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Elegance of form in art and nature

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Lynn Fellman

Shown above is an Illustration of the vertebrate telomerase from the Telemorase database. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak received The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected … Continue reading →

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Palindromes! The case of the curious folding hairpin shapes

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Lynn Fellman

Palindromes in art and science by Lynn Fellman Artists, poets and musicians play with palindromes all the time. They mirror images, reverse words, invert musical phrases — yet cleverly manage to retain the original meaning. “A man, a plan, a … Continue reading →

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