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Feb 9, 2024

Ethan.Miller-Su23.pdf

Posted by in category: futurism

Lunar mass driver implementation.


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Feb 9, 2024

Faulty DNA disposal system found to cause inflammation

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, nuclear energy

Cells in the human body contain power-generating mitochondria, each with their own mtDNA—a unique set of genetic instructions entirely separate from the cell’s nuclear DNA that mitochondria use to create life-giving energy. When mtDNA remains where it belongs (inside of mitochondria), it sustains both mitochondrial and cellular health—but when it goes where it doesn’t belong, it can initiate an immune response that promotes inflammation.

Now, Salk scientists and collaborators at UC San Diego have discovered a novel mechanism used to remove improperly functioning mtDNA from inside to outside the mitochondria. When this happens, the mtDNA gets flagged as foreign DNA and activates a normally used to promote to rid the cell of pathogens, like viruses.

The findings, published in Nature Cell Biology, offer many new targets for therapeutics to disrupt the inflammatory pathway and therefore mitigate inflammation during aging and diseases, like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

Feb 9, 2024

First Nuclear Plasma Control with Digital Twin

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, open access

Nuclear fusion is a great idea, in principle. In principle, it could solve the energy worries of the world beautifully. The problem is that whenever we’ve tried, getting nuclear fusion to work takes up more energy than it creates. But a team from Japan and the United States just got us a bit closer to our dream of clean energy. They recently succeeded in controlling nuclear plasma in a stellarator by creating a virtual twin. What’s a stellarator, what is digital twin and what did they actually do? Let’s have a look.

The new paper is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159

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Feb 9, 2024

Raspberry Robin Malware Upgrades with Discord Spread and New Exploits

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

The operators of Raspberry Robin are now using two new one-day exploits to achieve local privilege escalation, even as the malware continues to be refined and improved to make it stealthier than before.

This means that “Raspberry Robin has access to an exploit seller or its authors develop the exploits themselves in a short period of time,” Check Point said in a report this week.

Raspberry Robin (aka QNAP worm), first documented in 2021, is an evasive malware family that’s known to act as one of the top initial access facilitators for other malicious payloads, including ransomware.

Feb 9, 2024

What Are The Different Types of EV Chargers?

Posted by in category: futurism

There are three categories of EV chargers according to their charging speed (Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3), and knowing the difference is vital for EV owners.

Feb 9, 2024

Scientists discover animal that doesn’t need oxygen to live

Posted by in category: futurism

It’s the first time scientists have discovered an animal that doesn’t perform aerobic respiration.

Feb 9, 2024

Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge

Posted by in categories: innovation, materials

Researchers achieve EV battery breakthrough with silicon-based materials and gel electrolytes, moving closer to a 1,000-kilometer range on a single charge.

Feb 9, 2024

EV sales would benefit from more auto show exposure

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Electric vehicles sales could account for 10 percent of the market in 2024, but getting there will take additional effort from dealers and manufacturers, including participation in auto shows.

Feb 9, 2024

How to use Vision Pro as an external display for your Mac

Posted by in category: futurism

One of the most popular features for Vision Pro is the ability for it to serve as an external display for your Mac. Here’s how this feature works and how to enable it on your Apple Vision Pro.

There are three ways to connect your Apple Vision Pro to your Mac in external display mode.

Feb 9, 2024

Apple Vision Pro review answers the question of ‘how much computer is Apple’s spatial computer?’

Posted by in category: computing

The first Apple Vision Pro reviews arrived last week on January 30 ahead of the February 2 product launch. A week and change later, tech journalists have had even more time to spend with Apple Vision Pro. My new favorite review is from Raymond Wong at Inverse. He spares no words when evaluating Apple Vision Pro, including as a spatial computer.