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Jan 27, 2023

What is steel scrap and how can it help us reach net zero?

Posted by in category: futurism

Recycled steel scrap is a low-emitting source of the metal โ€“ but we must improve how it is collected and produced in order to help decarbonize the steel industry.

Jan 27, 2023

๐Ÿงฌ The Age of A.I., Longevity and Biotech

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, robotics/AI

The 2020s are the nascent era of Drug discovery sped up by machine learning.

Jan 27, 2023

Even simple motions make ripples across brain, study finds

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Even a simple movement like pushing a button sends ripples of activity throughout networks of neurons spanning across the brain, new University of Oregon research shows.

The finding highlights just how complex the is, challenging the simplified textbook picture of distinct areas dedicated to specific functions.

โ€œItโ€™s really well known that that the primary motor cortex controls output,โ€ said Alex Rockhill, a graduate student in the lab of human physiology professor Nicki Swann. โ€œBut thereโ€™s a lot more to movement than this one brain area.โ€

Jan 27, 2023

AIโ€™s Future: The Role of Prompt Engineering

Posted by in categories: internet, robotics/AI

โ€œThe future of AI is much bigger than anyone realizes โ€” not just in terms of technology, but in its impact on society as a whole.โ€ โ€” Mark Zuckerberg

Prompt engineering is a process of crafting optimized input texts (prompts) to generate accurate results from the artificial intelligence model. By the launch of ChatGPT, prompt engineering is the booming term in internet. Actually what is its deep meaning and is it be the future of AI. Prompt engineering is a relatively new field that focuses on the design and development of systems that can generate human-like prompts, such as text, speech, and images. These prompts can be used to interact with users in a more natural and intuitive way, making it easier for them to understand and use AI-powered systems.

By the advance of artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, midjourney and stable diffusion which are enriched with high potential people are confused how to use it and what are the optimized prompts that could be used to extract the full potential of these models. One key aspect of prompt engineering is data preprocessing and preparation. This includes cleaning, normalizing, and formatting the data used to train the model, so that it is in the right format and of high quality.

Jan 27, 2023

After Google Docs, hackers turn to Microsoft OneNote to target users with malware

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, finance

Cyber attackers around the world are looking at alternate file attachment types to trap users with phishing and malware attacks, according to a report by Bleeping Computer. The alternate attachment types come in the form of online, open-source file attachments, and the latest type that has now been spotted includes Microsoft OneNote files. According to the report, hackers are exploiting OneNote attachments in emails to trick users into downloading malware.

The report stated that hackers switched to OneNote, Microsoftโ€™s online note-taking alternative to Word, after the company disabled โ€˜macrosโ€™ by default in email attachments. The latter, which refer to code snippets that execute a command upon a user opening the email attachment, were long since used by attackers to get users to download malware attachments.

By using macros, hackers would store malware within Microsoft Word or Excel documents. Once a user opened the attachment, the malware would get triggered automatically. These malware, in turn, could be used for a wide range of attacks โ€” including remote code execution, botnets, financial or identity theft, or even spyware.

Jan 27, 2023

Where Is Tech Going in 2023?

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI, security

A group of McKinseyโ€™s technology practice leaders have taken a look at what 2023 might hold, and offer a few new yearโ€™s tech resolutions to consider: 1) Look for combinatorial trends, in which the sum impact of new technologies create new opportunities. 2) Prep boards for tipping point technologies. 3) Relieve the bureaucratic burden on your engineers to increase their productivity. 4) Look for new opportunities in the cloud. 5) Take advantage of how the cloud is changing security. 6) Take advantage of decentralized AI capabilities โ€” and what this technology might mean for your business model.

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Six trends that will define the next year, according to McKinsey experts.

Jan 27, 2023

NASA successfully tests new engine for deep space exploration

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA announced that its engineers have developed and tested the agencyโ€™s first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE).

The agency said that the design could significantly change how future propulsion systems are built. The supersonic rocket engine uses detonation, with the design producing more power while using less fuel than todayโ€™s propulsion systems.

It has the potential to power both human landers and interplanetary vehicles to deep space destinations, like the moon or Mars.

Jan 27, 2023

โ€œExtraordinaryโ€ video shows asteroid passing โ€œextremelyโ€ close to Earth

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

An astronomer has captured โ€œextraordinaryโ€ footage of an asteroid that made an โ€œextremely closeโ€ approach to the Earth on Thursday.

The space rock, known as 2023 BU, zoomed over the southern tip of South America yesterday, while it was only around 2,200 miles above the surface of the Earth.

This is one of the closest approaches of an near-Earth object ever recorded. Data from NASAโ€™s Center for Near Earth Object Studies showed that the flyby of 2023 BU was the fourth-nearest of more than 35,000 past and future Earth close approaches in the 300-year period from 1900 to 2200.

Jan 27, 2023

A drug that increases dopamine can reverse the effects of inflammation on the brain in depression, Emory study shows

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, neuroscience

๐€ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ง ๐™‹๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™ซ๐™ค๐™™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™–, ๐™– ๐™™๐™ง๐™ช๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ, ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ง๐™˜๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ, ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™™๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.

Numerous labs across the world have shown that inflammation causes reduced motivation and anhedonia, a core symptom of depression, by affecting the brainโ€™s reward pathways.

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Jan 27, 2023

I Edited Human DNA at Home With a DIY CRISPR Kit

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

I never thought Iโ€™d order live human kidney cells to my address, but that all changed when I found out about biohacker Jo Zaynerโ€™s at-home genetic engineering class.

You may know Jo Zayner, a โ€œbiohackerโ€ who has been in the vanguard of scientific self-experimentation for years, from their role in Netflixโ€™s 2019 docuseries Unnatural Selection. The series shows Zayner attempting to edit their DNA by injecting themselves with CRISPR, a gene-editing technology. The action inspired a firestorm of criticism.

Zayner is also known for a variety of other bold moves, such as claiming to create a DIY at-home COVID vaccine in 2020 and executing their own fecal microbiome transplant.