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Dec 12, 2022

After 15 Years and 1,000 Tests — Is Orion’s Heat Shield Ready To Take the Heat?

Posted by in categories: government, space

When Artemis I launched on Wednesday, November 16, NASA

Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). It is responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. Its vision is “To discover and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity.” Its core values are “safety, integrity, teamwork, excellence, and inclusion.”

Dec 12, 2022

New Research Reveals How Fear Get Stuck in Brains

Posted by in categories: biological, neuroscience

A biological mechanism has been identified by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the brain The research, conducted in rats, was published in the scientific journal Molecular Psychiatry. It provides new insights into the processes behind anxiety-related disorders and identified shared mechanisms of anxiety and alcohol dependence.

The ability to feel fear is critical for escaping life-threatening circumstances and learning how to avoid them in the future. However, in certain conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that develops in some people who have experienced or witnessed a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.

Dec 12, 2022

New AI chatbot ‘ChatGPT’ interviewed on TV

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

ChatbotGPT is a new artificial intelligence programme designed to simulate human conversation and tackle complex questions.

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Dec 11, 2022

Europe’s first paired manned-unmanned combat demo sees fictitious ‘rogue warlord’ defeated

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Two fighter planes, a helicopter, and five unmanned remote carriers have banded in Europe’s first significant manned-unmanned teaming flight demonstration to defeat a fictitious warlord.

Dec 11, 2022

Scientists create emissions-free method for recycling plastics

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Environmentalists, however, argue that the process may not be a good thing.

University of Colorado researchers have conceived of a method of making useful materials out of some of the plastics that are inundating landfills everywhere, according to a report by the Colorado Sun.

The end result is a series of polycyanurate networks which have been used for decades in electronic devices, automobiles, circuit boards, the space industry and more.

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Dec 11, 2022

World’s largest wave power plant to be built in Turkey

Posted by in category: energy

It will be jointly built by a Swedish and a Turkish company.

Eco Wave Power (EWP) has signed a deal with Oren Ordu Eneas to build the world’s largest-ever wave power plant on Turkey’s Black Sea coast, according to a press release by the Swedish company published on Thursday.

The project would start with a 4MW pilot in the port of Ordu. It would then move forward to a 77MW plant which would consist of a fixed, modular array of steel floats hinged to piston-equipped arms.

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Dec 11, 2022

Plant-based air purifiers are coming to your home — The Blueprint

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, genetics

These genetically engineered plants can take over the work of 30 houseplants.

A bioengineered plant is able to clean the air by doing the work of over 30 houseplantsIt could be the start of a bold new industry that develps over the next 15 to 20 years.

The Neo P1 is the first of its kind.

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Dec 11, 2022

Saudi Arabia ‘plans’ 2km long world’s tallest tower, more than double the size of Burj Khalifa

Posted by in category: business

A close-door “design competition” with selected global construction companies is underway.

Saudi Arabia may be weighing in on plans for a 2-kilometer-tall, world’s tallest tower, for its 18-square-kilometer master-planned area in the capital city of Riyadh.

“Contractors that have priced megatall towers in the region say that depending on the final design, a 2km-tall structure could cost about $5bn to construct,” said the report.

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Dec 11, 2022

NASA partners with US company to send astronauts grooming supplies for use and testing

Posted by in categories: health, space

The oral and skin care brand has already undertaken two other experiments on the space station.

Colgate-Palmolive Company and NASA have entered into a partnership to explore innovative solutions to advance oral health, personal care and skin health for astronauts and even populations on earth, according to a press release by the self-care company published on Wednesday.

The deal will see former astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman join the team as an advisor for the experiments conducted.

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Dec 11, 2022

Pilot trial sees tumors shrink or disappear in 78% of patients

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The study brings much hope to patients with brain and spinal cord cancers.

A small pilot trial involving patients with lymphoma of the brain and/or spinal cord has shown that CAR-T-cell therapy known as axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) can be a viable treatment option for patients who often have little hope, according to a press release by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators published on Sunday. “For many patients with lymphoma of the central nervous system, there aren’t great treatment options,” said Dana-Farber’s Caron Jacobson, MD, MMSc, who led the trial.

Our early results suggest that expanding the applicability of CAR-T cells to this indication could improve patient outcomes.

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