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Jul 10, 2018
Dying Organs Restored to Life in Novel Experiments
Posted by Jacob Anderson in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
An unusual transplant may revive tissues thought to be hopelessly damaged, including the heart and brain.
Jul 10, 2018
This Robotic Assistant Will Also Give You A Ride
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Jul 10, 2018
Researchers confine mature cells to turn them into stem cells
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, space
Recent research led by Professor G.V. Shivashankar of the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Italy, has revealed that mature cells can be reprogrammed into re-deployable stem cells without direct genetic modification — by confining them to a defined geometric space for an extended period of time.
“Our breakthrough findings will usher in a new generation of stem cell technologies for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine that may overcome the negative effects of geonomic manipulation,” said Prof Shivashankar.
Jul 10, 2018
Carbon nanotubes used to develop clothing that can double as batteries
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: engineering, military, nanotechnology
Move over, Iron Man.
What makes this possible are the unique properties of carbon nanotubes: a large surface area that is strong, conductive and heat-resistant.
UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science has a five-year agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct research that can enhance military technology applications.
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Jul 10, 2018
SpotMini might deliver your next package
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
Jul 10, 2018
This concept car has built-in AI to keep you safe
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Click on photo to start video.
The Toyota Concept-i has a built in AI technology to keep you safe and wants to be your friend. (via CNBC)
Jul 10, 2018
Elon Musk’s Mini-Submarine Sits Out of Thai Cave Rescue Effort
Posted by Jeffrey L. Lee in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk
Is anyone interested in a mini-sub?
Elon Musk brought his new lifesaving mini-submarine to Thailand to help save 13 people trapped inside a cave, but rescuers didn’t use it. Here’s what’s next for Musk’s latest invention.
Jul 10, 2018
New Higgs Boson Discovery Could Help Solve Cosmic Puzzle
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: particle physics, space
Scientists can’t take pictures of the Higgs boson. But they can find proof of its existence by watching “E=mc” play out in hundreds of millions of particle collisions per second and detecting how it decays into other particles they do know how to spot. Now, six years after officially discovering the Higgs boson, particle physicists are announcing that they’ve spotted the Higgs in another way.
This announcement isn’t a surprise. It matches the predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics, the rock-solid but probably incomplete blueprint of the Universe on the smallest scales. But the news is certainly important; you might say it closes the first chapter of the Higgs boson’s story, and offers a potential window to explore some of most confounding questions in the Universe.