- A Nature paper on nanogram-to-microgram scale X-ray analysis using porous complexes was retrieved and discussed, highlighting the community’s interest in ultra-small-scale analytical techniques.  
- Participants debated the best DIY learning path after high-school biology and two semesters of college chemistry; recommended resources included Wikiversity chemistry/biology portals, the diyhpl.us book list, and Library Genesis (claimed to hold ~870 k titles).  
- Heath described designing his first DNA “square” and the open questions of moving DNA products between microfluidic synthesis, sequencing, and AFM/STM verification; kanzure suggested beads, bubbles, or laser-propelled beads as transport mechanisms.  
- The group examined 2012 iGEM team wikis (Calgary, Cornell, Peking) to understand how custom MediaWiki skins and Foundation frameworks were used to remove standard UI elements, with attribution to Randy Rettberg’s custom engineering.  
- A TEDMED talk by Ido Bachelet on medical nanobots was shared, along with an animated gear-box clip presumed to originate from the open-source NanoEngineer-1 CAD repository.  
- Paperbot, the channel’s paywall-circumvention bot, experienced SSL and HTTP-500 errors on Nature and ACS URLs; discussion centered on removing its Zotero dependency and recruiting users with broader institutional access to expand coverage.