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Sep 29, 2024

Drought reduces Amazon River in Colombia by as much as 90%: report

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The lack of water was particularly impacting Indigenous communities who depend on the river for food and transport, it added.

AFP has observed boats stranded around Leticia, capital of the southern Amazonas state, in recent days, with large swathes of land exposed by low water levels.

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Sep 28, 2024

Combined Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Improves Outcomes in PAH

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Her initial workup revealed enlarged mediastinal nodes, bilateral ground glass interstitial opacities with areas of septal thickening, an incidental 4-cm left lower lobe nodular mass, multiple hypermetabolic lesions in the liver (the largest was 2.8 cm with a standard uptake value of 43), and osseous metastatic disease.

Ultrasound-guided biopsy showed poorly differentiated metastatic lung adenocarcinoma (stage 4) with 5% tumor cells expressing PD-L1 and negative for EGFR/ALK gene alterations.

Sep 28, 2024

AI start-ups generate money faster than past hyped tech companies

Posted by in categories: business, economics, robotics/AI

Artificial intelligence start-ups are making revenues more quickly than previous waves of software companies, according to new data that suggests that the transformative technology is also generating strong businesses at an unprecedented rate.

According to an analysis of payments information from fintech group Stripe, top AI groups are reaching millions of dollars in sales within a year — far faster in a start-up’s life cycle than comparable non-AI tech groups.

The findings come as investors raise questions about the economic benefits of generative AI and likely returns on Big Tech’s projected trillion-dollar investment in computing infrastructure to support the technology over the coming year.

Sep 28, 2024

Handcrawler: Evil Dead-like robotic hand detaches, crawls, and grasps

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

EPFL researchers developed Handcrawler, a robot hand that grasps and crawls.


EPFL’s ‘Handcrawler’ is a robotic hand that detaches and crawls like a spider to retrieve objects, then seamlessly reattaches.

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Sep 28, 2024

Identify in Flux : Unpacking the Paradox of The ship of Theseus | Philosophical Experiment

Posted by in category: futurism

Exploring the popular philosophical paradox on identity and an attempt on the discuss and decode the journey of self discovery through tome, change and asking the nature of self.

If you like this out of the box experimental voyage of mine and wish to ride along such exploration more with me in future. The comment section is all yours.

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Sep 28, 2024

China’s Dominance in the Solar Panel Supply Chain

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

You might’ve heard comments about how western powers have been falling behind in the solar game. This chart shows how very real the Chinese dominance in that field is! Source:


The supply chain is key for the renewable energy revolution, and this chart visualizes where the world’s solar panels are manufactured.

Sep 28, 2024

Neutrino Physics

Posted by in category: particle physics

Neutrinos fill the whole universe, with about 10 million of them per cubic foot, and most of them zip straight through Earth, and through particle detectors, without leaving a trace. Because they almost never interact with matter, only massive and sophisticated experiments can catch and measure the properties of neutrinos.

The subatomic particles called neutrinos are among the most elusive in the particle kingdom. Scientists have built detectors underground, underwater, and at the South Pole to measure these ghostly particles that come from the sun, from supernovae and from many other celestial objects.

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Sep 28, 2024

First observation of ultra-rare particle decay could uncover new physics

Posted by in category: particle physics

Scientists at CERN have discovered an ultra-rare particle decay process, opening a new path to find physics beyond our understanding of how the building blocks of matter interact.

Sep 28, 2024

New storage solution poised to revolutionize the energy sector with groundbreaking thermal technology: ‘Critical to reach net-zero’

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

An innovative thermal energy storage system uses sand to store and release renewable energy without traditional batteries.

Sep 28, 2024

Earth will have a temporary ‘mini moon’ for two months

Posted by in category: space

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.”

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit the globe — but only for about two months.

The space rock — 2024 PT5 — was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful telescope located in Sutherland, South Africa.

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