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Collectively, the US’s 5 million solar installations can generate more than 179 gigawatts (GW) of electricity. Based on current trends, the SEIA claims that the US’s total solar capacity will soar to 673 GW by 2034, providing enough electricity to power 100 million homes.

The US will likely need to do better than that to meet the Biden Administration’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035, though. To decarbonize the grid by then, the Department of Energy (DoE) expects we’ll need as much as 1 terawatt (1,000 GWs) of solar capacity, enough for solar to meet 30–50% of the US’s electricity demand by itself.

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The transition from traditional 2D to 3D microfluidic structures is a significant advancement in microfluidics, offering benefits in scientific and industrial applications. These 3D systems improve throughput through parallel operation, and soft elastomeric networks, when filled with conductive materials like liquid metal, allowing for the integration of microfluidics and electronics.

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The reliable generation of random numbers has become a central component of information and communications technology. In fact, random number generators, algorithms or devices that can produce random sequences of numbers, are now helping to secure communications between different devices, produce statistical samples, and for various other applications.

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Listen to this episode from Mind Chat on Spotify. Keith and Philip interview David Papineau (Professor of Philosophy at King’s College London) about his recent book ‘The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience’. David is also a materialist who believes in consciousness, so there’ll probably be a big old fight about that too. Link to David’s book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-metaphysics-of-s…b&lang=en&

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NASA has developed a gravity-defying drive that achieves 1G thrust without propellant, potentially revolutionizing space propulsion technology Questions to inspire discussion What is the NASA gravity-defying drive? —The NASA gravity-defying drive is a propulsion system that achieves 1G thrust without the need for propellant, potentially revolutionizing space propulsion technology.

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Scientists have discovered that CAR T cells, traditionally used in cancer treatment, can be engineered to fight aging by eliminating senescent cells, offering a promising single-dose, lifelong treatment against aging-related diseases.

The fountain of youth has eluded explorers for ages. It turns out the magic anti-aging elixir might have been inside us all along.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas and colleagues have discovered that T cells can be reprogrammed to fight aging, so to speak. Given the right set of genetic modifications, these white blood cells can attack another group of cells known as senescent cells. These cells are thought to be responsible for many of the diseases we grapple with later in life.

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IceCure Medical, an Israeli company that developed a way to freeze and destroy tumors (cryoablation) as alternative to surgery, says an interim analysis of its current kidney cancer trial shows the platform is a safe and effective treatment for malignant renal tumors, with 89.5 percent recurrence-free rate.

The data from the analysis for the trial of the ProSense platform was presented at the Annual Israeli Conference on Interventional Radiology in Tel Aviv on June 10.

Cryoablation is not a new process, but IceCure’s system allows physicians to perform the procedure at their own office, with no need for hospitalization. It also uses liquid nitrogen instead of a mixture of argon and helium gasses, which is cheaper, can be frozen faster, and is easier to maintain at sub-zero temperatures, shortening the treatment time.

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