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Apr 26, 2020
Hopes for coronavirus vaccine rise after infected monkeys become immune
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
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Primates found to have developed antibodies after being infected with Covid-19 – a discovery that suggests the immune system will fight back against the disease.
Apr 26, 2020
New high-energy-density physics research provides insights about the universe
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: particle physics
Atoms and molecules behave very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although such extreme matter doesn’t exist naturally on the earth, it exists in abundance in the universe, especially in the deep interiors of planets and stars. — Physics HeritageDaily — Archaeology News.
Apr 26, 2020
Tesla Achieved The Accuracy Of Lidar With Its Advanced Computer Vision Tech
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Tesla’s progress with artificial intelligence and neural nets has propelled its Autopilot and Full Self Driving solutions to the front of the pack. This is the result of the brilliant work of a large team of Autopilot directors and staff, including Tesla’s Senior Director of AI, Andrej Karpathy. Karpathy presented Tesla’s methods for training its AI at the Scaled ML Conference in February. Along the way, he shared specific insights into Tesla’s methods for achieving the accuracy of traditional laser-based lidar with just a handful of cameras.
The secret sauce in Tesla’s ever-evolving solution is not the cameras themselves, but rather the advanced processing and neural nets they have built to make sense of the wide range and quality of inputs. One new technique Tesla’s AI team has built is called pseudo-lidar. It blends the lines between traditional computer vision and the powerful point map world of lidar.
Traditional lidar-based systems rely on an array of lidar hardware to provide an unparalleled view of the world around the vehicle. These systems leverage invisible lasers or similar tech to send a massive number of pings out into the world to detect surrounding objects.
Apr 26, 2020
Physicists Are Crashing Matter into Antimatter to Hunt a New Boson
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: particle physics
Apr 26, 2020
Could This Be Russia’s New Stealth Helicopter?
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: transportation
Russia may have a stealth helicopter in the works. If they do, it would be really fast. Here is what it would look like.
By Caleb Larson
Apr 26, 2020
Radioactive Decay Rates May Not Be Constant After All
Posted by Tracy R. Atkins in category: futurism
A number of technologies are predicated on the assumption that rates of radioactive decay are constant — but what if they aren’t?
Apr 26, 2020
Publix is buying excess milk and produce from farmers — and donating it to food banks
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: biotech/medical, finance, food
👏🙌💪Farmers around the country have been forced to dump milk and waste fresh produce as schools, restaurants and other institutions remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In response, Supermarket chain Publix launched a new initiative Wednesday to help struggling farmers — and get the food to Americans who need it most.
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Farmers around the U.S. have been forced to dump milk and destroy produce as schools, restaurants and other institutions remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 26, 2020
South Korea controlled its coronavirus outbreak in just 20 days. Here are the highlights from its 90-page playbook for flattening the curve
Posted by Jayaprakash Damothran in category: biotech/medical
South Korea successfully got its coronavirus outbreak under control in three weeks without enforcing extreme lockdowns. Here’s how.
Apr 26, 2020
How Covid-19 Is Changing Big-Time Astronomy
Posted by Bruce Dorminey in category: biotech/medical
Astronomers try to salvage conference meetings and observational astronomy in the midst of this global pandemic.