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Jul 17, 2024

First-of-Its-Kind Discovery: Early Macular Degeneration Signs Can Predict Vision Loss

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

New findings from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), in collaboration with the University of Bonn, have revealed that specific early alterations in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can result in noticeable local vision loss. This breakthrough could enhance the treatment and monitoring of this eye condition in elderly patients, which typically progresses to central blindness, and facilitate the testing of new treatments.

AMD mainly affects elderly people. If left untreated, the disease leads to a progressive loss of central vision, which significantly impairs everyday activities such as reading or driving. Researchers around the world are intensively searching for ways to improve the early detection and treatment of this disease before major losses occur.

A research team from the UKB Eye Clinic, in cooperation with the University of Bonn and in close collaboration with basic and clinical scientists, has specifically examined patients with early forms of AMD. The researchers focused on the so-called iRORA lesions, which are very early anatomical signs of retinal damage.

Jul 17, 2024

Electric Insights: Introducing the Grid Event Signature Library

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The Grid Signature Event Library energizes utility and researcher understanding of grid behavior by providing access to datasets of waveforms from grid operations. Credit: Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy.

The Grid Event Signature Library at Oak Ridge National Laboratory offers waveform datasets that help analyze and predict electric grid behaviors. With contributions from various utilities, the library facilitates machine learning models to forecast and mitigate grid malfunctions, enhancing grid reliability and safety.

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have opened a new virtual library where visitors can check out waveforms instead of books.

Jul 17, 2024

Introducing Ramses, ESA’s mission to asteroid Apophis

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

30 years ago, on 16 July 1994, astronomers watched in awe as the first of many pieces of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet slammed into Jupiter with incredible force. The event sparked intense interest in the field of planetary defence as people asked: “Could we do anything to prevent this happening to Earth?”

Today, ESA’s Space Safety programme takes another step towards answering this question. The programme has received permission to begin preparatory work for its next planetary defence mission – the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses).

Ramses will rendezvous with the asteroid 99,942 Apophis and accompany it through its safe but exceptionally close flyby of Earth in 2029. Researchers will study the asteroid as Earth’s gravity alters its physical characteristics. Their findings will improve our ability to defend our planet from any similar object found to be on a collision course in the future.

Jul 16, 2024

Why Humanity Needs Science, not Religion | Carl Sagan

Posted by in categories: cosmology, science

Discover Sagan’s unique blend of scientific curiosity and philosophical introspection, as he seamlessly navigates the realms of cosmology and the human condition.

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Jul 16, 2024

OpenAI’s new ‘Project Strawberry’ could give ChatGPT more freedom to search the web and solve complex problems

Posted by in categories: internet, mathematics, robotics/AI

Comes with improved math skills.

Jul 16, 2024

Discussion with Matthew Larkum. “Does brain activity cause consciousness? A thought experiment”

Posted by in category: neuroscience

This is a special talk & discussion with Prof Matthew Larkum at Monash University. Members in the Tsuchiya lab discussed with Matthew on Gidon A, Aru J, Larku…

Jul 16, 2024

Dancing robots: The future of human-robot interactions

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Engineers at UC San Diego are pioneering the future of humanoid robots by incorporating dance moves and expressive gestures.

Jul 16, 2024

HUN-REN BRC researchers develop laser-guided microrobots for cell-capturing

Posted by in categories: biological, genetics

This is pretty impressive, they can move around individual cells. Video in comments:


Researchers at the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged, have developed tiny tools to capture individual cells. According to their study published in the journal Advanced Materials, key innovations of using flexible microrobots is that they do not require any treatment of the cells to grab them and also allow the cells to be released after examination, enabling more efficient investigations than ever before.

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Jul 16, 2024

The Role of Aromas in Astronaut Nutrition: Findings from ISS Simulation

Posted by in categories: food, space, virtual reality

“One of the long-term aims of the research is to make better tailored foods for astronauts, as well as other people who are in isolated environments, to increase their nutritional intake closer to 100%,” said Dr. Julia Low.


Does food smell and taste different to astronauts in space and what steps can be taken to mitigate this in the future? This is what a recent study published in the International Journal of Food Science & Technology as an international team of researchers investigated how food aromas could be altered to amplify food taste. This study holds the potential to help researchers improve diets for isolated individuals, specifically in space or nursing home residents.

For the study, the researchers analyzed food odor perception of vanilla, almond, and lemon among 54 participants between 18 to 39 years old in a neutral setting and a virtual reality (VR) simulation of the International Space Station (ISS) with a key trait being they had no history of vertigo or motion sickness. The participants were asked to rate the potency of the aromas in both settings to compare any differences between the two environments.

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Jul 16, 2024

Google creates self-replicating life from digital ‘primordial soup’

Posted by in category: biological

A digital “primordial soup” with no rules or direction can lead to the emergence of self-replicating artificial life forms, in an experiment that may hint at how biological life began on Earth.

By Matthew Sparkes

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