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Feb 2, 2022
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Weird Starball 117 Million Light Years Away
Posted by Alberto Lao in categories: solar power, space, sustainability
In addition to the beautiful reddish image seen by the telescope, ESA stated that the data gathered from this sort of observation could aid in deciphering riddles surrounding the Universe’s beginning.
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Feb 2, 2022
Mars meteorite upends when we think life could have began
Posted by Atanas Atanasov in category: space
The Red planet was still getting bombarded after 4.48 billion years.
It is believed to be the second oldest meteorite discovered, about two billion years old, and contains the most water found in any of Mars’ fallen rocks.
Previous studies of Black Beauty have shown that the meteorite lacked signatures of shock deformation, which led scientists to believe that Mars stopped experiencing heavy bombardment from flying space rocks about 4.48 billion years ago. This also suggested that the planet could have developed habitable conditions early on in its history.
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Feb 2, 2022
IAVI and Moderna launch trial of HIV vaccine antigens delivered through mRNA technology
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: biotech/medical, government, health
Phase I trial aims to build on response seen in proof-of-concept trial.
NEW YORK AND CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — JANUARY 27, 2022 — IAVI and biotechnology company Moderna announced today that first doses have been administered in a clinical trial of experimental HIV vaccine antigens at George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. The Phase I trial, IAVI G002, is designed to test the hypothesis that sequential administration of priming and boosting HIV immunogens delivered by messenger RNA (mRNA) can induce specific classes of B-cell responses and guide their early maturation toward broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) development. The induction of bnAbs is widely considered to be a goal of HIV vaccination, and this is the first step in that process. The immunogens being tested in IAVI G002 were developed by scientific teams at IAVI and Scripps Research and will be delivered via Moderna’s mRNA technology.
IAVI and Moderna and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States government.
Feb 2, 2022
Our Brains Keep Us 15 Seconds ‘in The Past’ to Help Us See a Stable World, Says Study
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: neuroscience
Our eyes are continuously bombarded by an enormous amount of visual information – millions of shapes, colors, and ever-changing motion all around us.
For the brain, this is no easy feat.
Feb 2, 2022
‘Quantum friction’ slows water flow through carbon nanotubes, resolving long-standing fluid dynamics mystery
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum physics
For 15 years, scientists have been baffled by the mysterious way water flows through the tiny passages of carbon nanotubes—pipes with walls that can be just one atom thick. The streams have confounded all theories of fluid dynamics; paradoxically, fluid passes more easily through narrower nanotubes, and in all nanotubes it moves with almost no friction. What friction there is has also defied explanation.
In an unprecedented mashup of fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics, researchers report in a new theoretical study published February 2 in Nature that they finally have an answer: ‘quantum friction.’
The proposed explanation is the first indication of quantum effects at the boundary of a solid and a liquid, says study lead author Nikita Kavokine, a research fellow at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) in New York City.
Feb 2, 2022
DeepMind AI rivals average human competitive coder
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
After simulating 10 contests, with more than 5,000 participants, AlphaCode has ranks in the top 54%.
Feb 2, 2022
Ethereum-based AR metaverse ecosystem adopts Polygon to address scaling
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: augmented reality, cryptocurrencies, transportation
Peter Nesswhy is he so eager for Biden’s approval? Doesn’t he have parents?
Eric KlienAdmin.
Peter Ness Biden keeps saying that GM is the U.S. leader in EVs and this ticks off Elon. In fact, the old GM plant in California that Tesla bought for a big $42 million produced more cars than any other U.S. factory last year. (All EVs, of course.)
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Feb 2, 2022
$323 million in ETH stolen from cross-chain protocol Wormhole
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: blockchains, climatology, cosmology, cryptocurrencies, engineering, environmental, finance
Ben RayfieldWeather control tech exists, to some extent. EMP weapons exist. If there was a 477 mile long lightning, it was probably either due to the sun or is a weapon or a terraforming experiment.
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Feb 2, 2022
Dr. Marilyn Roossinck, Ph.D. — Beneficial Viruses — Professor Emeritus, Penn State University
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: biotech/medical, education, evolution, food, health
“Beneficial Viruses” For Human Health, Agriculture And Environmental Sustainability — Dr. Marilyn Roossinck, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Penn State
Dr. Marilyn Roossinck Ph.D. (https://plantpath.psu.edu/directory/mjr25) is Professor Emeritus of plant pathology, environmental microbiology and biology at Penn State University.
