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Jul 21, 2022

Teen Is Cured from Cancer After Groundbreaking Therapy: ‘It’s a Miracle I’m Alive’

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

It was 2010, and 5-year-old Emily Whitehead had her entire future ahead of her. “From the time she was little, she liked to pull pranks and make us laugh,” her father Tom, 53, tells PEOPLE. “She made our lives a lot better.” The rambunctious preschooler had just gone to…

Jul 21, 2022

Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos creates doughnut-shaped clubhouse in Mexico

Posted by in category: habitats

Cross-laminated timber and volcanic stone were used to form a round building along a lake that was designed by Mexican studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.

The Valle San Nicolás Clubhouse is located on the outskirts of Valle de Bravo, about two hours from Mexico City.

Set on a 385-hectare residential development, along a lake with an 800-metre waterski run, the building holds a range of spaces for relaxing and socialising.

Jul 21, 2022

Aboriginal language could help solve complex AI problems

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Jingulu—a language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory—has characteristics that allow it to be easily translated into AI commands.

An Aboriginal could hold the key to solving some of the most challenging between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

A new paper, published by Frontiers in Physics and led by UNSW Canberra’s Professor Hussein Abbass, explains how Jingulu—a language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory—has characteristics that allow it to be easily translated into AI commands.

Jul 21, 2022

U.S. government recovers nearly $500,000 from North Korean hack on Kansas medical facility

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, blockchains, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode, government

The U.S. Department of Justice seized roughly $500,000 in ransom payments that a medical center in Kansas paid to North Korean hackers last year, along with cryptocurrency used to launder the payments, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Tuesday.

The hospital quickly paid the attackers, but also notified the FBI, “which was the right thing to do for both themselves and for future victims,” Monaco said in a speech at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University in New York City.

The notification enabled the FBI to trace the payment through the blockchain, an immutable public record of cryptocurrency transactions.

Jul 21, 2022

EU warns of Russian cyberattack spillover, escalation risks

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

The Council of the European Union (EU) said today that Russian hackers and hacker groups increasingly attacking “essential” organizations worldwide could lead to spillover risks and potential escalation.

“This increase in malicious cyber activities, in the context of the war against Ukraine, creates unacceptable risks of spillover effects, misinterpretation and possible escalation,” the High Representative on behalf of the EU said Tuesday.

“The latest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against several EU Member States and partners claimed by pro-Russian hacker groups are yet another example of the heightened and tense cyber threat landscape that EU and its Member States have observed.”

Jul 20, 2022

Surprise Asteroid Mystery Unraveled — Barreling Toward Earth From Blind Spot

Posted by in category: space

When asteroid 2019 OK suddenly appeared barreling toward Earth on July 25, 2019, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin and the team of astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico quickly sprang into action.

After receiving an alert, the radar scientists zoned in on the asteroid, which was approaching from Earth’s blind spot — solar opposition. Zambrano-Marin and the team had just 30 minutes to collect as many radar readings as they could. The asteroid was traveling so fast, that’s all the time she’d have it in Arecibo’s sights. University of Central Florida (UCF) manages the Arecibo Observatory for the U.S. National Science Foundation under a cooperative agreement.

Because the asteroid appeared to come out of nowhere and was traveling so fast, it made headline news.

Jul 20, 2022

‘Canyon of fire’ solar storm to hit Earth today or tomorrow

Posted by in category: materials

The solar material was launched from a snapping solar filament.

Jul 20, 2022

TAE Technologies Exceeds Fusion Reactor Performance Goals

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

Following scientific milestones with current fusion reactor, Norman, TAE receives investments from long-term partner Google, as well as Chevron, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, and others to fund the construction of the company’s sixth-generation research reactor that will demonstrate the viability of net energy from TAE’s approach.

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. 0, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — After achieving temperatures greater than 75 million degrees Celsius and demonstrating unmatched real-time control of plasma with its state-of-the-art fusion research reactor, Norman, TAE Technologies today announced that it has secured strategic and institutional investments to fund the construction of its next research reactor, Copernicus.

Jul 20, 2022

Shedding A Tear Could Help Diagnose Disease In New Breakthrough

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Microscopic “bubbles” in tears can help to diagnose eye diseases, and potentially even neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.

Jul 20, 2022

World’s “Fastest Airliner” Could Cross Atlantic In Just 3.5 Hours

Posted by in category: transportation

Airline company Boom Supersonic has shown off brand new renders of its Overture aircraft, which it claims will become the “world’s fastest airliner.”

The company unveiled the “production design” of the sleek jet, which includes four engines, a new fuselage, and fewer passenger seats compared to previous iterations.

Needless to say, the aircraft is fast as hell, with a cruising at Mach 1.7 over water and just under Mach 1 over land, meaning it could fly from New York to London in just 3.5 hours.