Amazing track by electro-industrial american band Velvet Acid Christ (Bryan Erickson): http://www.velvetacidchrist.com
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Aug 21, 2023
Using Generative AI to Resurrect the Dead Will Create a Burden for the Living
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
AI technologies promise more chatbots and replicas of people who have passed. But giving voice to the dead comes at a human cost.
Aug 21, 2023
Texas university launches new $200 million space institute next to Johnson Space Center
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: economics, space
Texas A&M University’s board of regents voted to approve the construction of a new institute in Houston that hopes to contribute to maintaining the state’s leadership within the aerospace sector.
This week, the Texas A&M Space Institute got the greenlight for its $200 million plan. The announcement follows a $350 million investment from the Texas Legislature. The institute is planned to be constructed next to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
“The Texas A&M Space Institute will make sure the state expands its role as a leader in the new space economy,” John Sharp, chancellor of the Texas A&M System, says in a news release. “No university is better equipped for aeronautics and space projects than Texas A&M.”
Aug 21, 2023
Next SpaceX Starship Orbital Launch Attempt Window Could Open August 31
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
A US Coast Guard notice gives the first possible date window for the next SpaceX Starship orbital launch attempt.
Page 4 out of 88 pages has a coast guard notice to mariners that starting August 31, 2023 there could be dangerous rocket operations.
Aug 21, 2023
Space Development Agency awards contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman for 72 satellites
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: military, satellites
WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Aug. 21 it awarded contracts worth $1.5 billion to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to build and operate 72 satellites.
The Space Development Agency (SDA), an organization under the U.S. Space Force, is building a mesh network of military satellites in low Earth orbit.
The 72 satellites will make up a portion of SDA’s network known as Tranche 2 Transport Layer. SDA is building a large constellation called the proliferated warfighter space architecture that includes a Transport Layer of interconnected communications satellites and a Tracking Layer of missile-detection and warning sensor satellites.
Aug 21, 2023
How “Smart Rust” Nanoparticles Are Revolutionizing Water Cleanup
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: nanotechnology, particle physics, sustainability
Researchers have developed “smart rust,” iron oxide nanoparticles that clean water by attracting pollutants such as oil, nano-and microplastics, glyphosate, and even estrogen hormones.
Pouring flecks of rust into water typically makes it dirtier. However, a groundbreaking development by researchers has led to the creation of “smart rust,” a type of iron oxide nanoparticle that can purify water. This smart rust has the unique ability to attract various pollutants, such as oil, nano-and microplastics, and the herbicide glyphosate, depending on the particles’ coating. What makes it even more efficient is its magnetic nature, which allows easy removal from water using a magnet, taking the pollutants along with it. Recently, the team has optimized these particles to capture estrogen hormones, which can be detrimental to aquatic life.
Presentation and Significance.
Aug 21, 2023
Moderate Protein Diet Promotes Healthy Aging
Posted by Arthur Brown in category: life extension
We all know having a balanced diet is important to stay healthy. New research from Waseda University has started to unpick the optimum proportion of macronutrients for a diet that supports metabolic health as we age – starting with protein. The study is published in GeroScience.
Linking diet to “healthspan”
Over our lifespans, our nutrition needs change. By optimizing our diets according to what our bodies need (in relation to our age), we can maintain our metabolic health and thereby increase our “healthspan”, with healthspan referring to the length of time in our lives that we spend in good health.
The Aspen Proposal provides a description of a sustainable human civilization 200 — 500 years in the future. This is a goal that will focus our efforts, allow us to backcast and provide hope for those working for change.
Aug 21, 2023
Massive solar explosion felt on Earth, the moon and Mars simultaneously for the 1st time ever
Posted by Arthur Brown in category: space
Instruments in different parts of the solar system all captured radiation from the same coronal mass ejection for the first time ever.
Aug 21, 2023
‘Classic’ defeats quantum: with the use of conventional computing, two teams surpass IBM’s groundbreaking 127 qubit processor
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: computing, quantum physics
Simulations utilizing ‘modest computational systems’ have achieved equivalent results as the technology multinational, just weeks after the milestone was published in the journal ‘Nature’