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Dec 21, 2021

Boeing and Airbus warn US over 5G safety concerns

Posted by in category: internet

The world’s two biggest plane makers say the technology could have a negative impact on the aviation industry.

Dec 21, 2021

Pro-Longevity Molecules in ‘Young Blood’ Rejuvenate Aged Mouse Muscle

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, nanotechnology

Researchers identify a crucial mediator of youthfulness for mouse muscle in membranous nanoparticles circulating the bloodstream, a discovery that could advance muscle regeneration therapies for older people.

Dec 21, 2021

Nanome uses VR to build molecules and reality check AI recommendations

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, virtual reality

Chemists can manipulate molecules, watch proteins interact and share their work with colleagues in the virtual reality platform.

Chemists may be one of the first researchers to see the benefits of working in virtual reality instead of actual reality. The VR software company Nanome has a 21st century replacement for the ball and stick models that date from 1,865 as well as software models that create 2D images of molecules on computer screens.

The VR platform has won over highly educated researchers who are skeptical of everything who at the same time have been waiting for decades for this technology to mature, according to Steve McCloskey, founder and CEO of Nanome.

Dec 21, 2021

A colon growth hormone could pave way for treating aging-related disorders

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Researchers say they have found a growth hormone in the colon that helps damage DNA, which aides in the aging process. The finding could lead to new therapeutic approaches to aging-associated disorders like cancer.

Whereas circulating pituitary growth hormones decline with age, non-pituitary growth hormones, or npGH, increase with age. That means the colon tissue growth hormone helps initiate the first stages of tumor development and influence the aging process, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers said in research published in the journal Cell Reports.

At the core of the issue is npGH blocking a certain protein from protecting DNA from damage. The protein, p53, is a tumor suppressor that helps repair DNA, but it can also awaken growth hormones.

Dec 21, 2021

DeepMind’s New AI With a Memory Outperforms Algorithms 25 Times Its Size

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

DeepMind’s model, with just 7 billion parameters, outperformed the 178 billion-parameter Jurassic-1 transformer on various language tasks.

Dec 21, 2021

FDA Just Approved The World’s First Injectable Medication to Prevent HIV

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The world’s first injectable medication to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency announced Monday (December 20).

The injectable drug – called Apretude or its generic name, “cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension” – provides an alternative to daily pills for HIV prevention, such as Truvada and Descovy. These pills are up to 99 percent effective at preventing the sexual transmission of HIV, but must be taken every day to be that effective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

By contrast, to start Apretude, people initially receive two shots, spaced one month apart, and then they receive an injection every two months thereafter, according to the FDA statement.

Dec 21, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope Launch — Official NASA Broadcast

Posted by in category: cosmology

Watch the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope—the most powerful space telescope ever made. This mission is scheduled to lift off at 7:20 a.m. EST (12:20 UTC), Dec. 25, 2021, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

With revolutionary technology, Webb will observe a part of space and time never seen before, providing a wealth of amazing views into an era when the very first stars and galaxies formed–over 13.5 billion years ago.

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Dec 21, 2021

EXCLUSIVE look inside Toyota’s robotics research lab

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Toyota Research Institute has put what looks like little puffy oven mitts on its robots’ grippers so they can handle and identify things by touch the way we naturally do. We got an exclusive early peek.

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Dec 21, 2021

Russian Citizens Are Now Being Prepped for Nuclear War

Posted by in categories: electronics, existential risks

Russian state TV is increasingly hysterical in its forecasts of an upcoming war, warning domestic audiences that the conflict could even become nuclear.

Dec 21, 2021

Russia won’t rule out nukes in Belarus amid NATO standoff, diplomat says

Posted by in category: futurism

“All options” are being considered in Moscow, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said on Tuesday.