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The Realized Promise of Blood-based Cancer Testing: Liquid Biopsy
The Realized Promise of Blood-based Cancer Testing: Liquid Biopsy
As non-invasive, repeatable, fast, cost-effective method of studying cancer, it deserves our attention.
Daniel G. Camblor
Mar 14
Submission Guidelines for the Quantastic Journal
Submission Guidelines for the Quantastic Journal
Join the Quantastic Writers’ Circle and Submit Your Story!
Sam Vaseghi
Jun 26, 2024
Quantum Pointers to Classical Reality: Decoherence Dynamics of an ‘Alice–Bob’ CHSH Set-up in Closed…
Quantum Pointers to Classical Reality: Decoherence Dynamics of an ‘...
Distinct Markovian reservoirs for Alice’s and Bob’s qubits with varying decay rates induce multiple relaxation timescales in correlation…
Sam Vaseghi
Mar 11
The Ninja's Tale
The Ninja's Tale
A tail is a highly refined evolutionary adaption in and essential to the Snow Leopard, the Cheetah, the Marbled Cat of Borneo, the Kangaroo…
Selena Routley
Mar 6
The History of Hantavirus and Why You’re Reading a Lot About It in 2025
The History of Hantavirus and Why You’re Reading a Lot About It in ...
It’s everywhere in the news, so let me share its history along with a story of my own.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
Mar 10
The Pursuit of Immortality: A Journey Beyond Death and Time
The Pursuit of Immortality: A Journey Beyond Death and Time
“A human who lives only a few decades cannot master space, just as a mayfly with a one-day life span can never cross the ocean.”
Narthana Arumugam
Mar 12
Superbugs on Your Plate: The Silent Threat Lurking in Your Meal
Superbugs on Your Plate: The Silent Threat Lurking in Your Meal
What seemed like a harmless meal led to a fight against an antibiotic-resistant infection — unveiling a deeper crisis in our food system.
Dr. Hatem El-Nagar
Mar 9
The Emergence of Classical Reality as Order Parameter Dynamics of Bell Type Quantum Violations
The Emergence of Classical Reality as Order Parameter Dynamics of Bell Type Quantum Violations
On the dynamics of quantum-to-classical transition, decoherence dynamics in Markovian open quantum systems, and the emergence of a…
Sam Vaseghi
Mar 8
SSRI Medications: Their History, Effects, and Current Controversies
SSRI Medications: Their History, Effects, and Current Controversies
Along with attacks on science in general, medication for mental health disorders is being maligned. Here are some facts.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
Mar 4
The Mathematics of Plaiting Braids: The Art That Led to Astonishing Algebraic Insights!
The Mathematics of Plaiting Braids: The Art That Led to Astonishing Algebraic Insights!
Braids and knots have been known to mankind since prehistoric Man tried to enhance the beauty of hair or manipulated strings into knots to…
Peter Ripota
Mar 3
Does Microsoft’s New Quantum Chip Really Work? — In the Era of Disinformation, Even Science Must …
Does Microsoft’s New Quantum Chip Really Work? — In the Era of Disinformation, Even Science Must …
Are we on the verge of functional topological quantum computers, or is this just an elaborately orchestrated marketing strategy…
Paolo Molignini, PhD
Mar 2
Human Consciousness Emerged from Our Brain’s Navigation System—Will AI Consciousness Emerge the…
Human Consciousness Emerged from Our Brain’s Navigation System—Will AI Consciousness Emerge the…
The evolution of AI has had many parallels to the evolution of animal intelligence, and as AI evolves, a consciousness could emerge for…
Rick Mammone
Mar 1
Teaching Your Robot Cat To Land On Her Feet
Teaching Your Robot Cat To Land On Her Feet
A deep dive into the mechanics of the cat righting reflex….
Selena Routley
Feb 28
Are Humans Still Evolving?
Are Humans Still Evolving?
How to debate an evolution denier and other musings on the state of human evolution.
Mitchell Diamond
Feb 27
Armor-Wearing Ants, Iron-Pooping Whales, and Terraforming Lightning
Armor-Wearing Ants, Iron-Pooping Whales, and Terraforming Lightning
How living and non-living things intermingle to enrich the planet
Elaine Medline
Feb 26
The Architectural Biomimicry Revolution: “Simple” Over “Easy”
The Architectural Biomimicry Revolution: “Simple” Over “Easy”
So much of what we are taught is hypothetical and uncertain. Now we need proof that what environmentalists advocate for is truly possible.
Alyson Lang
Feb 24
Public Health Is Not About Radical Change
Public Health Is Not About Radical Change
Rarely is a public health program revolutionary, at least not instantly.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
Feb 24
On The Supraluminal Limits of Entropy and Dissipation in Tachyonic Modes-Or Why Faster-Than-Light…
On The Supraluminal Limits of Entropy and Dissipation in Tachyonic Modes-Or Why Faster-Than-Light…
Inherent tachyonic modes do not constitute a well-defined thermal ensemble or coarse-grained entropy.
Sam Vaseghi
Feb 23
Can We Compost Our Power Banks—Are Algae the Future Batteries?
Can We Compost Our Power Banks—Are Algae the Future Batteries?
Algal-based batteries hold a promising future towards green-power banks. With fundamental and developmental research who knows that one…
Nandini Dixit
Feb 17
How to Detect a Scam: Let’s Look at the LifeWave X39 Stem Cell Activation Patch
How to Detect a Scam: Let’s Look at the LifeWave X39 Stem Cell Activation Patch
A scientist explains how to apply critical thinking skills to protect you from wellness scams
Bill Sullivan Jr
Feb 17
The Kansas Tuberculosis Crisis Is a Wake-Up Call We Can’t Ignore
The Kansas Tuberculosis Crisis Is a Wake-Up Call We Can’t Ignore
One of our oldest bacterial foes continues to wreak havoc in an era of antibiotics and vaccines.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
Feb 12
It’s All in Your Head: Physical Laws and the Brain Free Energy Principle
It’s All in Your Head: Physical Laws and the Brain Free Energy Principle
While physical reality exists independently of observers, physical models — along with their mathematics, causes, and effects — are…
Francesco De Bernardis
Feb 11
In Math, Sometimes it’s Easier to Make Things Harder
In Math, Sometimes it’s Easier to Make Things Harder
Three Examples of Solving a Problem by Adding Complexity
Paolo Molignini, PhD
Feb 9
The Drunkard’s Walk: The Mathematics of Getting Lost
The Drunkard’s Walk: The Mathematics of Getting Lost
What a Drunkard, a Photon, and a Gambler Have in Common
Chaipat Tirapongprasert
Feb 6
There Are Cost-Effective and Science-Based Ways to Stop Drug Overdose Deaths
There Are Cost-Effective and Science-Based Ways to Stop Drug Overdose Deaths
You don’t have to crash the economy or go to war to do something about fentanyl overdoses and deaths in the United States.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
Feb 5
Relativity on a Merry Go Round and the Accuratest Gyroscope of All Time
Relativity on a Merry Go Round and the Accuratest Gyroscope of All Time
The connected topics of the Unparadoxical Ehrenfest "Paradox", Born Rigidity with its Relativity Enforced Squidge and the Sagnac Effect…
Selena Routley
Feb 4
Why ‘Entropy’ Is So Special in Special Relativity?-On the Interrelational Manifestation of… Reality
Why ‘Entropy’ Is So Special in Special Relativity?-On the Interrelational Manifestation of… Reality
“It is about the deep fundamental significance of the invariance of the Liouville stochastic expanse and the interrelationality of maximum…
Sam Vaseghi
Feb 3
What Is Our Responsibility to Victims of Unethical Medical Experimentation?
What Is Our Responsibility to Victims of Unethical Medical Experimentation?
Can we learn from other people’s suffering? Yes, but not in a way that legitimizes those who made them suffer.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
Jan 29
A Gentle Introduction to Gaussian Discriminant Analysis: Gaussian Naive Bayes, Linear Discriminant…
A Gentle Introduction to Gaussian Discriminant Analysis: Gaussian Naive Bayes, Linear Discriminant…
To understand Gaussian discriminant analysis deeply based on the mathematics and a Python implementation from scratch
Yuki Shizuya
Jan 27
The Surveyors of Existence Itself
The Surveyors of Existence Itself
The Nineteenth Century Geometers reasoned and studied astounding possibilities for the nature of space itself. Physics at last awakened to…
Selena Routley
Jan 26
Greenland Calling: Beware of Map Projections. Be Aware of Them.
Greenland Calling: Beware of Map Projections. Be Aware of Them.
What kind of map will we be looking at when someone thinks about “buying Greenland”?
Jim Fonseca
Jan 25
Explorations of Infant Vision — How Do We Ask Infants What They Can See?
Explorations of Infant Vision — How Do We Ask Infants What They Can See?
and what implications, does this have for understanding optical and neural development of the visual system?
Ronald Boothe
Jan 24
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