Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, think, and age.
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He admitted that a submarine carâ is technically possible â but the market for such vehicle would be tiny. The idea might excite enthusiasts, but practicality and scale matter more than novelty.
This response captures Muskâs core philosophy: just because something is technically possible doesnât mean itâs worth building. True innovation isnât about chasing every wild idea â itâs about focusing on what can scale, solve real problems, and reshape entire industries.
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Spermine, a small but powerful molecule in the body, helps neutralize harmful protein accumulations linked to Alzheimerâs and Parkinsonâs. It encourages these misfolded proteins to gather into manageable clumps that cells can more efficiently dispose of through autophagy. Experiments in nematodes show that spermine also enhances longevity and cellular energy production. These insights open the door to targeted therapies powered by polyamines and advanced AI-driven molecular design.
As we get older, our brains start to change in ways that make them increasingly vulnerable to disease â and a detailed new study of these changes points to a way some of this wear and tear might be prevented or reversed.
Researchers from the Leibniz Institute on Aging â Fritz Lipmann Institute in Germany used mass spectrometry to analyze the balance of brain proteins in both young and old mice, finding differences in a process called ubiquitylation as the animals aged.
Ubiquitylation adds chemical tags to proteins, telling the brain which of these busy molecules are past their peak and should be recycled. In older mouse brains, the ubiquitylation tags really start to pile up on certain proteins.
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MIT researchers have taken a major step toward making this scenario a reality. They developed microscopic, wireless bioelectronics that could travel through the bodyâs circulatory system and autonomously self-implant in a target region of the brain, where they would provide focused treatment.
In a study on mice, the researchers show that after injection, these miniscule implants can identify and travel to a specific brain region without the need for human guidance. Once there, they can be wirelessly powered to provide electrical stimulation to the precise area. Such stimulation, known as neuromodulation, has shown promise as a way to treat brain tumors and diseases like Alzheimerâs and multiple sclerosis.
Moreover, because the electronic devices are integrated with living, biological cells before being injected, they are not attacked by the bodyâs immune system and can cross the blood-brain barrier while leaving it intact. This maintains the barrierâs crucial protection of the brain.
A nonsurgical brain implant enabled through a cellâelectronics hybrid for focal neuromodulation.
Photovoltaic devices attached to immune cells travel through the blood to inflamed brain regions.
From the rise of numerical and symbolic computing to the future of AI, this talk traces five decades of breakthroughs and the challenges ahead.
Bill is the author of Berkeley UNIX, cofounder of Sun Microsystems, author of âWhy the Future Doesnât Need Usâ (Wired 2000), ex-cleantech VC at Kleiner Perkins, investor in and unpaid advisor to Nodra. AI.
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50 Years of Advancements: Computing and Technology 1975â2025 (and beyond)
I came to UC Berkeley CS in 1975 as a graduate student expecting to do computer theoryâ Berkeley CS didnât have a proper departmental computer, and I was tired of coding, having written a lot of numerical code for early supercomputers.
But itâs hard to make predictions, especially about the future. Berkeley soon had a Vax superminicomputer, I installed a port of UNIX and was upgrading the operating system, and the Internet and Microprocessor boom beckoned.