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Jul 22, 2020
‘Love hormone’ oxytocin may reverse brain damage in Alzheimer’s disease
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
TOKYO – Although scientists know many of the underlying symptoms which trigger Alzheimer’s disease, a cure remains elusive. Now, a new study suggests that oxytocin, a hormone best known for promoting feelings of love and wellbeing, may reverse some of the damage the degenerative illness causes.
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disease causing the continuous deterioration of mental functions. Its primary symptoms include severely impaired thinking, memory loss, and confusion.
One of the primary culprits in Alzheimer’s is a protein known as amyloid β (Aβ). Researchers say Aβ clumps together to form plaques around neurons in the brain. These plaque build-ups disrupt normal neuron function and triggers the degeneration.
Jul 22, 2020
Watch Russia launch a new cargo ship to the International Space Station Thursday
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: robotics/AI, space
A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch a robotic cargo ship packed with tons of supplies to the International Space Station Thursday (July 29), and you can watch the launch live.
Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, will launch the uncrewed Progress 76 supply ship to the station at 10:26 a.m. EDT (1426 GMT) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where the local time will be 7:26 p.m. You can watch the launch live here and on the Space.com homepage, courtesy of NASA TV.
Jul 22, 2020
A laser motor directly transforms light energy into mechanical energy
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: energy
Jul 22, 2020
Watch SpaceX ships finally catch a whole Falcon 9 rocket nose cone
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
SpaceX triumphed with its first full fairing catch in a pair of giant nets at sea.
Jul 22, 2020
Researchers seek to advance predictive AI for engineers with CAD model data set
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
SketchGraphs is a data set of 15 million sketches from CAD models which researchers say can help make predictions that help humans creating CAD designs.
Jul 22, 2020
China alert: Japan prepares to scramble fighter jets against Beijing
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: military
JAPAN is now ready to scramble jets against any Chinese military aircraft taking off in from a crucial airbase as tensions reach crisis levels between the two.
Jul 22, 2020
How Extremophile Bacteria Living In Nuclear Reactors Might Help Us Make Vaccines
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, nuclear energy
Extremophiles like the bacterium D. radiodurans that can withstand levels of radiation thousands of times what most animals can, are able to help us make vaccines faster, cheaper and safer. They use special molecular protectors to shield their repair proteins but not their DNA or RNA.
Jul 22, 2020
German NGO Cites Passive Cooling as Vital to Sustainable Buildings
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: sustainability
German Sustainable Building Council also highlighted importance of NatRefs in ACs at ATMO/DTI Conference.
Using shading for passive cooling, © Simy27, 2020.
Passive cooling design, as well as natural refrigerant-based air conditioning, are vital to achieving sustainable cooling in buildings, according to Anna Braune, Director of Research and Development at the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), a Stuttgart, Germany-based NGO.
Jul 22, 2020
Ford unveils electric Mustang Mach-E race car with 1,400 horsepower
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: sustainability, transportation
Ford Motor has developed a racing version of its upcoming all-electric Mustang Mach-E crossover with 1,400 horsepower and a top speed that’s not street legal.
The company plans to use the prototype vehicle, which it’s calling the Mustang Mach-E 1400, to show off the potential performance of all-electric vehicles as the new crossover begins arriving in dealerships later this year.
“It’s an all-around athlete,” Mark Rushbrook, motorsports director of Ford Performance, told CNBC. He called the vehicle a “learning platform” for the company to utilize aspects of for its future all-electric vehicles.