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Feb 17, 2021

Silicon waveguides move us closer to faster computers that use light

Posted by in category: computing

Our team has managed to efficiently guide visible light through a silicon wire – a milestone towards faster, more efficient integrated circuits.

Feb 17, 2021

Scientists Show That Algae Could Grow Using Only Mars Resources

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

We want to go from this proof-of-concept to a system that can be used on Mars efficiently.

Feb 17, 2021

China and Russia Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Base

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA’s position as the leader of space exploration is in trouble.

Feb 17, 2021

Supercomputer turns back cosmic clock

Posted by in categories: space, supercomputing

Astronomers have tested a method for reconstructing the state of the early universe by applying it to 4000 simulated universes using the ATERUI II supercomputer at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). They found that together with new observations, the method can set better constraints on inflation, one of the most enigmatic events in the history of the universe. The method can shorten the observation time required to distinguish between various inflation theories.

Feb 17, 2021

Paris is Turning Its Dark Underground Parking Lots into Organic Mushrooms Farms

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

Yumm… mushrooms. 😃


The startup Cycloponics is growing 100–200 kilos of mushrooms a week in underground parking lots in Paris, Strasbourg, and Bordeaux.

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Feb 17, 2021

Scientists create Neanderthal ‘mini-brains’ using CRISPR gene-editing

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience

While the brain tissue of modern humans are typically smooth and spherical, the study, which was published in Science on Feb 11, found that the tissue created with the ancient genes were smaller and had rough, complex surfaces.

“The question here is what makes us human,” Muotri told CNN. “Why are our brains so different from other species including our own extinct relatives?”

Feb 17, 2021

This Intriguing Signal From Alpha Centauri May (or May Not) Be a Planet

Posted by in category: space

Improvements in Technology means that we are soon able to detect habitable planets in the solar system nearest to us.


Could the star system closest to us host a habitable super-Earth?

Feb 17, 2021

Researchers report switching material between semiconductor and metallic states

Posted by in category: materials

A group of researchers from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have found out that a semiconductor can be converted to a metal and back by light more easily and more quickly than previously thought. This discovery may increase the processing speed and simplify the design of many common technological devices.

Feb 17, 2021

Quantum collaboration gives new gravity to the mysteries of the universe

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Scientists have used cutting-edge research in quantum computation and quantum technology to pioneer a radical new approach to determining how our Universe works at its most fundamental level.

Feb 17, 2021

Watch NASA mission control live as the Perseverance rover attempts to land on Mars on Thursday

Posted by in category: space

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will attempt to record video and audio as it plunges through the planet’s atmosphere at 12000 mph.