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Jun 6, 2020

Join INTUITIVE Planetarium Director David as he tours the Earth

Posted by in category: space

Join INTUITIVE Planetarium Director David as he tours the Earth, the Milky Way, and discusses what else resides far beyond using OpenSpace, an open-source tool available online for everyone!

Jun 6, 2020

Scientists find link between COVID-19 severity and genetics

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Chinese scientists also found that patients with blood type A were more likely to develop a severe case of COVID-19, according to the Times.

While the Chinese study does support the new study, questions remain on why blood type affects the severity of the illness. “That is haunting me, quite honestly,” said Franke.

The locus where the blood-type gene is located also contains DNA that acts an on-off switch for a gene producing a protein that triggers strong immune responses.

Jun 6, 2020

Can Vertical Farms Fix the Future of Food?

Posted by in categories: food, government, internet, space, sustainability

Singapore has only 1% of its land available for agriculture, so it imports 90% of its food requirements. The government is looking to curb this dependence on outside food sources under a programme titled ‘30 by 30,’ which aims to allow Singapore to grow 30% of its produce by the year 2030. Local vertical farms like Sustenir are at the forefront of bringing about this change. VICE visits the sustainable start-up to understand the future of food.

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Jun 6, 2020

Stadium-size asteroid will safely fly

Posted by in category: space

While 2020 continues to be a difficult year, there is a little good news to look forward to tonight (June 5): a near-Earth asteroid will whiz safely by our planet, and astronomers may be able to see the monster rock’s flight through telescopes.

The asteroid, known as 2002 NN4, is approaching Earth – but fortunately, not too closely. The space rock will fly by at the equivalent of 13.25 times the distance between Earth and the moon, which is roughly 3.2 million miles (5.2 million kilometers) from our planet. The asteroid’s closest approach to us will be at 11:20 p.m. EDT (0320 GMT June 6).

Jun 6, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine: White House narrows focus, a billionaire scientist jumps in the race

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Global efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine continue, even as mass protests against racial injustice and police brutality persist in cities across the United States and around the world, raising concerns that the gatherings could spark new waves of infection.

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to nearly 6.3 million worldwide, experts reaffirmed their hope that at least one promising vaccine candidate could be identified by the end of the year.

Jun 6, 2020

World’s First Biosolar Leaf Purifies Air and Produces Plant-Based Food

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

Imperial College London has partnered with British startup Arborea to install the world’s first “Biosolar Leaf” technology on its roof. It is first of the kind system to use the microscopic plant to purify the air while producing plant-based food.

Julian Melchiorri CEO of Arborea who pioneered “Biosolar Leaf” technology said – “There has to be a way to feed all the world with healthy and sustainable food by making it the primary choice, not the alternative!”

The system works by growing microscopic plants like blue-green algae, phytoplankton on a solar grid-like layout. In fact, just one acre of “Biosolar Leaf” can remove carbon dioxide and produce breathable oxygen, then, one hundred acres of trees.

Jun 6, 2020

Gita Mobile Carrier

Posted by in category: futurism

Meet Gita, a mobile-carrier that follows people on the go.

Jun 6, 2020

GoodBoy — 3D Printed Arduino Robot Dog

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI

Jun 6, 2020

Meet the Nemo, the Personal Submarine You Can Tow Like Your Jet Skis

Posted by in category: futurism

It’s like the compact of submarines.

Jun 6, 2020

For The First Time Ever, Scientists Have Created Hexagonal Salt

Posted by in categories: chemistry, sustainability, transportation

While it probably won’t make it to your dining table, a new scientific achievement might be able to help in everything from radar equipment to electric cars: scientists have been able to form salt, aka sodium chloride (NaCl), in a hexagonal shape.

This is work done at the smallest of scales, with researchers able to get a thin film of hexagonal salt to form on top of a layer of diamond, due to the chemical interaction of both film and diamond substrate – something the team actually predicted would happen in advance through simulations.

It’s the latest in a series of discoveries where scientists have been able to synthesise 2D materials with unusual crystal structures, and it’s partly this self-imposed restriction to two dimensions that is enabling new and exotic structures to be formed.