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Miniaturized Laser System Enables Record Flux in Microgravity

Scientists produce atomic quantum gas mixtures with unprecedented particle flux to test fundamental physics in space.

They Injected a Human With “Youth Genes” — Here’s What Actually Happened

The first human trial of a therapy designed to make older cells behave more like younger ones has begun. But did it reverse aging? No result has been reported yet.

In this video, Dr Deepa explains what was actually injected, why researchers started with only one eye, how ER-100 uses partial epigenetic reprogramming, and what this Phase 1 trial is really designed to discover.

We also examine a separate Klotho gene therapy being promoted through overseas clinics. What evidence supports it? Why don’t promising animal studies prove that people will live longer? And what risks should anyone understand before considering an experimental anti-aging treatment?

Covered in this video:
• ER-100 and partial epigenetic reprogramming.
• OSK and the Yamanaka factors.
• Why the treatment was injected into one eye.
• The doxycycline activation system.
• What researchers are monitoring for five years.
• Klotho and Minicircle gene therapy.
• Regulated trials versus treatments offered overseas.
• Tumour, immune and manufacturing risks.
• Questions to ask before considering experimental treatment.

The first participant was dosed in a Phase 1 study involving ER-100 for open-angle glaucoma and NAION. The primary purpose is to evaluate safety and tolerability—not to prove that human aging has been reversed.

#reverseaging #genetherapy #longevity.

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NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory

Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) conducted more than 140 hours of observations of the magnetar 1E 1547–5408 between March and April 2025 alongside NASA’s NICER (Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer) and Murriyang, CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, owned and operated by Australia’s national science agency. This was the first-ever coordinated radio and X-ray polarization measurement of a magnetar.

1E 1547–5408, spinning in a full rotation every 2 seconds, is a unique magnetar that consistently emits bright radio energy and X-ray light, for reasons scientists are still trying to understand.

Observations showed the polarization, or the orientation and level of alignment of the incoming photons, is nearly three times greater than seen in similar sources. This high level of polarization was surprising, since the geometry of the magnetar’s magnetic fields suggest that the measurements we see should be close to zero at certain points in the star. Standard surface emission models do not explain this large value either, indicating that another effect must be boosting the polarization.

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Researchers Map the Hidden 3D Geometry of a Quantum Wavefunction

Physicists at Göttingen University imaged three-dimensional wave functions using a tabletop soft X-ray laser.

An electron inside a molecule does not occupy one fixed point. Quantum mechanics instead describes it through a “wavefunction,” a mathematical map that gives the probabilities of properties such as position and momentum.

Within molecules, these electron wavefunctions are known as “molecular orbitals.” Their shapes contain information about how a molecule may absorb light, interact with its surroundings, or undergo a chemical reaction.

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