VIRTUAL UNIVERSE In a snapshot from the Illustris computer simulation of the universe, galaxies (pink) cluster
along filaments of dark matter (blue).
Muscles contract because the muscle protein myosin uses its flexible head to ratchet its long tail
along the filament of another muscle protein actin, dragging the ends of muscle cells inward.
And massive clusters of galaxies ought to be strung
along filaments of dark matter, like pearls on a chain.
The gas that collapses to form galaxies and stars traces the distribution of dark matter and extends beyond the galaxies
along the filaments of the cosmic web.
Not exact matches
From simple things like the so - called «earth heartbeat» predicted by multiple theories — some better than others, but most ridiculed as a bunch
of hippies — to activity which is perfectly analogous to neuro - networks
along cosmic
filaments, and many others.
In a new study published in EPJ E, Mu - Jie Huang and Raymond Kapral from the University
of Toronto in Ontario, Canada show that small synthetic motors can attach to polymeric
filaments and — unlike what previous studies showed — move
along without changing either their shape or the direction in which they set out to move.
The first stars formed
along vast
filaments of dark matter that appeared relatively soon after the big bang, according to a new model
of the universe.
It holds that in the earliest days after the big bang, exotic dark matter, with just a sprinkling
of normal matter, clumped into blobs
along narrow
filaments.
So, if the quasars are in a long
filament then the spins
of the central black holes will point
along the
filament.
«They've assumed all the gas in the
filaments is right
along the line
of sight between the two galaxies; and that's probably not right.»
His group's paper in the Journal
of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical describes a new theoretical approach to study the effect
of intermolecular interactions on the dynamics
of motor proteins that move
along cytoskeletal
filaments known as microtubules.
Simulations
of how cosmic structures form suggest that most galaxies clump
along dense
filaments of dark matter, which are separated by vast cosmic voids.
Right: Brand new, high resolution map
of SDC13 tracing the internal dense Ammonia gas revealing cores dotted
along all the
filaments.
Simultaneously, in the 1960s, but independently, various physicists postulated the sliding -
filament theory
of muscular contraction, according to which muscles contract by the sliding
of one
filament along another and not by a springlike coiling.
Scientists are interested in the timing
of the movement
of myosin
along actin
filaments which is driven by the power stroke — a process called lever arm swing.
Muted dark colors cluster
along the edges
of «Miller 22» and
filaments of line swing the eye outward from the center
of periphery
of its mottled pale ocher field.
One
of his most spectacular arachnid inspired installations, Galaxy Forming
along Filaments, Like Droplets
along the Strands
of a Spider's Web was exhibited at the Italian Pavilion for the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009.
A Wi - Fi version
of the bulb,
along with some other novelty bulbs (including «vintage» A19 and ST21 / ST64 styles with visible LED «
filaments») are also available.