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Jul 24, 2022

“The Crisis of the Day” Stated the U.S. Supreme Court When Ruling Against the EPA’s Oversight of the Environment

Posted by in categories: chemistry, climatology, sustainability

At the time climate change was only beginning to be talked about in the scientific community as well as behind the scenes among researchers working for fossil fuel companies.

Climate change fit the EPA’s mandate. And unlike an oil or chemical spill, no reputable scientist would see climate change as equivalent to “the crisis of the day.” But this phrase appears in Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion justifying the decision in West Virginia v. EPA to deny the Agency its power to regulate carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants which based on the mandated powers described above is its purview (see points 3, 4, and 5).

Jul 24, 2022

Protein sequence design by deep learning

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI, space

The design of protein sequences that can precisely fold into pre-specified 3D structures is a challenging task. A recently proposed deep-learning algorithm improves such designs when compared with traditional, physics-based protein design approaches.

ABACUS-R is trained on the task of predicting the AA at a given residue, using information about that residue’s backbone structure, and the backbone and AA of neighboring residues in space. To do this, ABACUS-R uses the Transformer neural network architecture6, which offers flexibility in representing and integrating information between different residues. Although these aspects are similar to a previous network2, ABACUS-R adds auxiliary training tasks, such as predicting secondary structures, solvent exposure and sidechain torsion angles. These outputs aren’t needed during design but help with training and increase sequence recovery by about 6%. To design a protein sequence, ABACUS-R uses an iterative ‘denoising’ process (Fig.

Jul 24, 2022

Dreaming up new proteins, AI churns out possible medicines and vaccines

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Instead of predicting the shapes of naturally occurring molecules, software designs original ones.

Jul 24, 2022

Novel sensor allows the detection of Alzheimer’s 17 years in advance

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Jul 24, 2022

Tesla is aiming for same-hour service with ‘Formula 1 pit crew techniques’

Posted by in category: futurism

Jul 24, 2022

New telescope will hunt for neutron stars colliding

Posted by in categories: physics, space

Jul 24, 2022

Telomeric 8-oxo-guanine drives rapid premature senescence in the absence of telomere shortening

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension

Jul 24, 2022

Top Technologies that are Taking Us to Metaverse in 2022

Posted by in categories: business, economics, virtual reality

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The existence of ethical concerns is precisely why it’s important for business owners to understand the different technologies driving the Metaverse forward and what impact they may have on users, the environment, and our society. By understanding these technologies, businesses can find new ways to enrich our society with constructive uses of virtual reality connectivity that enrich our world and keep the digital economy booming.

In addition, understanding these technologies is important because as more advanced techniques are developed for use in Metaverse projects, the average cost of US$48,000 for app design in the USA will undoubtedly go up. Business owners need to understand what they need to focus on when planning their next move.

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Jul 24, 2022

Microscopic Cyborgs Could Deliver a Non-Invasive Chemotherapy

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs

Scientists strapped a steering wheel and a lockbox of cancer-treating drugs onto bacteria. The biohybrids could reduce the toxic side effects of cancer treatment.

Jul 24, 2022

Language is a virus, and you’re infected. Are humans superpredators or our only hope?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A new book suggests humanity might be worth saving after all.