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Nov 19, 2022

#NBIC: Now, researchers at MIT, the University of Minnesota, and Samsung have developed a new kind of camera that can detect terahertz pulses rapidly, with high sensitivity, and at room temperature and pressure

Posted by in categories: electronics, materials

What’s more, it can simultaneously capture information about the orientation, or “polarization,” of the waves in real-time, which existing devices cannot.

This information can be used to characterize materials that have asymmetrical molecules or to determine the surface topography of materials.

Nov 19, 2022

#NBIC: Researchers designed a lipid nanoparticle that sticks to bone minerals, increasing mRNA delivery and therapeutic protein expression in the bone

Posted by in category: nanotechnology

https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/for-local-mrna-delivery-na…bone-15543

Nov 19, 2022

Alan Turing: The Nazi-Fighting Computer Genius Betrayed by His Country

Posted by in category: computing

Their existence will no longer mystify us. Identified in Namibia, fairy circles are circular regions of land devoid of vegetation that range in diameter from 7 to 49 feet (2 to 15 meters) and are frequently surrounded by a ring of promoted grass growth.


Alan Turing has few equals in the 20th century for sheer brilliance and lasting impact, but the great genius’s life was cut tragically short after being betrayed by the country he helped save from the Nazis.

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Nov 19, 2022

Why the Ghost Particles Crashing Into Antarctica Could Change Astronomy Forever

Posted by in categories: particle physics, space

About 1.2 miles beneath Antarctica, an underground observatory is hunting for “ghost particles.” What it finds could reveal the unseen heart of a distant galaxy.

Nov 19, 2022

Recreating photosynthesis for unlimited hydrogen energy

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

face_with_colon_three circa 2020.


“I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable.” – Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island (1874).

We have come a long way since science fiction writer Jules Verne wrote this visionary sentence, but hydrogen has still not emerged as a major source of energy. ESA is setting out to change this through the latest Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP) call for ideas.

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Nov 19, 2022

Activity of dying brain shines light on near-death experiences

Posted by in categories: biological, neuroscience

The first recorded brain activity of a person during their death suggests a biological trigger for near-death experiences.

Nov 19, 2022

Making Oxygen Out of Thin Air

Posted by in category: sustainability

Circa 2015 face_with_colon_three


It’s possible to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen in just one step.

Nov 19, 2022

Algae-filled panels could generate oxygen and electricity while absorbing CO2

Posted by in categories: electronics, sustainability

Greenfluidics, a Mexico-based startup, promises newer, greener bio panels that can provide fresh oxygen and considerably bring down your power consumption while also delivering biomass-based fuel to you, New Atlas has reported.

With the world trying to reduce carbon emissions, algae have taken quite the center stage in capturing the carbon dioxide being released. From using algal blooms as large carbon capture sites to even powering electronic devices using algae, researchers are trying to use these green organisms everywhere.

Nov 19, 2022

Artificial Photosynthesis Advance: Standalone Device Converts Sunlight, CO2 and Water Into Clean Fuel

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity.

The device, developed by a team from the University of Cambridge, is a significant step toward achieving artificial photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis is how plants and some microorganisms use sunlight to synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water.

Nov 19, 2022

Artificial Neural Networks Learn Better When They Spend Time Not Learning at All

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Summary: “Off-line” periods during AI training mitigated “catastrophic forgetting” in artificial neural networks, mimicking the learning benefits sleep provides in the human brain.

Source: UCSD

Depending on age, humans need 7 to 13 hours of sleep per 24 hours. During this time, a lot happens: Heart rate, breathing and metabolism ebb and flow; hormone levels adjust; the body relaxes. Not so much in the brain.