A gel made of a protein found in human cells can capture particles travelling at supersonic speeds without destroying them on impact, suggesting the material could be used in body armour or for collecting space debris.
No surprises, but confirmation that what we think we should do actually does make a difference. Your brain is really rather amazing. Around 100 billion nerve cells collaborate to keep you nimble and quick-thinking. However, like with the rest of the body, as you age your brain may not be nearly as sharp. You may need to write things down, miss appointments, or have trouble watching TV without straining to understand the dialogue or action.
The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.
It’s hard to overstate just how fast 1.84 Pbit/s really is. Your home internet is probably getting a few hundred megabits per second, or if you’re really lucky, you might be on a 1-gigabit or even 10-gigabit connection – but 1 petabit is a million gigabits. It’s more than 20 times faster than ESnet6, the upcoming upgrade to the scientific network used by the likes of NASA.
Even more impressive is the fact this new speed record was set using a single light source and a single optical chip. An infrared laser is beamed into a chip called a frequency comb that splits the light into hundreds of different frequencies, or colors. Data can then be encoded into the light by modulating the amplitude, phase and polarization of each of these frequencies, before recombining them into one beam and transmitting it through optical fiber.
San Diego based biotech Immunicom has developed an innovative therapeutic device that is intended to remove specific factors from blood that prevent our immune systems from fighting disease. Existing “therapeutic apheresis” treatments usually involve modification to cells harvested from patients or some form of plasma exchange. Immunicom’s technology uses a similar treatment procedure but says its approach of “capturing” targeted molecules is very different from other treatments.
Immunicom creates customised molecules that are designed to capture specific proteins or cytokines, but instead of turning those into drugs, it deploys them via its proprietary cartridges, which are essentially small liquid filters that can be fitted into any plasmapheresis machine. In a treatment similar to dialysis, the cartridges are used to treat a patient’s blood and plasma outside their body, reducing the levels of the target factors, with the goal of enabling the immune system to fight disease.
While Immunicom has focused its initial efforts on treatments for cancer, the company claims its technology can also potentially be applied to longevity and the treatment of a wide range of age-related diseases.
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In this episode, filmed in early 2021, Sam and Peter discuss the creation of OpenAI and GPT-3, what the future of OpenAI will bring to humanity, and the power of AI/Human collaboration.
Sam Altman is the Co-Founder and CEO of OpenAI and former president of Y Combinator. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that creates programs, such as GPT-3, ChatGPT, and DALL-E 2, for the benefit of humanity.
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new announcement about a potential breakthrough in fusion.
Links:
https://theconversation.com/how-far-has-nuclear-fusion-power…ogy-195114
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0085304
https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-ignition-facility-experim…n-ignition.
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001
Previous video with details: https://youtu.be/5M5U2_9eEgM
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Enjoy my latest creation of video clips with S/T in Spanish, in this case made with selected excerpts from a video recently published by David Sinclair.
In the description of the video is the link for those who later want to see the full original video.
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This page addresses some of the most frequently asked questions about becoming an ESA astronaut. If your question is not answered below, it may be answered in the Astronaut Applicant Handbook or vacancy notices.
