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Nov 20, 2020

Brain Scientists Explore the How of When

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Merriam-Webster’s defines a time warp as a “discontinuity, suspension or anomaly” in the otherwise normal passage of time; this year all three terms could apply. It seems like March happened 10 years ago; everyday may as well be Wednesday, and still, somehow, here come the holidays — fast, just like every year.

Some bard or novelist may yet come forth to help explain the paradoxes of pandemic time, both its Groundhog Days and the blurs of stress and fear for those on the front lines, or who had infectious people in their household. But brain science also has something to say about the relationship between perceived time and the Greenwich Mean variety, and why the two may slip out of sync.

In a new study, a research team based in Dallas reported the first strong evidence to date of so-called “time cells” in the human brain. The finding, posted by the journal PNAS, was not unexpected: In recent years, several research groups have isolated neurons in rodents that track time intervals. It’s where the scientists look for these cells, and how they identified them, that provide some insight into the subjective experiences of time.

Nov 20, 2020

Video Friday: Matternet Launches Urban Drone Delivery in Berlin

Posted by in category: drones

Nov 20, 2020

Justin Trudeau, Silent Weapons & the Great Reset: The November 19th, 2020 Age of Ingenuity

Posted by in category: government

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This week, we’re going to take a look at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recently posted speech referencing the “Great Reset,” Agenda 21/2030 and centralized world government.

It’s not a conspiracy theory if the participants publicly brag about their plans.

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Nov 20, 2020

Meteor breaks up over ocean in incredible footage

Posted by in category: futurism

The video of the green meteor might be the only one taken.

Nov 20, 2020

New Chinese submersible reaches Earth’s deepest ocean trench

Posted by in category: neuroscience

China livestreamed footage of its new manned submersible parked at the bottom of the Mariana Trench on Friday, part of a historic mission into the deepest underwater valley on the planet.

The “Fendouzhe”, or “Striver”, descended more than 10,000 metres (about 33,000 feet) into the submarine trench in the western Pacific Ocean with three researchers on board, state broadcaster CCTV said.

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Nov 20, 2020

China’s New Anti-Stealth Radars Can Detect, Track & Shoot US’ F-22 & F-35 Fighter Jets – Military Experts

Posted by in category: military

CPEC: Internal Pressure, External Threat – Why China’s $60 Billion Investment In Pakistan Is At Risk?

Nov 20, 2020

XTI teams up with VerdeGo for unmanned autonomous VTOL

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

XTI Aircraft has teamed up with VerdeGo Aero to build the TriFan 200, an unmanned, autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Denver, Colorado-based XTI and Florida-headquartered VerdeGo say on 19 November that the TriFan 200, a small brother of the in-development passenger TriFan 600 aircraft, will be capable of transporting 227kg (500lb) of cargo on missions of more than 200nm (108km).

“The TriFan 200 aircraft will open up a significant new market for XTI to address the needs of cargo and logistics operators globally,” says XTI’s chief executive Robert LaBelle.

Nov 20, 2020

Pfizer to seek emergency vaccine OK Friday, doses could ship in 24 hours

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, government, health

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and partner BioNTech will seek emergency government approval for their coronavirus vaccine on Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said, paving the way for millions of doses to be distributed within 24 hours.

“We will ship millions of doses of vaccine within 24 hours of FDA approval. So my message is hope and help are on the way,” Azar said Thursday as he announced the pending emergency use application during a White House coronavirus task force briefing.

Pfizer’s German partner BioNTech had said this week that it would seek the emergency approval for the vaccine, which showed 94.5 percent efficacy in clinical trials.

Nov 20, 2020

Decades Old Mystery Solved: A “New Kind of Electrons”

Posted by in categories: materials, particle physics

Why do certain materials emit electrons with a very specific energy? This has been a mystery for decades — scientists at TU Wien have found an answer.

It is something quite common in physics: electrons leave a certain material, they fly away and then they are measured. Some materials emit electrons, when they are irradiated with light. These electrons are then called “photoelectrons.” In materials research, so-called “Auger electrons” also play an important role — they can be emitted by atoms if an electron is first removed from one of the inner electron shells. But now scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) have succeeded in explaining a completely different type of electron emission, which can occur in carbon materials such as graphite. This electron emission had been known for about 50 years, but its cause was still unclear.

Strange electrons without explanation.

Nov 20, 2020

Physicists built an ‘anti-laser’ to charge your phone from across a room

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, physics

A device demonstrated in a groundbreaking new experiment acts like a laser, only backwards. And someday it might send power invisibly through the air.