@windsorwindsor2@mastodon.social
Civil engineer who knows how to use computers. Programming and nerd stuff in my spare time.
Formerly on mastodon.lol before it shut down, but was unable to migrate.
Just a reminder that Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically any genetic tech today, was only possible because of an extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. The value of basic cannot be predicted and often is realized decades after it's done.
How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific
https://www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discovery-in-yellowstone-national-park-led-to-the-renowned-technique-of-dna-amplification-pcr
