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Dec 28, 2022

The universe is a timechain — the quantum universal timeframe

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Craig Wright’s time theory states that quantum entanglement doesn’t require any information traveling under observable physics and suggests that an infinite amount of data is contained in the universe.

Dec 28, 2022

Relativistic Plasma Mirror Driven at a Record-Shattering 1,000 Shots per Second

Posted by in category: futurism

For the first time, scientists were successful at driving at a thousand shots per second a so-called plasma.

Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, along with solid, liquid, and gas. It is an ionized gas consisting of positive ions and free electrons. It was first described by chemist Irving Langmuir in the 1920s.

Dec 28, 2022

Is all matter made up of both particles and waves?

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

According to quantum mechanics, the physics theory that describes the zoo of subatomic particles, all matter can be described as both particles and waves. But is it real?

Dec 28, 2022

“A Big Deal” — Physicists Solve 20-Year Mystery of Stable Chiral Nanostructures

Posted by in categories: computing, information science, nanotechnology, physics

Researchers have finally succeeded in building a long-sought nanoparticle structure, opening the door to new materials with special properties.

Alex Travesset does not have a sparkling research lab stocked with the most cutting-edge instruments for probing new nanomaterials and measuring their unique properties.

Instead of using traditional laboratory instruments, Alex Travesset, a professor of physics and astronomy at Iowa State University and an affiliate of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory, relies on computer models, equations, and figures to understand the behavior of new nanomaterials.

Dec 28, 2022

Words for Nerds

Posted by in category: futurism

Play a science word game by The Scientist inspired by Wordle. Guess the science-related word in six tries.

Dec 28, 2022

Company recalling blood pressure pills because of potential impurity presence

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Lupin Pharmaceuticals issued a voluntary recall of some blood pressure medication due to the potential presence of a nitrosamine impurity, according to a notice published on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website.

The recall, issued last week, includes one batch of 20-milligram Quinapril Tablets USP — G102929 — and three batches of 40-milligram Quinapril Tablets USP – G100533, G100534 and G203071, the notice said.

Consumers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers can find the lot number on the side of the label affixed to bottles.

Dec 28, 2022

1st batch of SpaceX’s Gen2 Starlink satellites has just been delivered to LEO

Posted by in categories: internet, satellites

SpaceX/YouTube.

“This launch marks the first of Starlink’s upgraded network. Under our new license, we [can now] deploy satellites to new orbits that will add even more capacity to the network,” SpaceX explained in its mission description.

Dec 28, 2022

Brain area necessary for fluid intelligence identified

Posted by in categories: education, life extension, neuroscience

A team led by UCL and UCLH researchers have mapped the parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience—otherwise known as fluid intelligence.

Fluid intelligence is arguably the defining feature of human cognition. It predicts educational and professional success, social mobility, health, and longevity. It also correlates with many such as memory.

Fluid intelligence is thought to be a key feature involved in “active thinking”—a set of complex mental processes such as those involved in abstraction, judgment, attention, strategy generation and inhibition. These skills can all be used in everyday activities—from organizing a dinner party to filling out a tax return.

Dec 28, 2022

SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year

Posted by in categories: internet, satellites

SpaceX launched the first batch of a new generation of Starlink satellites into orbit early Wednesday (Dec. 28) and nailed a rocket landing at sea to mark a record 60th flight of the year.

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites — the first generation 2 (Gen2) versions of the SpaceX fleet — lit up the predawn sky with a smooth launch at 4:34 a.m. EST (0934 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Dec 28, 2022

Military device with biometric database of 2K people sold on eBay for $68

Posted by in categories: government, military, privacy, terrorism

When a German security researcher, Matthias Marx, found a United States military device for sale on eBay—an instrument previously used to identify wanted individuals and known terrorists during the War in Afghanistan—Marx gambled a little and placed a low bid of $68.

He probably didn’t expect to win, since he offered less than half the seller’s asking price, $149.95. But win he did, and after that, he had an even bigger surprise coming, The New York Times reported. When the device arrived with a memory card still inside, Marx was shocked to realize he had unwittingly purchased the names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints, and iris scans of 2,632 people whose biometric data had allegedly been scanned by US military.

The device allegedly stored not just personal identifiable information (PII) of seemingly suspicious persons, but also of US military members, people in Afghanistan who worked with the government, and ordinary people temporarily detained at military checkpoints. Most of the data came from residents of Afghanistan and Iraq.