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Apr 18, 2020

Scientist spends years proving psychic phenomena are real

Posted by in category: engineering

MYSTERY WIRE Are psychic abilities real, and if so, can they be measured? Yes to both questions, says Dr. Dean Radin.

For decades, the Department of Defense sponsored secret studies of psychic phenomena in hopes of training an elite team of psychic soldiers. Officially, the program was canceled, but research into psychic abilities continues in the private sector, and one of the scientists on the cutting edge is featured this week on mysterywire.com.

Radin earned advanced degrees in both electrical engineering and psychology, worked for prestigious companies and labs, and has spent decades trying to measure psychic abilities.

Apr 18, 2020

A magnetic cork for the removal of water pollution

Posted by in categories: engineering, sustainability

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), together with the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas and the University of Porto, has patented a magnetic cork that could remove polluting particles from water, among other uses.

The magnetic has been created through a process of co-precipitation of iron oxide through which magnetite is obtained. This mineral is absorbed as soon as it comes into contact with the surface of the cork. “The patent arises from the need to make graded adhesive joints. It occurred to me, when reading about the various techniques that are used for graded joints and about cork, that we could make the cork magnetic using the process that is currently used to obtain magnetite,” notes Juana Abenojar, researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering at the UC3M.

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Apr 18, 2020

The Killer At Home: House Cats Have More Impact On Local Wildlife Than Wild Predators

Posted by in category: futurism

Why House Cats Are God’s Perfect Little Killing Machines They may look cute and fluffy, and they don’t go far, but cats are deadly stalkers who rule concentrated areas of their neighborhoods.

Apr 18, 2020

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Hacks Your DNA to Build Immunity

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode, genetics

Just like a virus hijacks your cells and forces them to churn out more copies of the virus, this vaccine is expected to automate the production of those particles, which B-cells and T-cells — the biological hunter-seekers of the immune system — can use to ready themselves to fight the real-deal coronavirus.

The main difference between this sort of DNA-based vaccine and a traditional one, Slavcev told Futurism, is that it relies on the person’s cells to create the mock virus instead of merely exposing them to an inert version of the real virus.

“Personal genetics only has to do with how the vaccine is presented,” Slavcev told Futurism, regarding the decision to develop a DNA-based vaccine. “There is some variation between individuals and populations, but in this case the DNA is just to improve immune response and make it mimic a viral infection as closely as possible to stimulate the most effective immune response.”

Apr 18, 2020

Scientists turn yeast into psychedelic psilocybin factories

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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With psilocybin on the cusp of becoming a clinically validated and approved medicine, scientists are exploring new ways to produce the chemical without needing to grow magic mushrooms or relying on costly synthesis techniques. A team of Danish researchers has presented a novel method of producing the psychedelic chemical using common yeast.

“It’s infeasible and way too expensive to extract psilocybin from magic mushrooms and the best chemical synthesis methods require expensive and difficult-to-source starting substrates,” explains Nick Milne, an author on the new study published in the journal Metabolic Engineering. “Thus, there is a need to bring down the cost of production and to provide a more consistent supply chain.”

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Apr 18, 2020

High Powered Laser Shoots Down UAV

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

A short production outlining Air Force experimentation on White Sands Missile Range with the use of high powered microwave and laser systems to shoot down small unmanned aircraft. Video filmed by John Hamilton.

Apr 18, 2020

Google Engineers ‘Mutate’ AI to Make It Evolve Systems Faster Than We Can Code Them

Posted by in categories: mapping, robotics/AI

Much of the work undertaken by artificial intelligence involves a training process known as machine learning, where AI gets better at a task such as recognising a cat or mapping a route the more it does it. Now that same technique is being use to create new AI systems, without any human intervention.

For years, engineers at Google have been working on a freakishly smart machine learning system known as the AutoML system (or automatic machine learning system), which is already capable of creating AI that outperforms anything we’ve made.

Now, researchers have tweaked it to incorporate concepts of Darwinian evolution and shown it can build AI programs that continue to improve upon themselves faster than they would if humans were doing the coding.

Apr 18, 2020

Here’s why Ford is investing in quantum technology — and how the carmaker plans to employ it to help people navigate large cities

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, robotics/AI

Companies are rushing to be early adopters of advanced tech like quantum and artificial intelligence so they don’t fall behind competitors.

Apr 18, 2020

Parasitic Spacecraft Docks With Dead Satellite, Brings It Back to Life

Posted by in category: satellites

The old satellite just got brought back from the dead.

Apr 18, 2020

North Korea defies sanctions with China’s help, UN panel says

Posted by in category: futurism

International report claims Pyongyang has been transferring coal exports to Chinese barges.