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Amazon’s air cargo fleet is an increasingly critical component of its logistics machine.

The strangely shaped behemoth gets a close-up.

Using the dark energy camera on a telescope in Chile, astronomers captured a stunning view of the galaxy Centaurus A.

Summary: Findings could advance the development of deep learning networks based on real neurons that will enable them to perform more complex and more efficient learning processes.

Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

We are in the midst of a scientific and technological revolution. The computers of today use artificial intelligence to learn from example and to execute sophisticated functions that, until recently, were thought impossible. These smart algorithms can recognize faces and even drive autonomous vehicles.

Fibromyalgia appears to be autoimmune, and by knowing the antibody target it should be possible to force immunotolerance, curing the disease. Thanks to the animal experiments.

Paper:
Goebel A, Krock E, Gentry C, et al.: Passive transfer of fibromyalgia symptoms from patients to mice. J Clin Invest. 2021;131(13). doi: 10.1172/JCI144201

Will declining launch costs, advances in technology and growing public-sector interest position space exploration as the next trillion-dollar industry?

The decision came after a global trial showed that the drug can “safely cut cholesterol by 50%.”

A twice-yearly injection of a new drug could lower cholesterol levels and prevent thousands of deaths from heart attacks and strokes, NHS England says.

The Shenzhou-12 crew, astronauts Nie Haisheng (commander), Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo, presented the Tianhe core module to university students and secondary school pupils in Hong Kong. The Tianhe core module (天和核心舱), the first and main component of the China Space Station (中国空间站), informally known as Tiangong (天宫, Heavenly Palace).

Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Media Group(CMG)/China Central Television (CCTV)

One of the biggest barriers standing in the way of useful quantum computers is how error-prone today’s devices are.

Why does this matter?

Because creating reliably successful quantum computers will allow us to better control the building blocks of life and the universe.

To Sheng-Ying Pao, the power of reframing CRISPR lies in what is absolutely ordinary: paper. In CRISPaper, Pao revisited a cultural past in the ancient art of papermaking.

Over thousands of years, farmers painstakingly converted the wild rice plant into a staple crop. Today, researchers are using CRISPR to change genes to optimize grain yield. However, rice is more than food. In ancient China, it was used to make paper.

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