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Dec 28, 2023

Social media giants bagged $11 billion in ads from underage users in 2022

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YouTube made the most money from ads for users aged 12 and under, earning $959.1 million.


Researchers show Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue during 2022 from US youth.

Dec 28, 2023

From smartphones to EVs: China’s Xiaomi unleashes first electric sedan

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Xiaomi’s groundbreaking SU7 electric sedan boasts super motor tech, an 800-kilometer range, and seamless integration, propelling the brand into the global automotive elite.


Unleash the future of driving with Xiaomi’s SU7 — where cutting-edge tech meets electric brilliance!

Dec 28, 2023

China’s auto giant set to dethrone Tesla as world’s most popular EV maker

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BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle maker, is on the verge of surpassing Tesla as the global leader in EV sales.


China’s BYD is set to dethrone Tesla as the global EV sales leader, backed by affordable models and a robust charging infrastructure.

Dec 28, 2023

This E-tongue mimicks human taste and recommends wine with different foods

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Scientists pave the way for new culinary frontiers.


This E-tongue can identify four tastes – saltiness, sourness, astringency, and sweetness – in just a tiny bit of food, and uses deep-learning technology to understand taste. It even works well with different kinds of wines.

The E-tongue is like a super tool that can be used in different industries like food, drinks, makeup, and medicine, explained the researchers in a press release by Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST).

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Dec 28, 2023

World’s tallest, 492-foot wooden wind turbine installed in Sweden

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

The modular design approach allows taller turbines to be made using wood that also weighs less, meaning more can be made with less material.


Larger turbine structures use more steel which is carbon carbon-intensive process and goes against the idea of using renewable energy.

Dec 28, 2023

Scientists Worried Humankind Will Descend Into Chaos If We Ever Discover an Alien Signal

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If aliens were to be in touch tomorrow, humanity would be ill-prepared, scientists warn — something that needs to change as soon as possible.

Dec 28, 2023

One CAR T-Cell Therapy for Blood Cancers?

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In the Lord of the Rings, there was “one ring to rule them all.” Now, a team of researchers is developing their own single ruler, an approach to CAR T-cell therapy that could treat all forms and types of blood cancer.

In experiments in mouse models of different blood cancers, the treatment rapidly eliminated tumors, including in mice with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a difficult-to-treat type of blood cancer for which researchers have struggled to develop effective immunotherapies.

There was also no evidence of serious side effects in the animals. And, finally—and distinctly from the standard approach to current CAR T-cell therapies—it provided the mice with a healthy supply of new blood cells.

Dec 28, 2023

The secrets of Einstein’s unknown equation — with Sean Carroll

Posted by in categories: cosmology, information science, space travel

Did you know that Einstein’s most important equation isn’t E=mc^2? Find out all about his equation that expresses how spacetime curves, with Sean Carroll.

Buy Sean’s book here: https://geni.us/AIAOUHn.
YouTube channel members can watch the Q&A for this lecture here: • Q&A: The secrets of Einstein’s unknow…

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Dec 28, 2023

A History of Women in Mathematics: Exploring the Trailblazers of STEM: DeBakcsy, Dale: 9781399056519: Amazon.com: Books

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Dec 28, 2023

Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

On every count, nanoelectrofuel flow batteries appear to beat lithium-ion batteries for use in EVs and larger systems. Influit expects that its current generation of nanoelectrofuel, together with the entire ecosystem needed to produce, distribute, and recycle the fuel that the company is building around it, should cost $130/kWh when used in an EV. In comparison, lithium-ion batteries cost around $138/kWh. True, lithium-ion’s costs should drop below $100/kWh in a few years, but Influit expects its next-generation nanoelectrofuel to fall even further, to around $50 to $80/kWh. That next-gen system should have 5 times the energy density of present Li-ion systems.

Here’s what that means for an EV.

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