Apr 28, 2022
Three Myths of Planetary Protection
Posted by Dirk Schulze-Makuch in category: space travel
Planetary Protection — how strict should the guidelines be to protect our home planet, to protect other worlds?
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Apr 28, 2022
Grandpa Creates Hologram Twin For Future Grandkids Using VR
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: habitats, holograms, virtual reality
Not even death itself will prevent this tech-savvy grandfather from meeting his future great-grandchildren.
Not even death will stop this tech-savvy grandfather from meeting his great-grandchildren.
Jerry Terrance, an 85-year-old grandfather from Los Angeles, California, has turned himself into a 3D hologram that will serve as a humanoid time capsule for future generations. According to the Daily Mail, Jerry’s ‘hologram twin’ will guide his two children and four grandchildren, as well as future great-grandchildren, through his family’s history, even after his death.
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Apr 28, 2022
World’s smallest gears measure mere nanometers to power molecular machines
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology
In many fields of technology, smaller is better, and machinery is now getting so tiny it’s measured in mere atoms. Researchers at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany have now developed what they claim are the world’s smallest working gear wheels.
Molecular machines and nanorobots could be extremely useful in the coming decades, helping to construct electronic components, transport drugs through the body, or manipulate individual cells or molecules.
To that end, scientists have developed nanoscale versions of many machine parts, such as motors, pistons, pumps, wrenches and propellers.
Apr 28, 2022
Is a Technological Singularity Inevitable?
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: computing, singularity
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As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a Technological Singularity Inevitable, and can we survive it?
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Apr 28, 2022
Researchers Rejuvenate Mouse Organs Through Cellular Reprogramming
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Scientists led by Dr. Manuel Serrano have observed symptoms of rejuvenation in the pancreas, liver, spleen, and blood of mice after applying one cycle of cell reprogramming.
To achieve this, the researchers have characterized rejuvenation by studying molecular marks in the DNA, gene expression, and cell metabolism. The study has been published in the journal Aging Cell.
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Apr 28, 2022
HPE and Salesforce unveil AI and automation tools for developers
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: robotics/AI
HPE has launched its Swarm Learning and Machine Learning Development System whilst Salesforce announced further integration with Slack, Tableau, and Mulesoft.
Apr 28, 2022
BlackRock launches a blockchain ETF that offers a ‘gradual entry point’ into the tech — and the opportunity for exponential growth, says top iShares exec
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: blockchains, cryptocurrencies
BlackRock announced on Wednesday its new iShares Blockchain and Tech ETF (IBLC), which allows investors to gain exposure to the blockchain sector without any direct investments in cryptocurrencies.
The exchange-traded fund tracks US and international companies involved in the “development, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies,” BlackRock said. Currently, the fund has over $4.7 million in net assets across 34 holdings, excluding cash positions and derivative exposures.
The ETF is a “gradual entry point into the blockchain ecosystem” and includes holdings like crypto exchanges, crypto miners, and underlying technologies, said Rachel Aguirre, BlackRock’s head of US iShares product, at a Wednesday panel event.
Apr 28, 2022
Zero-index metamaterials offer new insights into the foundations of quantum mechanics
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: energy, quantum physics
In physics, as in life, it’s always good to look at things from different perspectives.
Since the beginning of quantum physics, how light moves and interacts with matter around it has mostly been described and understood mathematically through the lens of its energy. In 1900, Max Planck used energy to explain how light is emitted by heated objects, a seminal study in the foundation of quantum mechanics. In 1905, Albert Einstein used energy when he introduced the concept of photon.
But light has another equally important quality, known as momentum. And as it turns out, when you take momentum away, light starts behaving in really interesting ways.
Apr 28, 2022
This Experiment Could Finally Show Us What Hyperspace Looks Like
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Scientists are searching for a cosmic phenomena called the Unruh effect. They may be close.
Apr 28, 2022
‘Tornado of Fire’ Is Latest Sight on the Sun’s Tumultuous Surface
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: climatology
The sun is moving into the hyperactive phase of its roughly 11-year cycle when sunspots, solar flares and all other sorts of tumultuous heliocentric happenings become more common. Case in point: A vortex of fire as tall as 10 Earths stacked on top of each other could be seen doing a quick dance on the sun’s surface late Tuesday.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught an eruption from the sun that swirled like a tornado as it produced a bright coronal mass ejection, or CME. Astronomer Tony Phillips clipped the below footage for Spaceweather.com.
CMEs are blasts of charged plasma that often accompany solar flares. When they’re directed at Earth, they can produce bright auroras when they collide with our magnetosphere. This particular CME that started with the rare solar twister was not directed at Earth.
