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May 15, 2022

Genes from over 5,000 stroke patients hint at surprising treatment

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Through genetic clues, scientists discovered that an old stroke therapy, which had abandoned for decades, might just work.

May 15, 2022

He thought he was logging in to his cryptocurrency account. Then hackers stole his life savings

Posted by in categories: computing, cryptocurrencies

Last Christmas, Philip Martin sat down at his computer to check his cryptocurrency balance. Before he knew what was happening, hackers stole his life savings.

May 15, 2022

Thousands of Mysterious Strands Cross Through the Center of Our Galaxy

Posted by in category: cosmology

“Some of them are beautiful — they show up like harp-shaped strings next to each other,” says Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, an astrophysicist at Northwestern University who led a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on the strands.

But researchers are still unsure about the cause of these features in the cosmos. “The big question is: What is the origin of these filaments?” Yusef-Zadeh says. “The puzzle is still there and the mystery continues.”

One hypotheses suggests they might be related to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, which was captured in an image for the first time ever this week.

May 15, 2022

China Says It’s 3D Printing a 590-Foot Hydroelectric Dam With Zero Human Labor

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI

China is building a new hydroelectric dam using AI and 3D printing. No human workers will be involved, according to a new study.

May 15, 2022

Understanding Memory Recall and Storage in the Brain

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Researchers discovered new regions of the brain that work together for memory recall and storage.

May 15, 2022

Dr Holly Ganz, PhD — CSO, AnimalBiome — Modulating Pet Gut Microbiomes For Longer And Happier Lives

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, health

Modulating pet gut microbiomes for longer, healthier & happier lives — dr. holly ganz, CSO and co-founder, animalbiome.


Dr. Holly Ganz, Ph.D. is Chief Science Officer And Co-Founder of AnimalBiome (https://animalbiome.com/home), a company with a goal of helping cats and dogs lead longer, happier lives by using science to unlock the mysteries of the pet gut microbiome, providing access to genetic data on the health of the gut microbiome, better ways to log health and diet records, and offering remedies to treat chronic digestive disorders.

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May 15, 2022

A Physiology Clock for Human Aging: BP and FEV1 As Top Predictors

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, information science, life extension, robotics/AI

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Papers referenced in the video:
A Physiology Clock for Human Aging (preprint)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.14.488358v1

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May 15, 2022

CACI to launch experimental satellite to demonstrate alternative to GPS navigation

Posted by in categories: business, military, satellites

WASHINGTON – U.S. defense contractor CACI International is funding an experiment to demonstrate space technologies for military use, including an alternative to GPS navigation.

As part of the company’s plan to grow its space business, CACI is launching two demonstration payloads on a York Space satellite scheduled to fly to low Earth orbit in January aboard the SpaceX Transporter 7 rideshare.

“We’re looking at an alternative PNT [positioning, navigation and timing] solution that will work in a contested space domain,” CACI’s president and CEO John Mengucci said during a third-quarter fiscal year 2022 earnings call.

May 15, 2022

The metaverse is the next venue for body dysmorphia online

Posted by in category: futurism

Some people are excited to see realistic avatars that look like them. Others worry it might make body image issues even worse.

May 15, 2022

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Researcher who lost child to SIDS finds cause behind it

Posted by in category: futurism

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