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Mar 16, 2020

Mars Likely Has Living Microbes At Its Poles, Say Researchers

Posted by in categories: biological, space

Mars polar researchers offer a shortcut to detecting life on the Red planet.

Mar 15, 2020

Wade

Posted by in category: futurism

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Mar 15, 2020

Human Organs-on-Chips

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing

:333 this could be used for coronavirus: 3.


Microfluidic devices lined with living human cells for drug development, disease modeling, and personalized medicine.

Mar 15, 2020

US Military Scientists Hope To Have Coronavirus Therapeutic

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, military

A new approach would use RNA or DNA to help the body develop antibodies to the rapidly spreading illness.

A U.S. military research program that seeks a new way to boost a body’s immunity to viruses could change how governments and militaries prepare for pandemics — and might even arrive soon enough to help with the COVID −19 outbreak.

DARPAs Pandemic Prevention Platform isn’t looking to create a vaccine, which can take years to produce and weeks to take effect in the body. Rather, the goal is to identify the specific monoclonal antibodies that the body naturally produces when it encounters a virus, and then trick the body into producing the one that guards against a specific illness. That could serve as a temporary, months-long shield that can protect the individual from the pathogen until a vaccine can be brought online.

Mar 15, 2020

2017 North Korean nuclear test

Posted by in categories: existential risks, military, nuclear weapons

North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on 3 September 2017, stating it had tested a thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb).[6].

Mar 15, 2020

China May Have Identified Patient Zero in the Coronavirus Outbreak

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

And others in the research community, like this nuclear physicist at the Large Hadron Collider, are realizing how close they came to catching the virus.

The first COVID-19 case may have started as early as November 17. A good chunk of my reararch group, and our particular slice of the nuclear physics community, were literally in Wuhan until just a week before this. To think what could have been… https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coro…raced-back

— Dennis V. Perepelitsa (@dvperepelitsa) March 13, 2020

Mar 15, 2020

BREAKING! Coronavirus Research: Could Echinacea Act As A Prophylaxis Against The SARS-Cov-2 Coronavirus? More Research Warranted

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Coronavirus Research : A recent study published on an open platform but has yet to be peer reviewed caught our eyes as it was strangely conducted by the prestigious Spiez Laboratory In Switzerland by a team of leading virologists and microbiologists, but what intrigued me was that why would a prestigious research centre like the Spiez laboratory that had enormous funds and had some of the leading specialist post a ‘half-baked’ research on an open platform?

Echinacea Flowers

Mar 15, 2020

Toyota’s self-driving car mapping system could be a game changer

Posted by in categories: mapping, robotics/AI, transportation

With commercial satellite technology, Toyota showed it can create HD maps more quickly and do it in a cost-effective manner.

Mar 15, 2020

An Unexpected Ally in the War With Bacteria

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Scientists have struggled to develop new antibiotics. Enter: the machines.

Mar 15, 2020

Local manufacturer unveils lightweight anti-drone gun

Posted by in categories: drones, government

Turkey’s first electromagnetic anti-drone systems manufacturer Harp Arge (R&D) on Sunday unveiled its 2.5-kilogram (5.5-pound) anti-drone weapon produced with the latest antenna technology, allowing for reduced size and weight.

The technology firm, which has been working to improve capabilities of national drone systems, introduced its newest product, ES-60 Electromagnetic Anti Drone Gun, designed to inflict high-speed electromagnetic interference to disrupt communications between drones and their control units and cause enemy devices to malfunction.

The Harp Arge said the anti-drone gun has a weight of 2.5 kilograms and is capable of combating rogue drones within a 3-kilometer (1.86-mile) range. The company said the new antenna technology installed enabled the company to reduce the size and weight of the weapon to an impressive extent. The firm added that the jamming weapon is produced using more than 70% of locally sourced content and would only be provided to government agencies as per weapons regulations.