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Nov 10, 2021
DoorDash to acquire food delivery company Wolt
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: food
Finland-based Wolt was founded in 2014 by Miki Kuusi, who, upon the deal closing, will run DoorDash International and report to Xu. The company has over 4,000 employees across 23 countries and its technology enables users to easily discover and receive food via its platform by selecting a restaurant, placing the order and hitting send.
Wolt has raised over $850 million to date, according to its Crunchbase profile. Its most recent funding round was $530 million in January, led by Iconiq Growth, with participation from Tiger Global, DST, KKR, Prosus, EQT Growth, EQT Ventures and Coatue.
Wolt represents DoorDash’s sixth acquisition according to Crunchbase data and its second in 2,021 which includes an acquisition of Chowbotics earlier this year. The latest transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022.
Nov 10, 2021
A Triple Treat From Large Hadron Collider: Three J/ψ Particles Emerging From a Single Collision Between Two Protons
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: particle physics
In a first for particle physics, the CMS collaboration has observed three J/ψ particles emerging from a single collision between two protons.
It’s a triple treat. By sifting through data from particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the CMS collaboration has seen not one, not two but three J/ψ particles emerging from a single collision between two protons. In addition to being a first for particle physics, the observation opens a new window into how quarks and gluons are distributed inside the proton.
The J/ψ particle is a special particle. It was the first particle containing a charm quark to be discovered, winning Burton Richter and Samuel Ting a Nobel prize in physics and helping to establish the quark model of composite particles called hadrons.
Nov 10, 2021
Nuclear radiation used to transmit digital data wirelessly
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: mobile phones, nuclear energy
Engineers have successfully transferred digitally encoded information wirelessly using nuclear radiation instead of conventional technology.
Radio waves and mobile phone signals relies on electromagnetic radiation for communication but in a new development, engineers from Lancaster University in the UK, working with the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, transferred digitally encoded information using “fast neutrons” instead.
The researchers measured the spontaneous emission of fast neutrons from californium-252, a radioactive isotope produced in nuclear reactors.
Nov 10, 2021
Researchers have unlocked the secret to pearls’ incredible symmetry
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: solar power, space travel, sustainability
Understanding the structural secrets of how mollusks form symmetrical pearls could inspire more optimal materials for solar panels and space travel.
Nov 10, 2021
South Korean capital Seoul will become world’s first ‘metaverse’ city
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: virtual reality
‘Metaverse Seoul’ will let residents visit famous tourist attractions, attend festivals, and even file paperwork with the local council in a virtual reality city hall dailystar.
Nov 10, 2021
Scientists build tiny robot that could deliver drugs with amazing accuracy
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
The microrobot moves around using little hairs inspired by those on baby starfish.
Nov 10, 2021
NASA update: What Blue Origin’s lawsuit means for crewed Artemis Moon missions
Posted by Atanas Atanasov in categories: law, space travel
NASA might be going to the Moon a bit later.
NASA wants to send humans back to the Moon as part of the Artemis program, but Blue Origin’s legal action has pushed the launch back further.
Nov 10, 2021
Researchers develop program to read any genome sequence and decipher its genetic code
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, computing, genetics
Yekaterina “Kate” Shulgina was a first year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, looking for a short computational biology project so she could check the requirement off her program in systems biology. She wondered how genetic code, once thought to be universal, could evolve and change.
That was 2016 and today Shulgina has come out the other end of that short-term project with a way to decipher this genetic mystery. She describes it in a new paper in the journal eLife with Harvard biologist Sean Eddy.
The report details a new computer program that can read the genome sequence of any organism and then determine its genetic code. The program, called Codetta, has the potential to help scientists expand their understanding of how the genetic code evolves and correctly interpret the genetic code of newly sequenced organisms.
Nov 10, 2021
Roboat III Autonomus Boat Transportation System
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Roboat is a research program on autonomous boats in Amsterdam. The program was scheduled to last from 2016–2021, is developing the world’s first fleet of autonomous vessels. It focuses on moving people and goods, portable infrastructure and data gathering.