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Feb 3, 2021

Supercomputers advance longer-lasting, faster-charging batteries

Posted by in categories: supercomputing, transportation

In an effort to curb the rise in overall carbon vehicle emissions, the state of California recently announced a plan to ban new sales of gasoline-powered vehicles in less than 15 years—if the current governor’s order holds strong.

Feb 3, 2021

SpaceX will launch billionaire Jared Isaacman on a private spaceflight this year

Posted by in category: space travel

The 37-year-old Isaacman, who’s also an accomplished pilot, will command the four-person “Inspiration4” mission aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, he and SpaceX announced today (Feb. 1). There will be no professional astronauts aboard; Isaacman is donating the other three seats.


Isaacman chartered a Crew Dragon flight and is donating the other three seats.

Feb 3, 2021

New arm extension allows robot dog ‘Spot’ to open a door for you

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

“Spot” the robot dog can now pick things up, open doors, charge itself … and dance.

Feb 3, 2021

U.S. extends New START nuclear treaty with Russia for 5 years

Posted by in categories: geopolitics, military, treaties

“Especially during times of tension, verifiable limits on Russia’s intercontinental-range nuclear weapons are vitally important,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Feb 3, 2021

Marine biologists discover 4 new types of photoreceptor

Posted by in category: futurism

How do these little beasties detect light anyway?

Feb 3, 2021

Viscoelastic control of spatiotemporal order in bacterial active matter

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Introducing viscoelasticity by addition of DNA into the fluid surrounding a suspension of Escherichia coli produces a giant oscillating vortex with a period controllable through the DNA concentration.

Feb 3, 2021

An atomic Boltzmann machine capable of self-adaption

Posted by in category: particle physics

Stochastic orbital dynamics of individually coupled Co atoms on black phosphorus enables the realization of a Boltzmann machine capable of self-adaption.

Feb 3, 2021

‘New chance at life’: Man gets face, hands in rare surgery

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

NEW YORK (AP) — Almost six months after a rare face and hands transplant, Joe DiMeo is relearning how to smile, blink, pinch and squeeze.

The 22-year-old New Jersey resident had the operation last August, two years after being badly burned in a car crash.

“I knew it would be baby steps all the way,” DiMeo told The Associated Press. “You’ve got to have a lot of motivation, a lot of patience. And you’ve got to stay strong through everything.”

Feb 3, 2021

Scientists Achieve ‘Transformational’ Breakthrough in Scaling Quantum Computers

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Scientists have developed a new kind of cryogenic computer chip capable of functioning at temperatures so cold, it approaches the theoretical limit of absolute zero.

Feb 3, 2021

A Promising Avenue to Restore Cognitive Function Impaired by Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

ISRIB, a synthetic molecule capable of boosting protein synthesis, restored memory function in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and restored protein synthesis in the hippocampus.