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Apr 14, 2019

The water that never freezes

Posted by in category: materials

Can water reach minus 263 degrees Celsius without turning into ice? Yes it can, say researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, if it is confined in nanometre-scale lipid channels.

Making ice cubes is a simple process: you take a plastic ice-cube tray like you’d find in most households, fill it with water and put it in the freezer. Before long, the water crystallises and turns to ice.

If you were to analyse the structure of ice crystals, you’d see that the water molecules are arranged in regular 3-dimensional lattice structures. In water, by contrast, the molecules are unorganised, which is the reason that water flows.

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Apr 14, 2019

Physicists Have Found an Entirely New Type of Superconductivity

Posted by in categories: materials, physics

One of the ultimate goals of modern physics is to unlock the power of superconductivity, where electricity flows with zero resistance at room temperature.

Progress has been slow, but in 2018, physicists have made an unexpected breakthrough. They discovered a superconductor that works in a way no one’s ever seen before — and it opens the door to a whole world of possibilities not considered until now.

In other words, they identified a brand new type of superconductivity.

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Apr 14, 2019

Our Milky Way Galaxy: How Big is Space?

Posted by in category: space

When we talk about the enormity of the cosmos 💫, it’s easy to toss out big numbers – but far more difficult to wrap our minds around just how large, how far, and how numerous celestial bodies really are. Join us for a cosmic journey to see the size of our Milky Way galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/2UxkHIN

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Apr 14, 2019

The rise of the killer robots – and the two women fighting back

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Today, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is following a similar roadmap. The UN has held several rounds of talks in Geneva, including a session at the end of March. But the CSKR has lost faith in that process, and is now focusing on individual western states.


Jody Williams and Mary Wareham were leading lights in the campaign to ban landmines. Now they have autonomous weapons in their sights.

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Apr 13, 2019

Standby, Stabilization and Transport Services

Posted by in category: futurism

Suspended Animation

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Apr 13, 2019

You Need Vitamin D to Live. How Could This Woman Survive With None in Her Blood?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

She had a series of bone fractures, but when doctors did blood tests, the supplements she took for treatment were nowhere to be found.

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Apr 13, 2019

Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’

Posted by in categories: computing, internet, neuroscience

Summary: Researchers predict the development of a brain/cloud interface that connects neurons to cloud computing networks in real time. Source: FrontiersImagine a future technology that would.

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Apr 13, 2019

Longevity Myth Busting — Aubrey de Grey

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Allison Duettmann challenges Aubrey De Grey with the top objections against longevity to be debunked and debated before opening up the floor to the public.

Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D.

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Apr 13, 2019

How to biohack your cells to fight cancer — Greg Foot

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patient’s genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells.

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Apr 13, 2019

The world’s largest plane just flew for the first time

Posted by in categories: space, transportation

After years of development in the desert north of Los Angeles, a gigantic, six-engined mega jet with the wingspan of an American football field flew Saturday morning for the first time.

“We finally did it,” said Stratolaunch Systems CEO Jean Floyd at a news conference from the hangar at Mojave Air & Space Port. “It was an emotional moment to watch this bird take flight.”

Stratolaunch, the company founded in 2011 by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, conducted the first test flight of the world’s largest plane.

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