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How to stay young at DNA level? Harvard research finds surprising link between daily supplement and longevity
A Harvard-affiliated study suggests that daily vitamin D supplementation may help slow biological aging by protecting DNA and preserving telomere length. The VITAL trial, which tracked over 1,000 adults for four years, found that participants taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily experienced less telomere shortening, effectively reducing biological aging by nearly three years.
Scientists create scalable quantum node linking light and matter
Quantum scientists in Innsbruck have taken a major leap toward building the internet of the future. Using a string of calcium ions and finely tuned lasers, they created quantum nodes capable of generating streams of entangled photons with 92% fidelity. This scalable setup could one day link quantum computers across continents, enable unbreakable communication, and even transform timekeeping by powering a global network of optical atomic clocks that are so precise they’d barely lose a second over the universe’s entire lifetime.
Tesla’s Robotaxi Strategy EXPLAINED
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Business Strategy and Market Impact.
💼 Q: How is Tesla positioning its robo taxi service in the market? A: Tesla is aiming to change the world towards sustainable transport, winning the first two-month race in deployment, service area, and metrics, rather than engaging in an “online dork battle” about robo taxis.
📊 Q: What’s Tesla’s approach to incidents in its robo taxi service? A: Tesla is carefully managing the launch to minimize the impact of incidents on reaching peak gross margin and revenue, prioritizing this over the cost of safety monitors.
FSD Supervised in Australia.
🦘 Q: How successful is Tesla’s FSD Supervised rollout in Australia? A: It’s considered a success story, with 8 cameras processing live information, navigating complex environments like Brisbane’s “spaghetti bowl” of ramps and exits, and handling roundabouts and highway merges.
Astronomers uncover enormous bubble bigger than our Solar System
A giant bubble of gas and dust surrounds the red supergiant DFK 52, likely created in a powerful outburst 4,000 years ago. Astronomers are baffled at how the star survived without going supernova, and suspect a hidden companion may have played a role. This discovery could reveal clues about the final stages of massive stars.
Astronomers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a vast and expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star – the largest structure of its kind ever seen in the Milky Way. The bubble, which contains as much mass as the Sun, was blown out in a mysterious stellar eruption around 4,000 years ago. Why the star survived such a powerful event is a puzzle, the scientists say.
The new results are published in the scientific journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the team was led by Mark Siebert, Chalmers, Sweden. Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, the researchers observed the star DFK 52 – a red supergiant similar to the well-known star Betelgeuse.
No sorting needed: Plasma torch shows promise for hassle-free plastic recycling
The inconvenience of separating plastics for recycling may soon be a thing of the past. A team of Korean researchers has developed the world’s first technology that can chemically recycle mixed waste plastics into raw materials in a highly selective manner without the need for strict sorting or label removal.
The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), under the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), announced that its Center for Plasma Process for Organic Material Recycling, carried out in collaboration with the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), and several universities, has successfully developed an innovative plasma conversion process.
This process transforms a wide variety of waste plastics directly into raw chemical feedstocks, setting a new milestone for Korea’s chemical industry and environmental policy.