SteemSTEM Distilled #10

in #steemstem7 years ago

Welcome to the tenth issue of SteemSTEM Distilled, a curation effort by the members of the @steemstem team.

SteemSTEM is a community driven project which seeks to promote well-written and informative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics posts on Steemit. The project involves curating STEM-related posts through upvoting, resteeming, offering constructive feedback, supporting scientific contests, and other related activities.

For more details click here.


Our team scours the platform for original and quality content.After working through thousands (literally!) of STEM-related posts and upvoting more than 200 that we deemed to be worthy, we proudly present you our top 7 handpicked choices:


Monday - Chariklo, the baby Saturn of the solar system


In this post, @muphy introduces us to Chariklo, a "cute" baby-Saturn located between the orbits of Uranus and Saturn!

Tuesday - Things In Our Stuff: Transistor


Ah, the transinstor... One of the greatest technological inventions of our times! Check out the latest article by @st3llar if you want to learn more about them!

Wednesday - The Amateur Mycologist - Microscope Cleaning And Calibration For Dummies And My First Accurate Micrometer Spore Measurements


Another great post by @Dber, this time he shows us how to clean and calibrate our microscope if we want to take a peek at some cool fungi spores!

Thursday - Vaccination: the Immune System of Phagocytes, Part 2 of 5


The second part of @kryzsec's series on vaccination is here. Read on to find out more on the human immune system.

Friday - Amazing Animals #2 The Emperor Penguin


A new entry in the community, @amavi is a zookeeper with a really promising and fascinating blog. Read this great post of hers on the amazing emperor penguin!

Saturday - A recipe for water


A recipe for water? Yes, this source of life we all take for granted has its own, unique and amazing science. Chech this post from @aboutcoolscience for more!

Sunday - Remember your old tube tv? It's an particle accelarator! - Thoughts over thoughts


Wonder why tube tvs were so big and fat? That's because they had a particle accelarator inside!


A few words about the nomination process


For the sake of transparency we feel we need to clarify how our nomination process works; each issue is compiled by certain members of the SteemSTEM community. This week's editorial team was comprised of @ruth-girl & @trumpman. A special mention goes to @locikll for helping with the markdown coding.

The editorial team chooses their favorite posts for the week and each issue is the result of their joined effort. In order to keep the process fair, posts written by the editorial team are excluded from the nomination process.

Don't be discouraged if you didn't make it on this issue. The competition is harsh and there is always a next time :) In the meantime, you may wish to check these guidelines for extra tips on how your writing can be more effective.


Authors That Received a Curie Upvote by the SteemSTEM Team


In the same spirit of being transparent about our actions that are now supported by @curie, we will release every week a list of authors who have caught the attention of the @steemstem curation team.

If you want to discuss this with us, please do not hesitate to join the steemSTEM channel on the Steemit chat or to follow our curation trail on Streemian. If you are not on Streemian, we have a plan B through a homemade voting bot. You can contact us on the chat in order to be added to its trail.

From November 11 to November 18, we rewarded 76 different authors who have written a total of 122 different articles. The authors who received both a @steemstem and a @curie vote that week are:

@abduhawab, @aboutcoolscience, @afifa, @alevale1010, @asbonclz, @aximot, @azirgraff, @azman, @bigdizzle91, @carloserp-2000, @crazy-daisy, @cristi, @dber, @delta1512, @draw-art, @drifter1, @ememovic, @ertwro, @etcmike, @eurogee, @fugetaboutit, @fulsketch, @geebell, @gikitiki, @gra, @haig, @herpetologyguy, @huitemae, @irime, @jaki01, @jamhuery, @jefpatat, @jmcmeekin, @jringo, @kedi, @kennyskitchen, @kerriknox, @kharrazi, @kryzsec, @ladyclau, @laylahsophia, @lefactuoscope, @liliana.duarte, @logic, @lorenzor, @mcfarhat, @mcw, @melanie00, @mountain.phil28, @mrs.nobody, @muphy, @nedspeaks, @nitesh9, @ongoingwow, @osmerj, @parejan, @pathi, @pearlumie, @physics-o-mania, @raviyanda, @remlaps, @robertlyon, @samminator, @sc-steemit, @steem-lagos, @tbaumer2, @thatsweeneyguy, @the-world, @thequantumknight, @toofasteddie, @trilo, @valth, @xamarynth, @yoes, @zest, @zycr22

All curation rewards earned will be used to fund @steemstem project functioning and activities.

See you all next Monday!

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Great selection of posts once again!!!!

Thanks! You were almost selected again, dunno for what day don't remember it was you or another one. Couldn't decide, tossed a coin, you lost. The nomination process is amazing, don't you agree? XD

absolutely. Never expect to be selected anyways. when i do, its always a plus! simply glad to be part of steemstem. thanks again and job well done!

Lol... So it was a tie then.. I look forward to writing some STEM articles soon... I'm a College student in Nigeria. First, lemme go through the rules.

The nomination process is amazing, don't you agree? XD

It's amazingly non biased at least. The coin knows no biases. I don't think he got your sarcasm though...

Thanks a lot! Our curators do their best! :)

And of course thanks for your contributions!

Great list again. Congrats to the awesome authors. Love to read your work.

Thanks @SteemSTEM for all the support and sharing these awesome STEM posts here. :)

It is our pleasure (but you know that already :p )

I love the idea behind th plattform steemit. Nice post!

It is indeed a great idea! :)

Congratulations, it is a great contribution to this great platform, people like you are the ones that are needed in this community, thank you.

Thanks for your kind message!

Thank you so much for the great support. Great choice on topic of the week.I can't wait till am able to write great content to be featured among the top topics.

Thanks again for all the support as blogging about science won't be much fun without your support.

We are very happy about your engagement on this platform! Thanks to you for that!

thanks bro nice blog

You are welcome!

Thanks to all of you I basically have a small laboratory in my bedroom now. Couldn't ask for better motivation.

A small productive laboratory to boot!

With mushrooms? I should bring eggs for an omelette :D

I didnt make the list, I will continue to work hard. My time will come

It will, study what made these selected posts great and incorporate some of what they do into your own work. There are 10 weeks of these examples too, that's 70 great posts from which to get inspiration.

With some efforts, I am sure you will make it soon or later :)

Yeah. I am optimistic

I love these summaries :) So many great posts out there.

Totally! These authors deserve some visibility (as you, but we can't select everybody :p )!

Absolutely :) Is there any way to get feedback on a particular post that didn't get an upvote? (just so I can improve for next time?)

One of the reasons may be: we just missed it. We are humans.

You can try contacting us on the chat... but you know... sometimes contacting us for begging for upvotes leads to the opposite effect (imagine our DM box if all steemians would do that :p)

Yeah, that’s why I didn’t ask in the chat yet :P

Hehe!^ Lucky you ^^

Thanks for the support :)