Karen Stuck Mortensen – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Wed, 07 May 2025 06:06:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 QALSODY™ (tofersen injection) Receives Conditional Marketing Authorization from Health Canada as the First ALS Treatment Targeting a Genetic Cause https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/qalsody-tofersen-injection-receives-conditional-marketing-authorization-from-health-canada-as-the-first-als-treatment-targeting-a-genetic-cause https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/qalsody-tofersen-injection-receives-conditional-marketing-authorization-from-health-canada-as-the-first-als-treatment-targeting-a-genetic-cause#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 06:06:48 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/05/qalsody-tofersen-injection-receives-conditional-marketing-authorization-from-health-canada-as-the-first-als-treatment-targeting-a-genetic-cause

/CNW/ — Biogen Canada Inc. announced today that Health Canada has issued marketing authorization with conditions (Notice of Compliance with Conditions (NOC/c))…

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang discusses the concept of AI factories—systems that transform electricity into computational intelligence—and explains how AI represents an industrial revolution that will transform every industry, create new jobs in tech and trades, and enable advanced manufacturing through digital twins and physical AI.

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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction and Jensen’s opening statement on AI’s impact on jobs.
(0:38) Welcome and initial question about AI factories.
(3:17) Discussion of AI as a paradigm shift in modern computing.
(4:51) Explanation of physical AI and its evolution from perception to reasoning.
(9:46) Analysis of what the US needs to do to win the global AI race.
(13:04) Impact of AI on the workforce and job market.
(17:55) How AI enables reshoring and manufacturing through digital twins.
(22:19) Timeline predictions for AI-enabled robots becoming ubiquitous.
(23:52) Closing

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Director of the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab and ECE assistant professor Jacob George, along with mechanical engineering assistant professor Haohan Zhang, […]

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Just a Texan FYI, enjoy the weekend everyone! 💫✌🏼🐯

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The fundamental research imperative.

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The study is “really pretty remarkable,” said Christopher Whyte at the University of Sydney, who was not involved in the work, to Nature. One of the first to simultaneously record activity in both deep and surface brain regions in humans, it reveals how signals travel across the brain to support consciousness.

Consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. Thanks to modern brain mapping technologies, researchers are beginning to hunt down its neural underpinnings.

At least half a dozen theories now exist, two of which are going head-to-head in a global research effort using standardized tests to probe how awareness emerges in the human brain. The results, alongside other work, could potentially build a unified theory of consciousness.

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New insights on genomes and phenomes are laying the groundwork for prevention and personalized care

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As of October 2024, 3,000 patients had used Piction’s clinic. So far, it is available in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Washington. The service is covered by several major insurance companies, or patients can pay $119 out-of-pocket for each consultation.

Eleni Linos, a professor of dermatology and epidemiology who directs the Stanford Center for Digital Health, and who has no connection with Piction, says: “I’m really optimistic about how this technology can help patients get the best care they can get, while at the same time helping doctors.” — Esther Landhuis.

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The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has fully operationalized its AI Forecasting System (AIFS), achieving up to 20% greater accuracy than traditional methods, particularly in tropical cyclone tracking.

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• The process uses flash joule heating to mineralize PFAS, converting them into inert fluoride salts and upcycling waste carbon into high-value graphene.

• This innovative approach offers a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally friendly solution to a pressing global problem.

• Meanwhile, scientists in Tokyo are exploring sustainable carbon-based materials and membrane distillation to remove PFAS, showcasing promising advancements in water purification technology.

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