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May 4, 2023

New longevity conference will span research to evidence-based clinical practice

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

Next week will see the first Sheba Longevity Conference, a meeting that will bring together all relevant stakeholders in the multidisciplinary field of longevity medicine, providing a forum for showcasing outstanding research and scientific breakthroughs. The conference will also include the opening ceremony of the public academic hospital longevity center at Sheba Hospital.

The conference aims to foster collaborations that will accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into clinical practices and facilitate a shift in Israel’s national healthy longevity policy. The event will also include an exhibition space for sponsors, partners and industry representatives to promote dialogue and showcase their work.

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May 4, 2023

Microsoft launches new features for powered Bing and Edge

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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Microsoft announced a major expansion of its artificial intelligence-based search tools today, opening up new features that allow visual and multimodal searches, as well as persistent chat tools. The updates significantly expand the capabilities of Bing, the company’s search engine, and Edge, its web browser.

Only select users have been able to test the new AI search features in a limited preview over the last three months. But the company announced today it is now moving Bing and Edge into an open preview, allowing anyone to test the new tools by signing in with a Microsoft account. The move suggests Microsoft believes the new features are ready for wider use and feedback.

May 4, 2023

Salivary gland cancer: 9 things to know

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Out in the wider world, patients usually go to their doctors because they have a lump that they can see or feel. It might be under their jaw, on their cheek or behind their ear.

But here at MD Anderson, most cases of salivary gland cancer are found incidentally, because our patients are getting CT scans for some other reason.

Salivary gland cancer almost never has symptoms, but the high-grade aggressive types can get big fast. Since they’re occurring in a confined space, there may be some discomfort associated with the growing mass. Someone’s ear might feel full, for example, or their jaw might feel tight. But the mass itself is not usually painful.

May 4, 2023

Researchers Uncover New Exploit for PaperCut Vulnerability That Can Bypass Detection

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Cybersecurity researchers have found a way to exploit a recently disclosed critical flaw in PaperCut servers in a manner that bypasses all current detections.

Tracked as CVE-2023–27350 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue affects PaperCut MF and NG installations that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

While the flaw was patched by the Australian company on March 8, 2023, the first signs of active exploitation emerged on April 13, 2023.

May 4, 2023

Stay cool: the longevity tech that “shows insane promise”

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

August will see the second annual Longevity Summit take place in Dublin. Packed with keynote presentations by leading experts in the aging field, the summit will showcase some of the latest – and most exciting – research and innovations in the longevity space.

Longevity. Technology: One of the Longevity Summit’s most-anticipated speakers is eminent gerontologist Dr Aubrey de Grey. Since the launch of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation, which Dr de Grey announced at Dublin last year, news on progress of its flagship research programme Robust Mouse Rejuvenation has been keenly awaited, as has further details on its research into transplants on demand.

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May 4, 2023

In Breakthrough, Scientists Resurrect Prehistoric Molecules in Search of Modern Medicine

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

The antibiotics of tomorrow might just have their origins in the deep past thanks to a new class of compounds called “paleofurans.”

May 4, 2023

An infrared transient from a star engulfing a planet

Posted by in category: space

Observations of ZTF SLRN-2020, a short-lived optical outburst in the Galactic disk accompanied by bright, long-lived infrared emission, show that the resulting light curve and spectra are consistent with the signatures of a planet being engulfed by its host star.

May 4, 2023

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May 4, 2023

Will PacWest be the next bank to fail? | NewsNation Now

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PacWest Bancorp said late on Wednesday it was in talks with potential partners and investors about strategic options after shares of the Los Angeles-based lender and several other U.S. regional banks tumbled amid fears of a worsening banking crisis.

Peter Morici, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, joined NewsNation Now to discuss.

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May 4, 2023

Quantum Supremacy

Posted by in categories: computing, cosmology, quantum physics

We’re hearing this week from two very different parts of the string theory community that quantum supremacy (quantum computers doing better than classical computers) is the answer to the challenges the subject has faced.

New Scientist has an article Quantum computers could simulate a black hole in the next decade which tells us that “Understanding the interactions between quantum physics and gravity within a black hole is one of the thorniest problems in physics, but quantum computers could soon offer an answer.” The article is about this preprint from Juan Maldacena which discusses numerical simulations in a version of the BFSS matrix model, a 1996 proposal for a definition of M-theory that never worked out. Maldacena points to this recent Monte-Carlo calculation, which claims to get results consistent with expectations from duality with supergravity.

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