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Dec 20, 2024

New Type of Magnetism Discovered That Could Make Electronics 1000x Faster

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics

Altermagnetism, a newly imaged class of magnetism, offers potential for the development of faster and more efficient magnetic memory devices, increasing operation speeds by up to a thousand times.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham have demonstrated that this third class of magnetism, combining properties of ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, could revolutionize computer memory and reduce environmental impact by decreasing reliance on rare elements.

Altermagnetism’s Unique Properties

Dec 20, 2024

Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind to advance humanoid robots with AI

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Apptronik will combine its iterative design experience and Apollo humanoid in testing with Google DeepMind’s AI platforms.

Dec 20, 2024

Greenland Shark’s 400-year life tied to unique DNA repair mechanisms

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Sharks differ from one another, so there are no other examples within the kingdom. Only this shark. All the same, researchers intend to analyze the Greenland shark’s DNA further and compare it to other sharks and fish to continue to unravel this mystery.

Scientists are exploring ways to prolong human life.

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Dec 20, 2024

Uranus’s Swaying Moons will help Spacecraft Seek Out Hidden Oceans

Posted by in categories: computing, space

A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from a passing spacecraft. The research gives engineers and scientists a slide-rule to help them design NASA’s upcoming Uranus Orbiter and Probe mission.

When NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years later, NASA plans to send another spacecraft to Uranus, this time equipped to see if those icy moons are hiding liquid water oceans.

The mission is still in an early planning stage. But researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) are preparing for it by building a new computer model that could be used to detect oceans beneath the ice using just the spacecraft’s cameras.

Dec 19, 2024

The Embodied Intelligent Elephant in the Room. The Embodied Intelligent Elephant in the Room

Posted by in category: neuroscience

The central point made in this paper is this: human-level grounded meaning in an agent can only result from directly experiencing the world, which in turn can only be possible via embodiment (coupled with ‘embrainment’ — a suitable brain architecture).

Dec 19, 2024

Uncovering Craniopharyngioma’s Growth Mechanism May Identify New Therapy

Posted by in category: futurism

Researchers reveal new insights on the growth of craniopharyngioma and identified a potential therapeutic treatment.

Dec 19, 2024

BadBox malware botnet infects 192,000 Android devices despite disruption

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones

The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany.

Researchers from BitSight warn that the malware appears to have expanded its targeting scope beyond no-name Chinese Android devices, now infecting more well-known and trusted brands like Yandex TVs and Hisense smartphones.

Dec 19, 2024

A scientist working to create ‘mirror life’ discovered it could be ‘a perfect bioweapon.’ She’s asking other researchers to stop

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, military

No mirror-image life exists yet, but scientists are calling for the research to stop before it gets close to a breakthrough.

Dec 19, 2024

Addressing the Puzzle of Bispecific Antibody Manufacturing

Posted by in category: futurism

To help reduce this problem, Evitria says they’ve licensed Lonza’s bYlok® technology to improve light chain pairing. The starting point involves antibodies with a “knob” or a “hole” in the heavy chains, so-called “knobs-into-holes” technology, to help improve correct bonding between parts of the bispecific, Schmidt explained.

“What you have are two variations, bYlok and non-loked, and another two combinations where one chain has a hole formation and the other a knob formation and vice versa,” he says. “And you can express these four combinations to see the impact of the expression level, the yields, heterodimer formation, and purity.”

By doing this early screening, he adds, it’s possible for customers to speed up their process development and move to commercial bsAb manufacturing.

Dec 19, 2024

Spatial transcriptomic clocks reveal cell proximity effects in brain ageing

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

A spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomics map of the mouse brain at different ages reveals signatures of ageing, rejuvenation and disease, including ageing effects associated with T cells and rejuvenation associated with neural stem cells.

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