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Feb 14, 2023
Study Reveals How CBD Counters Epileptic Seizures
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: neuroscience
Summary: Cannabidiol, or CBD, blocks the ability of lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) to amplify neural signals in the hippocampus. LPI weakens the signals that counter seizures, further explaining the value of CBD to treat epilepsy.
Source: NYU
A study reveals a previously unknown way in which cannabidiol (CBD), a substance found in cannabis, reduces seizures in many treatment-resistant forms of pediatric epilepsy.
Feb 14, 2023
This biohacking company is using a crypto city to test controversial gene therapies
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: bioengineering, life extension
Under bespoke “innovation-friendly” regulation in Próspera, Honduras, Minicircle is conducting trials to try to find the keys to longevity.
Feb 14, 2023
EHT Peers Into The Heart of One of The Brightest Lights in The Universe
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: cosmology, physics
The global collaboration that delivered us not one but two pictures of supermassive black holes has now peered into one of the brightest lights in the Universe.
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a telescope array comprising radio antennae around the world, studied a distant quasar named NRAO 530, whose light has traveled for 7.5 billion years to reach us.
The resulting data show us the quasar’s engine in incredible detail and will, astronomers say, help us understand the complex physics of these incredible objects, and how they generate such blazing light.
Feb 14, 2023
New Models Help Unveil the Mystery of Life’s Origins on Earth
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biological, chemistry
New research reveals clues about the physical and chemical characteristics of Earth when life is thought to have emerged.
About four billion years ago, the first signs of life emerged on Earth in the form of microbes. Although scientists are still determining exactly when and how these microbes appeared, it’s clear that the emergence of life is intricately intertwined with the chemical and physical characteristics of early Earth.
“It is reasonable to suspect that life could have started differently—or not at all—if the early chemical characteristics of our planet were different,” says Dustin Trail, an associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester.
Feb 14, 2023
Scientific AI’s Black Box Is No Match for 200-Year-Old Method
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: climatology, mathematics, physics, robotics/AI
Summary: Researchers explain how deep neural networks are able to learn complex physics.
Source: Rice University.
One of the oldest tools in computational physics — a 200-year-old mathematical technique known as Fourier analysis — can reveal crucial information about how a form of artificial intelligence called a deep neural network learns to perform tasks involving complex physics like climate and turbulence modeling, according to a new study.
Feb 14, 2023
Replacing Just 7 Minutes of Sedentary Behavior Every Day Could Boost Mid-Life Brain Power
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: health, neuroscience
Losing as little as 6–7 minutes per day to sedentary behavior or low-intensity activities has been linked to a decline in cognitive function, according to recent research.
The daily time spent in moderate and intense physical activity is linked to mid-life brain power, according to new research published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
The results indicate that the optimal level for working memory and mental tasks, such as planning and organization, is at this intensity level. Replacing it with just 6–7 minutes of light-intensity activities or sedentary behavior per day is linked to decreased cognitive performance.
Feb 14, 2023
The world’s first airport for flying cars and drones has just landed
Posted by Daniel Sunday in category: drones
The UK’s development of an urban airport for flying cars and drones could inspire other nations to follow suit.
Feb 14, 2023
Saudi Arabia to send first female astronaut to the International Space Station
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Saudi Arabia will send its first two astronauts, including its first female astronaut, to the International Space Station (ISS) during the second quarter of 2023, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday.
Saudi nationals Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali al-Qarni will join the crew of the AX-2 space mission in an accomplishment that comes in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. The spaceflight is set to launch from the United States to the ISS.
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