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Apr 13, 2022

IBM launches new Qiskit Runtime primitives

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

IBM’s getting ready to lap the competition in the quantum computing race with the launch of new primitives for Qiskit Runtime. property= description.

Apr 13, 2022

Private Astronauts Share Journey From SpaceX Ship Flying At 17,000 Mph

Posted by in category: space travel

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Crew Dragon is carrying the world’s first private astronaut crew to the ISS.

Apr 13, 2022

Installing an EV Charger at My House Was Easy

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

With more electric cars than ever to test, being able to charge at home is crucial.

Apr 13, 2022

Low-dose lithium may slow kidney aging

Posted by in category: life extension

Best known therapeutically as a treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium has long intrigued researchers with its potential age-defying properties.

The element has been shown in lab experiments to extend the lifespan of fruit flies and roundworms, while have suggested tap water naturally laced with trace amounts of lithium might improve human longevity.

Researchers at The University of Toledo have recently found that low-dose lithium acts as a powerful anti-aging agent in the kidneys.

Apr 13, 2022

Moog opens spacecraft-integration facility

Posted by in category: space travel

COLORADO SPRINGS — Moog Inc. is quadrupling the size of its Colorado space vehicle production capacity as the New York-based company long known as a spacecraft component supplier expands its role as a space vehicle integrator.

“It’s a proud moment for our company,” Maureen Athoe, Moog Space and Defense Group president, told SpaceNews. “This step takes us to the mission level. We’re going to hear from our customers about what they need not just with components, but with the actual mission.”

This year, Moog is scheduled to integrate nine space vehicles in its new 8,800-square-meter facility in Arvada, Colorado, and its existing 3,000-square-meter plant nearby.

Apr 12, 2022

MS reversed by transplanted immune cells that fight Epstein-Barr virus

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

In a small trial, immune cells that fight the Epstein-Barr virus have stopped the progression of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune condition that can lead to symptoms, such as difficulty walking, that worsen over time.

Apr 12, 2022

NASA Recently Found the Farthest Star Ever Seen, Thanks to a Ripple of Space-Time

Posted by in category: space

Like something out of a sci-fi movie, the Hubble Space Telescope discovered the most distant star ever seen—through a cosmic fluke.

Nicknamed “Earendel,” the star’s light took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, and scientists believe it emitted light throughout the first billion years of our universe’s existence. Beside its age, Earendel’s position is also curious. According to NASA, Hubble was able to detect the star thanks to gravitational lensing, a phenomenon in which a massive object (like a galaxy) warps the fabric of space. When light reaches the warped space, it can act like a magnifying glass and highlight objects we’d otherwise have a difficult time seeing.

And that’s how Earendel—whose Old English name is akin to “morning star” or “rising light”—was found (though Tolkien fans will recognize it as a riff on Eärendil, the half-Elven seafarer who carried a Silmaril).

Apr 12, 2022

When It Comes to Science We Need to Understand the Past to Divine the Future

Posted by in categories: cosmology, science

How we came to exist is best stated in the Barenaked Ladies’ lyric “It All Started with the Big Bang,” the moment that space-time began.


Inflatons, gravitons, and Dark Matter are the story that is emerging immediately following The Big Bang.

Apr 12, 2022

NASA spots record-breakingly huge comet headed towards us

Posted by in category: space

Vast object is falling towards the middle of the solar system – but will stop before it reaches us.

Apr 12, 2022

Earth’s magnetosphere replicated in miniature using lasers and magnets

Posted by in category: satellites

The first 3D model of Earth’s magnetosphere could help us better understand how satellites cope with space weather.