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Sep 29, 2024

Can AI feel distress? Inside a new framework to assess sentience

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

From artificial-intelligence algorithms to zebrafish, this book take a precautionary approach to assessing how sentient such entities are.

Sep 29, 2024

Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR patents in Europe

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

There’s a surprise twist in the battle to control genome editing.

Sep 29, 2024

Earthquake Registering 4.2 Magnitude Hits California South of San Francisco

Posted by in category: futurism

AROMAS, Calif. (AP) — An earthquake registering magnitude 4.2 shook part of central California early Sunday, the United States Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake was detected at 2:47 a.m. local time about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) northwest of Aromas with a depth of 7.4 kilometers (4.59 miles), the science agency said on its website and in a social media post.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or major property damage, according to local media.

Sep 29, 2024

Bosses are firing Gen Z grads just months after hiring them—here’s what they say needs to change

Posted by in category: futurism

A problem we all expected to happen but now it finally comes on the daylight.


Here’s what they say needs to change.

Sep 29, 2024

Newly discovered Gene may Influence Longevity in Humans

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Sleep, fasting, exercise, green porridge, black coffee, a healthy social life—there is an abundance of advice out there on how to live a good, long life. Researchers are working hard to determine why some people live longer than others, and how we get the most out of our increasingly long lives.

Now researchers from the Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that a particular protein known as OSER1 has a great influence on longevity. The research is published in the journal Nature Communications.

“We identified this protein that can extend longevity. It is a novel pro-longevity factor, and it is a protein that exists in various animals, such as fruit flies, nematodes, silkworms, and in humans,” says Professor Lene Juel Rasmussen, senior author behind the new study.

Sep 29, 2024

Light momentum turns pure silicon from an indirect to a direct bandgap semiconductor

Posted by in category: futurism

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Light momentum turns pure silicon from an indirect to a direct bandgap semiconductor https://phys.org/news/2024-09-momentum-pure-silicon-indirect-bandgap.html.

Original Paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.

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Sep 29, 2024

Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy Decline during Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy) is a cellular recycling process that degrades cytoplasmic components, such as protein aggregates and mitochondria, and is associated with longevity and health in multiple organisms. While mounting evidence supports that autophagy declines with age, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Since autophagy is a complex, multistep process, orchestrated by more than 40 autophagy-related proteins with tissue-specific expression patterns and context-dependent regulation, it is challenging to determine how autophagy fails with age. In this review, we describe the individual steps of the autophagy process and summarize the age-dependent molecular changes reported to occur in specific steps of the pathway that could impact autophagy.

Sep 29, 2024

Artificial intelligence is detecting new archaeological sites in the desert

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Researchers in Abu Dhabi say they have found a faster way to search desert areas for important archaeological sites buried beneath the sand.

Sep 29, 2024

Siim Land’s Health, Fitness, And Longevity Approach

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Sep 29, 2024

Scientist develops revolutionary technology that turns air pollution into valuable resource: ‘We can directly use those converted chemicals and fields for other applications’

Posted by in categories: chemistry, sustainability

A new device at the University of Central Florida captures carbon dioxide and turns it into useful products.

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