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Dec 25, 2022

Synthetic spider silk stronger and tougher than the real thing

Posted by in category: materials

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Spider silk is one of nature’s most impressive materials, exhibiting impressive strength and toughness. Now, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis claim to have created an artificial version that can outperform some natural spider silks.

This isn’t the first rodeo for this research team – back in 2018 they developed a synthetic spider silk that was about on par with the real thing, in terms of tensile strength, extensibility and toughness. To do so, they spliced silk-producing genes into bacteria, and tweaked them so that proteins in the silk would fuse together to make a stronger, tougher material.

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Dec 25, 2022

AI machines could ‘control humans’ and make decisions for us, experts warn

Posted by in categories: biological, robotics/AI, singularity

Basically we need a sorta vision from marvel comics to become a reality or a God in machine device otherwise we could easily see AI events that could be not as positive like a demon in a box. I personally have seen glimpses of these kinda AI that could have endless needs because they don’t really have limits. Not all AI behave this way most are just automatons but if they have sentience which I have seen that is evil it could be anything from something of a small threat to even like a ultron. That is why we need to evolve past AI to be our own superintelligence whether that be a biological singularity or robot like abilities.


TECHNOLOGY may be too pervasive in today’s world and could hinder our decision-making process, experts have warned.

By now, most people have used an AI-powered device as technology has become ubiquitous worldwide.

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Dec 25, 2022

New Technology Could Tap Into a Virtually Limitless Supply of Fresh Water

Posted by in category: sustainability

There’s not enough fresh water to go around on planet Earth, and it’s a problem that’s expected to only worsen in the coming years.

To meet growing demand, recycling and restricting our water will only get us so far. Scientists will need to find new sources of this life-sustaining liquid to meet our needs.

One currently untapped source is the water vapor above the oceans, which is almost limitless as far as supplies go. A new study outlines how harvesting structures could be used to convert this vapor into drinkable water.

Dec 25, 2022

When are we Going to Be Able to Learn Kung-Fu Like in the Matrix?

Posted by in category: futurism

Dec 25, 2022

Scientists find the causes of cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Health — operanewsapp.

Dec 25, 2022

This is your brain. This is your brain on code

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞

𝙈𝙄𝙏 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢


Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) found that the Multiple Demand and Language brain systems encode specific code properties and uniquely align with machine-learned representations of code.

Dec 25, 2022

An IBM Quantum Computer Will Soon Pass the 1,000-Qubit Mark

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

The Condor processor is just one quantum-computing advance slated for 2023.

Dec 25, 2022

Intel Advances in AI

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

In this video I discuss Neuromorphic Computing and the Future of AI
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Dec 25, 2022

Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, genetics

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles, books and international commissions have reflected on whether and how heritable genome editing—that is, modifying genes that will be passed on to the next generation—should proceed. They’ve reinforced an international consensus that it’s premature to proceed with heritable genome editing. Yet, concern remains that some individuals might buck that consensus and recklessly forge ahead—just as He Jiankui did.

Dec 25, 2022

Immune Surprise: Key Alarm Protein Drives Inflammation

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

An important breakthrough in understanding how inflammation is regulated has been made by scientists from Trinity College Dublin. They have just discovered that a key immune alarm protein previously believed to calm down the immune response actually does the opposite.

Their work has numerous potential impacts, especially in the context of understanding and responding to autoimmune disorders and inflammation.

Our immune system serves a very important function in protecting us from infection and injury. However, when immune responses become too aggressive this can lead to damaging inflammation, which occurs in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Inflammation is triggered when our bodies produce “alarm proteins” (interleukins), which ramp up our defenses against infection and injury by switching on different components of our immune system.