Top Tweets for #SAScienceLens
Celebrating #IYBSSD : Here a liquid handling robot prepares plates for screening against tuberculosis at the biosafety facility. South Africa carries a massive TB burden.
“Hamilton liquid handling robot” taken by Monique Muller for #SAScienceLens. #SASciWeek #NSW2022
Celebrating #IYBSSD : This is what TB looks like! Though this bacteria may seem beautiful and looks like cherry blossoms, it is the world's number one infectious killer.
“TB: Beautiful but deadly” taken by Rouxjeane Venter for #SAScienceLens. #SASciWeek #NSW2022
Celebrating #IYBSSD : This is an enzyme needed to make biofuel and could mean a greener future for us all! The enzyme is called Beta-glucosidase and used to ferment cellulose to produce biofuels!
“Beta-glucosidase” taken by Janto Pieters for #SAScienceLens. #SASciWeek #NSW2022
Celebrating #IYBSSD : The reaction of vegetable glycerin being vaporized by a heated element into a gaseous vapor. Similarly the tungsten in some lightbulbs vaporizes each time the light is turned on.
“Darth Vapor” was taken by Bjorn Coetsee for #SAScienceLens #SASciWeek #NSW2022
Celebrating #IYBSSD : An ant tends to its aphid colony for their honeydew – a sugar rich sticky liquid secreted from the aphids, which is a valuable food source.
“Honeydew Harvest” was taken by Shivan Parusnath for #SAScienceLens. #NSW2022 #SASciWeek
Celebrating #IYBSSD: A carousel reactor with five different chemical synthesis reactions as part of medicinal chemistry research. Medicinal chemistry is about integrating multiple disciplines.
“Starfish Carousel” by Monique Muller for #SAScienceLens. #SASciWeek #NSW2022
The moment where everyone witnesses the beauty of fungi. Aspergillus you are so photogenic #aspergillus #fungi #mycotoxin #SAScienceLens #ScienceCloseUp
“Poisonous beauty: dog food gone wrong” by Neriman Yilmaz in #SAScienceLens #ScienceCloseUp shows dog food pellets hosting diverse fungi, including harmful mycotoxin-producing fungi. Read more here: https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
Giving us a closer look, Bjorn Coetsee’s #SAScienceLens photo shows an unusual view of a Cannabis plant, with purple colouring due to higher concentrations of anthocyanins. https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
“Glow rings” by Bjorn Coetsee shows the photoluminescence phenomenon of phosphorescence. Strontium aluminate incorporated into jewellery creates visually appealing, one-of-a-kind art pieces. #ScienceAsArt #SAScienceLens https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
Laser shock processing technology is being used to bend a winglet spar of a business jet, known to resist straightening, in this #ScienceinAction photo by Petrus Uys. Read more about this and other #SAScienceLens photos at https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
Appropriately named “Relative motion”, this #SAScienceLens #ScienceAsArt photo shows the unique motion of one of the finest research ships in the world, the SA Agulhas II, captured by the stars in the sky in this abstract starscape. Read more at: https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
From the #SAScienceLens #ScienceinAction category, Kabelo Kesebonye’s “Shooting for the stars” shows @HartRAO's Roscosmos laser tracker, a scientific instrument that contributes greatly to local and international studies. https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
“Dam Dry”. The Teewaterskloof Dam's level dropped so low during Cape Town’s water crisis that it was mostly a dust bowl. Machinery was brought in to channel water to where it could be pumped. See more #SAScienceLens photos: https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
Turning the gruesome into art, 2nd place #SAScienceLens #ScienceasArt photo, “Floral Surgery” by Jonathan Du Toit, shows bone peeling away from drill flutes after drilling into the jaw of a dental patient. Read more about the top #SAScienceLens photos: https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
This black-footed cat looks determined as it is released from a tomahawk cage trap during a species richness and genetic survey. Read more about Declan Porter’s 2nd place #SAScienceLens #ScienceInAction photo, “The Release��� https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
Clean water for human dignity. Morgan Trimble’s top photo in #SAScienceLens #DignityOfAllSA shows how science can give simple solutions, when 1 water collection point became 26. This was “Newlands Spring’s Community Spirit” during the Cape’s water crisis. https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
Science-inspired art. The autopsy of an unfortunate caracal provided inspiration for artwork that formed part of an exhibition of landscapes, flora and fauna of the Western Cape. “Meowy Muse” by Kervin Prayag won the #SAScienceLens #ScienceAsArt category: https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
We might not expect to see “Happy Faces” in geological samples, but Prof Bruce Cairncross’s 1st place photo, in #SAScienceLens #ScienceCloseUp, of crystals of fluorite on a matrix of goethite looks like a theatrical comedy half-mask. Read more about it: https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
Thilo Beck’s “Small Scale Surgery” was top pick of the #SAScienceLens #ScienceinAction category. A data logger is surgically implanted in a tiny white-browed sparrow-weaver to help scientists understand more about the ecology of the Kalahari. See more: https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
After much anticipation, the #SAScienceLens judging has concluded and the results are in. Congratulations to all our winners! South Africa has some amazing science stories. To see the photos and read about #SAScience, go to the full results at https://t.co/wnDn3w8IaO
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