CRISPR may have burst on the scene as a revolutionary gene editing tool, but it’s proving to be so much more. Tagging the targeting system with a gene silencing component could revolutionise stem cell work and enable a new level of genetic control we’ve never seen before.
A wonder tool
Efficient and accurate, CRISPR may be in the throes of a patent battle but it’s undoubtedly going down in history as a landmark in biological science. There may be other similar systems out there, but CRISPR makes things quick and comparatively cheap — which tends to revolutionise any industry.
This is the first time an artificially intelligent system has topped one of the best at Go. Its victory shows how quickly AI will progress in years to come.
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Science: “Quantum mechanics explains efficiency of photosynthesis” “Energy transfer in light-harvesting macromolecules is assisted by specific vibrational motions of the chromophores,” said Alexandra Olaya-Castro (UCL Physics & Astronomy), supervisor and co-author of the research. “We found that the properties of some of the chromophore vibrations that assist energy transfer during photosynthesis can never be described with classical laws, and moreover, this non-classical behaviour enhances the efficiency of the energy transfer.”
“The negative values in these probability distributions are a manifestation of a truly quantum feature, that is, the coherent exchange of a single quantum of energy,” explained Edward O’Reilly (UCL Physics & Astronomy), first author of the study. “When this happens electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom are jointly and transiently in a superposition of quantum states, a feature that can never be predicted with classical physics.”
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Innovative new project the MMTP aims to fast forward translation from lab to clinic with rapid, parallel mice testing. We caught up with Steve Hill and Elena Milova from the MMTP team to discuss the program and why being pro-actively involved with longevity advocacy is so important.
What’s the gap in the market you’re aiming to fill and the major motivation behind the MMTP?
Steve – The bridge between basic research and taking it to clinical trials. People like The SENS Foundation are spinning a lot of plates doing the high risk, nitty gritty research that isn’t profitable, but crowdfunding can get that done. We want to create a solid gold standard testing platform without the restrictions of government, where any team can come to us for parallel testing and halve development time. The problem with animal testing is there’s this disconnect; it’s not sexy science basically. A common response is let me know when it’s available in humans, but it’s not going to be! No animal data means no human testing, organizations like the FDA, NHS and EMA all insist on a battery of animal testing before human trials. Period. It’s not sexy, it’s not available in humans next week, but if MMTP or other projects don’t get things done on mice for example, it’s never going to get done. It doesn’t matter if one theory turns out to be wrong, let’s get stuck in and find out!
President Obama announced a new initiative this week to connect 20 million more Americans to broadband by 2020, further promoting the White House’s agenda to reclassify high speed Internet as a public utility, like water or electricity.
The digital initiative, named ConnectALL, is intended “for folks looking for jobs or workers hoping to learn new skills,” wrote Obama in a Facebook post, acknowledging that in today’s economy, “the Internet isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity.”
This is all the best games from every year 1952–2015. Here is the list:
1952: Nimrod Computer Game 1958: Tennis For Two 1971: Computer Space 1972: Pong 1973: Space Race 1974: Clean Sweep 1975: Anti-Ai 1976: Blockade 1977: Indy 500 1978: Sea Wolf 2 1979: Crash 1980: Pac-Man 1981: Ms. Pacman 1982: Paratrooper 1983: Super Gridder 1983: Hunchback 1984: Sokoban 1985: Super Mario Bros 1986: Outrun 1987: Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. 1988: Super Mario Bros 3 1989: Xenon 2 1990: Prince Of Persia 1991: Prehistorik 1992: Wolfenstein 3D 1993: Day of the Tentacle 1994: The Lion King 1995: Command & Conquer 1996: Tomb Raider 1997: Gta 1998: Half Life 1999: Quake 3 2000: Max Payne 2001: Gta 3 2002: Serious Sam: The First Encounter 2003: Medal Of Honor Allied Assault 2004: Half Life 2 2005: World Of Warcraft 2006: Need For Speed Most Wanted 2007: Crysis 2008: Assassin’s Creed 2009: Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2010: Red Dead Redemption 2011: World Of Tanks 2012: Battlefield 3 2013: Gta 5 2014: Wolfenstein The New Order 2015: Tom Clancy’s The Division
