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Researchers Create New, Self-Healing Artificial Muscles

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in cyborgs, materials

Jan 6
2017

And it’s inspired by X-Men’s Wolverine.

This 3D Printed Art Project Could Have Medical Applications

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in 3D printing, biotech/medical

Jan 6
2017

Futurism, Brooklyn, New York. Covering the latest scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations.

CRISPR will be a huge story in 2017. Here are 7 things to look for

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in biotech/medical, genetics

Jan 6
2017

The gene-editing tool’s potential to upend science is dizzying.

Life Insurance Company is Replacing Human Employees With AI

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in employment, robotics/AI

Jan 6
2017

In Brief

Japanese life insurance company Fukoku Mutual is replacing 34 employees with AI derived from IBM’s Watson.
Automation is securing its place now even outside of the manufacturing sector. While not all jobs are at risk of machine replacement, that list seems to be growing smaller.

Researchers uncover mechanism for cancer-killing properties of pepper plant

Posted by Steve Hill in biotech/medical

Jan 6
2017

More progress with cancer using a senolytic compound found in Indian Long Peppers.

DALLAS – January 3, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have uncovered the chemical process behind anti-cancer properties of a spicy Indian pepper plant called the long pepper, whose suspected medicinal properties date back thousands of years.

“Black-Hole Bonanza” –New NASA Image Reveals Highest Concentration of Supermassive Objects Ever Seen

Posted by Andreas Matt in cosmology

Jan 6
2017

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has completed the deepest X-ray image ever obtained, made with over 7 million seconds of observing time revealing the best picture ever at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang. The central region of the image contains the highest concentration of supermassive black holes ever seen, equivalent to about 5,000 objects that would fit into the area of the full Moon and about a billion over the entire sky.

Transistor stretchier than skin for ultra-flexible wearable tech

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in computing, wearables

Jan 6
2017

A flexible transistor can stretch to twice its length without losing its conductive properties and could be used in electronic tattoo-style wearable sensors.