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Feb 9, 2024

Getting fresh: How supermarkets are using AI to predict sales

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

A new batch of startups are using tech and data to help supermarkets reduce waste of fresh produce, to the benefit of business and planet.

Feb 9, 2024

A balanced gut microbiota can improve sports performance

Posted by in categories: health, neuroscience

The gut microbiota influences sports performance and resilience after physical exercise. Also, practicing moderate exercise on a regular basis results in a healthier bacterial composition and, therefore, better physical and mental health.

Feb 9, 2024

Our universe is expanding at rapid rate by absorbing other ‘baby universes’, new study suggests

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

Scientists have been pretty sure that our universe is expanding at a rapid rate, but no one exactly knew how. Now, a new theory suggests that our universe might be expanding by colliding and eventually absorbing “baby” parallel universes.

This theory was published in a science paper called the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics in December 2023. In the study, scientists proposed the idea that the expansion of the universe may be a result of it constantly merging with other universes.

Feb 9, 2024

Urokinase therapy improves diabetic foot ulcers healing and decreases CV events in diabetes patients

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Urokinase therapy improves diabetic foot ulcer healing and decreases CV events in diabetes patients suggests a new study published in the BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care.

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a disabling complication of diabetes mellitus. Here, we attempted to assess whether long-term intrafemoral artery infusion of low-dose urokinase therapy improved Diabetic foot ulcers and decreased cardiovascular events in patients with Diabetic foot ulcers were randomized to continuous intrafemoral thrombolysis or conventional therapy groups. The continuous intrafemoral thrombolysis group received continuous intrafemoral urokinase injection for 7 days, and conventional therapy just received wound debridement and dressing change. Then, a follow-up of average 6.5 years was performed. Results: Compared with conventional therapy, at the first 1 month of intervention stage, the ulcers achieved a significant improvement in continuous intrafemoral thrombolysis group including a complete closure (72.4% vs 17.5%), an improved ulcer (27.6% vs 25.8%), unchanged or impaired ulcer (0% vs 56.7%). During the 6.

Feb 9, 2024

New study shows success in diabetic cardiomyopathy research

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A new study shows congenital heart disease can be induced by pregestational diabetes using advanced human heart organoids.

Feb 9, 2024

One-shot CRISPR treatment for inherited disease aces first human trial

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A CRISPR treatment for hereditary angioedema significantly reduced swelling attacks in its first human trial.

Feb 9, 2024

A magnetically powered nanomachine with a DNA clutch

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

The nanospace confinement of a magnetic nanoparticle within a porous cage, coupled with an encodable DNA clutch interface, enables a remotely powered and controlled rotary nanomotor that is autoresponsive to its microenvironment.

Feb 9, 2024

Bionic Woman Makes History Merging Robotic Limb With Bone And Her Mind

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism

There’s a real life bionic woman, and a mindblowing technological advancement has made her life a lot better.

Feb 9, 2024

Organic semiconductors with proton-hopping promise

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, electronics

Chemists at RIKEN have developed a method for making synthetic derivatives of the natural dye indigo that doesn’t require harsh conditions. This discovery could inspire advances in electronic devices, including light-responsive gadgets and stretchy biomedical sensors.

Semiconductors based on organic molecules are attracting much interest because—unlike conventional rigid semiconductors based on silicon—they could be flexible, ductile and lightweight, opening up new possibilities for designing semiconductor devices.

Organic molecules also have the advantage of realizing a broad range of structures. “Organic semiconductors have flexibility in molecular design, enabling them to adopt new functionalities,” says Keisuke Tajima of the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, who led the research.

Feb 9, 2024

Massive hydrogen reservoir discovered beneath an Albanian mine could be an untapped source of clean energy

Posted by in category: energy

From the article: As much as 55,000 tons (50,000 metric tons) of hydrogen could lurk in the reservoir beneath the mine — enough to sustain the high flow rate for 238 years, according to the study.


A portion of ancient oceanic crust that sits atop Albania and hosts one of the largest chromium mines on Earth also contains a huge hydrogen reservoir, offering a potential source of clean energy.

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