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Jul 1, 2019

Nanoscale Robots Make Molecular Assembly Lines Possible

Posted by in categories: nanotechnology, robotics/AI

UK researchers develop nanoscale robots that can potentially replicate the traditional factory assembly line, except on a nanoscale.

Jul 1, 2019

The Making of Watchmen’s Dr. Manhattan

Posted by in category: entertainment

Hollywood once said that a film based on the graphic novel Watchmen could never be made—in large part because the technology to create Dr. Manhattan, the blue, glowing, matter-manipulating superhero, simply didn’t exist. The hotly anticipated film, directed by Zach Snyder, hit theaters yesterday, glowing blue man and all. Here’s how filmmakers used Frankenstein and DIY sensibilities to create a photo-real, all CG superhero.

Jul 1, 2019

‘Luke Cage’ Just Brought CRISPR Tech Into the Marvel Universe

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

But could the technology that gave us Spidergoat really create a superhero?

Jul 1, 2019

Scientists Seek To Discover Why Some Minds Resist The Damage That Comes With Old Age

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

It’s called cognitive reserve, and it’s the phenomenon of the mind’s resistance to damage of the brain. It’s also the subject of not only an upcoming new data and biomedical sample resource, but also a related request for information (RFI) from the NIA and a first-of-its-kind workshop in September.

The push to study cognitive reserve in more depth across the scientific disciplines was born out of recommendations from the Cognitive Aging Summit III. Some 300 researchers attended the summit in Bethesda, Maryland in 2017. Coordinated by the NIA of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and supported by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, the summit centered on age-related brain and cognitive changes, with a particular focus on issues related to cognitive resilience and reserve. According to the NIA, investigators from around the world delivered presentations and engaged in discussion “about some of the most important scientific questions relating to the biological, physiological, social and behavioral aspects of reserve and resilience in aging individuals. Attendees also discussed strategies to preserve and bolster cognitive function during aging.”

Jul 1, 2019

How to Turn a Quantum Computer Into the Ultimate Randomness Generator

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Pure, verifiable randomness is hard to come by. Two proposals show how to make quantum computers into randomness factories.

Jul 1, 2019

NASA Announces New Mission To Titan, Saturn’s Mysterious Moon

Posted by in category: space

The chosen mission—Dragonfly—beat out eleven competitors.

Jul 1, 2019

Eye-tracking, depth-sensing “autofocal” glasses keep everything looking sharp

Posted by in category: futurism

No matter how good your eyesight, there’s a decent chance that it’ll start to fade at a certain point in your life. Presbyopia is a common form of age-induced far-sightedness, where the lenses in the eyes become stiff and have trouble focusing on close-up objects. Now a Stanford team has developed a pair of high-tech specs called autofocals, which use fluid-filled lenses, depth-sensing cameras and eye-tracking technology to make sure whatever a wearer is looking at stays sharp.

Jul 1, 2019

The Worm That Nearly Ate the Internet

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, internet

Today, thanks to extraordinary sleuthing by the F.B.I. and some of the world’s premier cybersecurity experts, there are answers to these questions. They offer an unsettling reminder of the remarkable sophistication of a growing network of cybercriminals and nation states — and the vulnerability of not just our computers, but the internet itself.


It infected 10 million computers. So why did cybergeddon never arrive?

Credit Credit Cathryn Virginia