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Jul 28, 2023

DCB Hematology, and Etiology Research

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Part of NCI’s Division of Cancer Biology’s research portfolio, studies supported include the characterization of basic mechanisms relevant to anti-tumor immune responses and hematologic malignancies.

Jul 28, 2023

Arm launches Semiconductor Education Alliance to fight the world’s tech talent shortage

Posted by in categories: education, engineering

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Arm and its industry partners have announced a new global initiative dubbed the Semiconductor Education Alliance.

The effort includes partners across industry, academia and research in an effort to combat the world’s shortage of semiconductor engineers and other tech talent, Gary Campbell, executive vice president of central engineering at Arm, said in an interview with VentureBeat.

Jul 28, 2023

Spherical ‘minibrains’ to be grown on the International Space Station

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

An upcoming resupply mission to the International Space Station will include stem cells destined to be grown into tiny, 3D models of the human brain.

Jul 28, 2023

We Asked a NASA Technologist: How Do We Communicate With Spacecraft?

Posted by in category: satellites

How do we communicate with spacecraft? For decades, satellites have beamed data back to Earth by way of radio waves, with a network of ground-based antennas collecting the incoming information. Now, we’re exploring laser communications, technology that will allow us to receive more data from farther than ever before — faster, too. NASA space communications expert Risha George tells us more. Credit: NASA

NASA is also developing ways to communicate with invisible infrared lasers.

Laser communications offer missions higher data rates than ever before, allowing us to transmit more data at once.

Jul 28, 2023

What is PHASA-35? Cutting edge stratosphere drone passes key test in U.S.

Posted by in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI, sustainability

A new solar-powered high-altitude drone has successfully navigated a stratospheric test, opening the door to a new set of possibilities for unmanned vehicles, not least in modern warfare.

The PHASA-35 solar and battery-powered unmanned aerial system reached an altitude of 66,000 feet during a 24-hour test flight launched from New Mexico in June, British defense giant BAE Systems said in mid-July.

The stratospheric test, which comes after the system’s maiden flight back in 2020, “marks a significant milestone” in the development program started in 2018, BAE said in a press release.

Jul 28, 2023

US launches $8.5 billion in rebates for home energy efficiency

Posted by in categories: business, employment, energy, government

WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) — The Department of Energy said on Thursday it is accepting applications from states and territories for $8.5 billion in rebate programs for upgrades in U.S. homes that aim to lower energy bills and increase energy efficiency.

The rebates for items including insulation, heat pumps, and efficient appliances will be available to consumers after states and territories apply for and get funds from the department. The two rebate programs were funded by President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that fellow Democrats in Congress passed last year without a single Republican vote.

The rebate programs will save up to $1 billion a year in energy costs and support about 50,000 jobs in construction, manufacturing and other businesses, the department said.

Jul 28, 2023

TSMC inaugurates Global R&D Center to explore new materials and transistor architecture research

Posted by in categories: computing, materials

TSMC inaugurates its Global Research and Development Center, a building it proclaimed as the ‘Bell Labs in Taiwan’ in Hsinchu on July 28. The building will house more than 7,000 R&D talents of the company to develop cutting-edge 2 nm, 1.4 nm, and even more advanced semiconductor technologies in new materials and transister architectures.

Jul 28, 2023

Spectacular New Einstein Cross Discovered Warping Space-Time

Posted by in category: space

A massive galaxy has created a rare distortion in the path of light that has traveled billions of years to reach us from a more distant galaxy.

It’s called an Einstein cross – when the curvature of space-time around a massive foreground object splits the light behind it into four, like the points of a cross. Its confirmation and analysis adds to a slowly growing catalog of these rare alignments, which can help us better understand the more distant reaches of the Universe.

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Jul 28, 2023

Meet Rollin‘ Justin, the human-like robot that astronauts control from space

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

Robot Rollin’ Justin is a pioneer in testing how astronauts can control a machine on another world. He just finished a test on simulated sands of a Mars-like world.

Jul 28, 2023

3D-printed hearts on ISS could help astronauts travel to deep space

Posted by in category: space travel

By harnessing magnetic and acoustic fields, the PULSE project is developing 3D-printed hearts that’ll be launched to the ISS in 2027.