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Apr 13, 2022

AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D beats the Core i9 12900K in gaming benchmarks

Posted by in categories: computing, entertainment, internet

AMD is at it again. 😃


The launch of AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D is imminent. Chips are out in the wild and early bird reviews and benchmarks are popping up on the web. Given that AMD has been touting the gaming prowess of the 5800X3D, we’ve been waiting to see if that claim holds up. And it appears that it does.

Peruvian hardware site Xanxo Gaming (via 3DCenter) managed to get hold of a retail Ryzen 7 5800X3D and put it through a comprehensive suite of benchmarks, comparing it to Intel’s Core i9 12900KF. As the site wasn’t sampled by AMD, it’s not subject to an embargo.

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Apr 13, 2022

New York State is getting 38 MW of community bifacial solar farms

Posted by in categories: energy, engineering, sustainability

Boston-based solar company ClearPath Energy and Maitland, Florida-based Castillo Engineering, a solar engineering firm, are building six community bifacial solar farms in New York State.

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Ranging from 4.5 megawatts (MW) to 7.5 MW in size, the six solar farms are currently in late stages of construction in central New York State, and some are already mechanically completed. All six projects are scheduled to be operational in the second quarter of 2022.

Apr 13, 2022

IBM launches new Qiskit Runtime primitives

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

IBM’s getting ready to lap the competition in the quantum computing race with the launch of new primitives for Qiskit Runtime. property= description.

Apr 13, 2022

Private Astronauts Share Journey From SpaceX Ship Flying At 17,000 Mph

Posted by in category: space travel

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Crew Dragon is carrying the world’s first private astronaut crew to the ISS.

Apr 13, 2022

Installing an EV Charger at My House Was Easy

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

With more electric cars than ever to test, being able to charge at home is crucial.

Apr 13, 2022

Low-dose lithium may slow kidney aging

Posted by in category: life extension

Best known therapeutically as a treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium has long intrigued researchers with its potential age-defying properties.

The element has been shown in lab experiments to extend the lifespan of fruit flies and roundworms, while have suggested tap water naturally laced with trace amounts of lithium might improve human longevity.

Researchers at The University of Toledo have recently found that low-dose lithium acts as a powerful anti-aging agent in the kidneys.

Apr 13, 2022

Moog opens spacecraft-integration facility

Posted by in category: space travel

COLORADO SPRINGS — Moog Inc. is quadrupling the size of its Colorado space vehicle production capacity as the New York-based company long known as a spacecraft component supplier expands its role as a space vehicle integrator.

“It’s a proud moment for our company,” Maureen Athoe, Moog Space and Defense Group president, told SpaceNews. “This step takes us to the mission level. We’re going to hear from our customers about what they need not just with components, but with the actual mission.”

This year, Moog is scheduled to integrate nine space vehicles in its new 8,800-square-meter facility in Arvada, Colorado, and its existing 3,000-square-meter plant nearby.

Apr 12, 2022

MS reversed by transplanted immune cells that fight Epstein-Barr virus

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

In a small trial, immune cells that fight the Epstein-Barr virus have stopped the progression of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune condition that can lead to symptoms, such as difficulty walking, that worsen over time.

Apr 12, 2022

NASA Recently Found the Farthest Star Ever Seen, Thanks to a Ripple of Space-Time

Posted by in category: space

Like something out of a sci-fi movie, the Hubble Space Telescope discovered the most distant star ever seen—through a cosmic fluke.

Nicknamed “Earendel,” the star’s light took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, and scientists believe it emitted light throughout the first billion years of our universe’s existence. Beside its age, Earendel’s position is also curious. According to NASA, Hubble was able to detect the star thanks to gravitational lensing, a phenomenon in which a massive object (like a galaxy) warps the fabric of space. When light reaches the warped space, it can act like a magnifying glass and highlight objects we’d otherwise have a difficult time seeing.

And that’s how Earendel—whose Old English name is akin to “morning star” or “rising light”—was found (though Tolkien fans will recognize it as a riff on Eärendil, the half-Elven seafarer who carried a Silmaril).

Apr 12, 2022

When It Comes to Science We Need to Understand the Past to Divine the Future

Posted by in categories: cosmology, science

How we came to exist is best stated in the Barenaked Ladies’ lyric “It All Started with the Big Bang,” the moment that space-time began.


Inflatons, gravitons, and Dark Matter are the story that is emerging immediately following The Big Bang.