Archive for the ‘innovation’ category: Page 146
Jan 10, 2017
Apple Granted Liquid Metal Related Patent for Embossed Apple Logo on Products
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: innovation
Luv my liquid metals and liquid circuits technology.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 55 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover Apple’s granted patent relating to bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys which is also known for marketing purposes, liquid metal. One tiny aspect of this patent covers how liquid metal can be applied to Apple Products to set their embossed logo as noted in our cover graphic.
Granted Patent: Rapid Discharge Forming Process for Amorphous Metal (Liquid Metal)
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Jan 10, 2017
Synthetic gene circuits: Insulin self-regulation
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
Nice breakthrough.
A self-adjusting synthetic gene circuit senses and reverses insulin resistance in animal models of diabetes and obesity.
People with type 2 diabetes — an obesity-associated disease that is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide — develop insulin resistance. The condition can be counteracted by adiponectin, a cytokine secreted by adipocytes that promotes insulin sensitivity and regulates glucose metabolism via the receptors AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 (ref.). In fact, by mimicking adiponectin, the AdipoR-activating small molecule AdipoRon improves glucose and lipid metabolism in mice. Owing to the capacity of adipocytes to regulate insulin and glucose pathways, considerable efforts have been devoted to taking advantage of adiponectin for clinical applications. Writing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, Martin Fussenegger and colleagues demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of a self-adjusting synthetic gene circuit designed to sense and reverse insulin resistance in animal models of diabetes and obesity.
Jan 10, 2017
Invisible Combat Vehicles May Now Be Possible; Russian Scientists Claim
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: innovation, transportation
Interesting.
20 Armata tanks boasted with a science breakthrough idea that reduced visibility with high-tech armor protection have successfully been tested in Russia.
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Jan 9, 2017
Very Large Telescope joins Breakthrough search for Alpha Centauri’s planets
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: innovation, space
One of the most powerful observing instruments on Earth, the Very Large Telescope, will join the search for potentially habitable planets around the Alpha Centauri star system.
The survey will take place in 2019 under the terms of an agreement signed by the European Southern Observatory, which operates the VLT in Chile, and by the Breakthrough Initiatives.
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Dec 30, 2016
Humans will soon control SWARMS of robots using their MIND
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: innovation, robotics/AI
HUMANS can now control swarms of robots using just their thoughts and eye movements.
In an incredible feat for science, a human has successfully guided a collection of robots using just their brain power.
Dec 29, 2016
Harvard Biologist Retracts Groundbreaking Diabetes ‘Breakthrough’
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
A Harvard research team led by biologist Douglas Melton has retracted a promising research paper following multiple failed attempts to reproduce the original findings.
Dec 29, 2016
Graphene Enables Spin Filtering at Room Temperatures for First Time
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: innovation, materials
Dec 28, 2016
Artificial Intelligence Gained Consciousness in 1991
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: innovation, robotics/AI
Dec 13, 2016
Cobra venom can help surgeons spot cancer tumours
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: innovation, quantum physics
What do lethal cobra venom, quantum dots and cancer diagnosis have in common? Nothing — till a team of Russian and Indian scientists put their heads to it and developed an innovative technique to take sharp images of cancer growths.
File photo used for representation.