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Dec 7, 2023

Laser Leap: Organic Breakthrough Lights Up the Tech World

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Scientists have made a pivotal advancement in creating compact laser technology using organic semiconductors. This development promises diverse applications, from enhancing OLED displays to aiding in disease detection and environmental monitoring. The new laser, which emits green light in short pulses, overcomes the traditional need for an external laser in organic semiconductor lasers. Credit: SciTechDaily.com.

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in creating an electrically driven organic semiconductor laser, paving the way for advanced and versatile laser applications.

Researchers at the University of St. Andrews are leading a significant breakthrough in a decades-long challenge to develop compact laser technology.

Dec 7, 2023

Breakthrough in coherent two-photon LIDAR overcomes range limitations

Posted by in categories: innovation, quantum physics

New research has unveiled an advancement in Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology, offering unparalleled sensitivity and precision in measuring the distance of remote objects.

This research, published in Physical Review Letters, is a result of a collaboration between the group of Professor Yoon-Ho Kim at POSTECH in South Korea, and the Quantum Science and Technology Hub at the University of Portsmouth.

Coherent LIDAR has long been a cornerstone in distance measurement, but its capabilities have been restrained by the time of the light source. In a pioneering move, researchers have introduced two-photon LIDAR, eliminating the range limitations imposed by coherence time, to achieve accurate and precise ranging of a remote object situated far beyond the coherence time dictated by the spectral bandwidth of the light source.

Dec 7, 2023

Redefining Brain Evolution: Unveiling the “Little Brain’s” Role in the Human Cognitive Leap

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, evolution, genetics, neuroscience

The advancement of higher cognitive abilities in humans is predominantly associated with the growth of the neocortex, a brain area key to conscious thinking, movement, and sensory perception. Researchers are increasingly realizing, however, that the “little brain” or cerebellum also expanded during evolution and probably contributes to the capacities unique to humans, explains Prof. Henrik Kaessmann from the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University.

His research team has – together with Prof. Dr Stefan Pfister from the Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg – generated comprehensive genetic maps of the development of cells in the cerebella of humans, mice, and opossums. Comparisons of these data reveal both ancestral and species-specific cellular and molecular characteristics of cerebellum development spanning over 160 million years of mammalian evolution.

Dec 7, 2023

How the Brain Fills in the Blanks

Posted by in category: neuroscience

We construct our experiences.

Dec 7, 2023

A robophysical model of spacetime dynamics

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 21,589 (2023) Cite this article.

Dec 7, 2023

IBM unveils new quantum computing chip to ‘explore new frontiers of science’

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics, robotics/AI, science

Computer and AI giant rolls out machine using ‘Heron’ chips using subatomic particles instead of ones and zeros.

Dec 7, 2023

Nano Robotics

Posted by in categories: nanotechnology, robotics/AI

Nano bots.


Nano Robotics is revolutionizing the manufacturing industry. It combines nanotechnology, robotics, and artificial intelligence to produce highly efficient and precise machines.

Dec 7, 2023

The Neurobiological Platform for Moral Intuitions: Dr. Patricia Churchland

Posted by in category: ethics

Meet Thousands of Lonely Women. Forget About Loneliness. Let Yourself Be Happy.

Dec 7, 2023

Rising colorectal cancer risk in young adults calls for earlier screening, study suggests

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Study reveals an increase in adenomas and advanced adenomas in younger adults, alongside a rise in colorectal cancer incidence in males under 50, suggesting a need for earlier screening, particularly in men.

Dec 7, 2023

The Virus Zoo: A Primer on Molecular Virology

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Genome and Structure:

HIV’s genome is a 9.7 kb linear positive-sense ssRNA.1 There is a m7G-cap (specifically the standard eukaryotic m7GpppG as added by the host’s enzymes) at the 5’ end of the genome and a poly-A tail at the 3’ end of the genome.2 The genome also has a 5’-LTR and 3’-LTR (long terminal repeats) that aid its integration into the host genome after reverse transcription, that facilitate HIV genetic regulation, and that play a variety of other important functional roles. In particular, it should be noted that the integrated 5’UTR contains the HIV promoter called U3.3,4

HIV’s genome translates three polyproteins (as well as several accessory proteins). The Gag polyprotein contains the HIV structural proteins. The Gag-Pol polyprotein contains (within its Pol component) the enzymes viral protease, reverse transcriptase, and integrase. The Gag-Pol polyprotein is produced via a −1 ribosomal frameshift at the end of Gag translation. Because of the lower efficiency of this frameshift, Gag-Pol is synthesized 20-fold less frequently than Gag.5 The frameshift’s mechanism depends upon a slippery heptanucleotide sequence UUUUUUA and a downstream RNA secondary structure called the frameshift stimulatory signal (FSS).6 This FSS controls the efficiency of the frameshift process.

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