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Aug 6, 2021

U.S. Navy is developing a solar-powered plane that can fly for 90 days straight

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability, transportation

The aircraft, evocatively called Skydweller and built by a U.S.-Spanish aerospace firm Skydweller Aero, could help the Navy keep a watchful eye on the surrounding seas while escorting ships months at a time or act as a communications relay platform. The company was awarded a $5 million contract by the U.S. Navy to develop the aircraft.


To stay airborne for so long, the pilotless craft would have 2900sq ft of solar cells on its wings.

Aug 6, 2021

How mutations in top autism gene could lead to seizures

Posted by in categories: genetics, neuroscience

Some mutations that disable SCN2A, one of the genes most strongly linked to autism, can unexpectedly make neurons hyperexcitable, a study in mice shows. The findings may help explain why a sizeable proportion of autistic children with mutations in SCN2A experience epileptic seizures.


Deleterious mutations in an autism-associated gene can make neurons hyperexcitable, raising the risk of epileptic seizures.

Aug 6, 2021

Senescence field has “completely exploded”

Posted by in category: life extension

SENS founder Aubrey de Grey expects senescence-targeting sector will see Phase 3 trials within “a couple of years”.

Aug 6, 2021

Bjørn Haugland — Co-Founder and CEO — SKIFT Business Climate Leaders

Posted by in categories: business, climatology, economics, government, robotics/AI, sustainability

Accelerating norway towards a low-carbon economy — bjørn kjærand haugland, co-founder and CEO, skift.


Bjørn Haugland is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of SKIFT Business Climate Leaders (https://www.skiftnorge.no/english), a Norwegian business-led climate initiative with a mission to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy and support the government in delivering on its national climate commitments by 2030. The coalition hopes to demonstrate, to businesses and the government, the business potential that exists in the low-carbon economy and help drive the transition.

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Aug 6, 2021

Dr. James Allen — Global Health Systems Thought Leader — Health Systems Thinkers, LLC

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, finance, health

International Health Management, Across 17 Countries, 60 Clinics, and 350 Staff — Dr. James Allen, Health Systems Thinkers, LLC.


Dr. James Allen is a primary care internal medicine specialist who developed a fascinating career in international health management and leadership.

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Aug 6, 2021

How AI can help choose your next career and stay ahead of automation

Posted by in categories: economics, employment, robotics/AI

The typical Australian will change careers five to seven times during their professional lifetime, by some estimates. And this is likely to increase as new technologies automate labor, production is moved abroad, and economic crises unfold.

Jobs disappearing is not a new phenomenon—have you seen an elevator operator recently? – but the pace of change is picking up, threatening to leave large numbers of workers unemployed and unemployable.

New technologies also create , but the skills they require do not always match the old jobs. Successfully moving between jobs requires making the most of your current skills and acquiring new ones, but these transitions can falter if the gap between old and new skills is too large.

Aug 6, 2021

Scientists find chunk of blown-apart star hurtling through Milky Way at breakneck speed

Posted by in category: space

LP 40–365 will probably leave the galaxy at some point, scientists say.


A strange metal-rich star is speeding through the Milky Way at almost 2 million mph (3 million kph). The cosmic shrapnel probably leave the galaxy at some point.

Aug 6, 2021

Using graphene foam to filter toxins from drinking water

Posted by in categories: chemistry, engineering, health, nuclear energy, sustainability

Some kinds of water pollution, such as algal blooms and plastics that foul rivers, lakes, and marine environments, lie in plain sight. But other contaminants are not so readily apparent, which makes their impact potentially more dangerous. Among these invisible substances is uranium. Leaching into water resources from mining operations, nuclear waste sites, or from natural subterranean deposits, the element can now be found flowing out of taps worldwide.

In the United States alone, “many areas are affected by uranium contamination, including the High Plains and Central Valley aquifers, which supply drinking water to 6 million people,” says Ahmed Sami Helal, a postdoc in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. This contamination poses a near and present danger. “Even small concentrations are bad for human health,” says Ju Li, the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and professor of materials science and engineering.

Now, a team led by Li has devised a highly efficient method for removing uranium from drinking water. Applying an electric charge to graphene oxide foam, the researchers can capture uranium in solution, which precipitates out as a condensed solid crystal. The foam may be reused up to seven times without losing its electrochemical properties. “Within hours, our process can purify a large quantity of drinking water below the EPA limit for uranium,” says Li.

Aug 6, 2021

Warehouse drones take flight

Posted by in categories: drones, food, military, surveillance

Drones are neat and fun and all that good stuff (I should probably add the caveat here that I’m obviously not referring to the big, terrible military variety), but when it comes to quadcopters, there’s always been the looming question of general usefulness. The consumer-facing variety are pretty much the exclusive realm of hobbyists and imaging.

We’ve seen a number of interesting applications for things like agricultural surveillance, real estate and the like, all of which are effectively extensions of that imaging capability. But a lot can be done with a camera and the right processing. One of the more interesting applications I’ve seen cropping up here and there is the warehouse drone — something perhaps a bit counterintuitive, as you likely (and understandably) associate drones with the outdoors.

Looking back, it seems we’ve actually had two separate warehouse drone companies compete in Disrupt Battlefield. There was IFM (Intelligent Flying Machines) in 2016 and Vtrus two years later. That’s really the tip of the iceberg for a big list of startups effectively pushing to bring drones to warehouses and factory floors.

Aug 6, 2021

How To Improve On Our Thymus Health | Dr Greg Fahy Episode 5

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, media & arts

A couple people from TRIM are in TRIM-X to see how it works a second time.


In this video Dr. Fahy discusses what we can do to make the most of our thymus without the growth hormone treatment, what the timing makes sense for rejuvenation of the thymus and whether the thymus is tied to the other hallmarks of aging.

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