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Jul 27, 2019

Newton was wrong: Scientists dismiss Newton’s theory of gravity and warn Einstein is next

Posted by in category: cosmology

ISAAC NEWTON is rightly regarded as the greatest scientist of all time. However, groundbreaking black hole research has now disproved Newton’s theory of gravity – and even Albert Einstein’s theories are “starting to fray around the edges”, a scientist has warned.

Jul 27, 2019

Weight Loss Agents: Utah issues warning about weight-loss surgery in Mexico after patient dies from antibiotic-resistant infection

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The bacteria, known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is found widely in the environment. Infections usually occur among people with weakened immune systems—and most often in hospitals—according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.)

The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) say that the deceased patient—who has not been named to protect the privacy of the family—is the latest of eight reported cases of citizens of the state becoming infected with P. aeruginosa after traveling to Tijuana for similar procedures. Fortunately, all of the other patients recovered from their infections.

Interviews with the surviving patients revealed that seven of the eight—including the one who died—had visited the same surgeon, Mario Almanza, for their procedures. Furthermore, five of the patients said that they had been referred to this surgeon by a medical tourism agency known as “Weight Loss Agents.”

Jul 27, 2019

Merging the Digital World with the Real World

Posted by in category: futurism

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This technology allows us to interact with things in the digital world.

Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Jul 27, 2019

Tiny drug-filled capsules motor around the body to target cancer cells

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

By Chelsea Whyte

Tiny self-propelled capsules shed their outer shells and deliver drugs directly to tumour cells. These microrobots, demonstrated in mouse intestines, could one day be targeted treatments for cancers in hard-to-reach places in the body.

“When the capsule reaches the tumour, we can activate it, break the capsule, release the micromotors and they will move around the tumour area. That motion is very important for drug delivery,” says Wei Gao at the California Institute of Technology.

Jul 27, 2019

Brain-controlled prosthetic hand to become reality

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI

Imagine a patient controlling the movement of his or her prosthetic limb simply by thinking of commands. It may sound like science fiction but will soon become reality thanks to the EU-funded DeTOP project. A consortium of engineers, neuroscientists and clinicians has made great strides in further developing the technology behind more natural and functional prostheses.

The team uses an osseointegrated human-machine gateway (OHMG) to develop a physical link between a person and a robotic prosthesis. A patient in Sweden was the first recipient of titanium implants with the OHMG system. The OHMG is directly fitted to bones in the user’s arms, from which electrodes to nerves and muscle extract signals to control a robotic hand and provide tactile sensations. According to a news item by “News Medical,” the patient will begin using a training prosthesis in the next few months before being fitted with the new artificial hand developed by DeTOP partners. This will help the team evaluate the entire system, including the implanted interface, electronics, as well as wrist and hand functions. Motor coordination and grip strength will also be assessed during the tests.

Jul 27, 2019

Undetected ‘city-killer’ asteroid nearly misses Earth, shocks scientists: reports

Posted by in category: space

This is the video of the close encounter of Asteroid 2019 OK we have been Twitting all day with the Earth: https://watchers.news/2019/07/24/asteroid-2019-ok/?utm_sourc…um=twitter pic.twitter.com/3e4UyPcdPl — ASAS-SN (@SuperASASSN) July 25, 2019.

Jul 27, 2019

How hospitals are using AI to save their sickest patients and curb ‘alarm fatigue’

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

From interpreting CT scans to diagnosing eye disease, artificial intelligence is taking on medical tasks once reserved for only highly trained medical specialists — and in many cases outperforming its human counterparts.

Now AI is starting to show up in intensive care units, where hospitals treat their sickest patients. Doctors who have used the new systems say AI may be better at responding to the vast trove of medical data collected from ICU patients — and may help save patients who are teetering between life and death.

Jul 27, 2019

First CRISPR study inside the body to start in US

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience

Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness.

People with the disease have normal eyes but lack a gene that converts light into signals to the brain that enable sight.

The experimental treatment aims to supply kids and adults with a healthy version of the gene they lack, using a tool that cuts or “edits” DNA in a specific spot. It’s intended as a onetime treatment that permanently alters the person’s native DNA.

Jul 27, 2019

July’s ‘black supermoon’ will make the next two weekends 2019’s best for stargazing

Posted by in category: space

A second New Moon in the same month, a rising Mi;lky Way and the onset of meteor showers makes this a great time to get outside and looking up.

Jul 27, 2019

AI, Robot: Meet Russia’s New F-850 Android

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

Right now, the robot is busy with the pre-launch preparations. August 22, F-850 will be launched to the ISS aboard the Soyuz MS-14 unmanned spacecraft. However, the humanoid robot won’t be staying on board long, after a ten-day mission F-850 is set to leave the station and return to Earth.

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