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According to Chinese news sources, Chinese scientists have allegedly harnessed plasma to develop a working energy shield for drones and other military tech.

Chinese scientists have allegedly developed an energy shield to protect some of its military assets, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports. Utilizing a special kind of plasma, the energy shield is designed to resist potentially harmful microwaves from damaging delicate electronics. If the claims of its existence are true, the new shield is a significant leap in directed energy technology, especially in the ongoing aerial-to-anti-aerial arms race.

Shields up!

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Axiom Space company has been actively engaged in designing and rigorously testing cutting-edge spacesuits called Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU).

The Axion team has been working closely with NASA to ensure that the Artemis III spacesuit meets all of the mission’s criteria.

“The AxEMU spacesuit will be ready to meet the complex challenges of the lunar south pole and help grow our understanding of the Moon in order to enable a long-term presence there,” mentioned the company’s release.

The design of this advanced spacesuit aims to provide enhanced mobility, improved protection, and seamless integration with essential scientific tools for lunar exploration studies.

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Before the reorganization, Google’s hardware division included separate teams for Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit, each handling different aspects such as design, hardware engineering, software, and UI. Essentially, it was like having three miniature companies within Google’s hardware division.

This structure was a result of Google’s acquisition of Nest in 2014 and later Fitbit. However, Google is now moving towards a functional organization model where there will be a single team responsible for hardware engineering across Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit. This means that there will be one leader overseeing this aspect of products across all Google hardware.

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3 million custom ChatGPTs

The new store is dubbed the GPT Store, where customers who have subscribed to their ChatGPT Plus service for $20 per month can browse through custom chatbots that offer a range of services such as book recommendations, math tutorials, and scientific paper searches. According to a blog post by the company, the store aims to assist users in discovering popular and practical custom versions of ChatGPT. In an official tweet, the company says users can now choose over 3 million different types of GPTs as per their choice and needs.

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The microbiome has a profound influence on our health, but exactly how our resident bacteria wield their power is still unclear. A type of T cell appears to provide some answers for gastrointestinal health, a study of the mouse microbiome finds.

The study, appearing in the journal Immunity, found that when friendly, commensal microbes set up residence inside the gut, their host produces T cells that maintain the health of the gut by counteracting .

The finding could lead to new treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

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Li-fi, a communication technology harnessing visible light for data transmission, has a potential to surpass Wi-Fi’s speed by more than 100 times and boasts a high bandwidth, facilitating the simultaneous transmission of copious information. Notably, Li-fi ensures robust security by exclusively transmitting data to areas illuminated by light.

Most important, it capitalizes on existing indoor lighting infrastructure, such as LEDs, eliminating the need for separate installations. However, implementing visible light communication (VLC) in practical lighting systems poses an issue of diminished stability and accuracy in data transmission.

Recently, a collaborative team led by Professor Dae Sung Chung, from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), with researcher Dowan Kim, Professor Dong-Woo Jee and Hyung-Jun Park from the Department of Intelligence Semiconductor Engineering at Ajou University, and Professor Jeong-Hwan Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Inha University, succeeded in utilizing indoor lighting for wireless communication by reducing light interference with a novel light source. Their findings were published in Advanced Materials.

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A NEW “pill-on-a-thread” sponge could halve oesophageal cancer deaths in Britain, researchers say.

The new tech quickly tests for Barrett’s oesophagus — a heartburn-causing condition that can lead to cancer.

Patients swallow the capsule containing a sponge, which dissolves in the stomach and expands to the size of a 50p coin before being dragged back up the throat, collecting cells.

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Big discovery on the patterns of evolution and how it’ll change medicine and even potentially climate change and synthetic biology.

The experts meticulously analyzed the pangenome — a complete set of genes within a species. By deploying a machine learning technique known as Random Forest, and processing data from 2,500 complete genomes of a single bacterial species, the team embarked on a journey to unravel the mysteries of evolutionary predictability.

“The implications of this research are nothing short of revolutionary,” said Professor McInerney, the lead author of the study.

“By demonstrating that evolution is not as random as we once thought, we’ve opened the door to an array of possibilities in synthetic biology, medicine, and environmental science.”

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