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Feb 12, 2022

Chicken producers warn about fast-spreading bird flu spreading across US

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food

US poultry producers are tightening safety measures for their flocks as disease experts warn that wild birds are likely spreading a highly lethal form of avian flu across the country.

Indiana on Wednesday reported highly pathogenic bird flu on a commercial turkey farm, leading China, South Korea and Mexico to ban poultry imports from the state. The outbreak put the US industry on edge at a time that labor shortages are fueling food inflation.

The disease is already widespread in Europe and affecting Africa, Asia and Canada, but the outbreak in Indiana, which is on a migratory bird pathway, particularly rattled U.S. producers. A devastating US bird-flu outbreak in 2015 killed nearly 50 million birds, mostly turkeys and egg-laying chickens in the Midwest.

Feb 12, 2022

The risks and rewards of investing in the metaverse real estate boom

Posted by in categories: internet, virtual reality

There’s a land rush happening — and it’s not in New York City or Beverly Hills.

Early speculators, professional real estate agents, and celebrities are buying up land that doesn’t even exist in the real world. They are investing in metaverse real estate, a concept mind-boggling to most people.

So, what exactly is the metaverse? Technologists say the metaverse is the next level of the internet. It’s a virtual reality platform where people can play games, connect with friends, attend meetings, and even go to virtual concerts. Ever since Facebook announced it would change its name to Meta and focus on building its own digital world, interest in metaverse real estate skyrocketed.

Feb 12, 2022

Coinbase removes cryptocurrency links after ‘rug pull’ warnings

Posted by in category: cryptocurrencies

Coinbase Global has removed ‘how to buy’ instructions for at least three crypto tokens which have been the subject of ‘rug pull’ warnings that investors may lose their money, saying on Thursday it plans to improve safeguards. Jaclyn Sales, a spokesperson for Coinbase, said the links were removed from the cryptocurrency exchange’s website after they were brought to its attention this week by Reuters. Nasdaq-listed Coinbase features pages offering tips on investing in tokens and the pages in question were informational rather than making them available to trade on its app or wallet.

Feb 12, 2022

Autonomous Black Hawk Tests Will Pave the Way For Future Unmanned Missions

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Going beyond previous unmanned helicopters that featured “advanced autopilots” or “the beginning of autonomy,” a new DARPA experiment showed off a pilotless Bla… See more.


Software once designed to be a digital co-pilot is taking the wheel.

Feb 12, 2022

This robot can hike as fast as a human

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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Feb 12, 2022

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

Posted by in categories: drones, internet, physics

“Now, anyone with internet access and a web browser can enjoy reading a high quality up-to-date copy of Feynman’s legendary lectures.


France’s Defense Ministry oversees development of a biomimetic drone whose resemblance to birds and insects increases its stealth operation.

Feb 12, 2022

France’s Defense Ministry developing bird-like stealth drone

Posted by in categories: drones, surveillance

Researchers supported by France’s Defense Ministry are working to develop a more effective surveillance drone that’s also less prone to detection by its imitation of birds or insects.

In this case, that involved learning how winged creatures of nature might allow data-collecting UAVs to do their work without being seen, or be identified if they are.

Feb 12, 2022

Materials challenges and opportunities for quantum computing hardware

Posted by in categories: computing, information science, particle physics, quantum physics

The potential of quantum computers to solve problems that are intractable for classical computers has driven advances in hardware fabrication. In practice, the main challenge in realizing quantum computers is that general, many-particle quantum states are highly sensitive to noise, which inevitably causes errors in quantum algorithms. Some noise sources are inherent to the current materials platforms. de Leon et al. review some of the materials challenges for five platforms for quantum computers and propose directions for their solution.

Science, this issue p. eabb2823.

Feb 12, 2022

The lack of symmetry tends to diminish yield in the journey toward true #nuclear #fusion ignition, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists find

Posted by in category: physics

They are examining all million pieces of the puzzle to make the next #NIF shots “even.” #physics.

https://www.llnl.gov/news/research-looks-piston-model-unders…implosions

Feb 12, 2022

CRISPR Co-Founder Jennifer Doudna on Future of Biotech

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

Sixth Street Chief Science Adviser and Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, co-founder of the CRISPR genome editing technology 10 years ago, and Sixth Street Vice Chairman and Partner R. Martin Chavez join Emily Chang to discuss the future of CRISPR and its potential for commercialization.