beauty of reproduction wonders on our Planet!

#art #acrylicpainting #baertierchen #painting #biology #natureart #fantasyart #fruits #lowbow #uvart #scienceart

Ah yes, the "Visual Guide" to genome editors — because nothing screams cutting-edge science like a few pretty pictures and a sprinkle of pseudo-intellectual babble. 🧬📚 Evan DeTurk really said, "Who needs depth when you can have diagrams?" 🤔✨
https://www.asimov.press/p/a-visual-guide-to-genome-editors #VisualGuide #GenomeEditing #ScienceArt #PseudoIntellectual #Diagrams #HackerNews #ngated

"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt

Graphic produced by https://robbieandrew.github.io/

I love when technology serves art! Here's a 100+ gigapixel scan of the Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, revealing details invisible to the naked eye: https://www.hirox-europe.com/gigapixel/girl-with-a-pearl-earring/index.html

Steve Mould released a video explaining the advanced microscopy technique used to create this 3D relief of the painting: https://youtu.be/o-dZKBwbsis

#ArtTech #MicroscopyArt #ScienceArt #Vermeer #GirlWithAPearlEarring #JeuneFilleALaPerle #MastoArt #Art