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Dec 31, 2022

With historic explosion, a long sought fusion breakthrough

Posted by in categories: energy, physics

More energy out than in. For 7 decades, fusion scientists have chased this elusive goal, known as energy gain. At 1 a.m. on 5 December, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California finally did it, focusing 2.05 megajoules of laser light onto a tiny capsule of fusion fuel and sparking an explosion that produced 3.15 MJ of energy—the equivalent of about three sticks of dynamite.

“This is extremely exciting, it’s a major breakthrough,” says Anne White, a plasma physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was not involved in the work.

Mark Herrmann, who leads NIF as the program director for weapons physics and design at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, says it feels “wonderful,” adding: “I’m so proud of the team.”

Dec 31, 2022

Odd cave bacterium forms a multicellular ‘body,’ like plants and animals

Posted by in category: biological

This microbe has evolved specialized cells that make it unique among multicellular bacteria.

Dec 31, 2022

Different Types of Stem Cells and their Functions

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Dec 13, 2022 — There are several different types of stem cells, each with its own unique properties and applications in medical research and practice.

Dec 31, 2022

It’s Time to Pay Attention to A.I. (ChatGPT and Beyond)

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Imagine being able to have a language conversation about anything with a computer. This is now possible and available to many people for the first time with ChatGPT. In this episode we take a look at the consequences and some interesting insights from Open AI’s CEO Sam Altman.

» Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg.
Interviews with Altman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHoWGNQRXb0

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Dec 31, 2022

Community Detection in Brain Connectome using Quantum Annealer Devices #quantum #brain #networks

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience, quantum physics

https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.21.

Community Detection in Brain Connectome using Quantum Annealer Devices:

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Dec 31, 2022

New Collagen Human Study Shows Skin Age Reversal!

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

A new human study shows that a collagen supplement significantly reduced wrinkles around the eyes after only 12 weeks of treatment.

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Dec 31, 2022

Robots and AI Taking Over Jobs: What to Know About the Future of Jobs

Posted by in categories: employment, Ray Kurzweil, robotics/AI

I believe that full automation of jobs will create an utopia so we can all have universal basic income giving a reprieve for all humans from hard labor or hard mental labor as well kinda like the Jetsons where very few will need to work. Essentially allowing us to dream just like Ray Kurzweil has proposed.


AI taking over jobs may happen in some industries more than others. Learn how AI and robots will impact the future of work.

Dec 31, 2022

The newest crop found on the farm? Solar panels

Posted by in categories: food, solar power, sustainability

A little shade could be helpful for some crops and reduce carbon emissions.

Dec 31, 2022

Nanoparticle eats plaques responsible for heart attacks

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, nanotechnology

Atherosclerosis is a cardiac-based disease where plaque builds up inside the body’s arteries, the blood vessels responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood to the heart and other organs of the body. Plaque is made up of immune blood cells, known as macrophages, fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances found in the blood.

As this plaque hardens it narrows the arteries, limiting the flow of oxygen-rich blood around the body. This, in turn, can lead to serious problems, including heart attack, stroke, or even death.

Now, a study from researchers led by Michigan State University engineers a nanoparticle capable of eating away, from the inside out, heart attack causing plaques. The team states their nanoparticle reduces and stabilizes plaque, providing a potential treatment for atherosclerosis, a leading cause of death in the United States. The study is published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Dec 31, 2022

MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The system combines generative design and robotic fabrication to allow tree forks – the pieces of wood where a trunk or branch splits into two – to be used as the Y-shaped nodes that connect straight building elements.

Created by the Digital Structures research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the five-step approach has already been used to install a demonstration structure on the university’s campus, with a larger pavilion now in the works.