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Jul 30, 2020
Scientists find new way to kill tuberculosis
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
The toxin can block the use of important amino acids required by the bacteria to produce essential proteins needed for survival.
An international team of researchers, led by Durham University, UK, and the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics/Centre Integrative Biology in Toulouse, France, are aiming to exploit this toxin to develop new anti-TB drugs.
Their findings are published in the journal Science Advances.
Jul 30, 2020
New imaging system creates pictures
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: health, robotics/AI, transportation
A radical new method of imaging that harnesses artificial intelligence to turn time into visions of 3D space could help cars, mobile devices and health monitors develop 360-degree awareness.
Photos and videos are usually produced by capturing photons—the building blocks of light—with digital sensors. For instance, digital cameras consist of millions of pixels that form images by detecting the intensity and color of the light at every point of space. 3D images can then be generated either by positioning two or more cameras around the subject to photograph it from multiple angles, or by using streams of photons to scan the scene and reconstruct it in three dimensions. Either way, an image is only built by gathering spatial information of the scene.
In a new paper published today in the journal Optica, researchers based in the U.K., Italy and the Netherlands describe an entirely new way to make animated 3D images: by capturing temporal information about photons instead of their spatial coordinates.
Jul 30, 2020
Are squid teeth the secret to building ‘self-healing’ robots? The Army thinks so
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: materials, robotics/AI
Jul 30, 2020
Scientists make quantum technology smaller
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: particle physics, quantum physics
A way of shrinking the devices used in quantum sensing systems has been developed by researchers at the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing, which is led by the University of Birmingham.
Sensing devices have a huge number of industrial uses, from carrying out ground surveys to monitoring volcanoes. Scientists working on ways to improve the capabilities of these sensors are now using quantum technologies, based on cold atoms, to improve their sensitivity.
Machines developed in laboratories using quantum technology, however, are cumbersome and difficult to transport, making current designs unsuitable for most industrial uses.
Jul 30, 2020
Scientists Resurrect 100 Million Year-Old Underwater Lifeforms
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biological
Scientists have revived 100-million-year-old microbes, giving us another glimpse at what life was like far in the past.
Jul 30, 2020
NASA’s Perseverance rover leaves Earth bound for Mars
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
United Launch Alliance teams have started the countdown for launch of an Atlas 5 rocket Thursday from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The two-hour launch window opens at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT).
LIVE COVERAGE: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/07/28/atlas-5-av-088-mission-status-center/
Jul 30, 2020
The First Gene-Altered Squid Has Thrilled Biologists
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: genetics, health
Researchers Figure Out How To Genetically Alter Squid : Shots — Health News Scientists have modified the genes of a squid, and genetically-altered octopuses could be coming soon.
Jul 30, 2020
Getting Gene Therapy to the Brain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
Summary: Researchers successfully applied a gene therapy platform to completely correct brain defects in a large animal model of a human genetic disease.
Source: University of Pennsylvania
A lone genetic mutation can cause a life-changing disorder with effects on multiple body systems. Lysosomal storage diseases, for example, of which there are dozens, arise due to single mutations that affect production of critical enzymes required to metabolize large molecules in cells. These disorders affect multiple organs including, notably, the brain, causing intellectual disability of varying degrees.
Jul 30, 2020
Sleep tech allows scientists to influence dreams
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: wearables
Researchers in Boston have designed a sleep wearable called Dormio to explore how to improve creativity in our sleep.