- A UC San Diego team published a pre-print and MIT TR coverage on a neural decoder that predicts the next syllable of a zebra-finch song from motor-cortex activity 30 ms in advance, demonstrating a brain-to-tweet interface for learned vocal behavior.  
- The channel circulated the “full-FORCE” training algorithm for recurrent neural networks (arXiv:1710.03070) and the Blue Brain topological-analysis paper on 7-D/11-D “clique” structures in reconstructed micro-circuits (arXiv:1601.01580).  
- A Hindawi review on “Artificial mitochondrial transfer” and a mitochondrial-disease explainer on nucleoside therapy were shared, framing debates on treating disorders like Charlie Gard’s.  
- BioMaker.org projects were highlighted: open-source syringe pumps, pressurized liquid-chromatography rigs, self-regulating drug-delivery loops, optical microfluidic flow meters, and 3-D-printed micromixers—all released on GitHub.  
- A biorXiv paper reported enzymatic synthesis of gene-length single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and another described droplet-microfluidic screening of single plant cells.  
- Practical fabrication tips traded: baking-soda accelerates super-glue curing (exothermic), and a machinist video showed how to drill clean round holes in sheet metal without chatter.  
- Discussion of open-source CAD limitations: FreeCAD’s lack of parametric history, BRL-CAD’s script-only workflow, and the perennial “just use SolidWorks” fallback.  
- Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) resources circulated: 2017/2018 conference schedules, VTT crystallinity overview, and a 780-process material database; interest in matching thermal-expansion coefficients for multi-layer stacks.  
- DIY microscopy and nanofabrication links: 3DCT correlative-light/electron-microscopy toolbox, Raith GDSII MATLAB scripts for e-beam lithography, EBSD-Image open-source diffraction-pattern analysis, and focused-ion-beam circuit-editing tutorials.