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Mitochondrial stress disrupts insulinInsulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, crucial for regulating blood glucose levels. It helps cells in the body absorb glucose from the bloodstream and convert it into energy or store it for future use. Insulin production and action are essential for maintaining stable blood sugar levels. In people with diabetes, the body either does not produce enough insulin (Type 1 diabetes) or cannot effectively use the insulin it does produce (Type 2 diabetes), leading to elevated levels of glucose in the blood. This can cause various health complications over time, including heart disease, kidney damage, and nerve dysfunction. Insulin therapy, where insulin is administered through injections or an insulin pump, is a common treatment for managing diabetes, particularly Type 1. The discovery of insulin in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles Best was a landmark in medical science, transforming diabetes from a fatal disease to a manageable condition. tabindex=0 insulin production in diabetes, but reversing the damage may restore β-cell function.

Several earthquakes rocked near the Texas-New Mexico border on Tuesday morning, the latest in a slew of quakes to hit the region.

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 5:18 a.m. MT, about 36 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, according to the United States Geological Survey, while another 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook nearby about three hours earlier.

Another smaller earthquake — this one a 2.5 magnitude — hit the same area about 2:40 a.m. MT.

Ugly.


Job losses are always terrible. This will be a dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world. Many of the probationary employees are just starting out their careers and were likely thrilled to land a job at NASA to explore the universe. And then all of that youthful energy and hope was extinguished this week.

It’s possible to view these losses through a couple of lenses.

Yes, NASA is clearly losing some capability with these latest cuts. Many of these hires were likely being counted on to bring new energy into the space agency and become its future discoverers and leaders. And their jobs are being sacrificed for no clear purpose. Is it to increase funding for the military? Is it to pay for tax cuts for the rich? There is a lot of anger that the relatively thin budget line of NASA—less than one-half of 1 percent of the federal budget—is being sliced for such purposes.

In my new marketing position at Moving On IT I am blessed to be working with some old friends that really know the IT, AI, and Cybersecurity industry inside out. So much so, they have recently been certified as an Ingram Micro partner.

We are in the midst of developing a whole new website, and product information portal using AI-design software. The website is a bit of mess now, but stay tuned and watch it grow.

One of coolest things is that the company allows me the leeway to find new ways to promote their company, products, and services. So I have been using AI and my creativity to craft a unique new spokesperson that embodies the brand, and amplifies the companies values and industry messaging.

In today’s highly digital landscape, cybercrime has become a pervasive threat, compromising the security and integrity of our nation’s information technology infrastructure.

As an authorized provider of IT, AI, and cybersecurity solutions from the world’s leading manufacturers, Moving On IT has taken a bold stance against this menace.

In today’s AI news, Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has officially launched its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3. Released late on February 17, 2025, Grok 3 introduces significant advancements over its predecessor, Grok 2, and aims to compete with leading AI models such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini.

In other advancements, Replit has transformed non-technical employees at Zillow into software developers. The real estate giant now routes over 100,000 home shoppers to agents using applications built by team members who had never written code before. This breakthrough stems from Replit’s new partnership with Anthropic and Google Cloud, which has enabled over 100,000 applications on Google Cloud Run.

Then, Wu Yonghui, a prestigious “Google Fellow” who worked at the US tech giant for 17 years, recently joined TikTok owner ByteDance to lead foundational research on artificial intelligence (AI), as the firm seeks to “explore the upper limit of intelligence”. Wu now works at ByteDance’s Seed department, which the Beijing-based company started in early 2023.

Meanwhile, large companies are not adopting AI as quickly as start-ups, AWS managing director Tanuja Randery says. The gap is leading to a “two-tier” AI economy as startups outpace corporations. Citing a new report from AWS, Randery said that European startups had integrated AI at pace over the last year while larger enterprises in the region were falling behind.

In videos, join Sara Bacha from Converge Technology Solutions as she delves into how GraphRAG outperforms traditional RAG by leveraging knowledge graphs and LLM to enhance data relationships and accuracy. Learn the benefits in development, production, and governance, making maintenance easier with better explainability and traceability.

A nonverbal autistic child said his first words after taking a cheap drug normally given to cancer patients.

Mason Conner of Arizona was diagnosed with autism at two-and-a-half-years-old after his mother noticed he hadn’t started talking.

After years of failed therapies and treatments, Mason’s parents met with a doctor researching experimental new therapies for autism.

“What we found was surprising: a jet stream rotates material around the planet’s equator, while a separate flow at lower levels of the atmosphere moves gas from the hot side to the cooler side,” said Dr. Julia Victoria Seidel.


What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach scientists about its weather patterns? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team of researchers successfully produced the first 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, which is a groundbreaking achievement and will help scientists gain new insights into the formation and evolution of exoplanet atmospheres throughout the cosmos.

For the study, the researchers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) to observe WASP-121b, nicknamed Tylos, which is designated as an ultra-hot Jupiter that orbits its parent star in only 1.3 days (30 hours) and is located approximately 880 light-years from Earth. Due to its extremely close orbit, Tylos is tidally locked to its parent star, meaning one side is always facing it, resulting in searing temperatures on the sunlit side and incredibly cold temperatures on the far side.

In the end, the researchers successfully produced a 3D map of Tylos’ atmosphere, revealing weather patterns that include high-velocity winds carrying titanium and iron around the exoplanet, which becomes even more turbulent as the winds cross from the far side to the day side of Tylos. Additionally, this also marks the first time astronomers have produced a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere.

Artificial Intelligence and the Internal Processes of Creativity What’s the difference between artificial and human creativity?

W/ Prof. Jaan Aru of University of Tartu.

Speakers: Jaan Aru, Cecile Tamura