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Feb 15, 2020

A Growing Presence on the Farm: Robots

Posted by in categories: food, robotics/AI, sustainability

A new generation of autonomous robots is helping plant breeders shape the crops of tomorrow.

Feb 14, 2020

The world’s biggest smartphone conference was just canceled because of coronavirus concerns

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones

Mobile World Congress, or MWC, was going to proceed because there were still 2,800 exhibitors. Now it’s being canceled.

Feb 14, 2020

You Should Know About This Chernobyl Fungus That Eats Radiation

Posted by in category: food

It could shield us from deadly rays.

Feb 14, 2020

New technologies, strategies expanding search for extraterrestrial life

Posted by in categories: alien life, government

Emerging technologies and new strategies are opening a revitalized era in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). New discovery capabilities, along with the rapidly-expanding number of known planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, are spurring innovative approaches by both government and private organizations, according to a panel of experts speaking at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Seattle, Washington.

New approaches will not only expand upon but also go beyond the traditional SETI technique of searching for intelligently-generated , first pioneered by Frank Drake’s Project Ozma in 1960. Scientists now are designing state-of-the-art techniques to detect a variety of signatures that can indicate the possibility of extraterrestrial technologies. Such “technosignatures” can range from the chemical composition of a planet’s atmosphere, to laser emissions, to structures orbiting other stars, among others.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the privately-funded SETI Institute announced an agreement to collaborate on new systems to add SETI capabilities to radio telescopes operated by NRAO. The first project will develop a system to piggyback on the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) that will provide data to a state-of-the-art technosignature search system.

Feb 14, 2020

Liz Parrish — Gene Therapy for Healthy Longevity — Part 1

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

[Frame — 00:55] Liz Parrish – Introduction.

[Frame — 06:10] Gene therapy & deliver mechanisms — AAV2.

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Feb 14, 2020

Researchers find a way to 3D print whole objects in seconds

Posted by in category: 3D printing

When you think of 3D printing, you probably imagine a structure being created layer by layer, from the bottom up. Now, researchers from Switzerland’s Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) say they have developed a completely new way of creating 3D objects that offer remarkable resolution “in record time.”

As EPFL News reports, the method draws on the principle of tomography — the technique for displaying a representation of a cross section through a solid object, using x-rays or ultrasound. To make an object, a photosensitive resin is illuminated from multiple angles, with the accumulation of light helping to solidify the resin. In other words, the object forms a solid structure within the resin in one go, rather than segment by segment, as is the case with traditional 3D printing.

Feb 14, 2020

Alzheimer’s and exercise: How strength training can protect the brain

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

Amisa Yellowbird posted this fact… Respect AEWR.


Australian researchers have for the first time shown that weights training can protect the parts of the brain vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease.

Feb 14, 2020

Diabetes Drugs Being Tested For Anti-Aging Benefits

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Acarbose and Metformin are commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, but now they are also being tested for anti-aging effects, and according to the researchers these two FDA approved drugs have big promise.

In mice testing Acarbose and Metformin were demonstrated to increase health, lifespan, and longevity of the animals. These two drugs are now being tested in monkeys that have a similar physiology, reproductive system, and aging pattern as humans, in research being conducted at Texas Biomedical Research Institute which is supported by a pilot grant provided by the San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.

“I think this type of research can change what life is like for geriatric people,” said Corinna Ross, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Southwest National Primate Research Center at Texas BioMed.

Feb 14, 2020

Skin and Mouth Biomarkers More Predictive Than Gut

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, robotics/AI

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 A new study published in mSystems, a journal from the American Society for Microbiology, shows that the skin and mouth microbiomes are better predictors of age than the gut microbiome.

A very broad study

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Feb 14, 2020

Going mobile: FDA clears world’s first bedside MRI scanner-on-wheels

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The FDA has cleared the world’s first portable MRI system, designed to be wheeled to a hospital bedside for scanning a patient’s head and brain.

Developed by Hyperfine Research for people age two and older, the point-of-care imaging system weighs about one-tenth that of a conventional, fixed MRI system. About three feet wide and five feet tall, the device fits in an elevator and runs off an everyday power outlet to create both clinical contrast images and 3D renders.

“More than 40 years after its first use, MRI remains a marvel. Unfortunately, it also remains inaccessible,” Hyperfine Chief Medical Officer Khan Siddiqui said in a statement. “It’s time that MRI made the jump to point of need just like X-ray and ultrasound have before it.”