Glowing Jellyfish and Broken Symmetry
The 2008 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics have been announced, the former for the discovery and development of Green Fluorescent Protein from the mellifluously named jellyfish Aequorea victoria, later used as a tag to watch the interactions of various proteins; the latter for discoveries in broken symmetries in subatomic physics. Gleeson Library | Geschke … Continue reading Glowing Jellyfish and Broken Symmetry