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Nov 9, 2022

Elon Musk sold $4 billion worth of Tesla stock following the Twitter

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Why does the world’s richest person need more cash?

Days after agreeing to acquire Twitter for his initial offer of $44 billion, Elon Musk sold off Tesla stock worth nearly $4 billion in the days between November 4 and November 8, the Wall Street Journal.

Last year, Musk became the world’s richest person riding on the stock value of his electric car-making company, Tesla. At its peak price of $410 a piece, Musk’s personal worth reached a never-before figure of $340 billion last year. As we turned into the new year, Tesla stock started shedding the rapid gains, and as 2022 draws to a close, it is now down 45 percent, a Bloomberg report said.

Nov 9, 2022

Atomic changes in metals could lead to longer-lasting batteries

Posted by in categories: materials, transportation

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are studying the atomic-level changes in metals undergoing shear deformation in order to deduce the effects of physical forces on these materials, according to a report by Phys.org published on Monday.

The work could lead to many new and improved applications such as longer-lasting batteries and lighter vehicles.

Nov 9, 2022

A new leaf unfolds in artificial photosynthesis

Posted by in categories: chemistry, solar power, sustainability

In 2021, researchers from Toyota Central R&D Labs developed a large, cost-effective artificial photosynthesis system that produces industrial formate at a solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency (ηSTC) of 10.5%1. Researchers from the lab say that, to their knowlege, this ηSTC is a first for a one metre squared cell.

Within the next 10 years, the company aims to establish artificial photosynthesis technology for wide-scale production of useful carbon compounds.

Nov 9, 2022

Astronauts Command Robotic Arm to Capture Cygnus

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

At 5:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Mission control in Houston will actively command the arm to rotate Cygnus to its installation orientation and then to guide it in for installation on the station’s Unity module Earth-facing port.

NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website will provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s installation beginning at 7:15 a.m.

The Cygnus spacecraft launched Monday on an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia at 5:32 a.m. This is Northrop Grumman’s 18th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The Cygnus spacecraft is carrying a supply of 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory.

Nov 9, 2022

An Alzheimer’s vaccine might be possible

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The cause of Alzheimer’s is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.

Nov 9, 2022

We might have Alzheimer’s all wrong

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

For over 30 years, toxic proteins were thought to cause Alzheimer’s. However, recent studies suggest it might be metabolic reprogramming.

Nov 9, 2022

ADHD drugs might also treat Alzheimer’s disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Noradrenaline-targeting drugs, including blood pressure, depression, and ADHD meds, improve Alzheimer’s disease symptoms.

Nov 9, 2022

Brain stimulation boosts memory for at least a month

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Brain zapping, or more technically “transcranial alternating current stimulation” (tACS), can improve memory recall in people aged 65 to 88.

Nov 9, 2022

“SuperAgers” with super memory have super neurons

Posted by in category: neuroscience

SuperAgers have cognitive abilities that surpass those of much younger people. Science shows that their neurons are markedly different.

Nov 9, 2022

Is IQ a load of BS?

Posted by in category: futurism

What’s IQ good for?

Just because something has, historically, been used for immense evil doesn’t necessarily mean it is, in itself, unfit for purpose. So, with what we know today, how far should IQ be trusted?