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May 4, 2024
China touts ‘water battery’ with more energy capacity than lithium cells: study
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: chemistry, energy, physics
Their findings “may expand aqueous battery applications in the power battery field”, said corresponding author Li Xianfeng, a professor at the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, who was quoted in a statement from the academy.
Lithium batteries are the standard used across the world because of their high energy density. Traditional lithium batteries contained a non-aqueous electrolyte – a component that allowed the battery to charge and discharge – which was flammable, the paper said.
Aqueous batteries are made up of a water-based electrolyte which does not present the same safety risks.
May 4, 2024
IPhone-killer Rabbit R1 cloned to run on an iPhone
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones, robotics/AI
The Rabbit R1 handheld AI device is a simple Android device, and a developer made the AI run on an iPhone.
The Rabbit R1 offers the ability to answer queries and perform tasks using AI, instead of using an iPhone directly. However, the work of one enterprising developer has resulted in a clone of the “iPhone-killer” which can run on an iPhone.
In X tweets on Monday, Will Hobick of Flutterflow posted that he would be posting a “cloneable template” of the Rabbit R1 app later in the week. In a follow-up post on Tuesday, he demonstrates a version of the app running on an iPhone.
May 4, 2024
Metacognitive abilities may be more influenced by environment than genetics
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: genetics, neuroscience
A study shows that metacognition and mentalizing, complex cognitive abilities crucial for social interaction, are more influenced by environmental factors than genetics, challenging traditional views on the heritability of intelligence.
May 4, 2024
You can soon buy a sex robot equipped with artificial intelligence for about $20,000
Posted by Chris Smedley in categories: ethics, robotics/AI, sex
The development of AI-equipped sex robots raises ethical and moral concerns about the impact on human relationships and intimacy Questions to inspire discussion What are the ethical concerns about AI-equipped sex robots? —The development of AI-equipped sex robots raises ethical concerns about the impact on human relati.
May 4, 2024
Seductive Female Robot Shows How It Will Replace Humans!
Posted by Chris Smedley in category: robotics/AI
AI and robotics are rapidly advancing, raising concerns about their potential to replace humans in various tasks and sparking debates about robot rights and potential dangers Questions to inspire discussion What is the potential impact of AI and robotics on human tasks? —AI and robotics have the potential to replace humans in various tasks, sparking debates about robot rights and potential dangers.
May 4, 2024
SpaceX Starship Program: Super Heavy Catch Attempt, IFT-4, and 144 Launch Goal
Posted by Chris Smedley in category: space travel
SpaceX’s ambitious plans for the Starship program, including the potential Super Heavy catch attempt and the goal of 144 launches this year, could result in monumental leaps forward in the space industry, but the outcome is uncertain until it’s done Questions to inspire discussion What is SpaceX preparing for with the.
May 4, 2024
Cryptococcal Disease in Diverse Hosts
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: biotech/medical
Cryptococcus accounts for up to 180,000 deaths annually and 68% of HIV-related meningitis cases. The authors of a new review discuss diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic strategies and the pathophysiological role of inflammatory syndromes. Full review:
May 4, 2024
New Hope for Neurological Disorders: Scientists Have Discovered How an Essential Nutrient Enters the Brain
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Researchers have discovered the process by which dietary choline crosses the blood-brain barrier. This breakthrough has potential applications in enhancing drug delivery to the brain for treating neurological disorders.
A researcher from the University of Queensland has identified molecular doorways that could facilitate the delivery of drugs to the brain for treating neurological disorders.
Dr. Rosemary Cater from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience led a team that discovered that an essential nutrient called choline is transported into the brain by a protein called FLVCR2.
May 4, 2024
Marine Mystery Solved: Ancient Origins of Bioluminescence Uncovered
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: education
Study explores an ancient lineage of marine invertebrates, including soft corals, pushes back the previous oldest dated example of trait by nearly 300 million years.
According to a new study by scientists from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, bioluminescence originated in animals at least 540 million years ago among a group of marine invertebrates known as octocorals.
The results, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, push back the previous record for the luminous trait’s oldest dated emergence in animals by nearly 300 million years, and could one day help scientists decode why the ability to produce light evolved in the first place.