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Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This strain shows an increased ability to cause disease and is more effective at replicating in the brain. Good news: Current approved antiviral treatments remain effective against this strain.

Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) have identified a strain of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas that carries a distinctive set of mutations, making it more adept at replicating in human cells and causing severe disease in mice. This strain was compared to one found in dairy cattle, and the findings are detailed in Emerging Microbes & Infections.

The discovery underscores a significant concern about the H5N1 strains of bird flu currently circulating in the U.S.: the virus.

Get ready for a shocking revelation in the world of semiconductor manufacturing! China has made a groundbreaking move by acquiring 28nm lithography machines, a technology that has long been dominated by ASML, a Dutch company. The CEO of ASML, Peter Wennink, has expressed his concerns and even jealousy towards China’s rapid progress in this field. But what does this mean for the global semiconductor industry? Will China’s advancements challenge ASML’s monopoly? Watch to find out!

Quantum foam itself released gravitational waves that eventually shaped the cosmic universe.

Over billions of years, these stretched ripples grew into clumps of matter, forming the first stars and galaxies. Eventually, they created a massive network of galaxies and dark matter called the cosmic web, which spans the entire universe today.

A new study suggests that the cosmic web could have formed without relying on inflation driven by a scalar field. Instead, it proposes a novel mechanism that suggests that inflation arises from gravitational wave amplification.

Continue reading “Space possibly created galaxies on its own, thanks to gravitational waves” »

Human faces are becoming shorter, due to changes in our diet, and our smaller jaws mean there is less room for teeth. As a result, most babies are now being born without wisdom teeth.

According to Dr Teghan Lucas, of Flinders University in Adelaide, this indicates that humans are still evolving — and at a rapid rate.

Dr. Lucas and a team of scientists discovered that people are undergoing a kind of “micro-evolution” where evolutionary changes can be noticed over a short period of time. Some of the changes also include weaker jaws, which is likely due to our dependence on fire and processed food more than ever before.

Continue reading “Number of teeth is associated with facial size in humans” »

New research confirms the Universe is expanding faster than theoretical models predict, intensifying the Hubble tension.

Using precise measurements of the Coma cluster, scientists recalibrated the cosmic distance ladder, suggesting flaws in existing cosmological models.

Expanding Universe: A Startling Discovery.

Batatia and colleagues introduce a computational framework that combines message-passing networks with the atomic cluster expansion architecture and incorporates a many-body description of the geometry of molecular structures. The resulting models are interpretable and accurate.

The Full Self-Driving version 13.2.2 successfully navigates challenging snowy Canadian roads with impressive performance and minimal driver intervention ## Advanced Navigation in Challenging Conditions.

🚗13.2.2 successfully navigated snowy, slippery roads in Canada without interventions, handling obscured lane lines, vehicles, and signs even when the roadway was difficult to discern.

Continue reading “Testing FSD 13.2.2 on very snowy roads in Canada!” »

Good readers exhibit distinct brain traits, including a larger left anterior temporal lobe and thicker left Heschl’s gyrus, supporting phonological and meaning processing. Reading reshapes these areas, highlighting the brain’s adaptability and the importance of literacy.

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a kind of “living Jell-O.”

The finding could be particularly important to the study and treatment of diseases such as cystic fibrosis, in which the mucus that lines the lungs becomes more concentrated, often causing bacterial infections that take hold in that mucus to become life threatening. This discovery could also have implications in studies of polymer-secreting conglomerations of bacteria known as biofilms—the slippery goo on river rocks, for example—and in industrial applications where they can cause equipment malfunctions and health hazards.

The work is described in a paper published on January 17 in the journal Science Advances.