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Jun 22, 2019
Stressing about aging damages your brain, shortens your life
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: life extension, neuroscience
We’re discovering that simply worrying about aging can, in itself, lead to undue stress and premature aging, as a result. It can also shorten lifespan. In this video, author Ashton Applewhite explains.
Jun 22, 2019
Is the universe a hologram?
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: holograms, physics, space
Are you — is every person you’ve ever loved, every incredible sight you’ve ever witnessed — part of a hologram? Some scientists think so.
They argue that all the information in the universe may be stored on some sort of two-dimensional object. In this video, NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller delves into frontier science — an unchartered territory that may require a new level of physics to better understand.
Jun 22, 2019
Buzz Aldrin reminds world that he took first space selfie
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Jun 21, 2019
Ultra-thin “e-tattoo” uses two sensors for better monitoring of the heart
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, health
We’ve already heard about flexible so-called “electronic tattoos,” which are a more comfortable and longer-wearing alternative to the rigid electrodes traditionally used to monitor cardiac patients’ hearts. A new one is claimed to be more accurate than others, however, as it tracks heart health in two ways.
Jun 21, 2019
22 thoughts on “Sonoluminescence”
Posted by Richard Christophr Saragoza in category: futurism
Sonoluminescence is one of those strange phenomenon that many would never encounter outside an academic environment. For those who have never heard of it, Sonoluminescence is when tiny bubbles suspended in a liquid emit light while being vibrated at certain frequencies. We were pleased to see that some plans are out there on how to build your own device to produce it.
[via io9].
Jun 21, 2019
New e-tattoo enables accurate, uninterrupted heart monitoring for days
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, health, wearables
The future of medicine is not fixing what is broken, it’s preventing things from getting broken in the first place.
The leading cause of death in Texas is heart disease, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, accounting for more than 45,000 deaths statewide in 2017. A new wearable technology made from stretchy, lightweight material could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machines—a technology that has changed little in almost a century.
Developed by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin and led by Nanshu Lu in the Cockrell School of Engineering, this is the latest incarnation of Lu’s electronic tattoo technology, a graphene-based wearable device that can be placed on the skin to measure a variety of body responses, from electrical to biomechanical signals.
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Jun 21, 2019
A new drug target for chemically induced Parkinson’s disease
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, food, neuroscience
More than three decades ago, scientists discovered that a chemical found in a synthetic opioid, MPTP, induced the onset of a form of Parkinson’s disease. In a new study led by scientists from the School of Veterinary Medicine, researchers found that an enzyme in the body can metabolize compounds formed in the brain from alkaloids present in certain foods and tobacco into MPTP-like chemicals, triggering a neurodegenerative condition in mice.
The researchers, led by Narayan Avadhani and Mrittika Chattopadhyay, suggest that the enzyme, mitochondrial CYP2D6, presents a potentially powerful new target for Parkinson’s treatment.
“Over the past two or three decades, researchers have tried inhibiting the process by which they believed MPTP was metabolized, with mixed success,” says Avadhani. “We believe that mitochondrial CYP2D6 is the more direct drug target, which might prove better in treating idiopathic Parkinson’s disease.”
Jun 21, 2019
Universal memory achieved: Scientists patent energy saving ‘holy grail’ of computing
Posted by Paul Battista in category: computing
Scientists at Lancaster University have announced that they have invented an electronic memory device that realises the dream of universal memory – a previously hypothetical technology long considered to be revolutionary for the industry.
Universal memory is a computer data storage technology that until now has been purely conceptual, combining the speed and low cost of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and the stability of flash memory. This also would result in significantly lower power consumption.
It had been considered impossible by some in the field, but scientists at Lancaster University say that the electronic memory device they have invented and patented is the realisation of the universal memory dream.