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Feb 6, 2021

Biomedical engineers from the United States and the University of Sydney have collaborated to develop a surgical glue

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, materials

This can turn out to be a very important and useful invention for medical science. The elastic and adhesive glue quickly seals wounds after application, without the need of stitches or staples. The glue, called ‘Metro’, quickly seals wounds in just 60 seconds. The gel-like material of the wound glue is activated by Ultraviolet (UV) light and it dissolves shortly after. Metro glue’s elasticity makes it ideal for sealing wounds in body tissues that continually expand and relax like the heart or lungs. The glue has been successfully tested on rodents and pigs. It will soon be used in human trials. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, who is the chairperson of Biocon — Asia’s leading Biopharmaceuticals enterprise, shared a video about the wound glue. The video by In The Know, shows how the Metro glue works.


Glue for wounds!

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Feb 6, 2021

Google says it’s too easy for hackers to find new security flaws

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, internet

In December 2018, researchers at Google detected a group of hackers with their sights set on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Even though new development was shut down two years earlier, it’s such a common browser that if you can find a way to hack it, you’ve got a potential open door to billions of computers.

Feb 6, 2021

Elon Musk’s Dogecoin Tweeting Has Believers Barking for More

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, Elon Musk, humor

A cryptocurrency that began in 2013 as a joke is suddenly worth a total of more than $6 billion.


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Feb 6, 2021

This Drive moves water on its own 🌊

Posted by in category: futurism

This Drive moves water on its own 🌊

Feb 6, 2021

Astronomers Can Predict When a Galaxy’s Star Formation Ends Based on the Shape and Size of its Disk

Posted by in categories: business, cosmology

Eventually, galaxies stop making new stars. But why did some stop so much sooner than others? Hint: black holes play a role.


A galaxy’s main business is star formation. And when they’re young, like youth everywhere, they keep themselves busy with it. But galaxies age, evolve, and experience a slow-down in their rate of star formation. Eventually, galaxies cease forming new stars altogether, and astronomers call that quenching. They’ve been studying quenching for decades, yet much about it remains a mystery.

A new study based on the IllustrisTNG simulations has found a link between a galaxy’s quenching and its stellar size.

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Feb 6, 2021

Hope prepares to enter orbit around Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

As the UAE’s Hope spacecraft arrives at Mars, those involved have a mix of confidence and concern about the chances of successfully entering orbit.


WASHINGTON — As the United Arab Emirates’ Hope spacecraft arrives at Mars, those involved with the mission have a mix of confidence and concern about the chances of successfully entering orbit.

The Emirates Mars Mission, or Hope, spacecraft will arrive at Mars Feb. 9, entering orbit at about 10:41 a.m. Eastern. The spacecraft will fire its main thrusters for 27 minutes to slow it down enough for the planet’s gravity to capture the spacecraft into orbit.

Feb 6, 2021

Drone swarms: coming (sometime) to a war near you. Just not today

Posted by in category: drones

At a time of fast-paced drone proliferation, militaries around the world are actively pursuing research and development in swarms.

Feb 6, 2021

The hybrid economy: Why UBI is unavoidable as we edge towards a radically superintelligent civilization

Posted by in categories: economics, food, government, robotics/AI

In the coming Age of Superintelligence [and automation] everyone should be entitled to social dividend, “free” money such as UBI, just for being alive. We should not forget that the wealthiest of us would not be as fortunate without civilization. Otherwise, Jeff Bezos would have to forage for food in the Amazon jungle all by himself. Being a human today is more than enough of a fair contribution to receive free money from the government. Going forward we’ll see more and more prominent voices vouching for UBI.

#HybridEconomy #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #BasicIncome #SocialDividend #TaxWallStreet #WealthTax #InheritanceTax

Feb 6, 2021

Brain stem cells could improve AI

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

A new project will see scientists use human brain stem cells on microchips to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence.

Feb 6, 2021

Australia plans world’s biggest battery for 2023

Posted by in category: futurism

A new $2.4bn battery will have a power capacity of 1200 megawatts (MW), which is quadruple the current world’s largest, and 24 times greater than the record holder in 2016.