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Feb 7, 2022

Omicron-specific booster may not be needed, U.S. monkey study finds

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, government

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CHICAGO, Feb 4 (Reuters) — A study in monkeys pitting the current Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) COVID-19 booster against an Omicron-specific booster showed no significant differences in protection, suggesting an Omicron-specific booster may not be needed, U.S. government researchers reported on Friday.

The study involved monkeys vaccinated with two doses of Moderna’s vaccine who were dosed nine months later with either the conventional Moderna booster or one specifically targeting the Omicron variant.

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Feb 7, 2022

Brain-like computers could become reality sooner than you think

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

New material could be used to simulate brain synapses in your next PC.

Feb 7, 2022

Chinese ‘space cleaner’ spotted grabbing and throwing away old satellite

Posted by in category: satellites

A Chinese satellite was spotted apparently clearing up space junk. But US officials are concerned the technology could be used against non-junk satellites.


Last month, a private satellite tracking company spotted a Chinese spacecraft apparently grabbing and throwing a dead satellite away into a “graveyard” orbit.

Feb 7, 2022

Watch: Telescope captures SpaceX rocket on its collision course with the Moon

Posted by in category: space travel

A Falcon 9 rocket is on a fatal trip to the Moon — and an Earth-based observatory just caught a sneak peek.


A Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash land on the Moon in early March. An Earth-based observatory caught it on its way to the Moon.

Feb 7, 2022

A New Trick Lets Artificial Intelligence See in 3D

Posted by in categories: entertainment, information science, robotics/AI

Some algorithms can now compose a 3D scene from 2D images—creating possibilities in video games, robotics, and autonomous driving.

Feb 7, 2022

Meta moves to tackle creepy behaviour in virtual reality

Posted by in category: virtual reality

Women describe their experiences but what can firms behind virtual-reality platforms do about it?

Feb 7, 2022

Meteorite older than Earth likely came from a “protoplanet”

Posted by in category: futurism

The rock, found in the Sahara, likely comes from a long-lost baby protoplanet.

Feb 7, 2022

Keren Haruvi — President, Sandoz US, Head Of North America — Global Generic Medicine Access For All

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, chemistry, economics, finance

Pioneering global generic medicine access to improve and extend people’s lives — keren haruvi snir-president, sandoz US, head of north america.


Keren Haruvi is President of Sandoz US and Head of their North America business (https://www.novartis.us/about-us/our-leadership/us-country-l
n-haruvi).

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Feb 7, 2022

Alistair Fulton — Connecting & Enabling A Smarter Planet — VP, Wireless & Sensing Products, Semtech

Posted by in categories: computing, information science, internet, satellites

Connecting & enabling a smarter planet — alistair fulton, VP, wireless & sensing products, semtech.


Alistair Fulton (https://www.semtech.com/company/executive-leadership/alistair-fulton) is the Vice President and General Manager of Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.

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Feb 7, 2022

At Last: New Synthetic Tooth Enamel Is Harder and Stronger Than the Real Thing

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

Delivering what has been so challenging to produce, researchers present an engineered analog of tooth enamel – an ideal model for designing biomimetic materials – designed to closely mimic the composition and structure of biological teeth’s hard mineralized outer layer. It demonstrates exceptional mechanical properties, they say.

Natural tooth enamel – the thin outer layer of our teeth – is the hardest biological material in the human body. It is renowned for its high stiffness, hardness, viscoelasticity, strength, and toughness and exhibits exceptional damage resistance, despite being only several millimeters thick.

Tooth enamel’s unusual combination of properties is a product of its hierarchical architecture – a complex structure made up of mostly hydroxyapatite nanowires interconnected by an amorphous intergranular phase (AIP) consisting of magnesium-substituted amorphous calcium phosphate. However, accurately replicating this type of hierarchical organization in a scalable abiotic composite has remained a challenge.