@AuroraFlightSci will design a full-scale X-plane that relies solely on changes in air flow for in-flight maneuvers. #ActiveFlowControl #XPlane More: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2023-01-17
Second Flight of Kızılelma
Posted in robotics/AI, transportation
Baykar is moving forward in Kızılelma Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) programme. The first prototype of the aircraft has completed the second flight from facilities based at Çorlu Atatürk Airport without issue.
Mistletoe may be a welcome holiday sight when hung over a doorway if a loved one is near. But it can be an unwelcome intruder when found in your trees, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist.
“Mistletoe is a hemiparasite—a semi-parasitic plant,” said Allison Watkins, AgriLife Extension horticulturist for Tom Green County. “It makes its food from photosynthesis, but the roots grow into the host tree, sucking water and minerals out from the sap.”
In other words, you likely do not want to see mistletoe growing on your favorite shade tree or prized ornamental. However, mistletoe can survive as long as the tree it inhabits. So, some mistletoe alive today may still be around in 100 years.
You’ve seen the headlines. The FDA approved its use in tackling the underlying genetic mutation for sickle cell disease. Some researchers edited immune cells to fight untreatable blood cancers in children. Others took pig-to-human organ transplants from dream to reality in an attempt to alleviate the shortage of donor organs. Recent work aims to help millions of people with high cholesterol—and potentially bring CRISPR-based gene therapy to the masses—by lowering their chances of heart disease with a single injection.
But to Dr. Jennifer Doudna, who won the Nobel Prize in 2020 for her role in developing CRISPR, we’re just scratching the surface of its potential. Together with graduate student Joy Wang, Doudna laid out a roadmap for the technology’s next decade in an article in Science.
If the 2010s were focused on establishing the CRISPR toolbox and proving its effectiveness, this decade is when the technology reaches its full potential. From CRISPR-based therapies and large-scale screens for disease diagnostics to engineering high-yield crops and nutritious foods, the technology “and its potential impact are still in their early stages,” the authors wrote.
Mini2P Microscope Goes Global
Posted in neuroscience
Summary: The Mini2P microscope can be used to record brain activity in live, freely moving mice.
Source: NTNU
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, established by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, has awarded a grant of between NOK 5–6 million (approx $500 000-$60000 USD) to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience.
A new model explains the wrinkling patterns seen in nature’s donut-shaped objects, such as those found in jellyfish.
Captivating patterns found in the light scattered by an evaporating water droplet could be used to infer the properties of the droplet as it shrinks.
Hackers have leveraged a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Realtek Jungle SDK 134 million attacks trying to infect smart devices in the second half of 2022.
Exploited by multiple threat actors, the vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021–35394 and comes with a severity score of 9.8 out of 10.
Between August and October last year, sensors from Palo Alto Networks observed significant exploitation activity for this security issue, accounting for more than 40% of the total number of incidents.
Controlling the trajectory of a basketball is relatively straightforward, as it only requires the application of mechanical force and human skill. However, controlling the movement of quantum systems like atoms and electrons poses a much greater challenge. These tiny particles are prone to perturbations that can cause them to deviate from their intended path in unexpected ways. Additionally, movement within the system degrades, known as damping, and noise from environmental factors like temperature further disrupts its trajectory.
To counteract the effects of damping and noise, researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan have found a way to use artificial intelligence to discover and apply stabilizing pulses of light or voltage with fluctuating intensity to quantum systems. This method was able to successfully cool a micro-mechanical object to its quantum state and control its motion in an optimized way. The research was recently published in the journal Physical Review Research.