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Sep 16, 2022

Researchers May Have Actually Managed To Hear The Background ‘Hum’ Of The Universe

Posted by in categories: physics, space

I know, it might sound a bit out there, but it seems we’re able to hear more than you’d expect. Researchers have managed to hear something that they believe is the ‘hum’ of the universe and well, the concept in itself is mind-blowing.

While this ‘hum’ isn’t exactly what you’d expect, it is quite interesting to learn about. You see, because there is no air in space it’s not actually a sound at all but rather more or less something quite different. This finding overall comes from astronomers at the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves also known as ‘NANOGrav.’ Overall this hum could really help us better understand the history of the universe in time as we further research it.

NANOGrav wrote as follows on this topic:

Sep 16, 2022

Ambient computing has arrived: Here’s what it looks like, in my house

Posted by in categories: computing, futurism

Is the future one where we never see computers or their screens? Here’s what it may look like.

Sep 16, 2022

Software engineers from big tech firms like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are paying at least $75,000 to get 3 inches taller, a leg-lengthening surgeon says

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The surgeon breaks the patients’ thigh bones and inserts nails that are extended with a magnetic remote control every day for three months, GQ said.

Sep 16, 2022

Genetically modified immune cells put 5 people’s lupus in remission

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

More than six months after CAR-T cell treatment, five patients are in remission and have functional immune systems.

Sep 16, 2022

Google AI succeeds in developing odor maps of molecules

Posted by in categories: mapping, robotics/AI

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The results were published last week in bioRxiv.org.

Sep 16, 2022

Self-Assembling Molecules “Suffocate” and Eliminate Cancer Cells

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry

Development of medical treatment against cancer is a major research topic worldwide — but cancer often manages to circumvent the solutions found. Scientists around Tanja Weil and David Ng at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), have now taken a closer look at the cancer’s countermeasures and aim to stop them. By disrupting the cellular components that are responsible for converting oxygen into chemical energy, they have demonstrated initial success in eliminating cells derived from untreatable metastatic cancer.

Treatment of cancer is a long-term process because remnants of living cancer cells often evolve into aggressive forms and become untreatable. Hence, treatment plans often involve multiple drug combinations and/or radiation therapy in order to prevent cancer relapse. To combat the variety of cancer cell types, modern drugs have been developed to target specific biochemical processes that are unique within each cell type.

However, cancer cells are highly adaptive and able to develop mechanisms to avoid the effects of the treatment. “We want to prevent such adaptation by invading the main pillar of cellular life — how cells breathe – that means take up oxygen — and thus produce chemical energy for growth,” says David Ng, group leader at the MPI-P.

Sep 16, 2022

First light at the most powerful laser in the US

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, quantum physics, security

The laser that will be the most powerful in the United States is preparing to send its first pulses into an experimental target at the University of Michigan.

Called ZEUS, the Zetawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse System, it will explore the physics of the quantum universe as well as outer space, and it is expected to contribute to new technologies in medicine, electronics and national security.

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Sep 16, 2022

Dr. Greg Lieberman, Ph.D. — Neuroscientist — Optimizing Human-System Performance, Army Research Lab

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, military, neuroscience, robotics/AI

Optimizing Human-System Performance — Dr. Greg Lieberman, Ph.D., Neuroscientist / Lead, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Futures Command


Dr. Greg Lieberman, Ph.D. (https://www.arl.army.mil/arl25/meet-arl.php?gregory_lieberman) is a Neuroscientist, and Lead, Optimizing Human-System Performance, at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL).

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Sep 16, 2022

Are We Approaching a Technological Singularity? | Cutting Edge with Lee Pierson & Trent Fowler

Posted by in category: singularity

In today’s episode of Cutting Edge, Lee Pierson, Bob Stubblefield & Steve Richins will be joined by special guest Trent Fowler to discuss the topic of Singularity.

Clubhouse aftershow: https://www.clubhouse.com/event/P0L7Kw1N?utm_medium=ch_event…UNg-368685

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Sep 16, 2022

SeaTwirl to install 1 MW floating vertical-axis wind turbine in Norway

Posted by in categories: climatology, sustainability

The steel structures will be fabricated at Westcon’s shipyard in Florø and then transported to Dommersnes Industrial Area for complete assembly and testing. The complete turbine is then towed to Bokn, where it will be installed.

SeaTwirl has been around for a while now. In July 2015, the company first deployed its prototype named S1 off the coast of Lysekil in Sweden. The S1 is a small, 30-kW test version of its floating turbine technology. Rising 13 meters above the waterline and reaching down 18 meters below, it offers energy-producing companies an attractive test platform for offshore wind power and an alternative to diesel generators in remote areas that are off-grid or prone to power outages. It’s been connected to the grid and tested according to plan since its deployment. S1 has withstood harsh weather conditions, autumn and winter storms reaching hurricane wind speeds.

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