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Scientists Crack the Code of China’s Mysterious “Matrix Tide”
Last year, spectators along China’s Qiantang River witnessed an unusual sight: waves arranging themselves into a grid-like formation.
This striking pattern, named the “matrix tide,” arose from the river’s famous tidal bores that rush upstream against the flow. In this case, two undular bores — shockwave-like surges that spread outward like ripples on water — traveled in different directions and collided, creating the effect.
Chinese researchers develop stiffness-tunable ‘Neurotentacle’ probe for brain-computer interface implantation
Chinese researchers have made significant progress in developing flexible invasive brain-computer interface implants, creating a stiffness-tunable “Neurotentacle” probe that can reduce implantation damage by 74 percent, Science and Technology Daily reported Tuesday.
The “Neurotentacle” probe developed by researchers at the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), contains a tiny hydraulic system. During the implantation, the hydraulically actuated “Neurotentacle” probe stiffens like an inflated balloon to precisely penetrate brain tissue. Once it is in place, it softens afterward to minimize damage and returns to a flexible state to adapt to the brain’s microenvironment, said the report.
The findings were published online in the international journal Advanced Science on July 21.
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Voyager missed it, but now we know Uranus has a fiery secret
For decades, scientists puzzled over why Uranus seemed colder than expected. Now, an international research team led by the University of Houston has solved the mystery: Uranus emits more heat than it gets from the Sun, meaning it still carries internal warmth from its ancient formation. This revelation rewrites what scientists know about the ice giant’s history, strengthens the case for NASA’s upcoming mission, and offers fresh insight into the forces shaping not only other planets, but also Earth’s future climate.
A new study led by University of Houston researchers, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, suggests Uranus does have its own internal heat — an advance that not only informs NASA’s future missions but also deepens scientists’ understanding of planetary systems, including processes that influence Earth’s climate and atmospheric evolution.
The discovery resolves a long-standing scientific mystery about the giant planet, because observational analyses from Voyager 2 in 1986 didn’t suggest the presence of significant internal heat — contradicting scientists’ understanding of how giant planets form and evolve.
Introducing Instant AI
I had a concept for a new product, AI as a prepaid product. But I was unsure if it would be of interest to the industry that has been focused on the distribution of wireless, gift cards, and related products such as mobile handsets and accessories.
Long story short in the 90’s I was the marketing lead for a prepaid phone card startup. I was a part of the industry for almost a decade, I wrote for articles for the industry publications and was well known for building the phone card company through guerrilla marketing techniques, and developing one of the first electronic distribution systems for prepaid products and services. But I had kind of moved on to fintech and now AI.
So I wanted to test the waters before going crazy and marketing the product.
So I printed some marketing collateral, bought myself a razzle-dazzle new shirt, packed a bag and headed off to Caesars Palace, as I had previously done for so many years. I wanted to share my creation which I had kept in stealth mode until unveiling it at the show. I wanted it to be a complete surprise with no one knowing anything …
(https://open.substack.com/pub/remunerationlabs/p/introducing…Share=true)
I took my new Instant AI product to the prepaid industry to determine if it was there was a product market fit for this new concept I’ve created — And… they loved it!