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Feb 6, 2017
Superbugs Are Spreading, But We Can Stop It
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, health
In Brief Antibiotic misuse is a major cause of the rise of superbugs around the world. Doctors, patients, and farmers alike can work together to end the abuse of these essential drugs.
Nevada officials in January reported the death of a woman from an infection resistant to every antibiotic available in the U.S, the type of news we will likely hear more about in the future unless health care providers and consumers change their ways.
A high-level report in 2014 estimated that as many as 10 million people a year could die worldwide from antibiotic resistance by 2050.
Feb 6, 2017
Quantum Biology: The Hidden Nature of Nature
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biological, computing, quantum physics
Can the spooky world of quantum physics explain bird navigation, photosynthesis and even our delicate sense of smell? Clues are mounting that the rules governing the subatomic realm may play an unexpectedly pivotal role in the visible world. Join leading thinkers in the emerging field of quantum biology as they explore the hidden hand of quantum physics in everyday life and discuss how these insights may one day revolutionize thinking on everything from the energy crisis to quantum computers.
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AI is mainstream and its applications are limitless; here is the AI forecast for 2017 from some of the experts in the industry.
Feb 6, 2017
A one-off injection could one day lower your #cholesterol levels for the rest of your life
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, health
Feb 6, 2017
This German fusion reactor could be the future of clean energy
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: futurism, nuclear energy
Feb 6, 2017
This sidewalk generates electricity from your footsteps
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: futurism
Feb 6, 2017
The First Truly Intelligent Machine Will Be Humanityâs Last Invention of Necessity
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: innovation, robotics/AI
One day this century, a robot of super-human intelligence will offer you the chance to upgrade your mind, says AGI expert Ben Goertzel. Will you take it?
Feb 6, 2017
IBM Scientists Measure Heat-Transfer through Single Atoms
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum physics
Published today, using a technique which looks like trampoline, IBM scientists have measured the thermal conductance of metallic quantum point contacts made of gold down to the single-atom level at room temperature for the first time.
As everything scales to the nanoscale, heat â more precisely, the loss of it â becomes an issue in device reliability. To address this, last year, IBM scientists in Zurich and students from ETH Zurich published and patented a technique to measure the temperature of these nano-sized objects at and below 10 nanometer â a remarkable achievement. They called the novel technique scanning probe thermometry (video) and it provided engineers, for the first time, with the ability to map heat loss across a chip, and, more importantly, map heat loss down to the single device level and to map temperature distributions.
Feb 6, 2017
Top Artificial Intelligence Companies in Healthcare to Keep an Eye On
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
The field of medical AI is buzzing. More and more companies set the purpose to disrupt healthcare with the help of artificial intelligence. Here, I collected the biggest names currently on the market ranging from start-ups to tech giants to keep an eye on in the future.