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Jul 16, 2019
Ikea To Use Mushroom Based Packaging That Will Decompose In A Garden Within Weeks
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: sustainability
By Amanda Froelich The furniture retailer is looking at using biodegradable mycelium “fungi packaging” as part of its efforts to reduce waste and increase recycling. …
Jul 16, 2019
Richard Christophr Saragoza Photo 2
Posted by Richard Christophr Saragoza in category: neuroscience
All species of Datura are poisonous, especially their seeds and flowers which can cause respiratory depression, arrhythmias, hallucinations, psychosis, as well as death if taken internally.
All Datura plants contain tropane alkaloids such as scopolamine, hyoscyamine, and atropine, primarily in their seeds and flowers as well as the roots of certain species such as D. wrightii.
Jul 16, 2019
Conjoined Twins, Linked at Skull, Are Separated in London Hospital
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Safa and Marwa Ullah, who were born in Pakistan, were separated in a 50-hour series of operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Jul 16, 2019
Facebook and CMU’s ‘superhuman’ poker AI beats human pros
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Jul 16, 2019
Gut microbes protect against neurologic damage from viral infections
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, food, neuroscience
Gut microbes produce compounds that prime immune cells to destroy harmful viruses in the brain and nervous system, according to a mouse study published today in eLife.
The findings suggest that having healthy and diverse microbiota is essential for quickly clearing viruses in the nervous system to prevent paralysis and other risks associated with diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
A condition that causes progressive damage to nerve cells, multiple sclerosis has become more common over the past several decades. Viral infections in the brain or spinal cord are thought to trigger this disease. Some scientists believe that changes in the way we eat, increased sanitation or growing antibiotic use may be causing detrimental changes in the helpful bacteria that live within the human body, potentially increasing the risk of multiple sclerosis and other related diseases.
Jul 16, 2019
Have fusion, will travel
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: particle physics, space travel
The idea of propelling rockets and spaceships using the power of the atom is nothing new: the Manhattan Project in the mid-1940s as well as countless endeavours by NASA in the following decades all explored the possibility of using fission-based reactions to provide lift-off thrust. Today, progress made in controlled nuclear fusion has opened a new world of possibilities.
Jul 16, 2019
We Have The First-Ever Images of Molecules Changing Their Charge State
Posted by Paul Battista in category: futurism
Using some of the world’s most advanced microscope technology, scientists have captured images of molecules changing their charge state in real time. To do this, they added and removed electrons, directly observing changes to the structure of four molecules.
Although we’ve known for a long time that such changes occur, this marks the first time anyone has actually seen it happening. It could help us gain a new understanding of several molecular processes, including chemical reactions, catalysis and charge transport, and potentially even processes in living organisms.
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Jul 16, 2019
What is a ‘paper wallet?’ Do I need one?
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics
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This post is structured as a question-&-answer. That’s because it was originally an answer at Quora, a Q&A site at which I am a Bitcoin columnist.
What is a ‘Paper Wallet’
A paper wallet is the ultimate offline wallet. It simply means that the private address to your crypto wallet is printed on paper — either as a string of characters, a QR code, or a series of seed recovery words.
If you destroy any electronic copy of your original wallet (e.g. the private keys that give you access to your wealth), then hiding this piece of paper is very similar to hiding a bar of gold. The only way that someone can steal it or know the amount it represents is to get their eyes and hands on something physical. They would need to know that you tucked it into your mattress or behind a secret panel of your cellar wall.
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