A Phase 2 trial at Imperial College London found that a single intravenous dose of DMT rapidly reduced depressive symptoms versus placebo in adults with moderate to severe depression. Improvements emerged within one week.
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A Clearer Look at the Rise of Myopia
Reading this on your phone in the dark?
A new study suggests that focusing up close in low-light settings may contribute to rising myopia rates.
Here’s what the researchers found.
Half of the world’s population will be nearsighted by 2050. Scientists propose that the amount of light reaching the retina in dark environments could be why.
The Genius of Computing with Light
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PsiQuantum are world leaders in the race to utility-scale quantum computing, but they have been shrouded in mystery for over a decade…until now.
Thanks to some good fortune and incredible generosity from the PsiQuantum team I was able to get behind the scenes and see what makes their ground-breaking quantum computer ‘click’
You can see their public paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08820-7
0:00 Silicon Valley’s Most Secretive Quantum Computer.
1:38 A Quantum Computer that runs on Light.
6:03 How to Create a Single Photon.
9:00 How to Build a Quantum Clock.
10:48 Ad Read.
11:54 Detecting Single Photons.
15:00 Creating the Perfect Material.
18:19 How to do math with light.
21:45 How to Build a Scalable Quantum Computer.
24:27 Converting Space to Time.
27:25 The First Photonic Quantum Computer Demonstrator.
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Microsoft can now store data for 10,000 years on everyday glass thanks to laser breakthrough
Breakthrough improvements to Microsoft’s glass-based data-storage technology mean ordinary glassware, such as that used in cookware and oven doors, can store terabytes of data, with the information lasting 10,000 years.
The technology, which has been in development under the “Project Silica” banner since 2019, has seen steady improvements, and scientists outlined the latest innovations today (Feb. 18) in the journal Nature.
A single inhalation of vapor from dried toad secretion containing 5-methoxy-N
See my Comment below for a link to the original article in NATURE.
5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine (hereinafter referred to as 5-MeO-DMT) is a psychedelic substance found in the secretion from the parotoid glands of the Bufo alvarius toad. Inhalation of vapor from toad secretion containing 5-MeO-DMT has become popular in naturalistic settings as a treatment of mental health problems or as a means for spiritual exploration. However, knowledge of the effects of 5-MeO-DMT in humans is limited.
