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Feb 12, 2020
US Air Force ‘develops Predator cloaking tech to make military craft invisible’
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: military
EXCLUSIVE: A former USAF intelligence expert believes aircraft in the military branch now have the ability to turn invisible.
Feb 12, 2020
Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa launches entrepreneur competition offering to invest $91 million
Posted by Derick Lee in category: business
Retail mogul Yusaku Maezawa has launched another competition, offering to invest a total of 10 billion Japanese yen ($91 million) in the businesses of 10 entrepreneurs.
The Japanese billionaire announced on Twitter on Friday that he would look to expand the businesses he picked, with the aim of them listing on a stock exchange, according to a translation.
He shared a link to a website outlining the terms of the competition, which explained that entrepreneurs had to email their business proposals to enter, including details as to how they would spend the funds among other information.
Feb 12, 2020
Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Goes on Patrol at Norwegian Oil Rig
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Meet Spot, the first robot to get its own employee number at Norwegian oil producer Aker BP ASA.
Feb 12, 2020
No, there’s no evidence that cell phones give you cancer
Posted by Vivek Jaiswal in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones
A new review from the FDA says it finds no evidence linking the two, but that research should continue.
The findings: The report reviewed 125 experiments carried out on animals and 75 on humans between 2008 and August 2019. In summary, the FDA said that there’s “no consistent pattern” to link radiofrequency radiation, or RFR, to tumors or cancer.
Rats don’t use cell phones the way humans do. An overarching problem with the animal studies in the review is that they don’t mimic how humans actually use their phones. Animal studies often douse a rat’s entire body in radiation at levels that are far higher than what humans are normally exposed to when we use cell phones. The human studies were also flawed, relying only on questionnaires from family members or observational data.
Feb 12, 2020
Study pinpoints two workouts that give brain plasticity a big boost
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience
Scientific studies continue to show us how exercise can bring a range of cognitive benefits, from limiting the risk of Alzheimer’s to giving an immediate boost to our learning capabilities. Researchers working in this area at the University of South Australia have turned their attention to neuroplasticity, finding two styles of workout in particular that give this key brain function the biggest boost.
Neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s ability to rewire the neural connections as we go through life, whether that be in response to certain experiences, building memories, learning new skills or adapting to new environments. In this way, it is seen as critical to the development of a healthy brain from infancy all the way through to adulthood, and the authors of this new study set out to dig into how exercise can influence these vital pathways.
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Feb 12, 2020
Cancer survival rates continue to improve thanks to medical progress, study shows
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Feb 12, 2020
Everything You Need to Know About Superstar CRISPR Prime Editing
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: biotech/medical
Prime editing can change individual DNA letters, delete letters, or insert blocks of new letters into the genome, with minimal damage to the DNA strand.
Feb 12, 2020
Robot analysts are better than humans at picking stocks, a new study found
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: robotics/AI
Researchers at the University of Indiana found that robots made more profitable investment decisions than people. Personally I believe they can even be better at public administration and balancing budgets.
Feb 12, 2020
Following the first U.S. test of CRISPR gene editing in patients with advanced cancer
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
Following the first U.S. test of CRISPR gene editing in patients with advanced cancer, researchers report findings in Science that represent an important step toward the ultimate goal of using gene editing to help a patient’s immune system attack cancer. Read the research: https://fcld.ly/y1nst2o