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Mar 13, 2021

Beyond Genes and Environment, Random Variations Play Important Role in Longevity

Posted by in categories: genetics, life extension

Summary: It’s not only our genetics and environment that play a role in aging and longevity, it’s also the random, tiny changes that arise on the cellular level.

Source: USC

A new model of aging takes into account not only genetics and environmental exposures but also the tiny changes that randomly arise at the cellular level.

Mar 13, 2021

Novel Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Phase 2 Trial

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

While topline results from TRAILBLAZER-ALZ showed a 32% slowing of cognitive decline with the anti-amyloid drug donanemab, highly anticipated phase 2 findings provide a more detailed analysis.

Mar 13, 2021

SpaceX prepares for Air Force test connecting an aircraft to its Starlink satellite internet

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, government, internet, satellites

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to further expand testing of its Starlink satellite internet in a test for the U.S. Air Force, an FCC request revealed.


Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to further test its Starlink satellite internet in a demonstration for the U.S. Air Force, the company revealed in a recent request to the Federal Communications Commission.

“SpaceX seeks to make minor modifications to its experimental authorization for additional test activities undertaken with the federal government,” the company wrote to the FCC in a filing on Thursday.

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Mar 13, 2021

Israeli start-up develops ‘artificial brainwaves’ to treat strokes

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI, wearables

The new treatment utilizes “artificial brainwaves” through a wearable device that according to clinical trials, resulted in 77% of subjects recovering faster from strokes if compared to those not using the treatment. The “artificial brainwaves” are delivered via electromagnetic radiation, which stimulates the nervous system to regrow and heal itself. In using this method, BrainQ was able to imitate the processes of neural network synchronization.

In a study conducted by the company, using a double-blind randomized controlled trial, it was found that after eight weeks of treatment, 77% of test subjects receiving BrainQ’s therapy had scores of 1 or 0 on the modified rankin scale, which indicates that either no symptoms or minor symptoms resulted from the trial, along with no significant disability.

The results of the study is expected to be presented at the International Stroke Conference in late March.

Mar 13, 2021

3D Printed Organs

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, materials

A new technique for making 3D printed organs uses hydrogels and lasers to print at speeds 50 times faster than conventional methods.

Mar 13, 2021

Modern Alchemists Turn Airborne CO2 into Diamonds

Posted by in category: futurism

Each carat removes 20 tons of greenhouse gas from the sky, entrepreneurs say.

Mar 13, 2021

COVID antibody treatments show promise for preventing severe disease

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

But uptake by patients and physicians has been low in the United States, where some therapies have been authorized for months.

Mar 13, 2021

Webinar on the Development of Mars, the Asteroids, and Beyond

Posted by in category: space

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Mar 13, 2021

Scientists Confirm an Incredibly Powerful Antimatter Particle Crashed Into Antarctica

Posted by in category: particle physics

But that’s nothing compared to how long scientists have been waiting to spot the bizarre phenomenon. Live Science notes that Stephen Glashow first came up with the notion of the subatomic cascade back in 1960 and that it’s been a matter of pure theory that whole time.

The actual cascade of Glashow resonance involves an antineutrino — or even a regular neutrino — crashing into an electron with so much energy that it produces a comparatively-large particle called a W boson.

Doing this requires the extremely-tiny antineutrino to carry 6.3 petaelectronvolts, or the amount of energy of 6.3 quadrillion electrons accelerated by a single volt. That’s the same, Live Science calculated, as 6300 mosquitos traveling at one mile per hour — or one mosquito traveling 8.2 times the speed of sound.

Mar 13, 2021

Doubling of antimatter created in the laboratory

Posted by in category: innovation

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the production of antimatter in the laboratory, with a near 100% increase.