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Florida is reporting a surge in deadly infections caused by the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Driving the news: Lee County alone has recorded 29 cases and 4 deaths as of Friday, according to Florida’s Department of Health. The state’s overall numbers have risen to 65 cases and 11 deaths, compared to 34 cases and 10 deaths in 2021.

Details: Found in warm, brackish water, Vibrio vulnificus usually enters human bodies through the consumption of raw or undercooked seafood, though it can also cause infections through open wounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Thanks to a $19.2 million collaboration co-funded by the European Union.

Irish firm Ocean Energy has signed up to a collaboration project with 14 industry and university partners in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain. The project will test its OE35 floating wave energy device at scale over the next four years.

The new €19.6 million ($19.

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The dancing robots performed in a video that was in conjunction with a concert held by BTS in Busan, South Korea.

Boston Dynamics robot dog, Spot, is dancing, once more. This time, it’s to the hit song “Permission to Dance” by group BTS, a popular band from South Korea, in a new video (featured below).

Boston Dynamics’ robot Spot dancing.

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The crystals are significantly larger than any that have ever been created previously.

A hitherto unknown characteristic of colloidal crystals, highly organized three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles, has been discovered by Northwestern University researchers very recently.

According to Northwestern University’s release, similar to the natural structures found in chameleon skin and butterfly wings, DNA-engineered colloidal crystals demonstrate shape-shifting and structural memory.

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It’s more affordable and effective.

City College of New York’s new AI model will be able to predict accurately human response to novel drug compounds. Moreover, it is less costly and faster. Published in Nature Mature Intelligence.

According to research, the new CODE-AE model can screen brand-new medication molecules and reliably forecast their effectiveness in people. In tests, it was also able to find potentially more effective tailored medications for over 9,000 patients.

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Will other billionaires follow suit?

Over the summer, Frenchman Bernard Arnault, the co-founder of luxury goods company, Louis Vuitton, was under fire on Twitter for the excessive use of his private jet. His solution to escape the criticism was to sell his private jet and rent one instead when needed, Bloomberg.

Billionaires like Arnault have used private jets in the past as well, but without being noticed by the public at large. However, with the use of automation, their information can not only be pulled up but also publicly shared over social media channels like Twitter.

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