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Feb 12, 2020

Classical time crystals could exist in nature, say physicists

Posted by in categories: computing, physics

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Computer simulations show coupled oscillators behave as “activated time crystals”.

Feb 12, 2020

US Air Force ‘develops Predator cloaking tech to make military craft invisible’

Posted by 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 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 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 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 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 in category: biotech/medical

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Feb 12, 2020

Everything You Need to Know About Superstar CRISPR Prime Editing

Posted by 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 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 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