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Jan 26, 2022

Gut bacterial metabolite could improve muscle endurance in aging

Posted by in categories: food, life extension

A study explores how supplementing with a compound produced by gut bacteria when digesting foods such as pomegranates could help reverse muscle aging.

Jan 25, 2022

Novel Ultra-Thin Sensor Records Brain Activity in Record-Breaking Resolution

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience

A team of engineers and neurosurgeons developed a state-of-the-art brain sensor that could greatly enhance the treatment of cancer and epilepsy, according to a press statement from the University of California San Diego.

The new apparatus can record electrical signals from the brain’s surface in a never-before-seen resolution for such a device.

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Jan 25, 2022

Walmart Plans to Join the Metaverse With Its Digital Currency and NFTs

Posted by in categories: blockchains, cryptocurrencies

Jan 25, 2022

New Gene Sequencing Method Cuts Cost and Is Five Times Faster, Study Says

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

And it took less than a full workday. Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators have engineered a new genome sequencing technique that can diagnose rare genetic diseases in an average of eight hours. This is a record-breaking time frame that is leap and bounds ahead of other current advanced technologies.


Gene sequencing is crucial to advancing science! Check out why cutting time and cost is key.

Jan 25, 2022

Facebook’s Meta Says Its New AI Supercomputer Will Beat All Rivals by 2022’s End

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, supercomputing

Could it really happen?Looks like Meta is swinging for the cheap seats.


Looks like Meta is swinging for the cheap seats.

The social media superpower Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced that it has built an “AI supercomputer” — an unconscionably fast computer designed to train and enhance machine-learning systems, according to a Monday post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Jan 25, 2022

Saudi Arabian stone camels are older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge

Posted by in category: innovation

Four different measurement tools

Intrigued by the idea that the stone camels might constitute an artistic breakthrough, the aforementioned team of archaeologists — once again headed by Charloux, alongside archeologist Maria Guagnin — tried to see if they could assess their age not through stylistic comparisons but a “technological study” that yielded absolute results, using a variety of measurement tools to determine them.

Jan 25, 2022

Innovation will drive the success of NFT gaming, not profit or hype

Posted by in categories: blockchains, cryptocurrencies, entertainment

No matter how big that number sounds, it isn’t much compared to standalone blockchain-based games. Axie Infinity, an NFT-focused video game developed on the Ethereum network, surpassed $1 billion in total trade volume in August 2021, perhaps the most prominent 30-day period in the history of NFTs.

With so much interest in NFTs, it’s only natural that developers have begun to develop the infrastructure necessary to handle what will undoubtedly become a massive secondary market for these assets. In addition, holders want real tangible benefits to holding NFTs, and in a crowded gaming market, new entrants need to differentiate to survive.

2022 is likely the year NFT games become more mainstream, especially now that many crypto investors own these assets. And real innovation, not just in NFTs but in gameplay and mechanics themselves, will be the driving force.

Jan 25, 2022

NASA’s Spacecraft Sent to “Touch the Sun” Snaps First Image from “Inside” Sun’s Atmosphere

Posted by in categories: materials, space

The photograph was captured by the probe’s WISPR (Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument when the spacecraft traveled at a distance of 16.9 million miles from the sun, inside our star’s corona.

The image shows distinct jets of solar material, dubbed coronal streamers, seen to the left/center of the image.

The bright spot you see in the above image is Mercury.

Jan 25, 2022

Coming fast-charging stations mark important step in EV infrastructure

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Until recently, charging your electric vehicle at a public charging station was sort of like a full-time job. Although the charging time varies, the average time required to fully charge an electric vehicle (EV) at those stations is eight hours.

That’s changing — and rapidly, you might say.

On Monday, Starkville Utilities Department announced it will be adding two fast-charging EV stations, one downtown near its office and another near the Starkville Sportsplex.

Jan 25, 2022

NASA’s Handheld Band-Aid Tool Sounds Like Sci-Fi Tool Brought To Life

Posted by in categories: bioprinting, space

NASA’s band-aid tool uses cells to heal in space.


NASA is testing a prototype device called Bioprint FirstAid Handheld Bioprinter — or Bioprint FirstAid — to heal injuries sustained in space.