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Jan 13, 2024
China is Working on Bringing Nuclear Batteries to Smartphones, Making Charging Absolutely Obsolete
Posted by Jeremy Dylan Batterson in categories: mobile phones, nuclear energy
I want this.
A Chinese company called Betavolt Technology has started working on nuclear batteries, and if this turns into something that actually works, you can say goodbye to smartphone charging. Based on the information we have received, the company is working on batteries across several devices.
The nuclear batteries are able to hold a charge for 50 years. Yes, you have heard this right. If this technology ever sees the light of day and hits the mainstream, it is safe to say that our smartphone batteries will outlive many of us.
Jan 13, 2024
Near-impossibly massive neutron star detected
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: space
Astronomers have recently discovered the most massive neutron star to date, nearly at the theoretical limit for such stars. But it’s only about the size of a small city.
Jan 13, 2024
Factor Bioscience Announces U.S. Department of Defense Grant to Develop Gene-Edited Cell Therapies
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, genetics, health
FactorBioscience Announces U.S. Department of Defense Grant to Develop Gene-Edited Cell Therapies Read the latest here.
Factor Bioscience Inc. announced the award of a U.S. Department of Defense grant to develop next-generation cell therapy candidates using Factor’s patented mRNA, cell-reprogramming, and gene-editing technologies. The project will be led by Factor’s Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Christopher Rohde.
Under the award, Factor will generate the first scalable cell therapy specifically targeting muscle inflammation in DMD patients. To carry out the work, Factor will utilize its extensively patented technologies for engineering cells, including methods for reprogramming and gene-editing cells using mRNA.
Jan 13, 2024
Diabetic Nephropathy | Diabetic Kidney Disease
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, food
Kidney damage from diabetes is called diabetic nephropathy. You can slow down kidney damage or keep it from getting worse. Controlling your blood sugar and blood pressure, taking your medicines and not eating too much protein can help.
If you have diabetes, your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Over time, this can damage your kidneys. Your kidneys clean your blood. If they are damaged, waste and fluids build up in your blood instead of leaving your body.
Kidney damage from diabetes is called diabetic nephropathy. It begins long before you have symptoms. People with diabetes should get regular screenings for kidney disease. Tests include a urine test to detect protein in your urine and a blood test to show how well your kidneys are working.
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Jan 13, 2024
The Wi-Fi 7 era officially begins with the introduction of certified devices
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: internet
Jan 13, 2024
Laser Mapping Technology Reveals 2,500-Year–Old Cities Hidden in the Amazon
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: mapping
Jan 13, 2024
CES 2024: The biggest transportation news, from Honda’s EVs to Hyundai’s air taxi ambitions
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: transportation
CES has increasingly become defined by what automakers and other mobility companies bring to Las Vegas, and this year is no exception.
Jan 13, 2024
Hypertension: Eating more tomatoes may help lower risk by 36%
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, food
For older adults with mild high blood pressure, a new study suggests consuming tomatoes may help manage hypertension and may even lower the risk of developing high blood pressure in the first place.
In the study, people without high blood pressure who ate the most tomatoes or tomato-based foods had a 36% lower risk of developing hypertension than those who ate the least.
In people who already had high blood pressure, especially those with stage 1 hypertension, moderate consumption of tomatoes was associated with a reduction in blood pressure.
Jan 13, 2024
‘A big cosmological mystery’: Newfound cosmic corkscrew defies our understanding of the universe
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
But by analyzing data taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which studies galaxies illuminated by powerful quasars bursts, the researchers teased apart the evidence for a ring far bigger than the theoretical upper size limit — a stunning coil-like structure aligned face-on with Earth.
“The Big Ring and Giant Arc are the same distance from us, near the constellation of Boötes the Herdsman, meaning they existed at the same cosmic time when the universe was only half of its present age,” Lopez said. “They are also in the same region of sky, at only 12 degrees apart when observing the night sky … [This] raises the possibility that together they form an even more extraordinary cosmological system.”
Although the cause of the gigantic structure is unclear, the researchers first speculated that it could be a remnant of a baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO), a type of sound wave that rippled through the hot plasma of the early universe. Yet further analysis found that the Big Ring was too large and, due to its corkscrew shape, not spherical like BAOs. Alternative explanations suggest that it could possibly be a cosmic string, a hypothetical clumping of matter created in the early universe, or a remnant of something else that could demand an entirely new model to explain it.
