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Jul 3, 2023

Designing surfaces to improve bone grafts

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering

The field of bone implants has taken incredible strides thanks to technological innovations that allow for stronger grafts that are easier to install. Yet even with these advances, there are still risks involved in such procedures. Implants can be loosened following operations, for example, which can lead to costly surgical revisions that lengthen the recovery process for patients.

New research published in Nature Biomedical Engineering from an interdisciplinary team from Northwestern Engineering’s Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering (CARE) and Center for Physical Genomics and Engineering (CPGE) could reduce the likelihood of these painful, expensive complications.

Working at the convergence of the physical sciences, biology, surgery, and engineering, the investigators introduced the concept of surface topography-induced chromatin engineering. In a collaboration with The University of Chicago’s Russell R. Reid, MD, Ph.D., and Tong-Chuan He, MD, Ph.D., the team explained how and why to use surfaces to change patterns, validating the method in vivo.

Jul 3, 2023

China Limits Exports of Semiconductor-Making Metals

Posted by in categories: business, transportation

China’s tit-for-tat trade war on technology with the US and Europe is escalating. Beijing has imposed restrictions on exporting two metals that are crucial to parts of the semiconductor, telecommunications and electric-vehicle industries. Stephen Engle reports on Bloomberg Television.
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Jul 3, 2023

Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D. — President & Chief Science Officer, Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, science

Accelerating Effective Treatments To Prevent And Reverse Human Age-Related Disease — Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D. — President & Chief Science Officer, Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF)


Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D., is President & Chief Science Officer of the Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation (https://www.levf.org/), an organization focused on proactively identifying and addressing the most challenging obstacles on the path to the widespread availability of genuinely effective treatments to prevent and reverse human age-related disease.

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Jul 3, 2023

Next-generation protein-based materials capture and preserve projectiles from supersonic impacts

Posted by in categories: chemistry, materials

An engineered version of the mechanosensitive protein talin was used as a monomer in combination with a synthetic chemical crosslinker to form a hydrogel. This shock-absorbing material is shown to capture and preserve projectiles fired at 1.5 km s−1.

Jul 3, 2023

The Humane AI Pin wants to end our dependence on screens

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, wearables

The wearable device from former Apple executives will arrive later this year, the company says.

Jul 3, 2023

How Long Until We Reverse the Clock? | Dr David Sinclair

Posted by in categories: innovation, life extension

https://youtube.com/watch?v=K-70S1oycR4

1:33…“10 years”.


Dive into the fascinating world of aging research with this thought-provoking video. Join us as we explore the latest breakthroughs and scientific advancements on the quest to reverse aging. Discover the potential strategies, therapies, and technologies that hold promise for extending healthspan and pushing the boundaries of human longevity. Get ready to embark on an exciting journey towards understanding the future of aging reversal.

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Jul 3, 2023

Time Appears to Have Run 5 Times Slower in The Early Universe

Posted by in category: space

Because of a peculiar effect velocity has on the appearance of the passage of time, our observations make it seem like time ran slower when the Universe was just a baby.

At least, that’s how it appears to us, at a light travel time of nearly 13 billion years away. This is called time dilation, and astrophysicist Geraint Lewis of the University of Sydney in Australia and statistician Brendon Brewer of the University of Auckland have seen it in the early Universe for the first time by studying the fluctuations of bright galaxies called quasar galaxies during the Cosmic Dawn.

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Jul 3, 2023

Conductivity Becomes Crystal Clear in New Study

Posted by in category: materials

Crystals that can freely conduct electrons, but not heat, hold great potential for numerous applications. A team of researchers has developed a method for discovering and developing these materials.

The results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Jul 3, 2023

Quasar ‘clocks’ show the universe was five times slower soon after the Big Bang

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

Scientists have for the first time observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion, unlocking one of the mysteries of Einstein’s expanding universe. The research is published in Nature Astronomy.

Einstein’s general theory of relativity means that we should observe the distant—and hence ancient— running much slower than the present day. However, peering back that far in time has proven elusive. Scientists have now cracked that mystery by using as “clocks.”

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Jul 3, 2023

New laser-based method could help scientists discover new puncture-resistant materials

Posted by in categories: particle physics, weapons

A bullet piercing the protective armor of a first responder, a jellyfish stinging a swimmer, micrometeorites striking a satellite: High-speed projectiles that puncture materials show up in many forms. Researchers constantly aim to identify new materials that can better resist these high-speed puncture events, but it has been hard to connect the microscopic details of a promising new material to its actual behavior in real-world situations.

To address this issue, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed a method that uses a high-intensity laser to blast microscale projectiles into a small sample at velocities that approach the speed of sound. The system analyzes the energy exchange between the particle and the sample of interest at the micro level then uses scaling methods to predict the puncture resistance of the material against larger energetic projectiles, such as bullets encountered in real-world situations. This new method, described in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, reduces the need to perform a lengthy series of lab experiments with larger projectiles and bigger samples.

“When you’re investigating a for its protective applications, you don’t want to waste time, money and energy in scaling up your tests if the material doesn’t pan out. With our new method we can see earlier if it’s worth looking into a material for its protective properties,” said NIST chemist Katherine Evans.