Lifeboat Foundation

An Interview with Christian Weedbrook, CEO of Xanadu Quantum Technologies.

UC San Diego scientists have been granted $2 million to develop new methods for manufacturing products based on algae. Biologist Stephen Mayfield will lead efforts to develop novel platforms to produce biologically based monomers that will be used to manufacture renewable and biodegradable products.

Going deeper and deeper into cells with the microscope; imaging the nucleus and other structures more and more accurately; getting the most detailed views of cellular multi-protein complexes: All of these are goals pursued by the microscopy expert Markus Sauer at the Biocenter of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany. Together with researchers from Geneva and Lausanne in Switzerland, he has now shown that a hitherto uncertain method of super-resolution microscopy is reliable.

While it’s important to keep food of any type fresh, it’s particularly crucial with seafood, as it can become tainted with toxic bacteria. That’s why an international group of scientists is developing a transparent antibacterial film that gets eaten along with the seafood it’s covering.

Society and the government aren’t sure what to make of new techniques for animal breeding.

New research helps make existing tech actually become feasible.

A company wants to build a city from ‘the internet up,’ but locals are worried about privacy controls over personal data.

Japan’s pioneering Hayabusa2 asteroid hoppers have gotten new names.

Tag your bestie if you’ve ever “been on the same wavelength.”