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Dec 8, 2022

Prof Levin, Prof Frasch (2022) Mitochondria, bioenergetics, information, electric fields

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Mitochondria, bioenergetics, information and electric fields: implications for repair and regeneration.
Professor Michael Levin, Allen Discovery Centre, Tufts University.
Professor Wayne Frasch, Biomedicine and Biotechnology faculty group, Arizona State University.
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Dec 8, 2022

New Study Finds That Deep Brain Stimulation Is Highly Effective in Treating Severe OCD

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The symptoms of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD as it is more popularly known, may be reduced by half with deep brain stimulation, according to a pooled data analysis of the available data, which was recently published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry.

According to the research, two-thirds of individuals who were affected saw a significant improvement after two years.

OCD is characterized by intrusive and persistent obsessive thoughts, as well as dysfunctional and ritualized behaviors. It is estimated that up to 3% of the population is affected by it.

Dec 8, 2022

Should Humans Be IMMORTAL?

Posted by in category: life extension

In this video, we’ll discuss whether or not humans should be immortal. We’ll look at the benefits and drawbacks of immortality, and weigh the pros and cons of living forever.

Does living forever sound like a desirable goal? Or is it something you’d rather not risk putting your health and wellbeing at risk? Let’s discuss in this video!

Dec 8, 2022

Wormholes in a Lab? How About String Theory & Extra Dimensions Too?

Posted by in categories: cosmology, quantum physics

Did you hear that #physicists simulated a baby #wormhole in a lab? Well, it’s even more true that #StringTheory and #ExtraDimensions were discovered in the ’60s. Think I’m joking? I’m not. To learn what’s true/false in the wormhole story, read this first.

Dec 8, 2022

The smallest robotic arm you can imagine is controlled by artificial intelligence

Posted by in categories: nanotechnology, particle physics, robotics/AI

Researchers used deep reinforcement learning to steer atoms into a lattice shape, with a view to building new materials or nanodevices.

In a very cold vacuum chamber, single atoms of silver form a star-like . The precise formation is not accidental, and it wasn’t constructed directly by either. Researchers used a kind of artificial intelligence called learning to steer the atoms, each a fraction of a nanometer in size, into the lattice shape. The process is similar to moving marbles around a Chinese checkers board, but with very tiny tweezers grabbing and dragging each atom into place.

The main application for deep is in robotics, says postdoctoral researcher I-Ju Chen. “We’re also building robotic arms with deep learning, but for moving atoms,” she explains. “Reinforcement learning is successful in things like playing chess or video games, but we’ve applied it to solve at the nanoscale.”

Dec 8, 2022

Chinese companies claim they have built the world’s biggest 16 MW wind turbine

Posted by in category: sustainability

It’s claimed to have been created following calls made by Chinese authorities for the independent development of cutting-edge technology.

In East China’s Fujian Province, a huge offshore wind turbine with the world’s largest per-unit capacity has come off the assembly line, according to China’s China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). According to CTG, the 16-megawatt wind turbine boasts the world’s longest impeller diameter of 827-foot (252 meters), the lightest per megawatt weight, and a 480-foot (146-meter) hub, which is equivalent to the height of a 50-story structure.

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Dec 8, 2022

Twitter’s current turmoil may lead to a rival app from Meta

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

Meta staff has mulled over potentially building a rival app to Twitter. But, would it work?

A recent article in The New York Times claims that Meta is trying to make money off of Elon Musk’s messy attempt to take over Twitter. According to the publisher, their plan is to potentially build a competitor application for Twitter to attempt to muscle in on the platform’s unrivaled dominance.

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Dec 8, 2022

A 3D-printed meat company is building the world’s largest facility in the US

Posted by in category: futurism

“We are on the path to creating the change we seek.”

Israeli-based company Believer Meats is commencing its first U.S. commercial facility in North Carolina. Located in Wilson, the company’s new spurt will be the biggest and largest cultivated production facility established so far, covering a site of 200,000-square-foot (18580,608 m2).

Believer Meats is one of the largest companies producing 3D-printed lab-grown meat with non-GMO animal cells. The company is cruelty-free and very respectful of the ecological environment. With the 10,000 metric tons of cultivated meat capacity, Believer Meats seems to be about to change the industry.

Dec 8, 2022

Ultra-precise readings shed new light on a ‘hell planet’ with an 18-hour year

Posted by in category: space

Planet 55 Cnc e, also known as “Janssen”, orbits so close to its sun that a year is shorter than an Earth day.

Scientists shed new light on planet 55 Cnc e, known by some as the “hell planet”, revealing how it became so fiery.

That wasn’t always the case, though. New, exact measurements of a planet roughly 40 light-years away from Earth allowed scientists to gain further insight into the way planets can turn into fiery hellscapes over many millennia, as per a press statement.

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Dec 8, 2022

Astronomers reconstruct the chaotic birth of a 2500-year-old nebula

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

And it’s all thanks to the death of an Earth-sized star as well as a few ‘innocent bystanders.’

The stunning Southern Ring Nebula, NGC 3,132, was created when a star expelled most of its gas 2,500 years ago. It was selected as one of the first five image packages from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

The research opens the door for future JWST nebula investigations.

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