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May 15, 2021
In the Search to Stall Aging, Biotech Startups Are Out for Blood
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
A handful of companies are trying vastly different approaches to spin animal studies into the next big anti-aging therapy.
May 15, 2021
Riding bosonic qubits towards fault-tolerant quantum computation
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: entertainment, quantum physics
A guide to bosonic codes and error correction in a photonic platform.
Ilan Tzitrin, J. Eli Bourassa, and Krishna Kumar Sabapathy
You and two of your friends, Judit and Gary, are on a long-awaited trip in southern India. On a leg of your journey, you find yourselves on a luxurious train ride through the Deccan Plateau, about to meander through the breathtaking Western Ghats. Before the scenery captures your attention, your friends decide to entertain themselves with a game of chess, while you continue to devour Carl Sagan’s Contact.
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May 15, 2021
Freshly Made Plutonium From Outer Space Found On Ocean Floor
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Something went boom in outer space and sent radioactive stardust our way, and it’s just been found at the bottom of the ocean.
May 15, 2021
Deep-sea snailfish repairs its DNA to survive 7 km below the surface
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
To survive 7000 metres below the surface of the sea, the Yap hadal snailfish has evolved advanced mechanisms for repairing its DNA and safeguarding its proteins.
May 15, 2021
China’s Zhurong vs. NASA’s Perseverance: Rover Tech in Mars Space Race | WSJ
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
The U.S. and China are locked in a fierce battle in the race for Mars. China’s Zhurong rover is circling Mars as the country attempts to land a spacecraft on the red planet for the first time, just months after NASA landed its Perseverance rover. Photos: NASA; CCTV
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May 15, 2021
Improving touch screens with AI
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI
ETH Computer scientists have developed a new AI solution that enables touchscreens to sense with eight times higher resolution than current devices. Thanks to AI, their solution can infer much more precisely where fingers touch the screen.
Quickly typing a message on a smartphone sometimes results in hitting the wrong letters on the small keyboard or on other input buttons in an app. The touch sensors that detect finger input on the touch screen have not changed much since they were first released in mobile phones in the mid-2000s.
May 15, 2021
China’s 1st Mars rover ‘Zhurong’ lands on the Red Planet
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
China just successfully landed its first rover on Mars, becoming only the second nation to do so.
The Tianwen-1 mission, China’s first interplanetary endeavor, reached the surface of the Red Planet Friday (May 14) at approximately 7:11 p.m. EDT (2311 GMT), though Chinese space officials have not yet confirmed the exact time and location of touchdown. Tianwen-1 (which translates to “Heavenly Questions”) arrived in Mars’ orbit in February after launching to the Red Planet on a Long March 5 rocket in July 2020.
May 14, 2021
The Way We Get Everything Is Going Electric
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, innovation
There’s a wide world of delivery logistics going on behind the scenes in America, one that’s become central to everyday life. And yet, most of us are completely oblivious to its environmental cost. But thanks to a handful of ambitious startups, there’s an electric revolution happening that may be perfectly suited to delivering us a cleaner future.
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May 14, 2021
This chain reaction could explain rare blood clots linked to some COVID-19 vaccines
Posted by Jason Blain in category: biotech/medical
A research group in Germany has presented a possible explanation for why the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines sometimes trigger rare blood-clotting events.