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Nov 25, 2019

Why don’t we just stop the aging process?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, nanotechnology

A team of scientists at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) wants to stop the aging process. They are fascinated by uncovering longevity signatures at the tiny molecular level and are developing an intelligent nanomachine that lays the foundations for new therapies against aging and chronic diseases. Only ten conditions cause 75% of all mortalities. The top three of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer accounts for 50% of all mortalities. Are these chronic diseases age-related? Can we address them by targeting aging?

Nov 25, 2019

Caloric Restriction Restores Myelinating Cell Populations

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A recent study published in Cell Stem Cell shows that fasting and metformin are effective in a mouse model of demyelination, which is caused in humans by such disorders as multiple sclerosis.

Myelin, demyelination, and remyelination

Myelin, a substance rich in beneficial proteins and fats, is an insulator and protector of nerve cells and helps nerve cells to conduct messages to one another.

Nov 25, 2019

Fate of Male Birth Control Injection Now in Government’s Hands

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, government

Approval could arrive in as few as six months.

Nov 25, 2019

IKEA Just Released Free Plans For A Sustainable Garden That Can Feed A Neighborhood

Posted by in category: sustainability

The Swedish company IKEA is always leading in terms of initiation and creativity when it comes to their projects.

Nov 25, 2019

Team saw how an attacker could hijack Android camera for spyfest

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, security

Android camera security threat, disclosed and since addressed, had spy vulnerabilities. These were fixed by Google and Samsung with a patch rolled out for Pixel and Samsung devices The recent headlines surrounding the flaw on Android devices teased a discomforting thought in the latest of numerous discomforting thoughts about security risks in the Android ecosystem.

Imagine your app is recording video and taking photos without your permission.

In short, attackers could hijack your phone camera. Dan Goodin in Ars Technica: This was all about “an app needed no permissions at all to cause the camera to shoot pictures and record video and audio.”

Nov 25, 2019

“Living” Chandlier is a Green Lighting Piece Filled with Algae

Posted by in categories: biological, sustainability

Julian Melchiorri’s “Exhale” is a piece of green lighting where algae help purify air. The prototype chandelier was recently at the London Design Festival.

Nov 25, 2019

NASA Cameras Capture Soundwaves From ‘Mystery Spacecraft’ Hurtling Across Earth

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, space

O.,.,o I think we need sunglasses or optics to see ghosts or exterrestials using quantum mechanical physics.


Cameras on the International Space Station have reportedly captured images of soundwaves travelling across Earth at high speeds, believed by some people to be a new form of ‘space technology’.

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Nov 25, 2019

These AI-powered swim goggles are the wave of the future

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, wearables

AI-powered wearable tech can help make swimming more interesting while tracking your laps for you.

Nov 25, 2019

CRISPR/Cas9: laboratorios afirman haber curado pacientes con enfermedades hereditarias de sangre

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Edición genética…📚🔬💻🚻otro logro…👍.


Un paciente que tenía beta-talasemia (una enfermedad hereditaria de la sangre) ya no necesitaba transfusiones continuas, y otro, con anemia falciforme, dejó de sufrir vasos obstruidos. Así lo anunció la empresa Crispr Therpautics.

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Nov 25, 2019

You’re powered by quantum mechanics. No, really…

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Biologists have long been wary of applying quantum theory to their own field. But, as Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden reveal, it might explain much natural phenomena.