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Feb 13, 2019

New welding process opens up uses for formerly un-weldable lightweight alloy

Posted by in category: nanotechnology

Developed in the 1940s, AA7075 is an aluminum alloy that’s almost as strong as steel, yet it weighs just one third as much. Unfortunately its use has been limited, due to the fact that pieces of it couldn’t be securely welded together. That’s recently changed, however, thanks to the use of titanium carbide nanoparticles.

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Feb 13, 2019

New Map of Dark Matter Breaks Scientists’ Understanding of Physics

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

What they found was surprising. The new map, published on the preprint server arXiv, suggests that the huge structure of dark matter in the universe formed more slowly that previously believed — results that “appear to challenge current understanding of the fundamental laws of physics,” according to the press release.

Road Ahead

But before physicists throw out the rulebook, Hikage cautioned that the new map needs to be corroborated.

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Feb 13, 2019

Major Clinical Trial Links High Blood Pressure And Mild Cognitive Impairment

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

A new study says lowering blood pressure doesn’t reduce the risk for dementia, but it does lower the impact of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which could be the next best thing in the study of dementia prevention.

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Feb 13, 2019

New Oxford-developed tool reads the life histories of cancer cells

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Cancer is a complicated disease. Tumors are made up of many different types of cancer cells, and our current treatment techniques can’t always clear them all out. Now, a team of Oxford researchers has developed a way to track the genetic “life histories” of thousands of individual cancer cells at once, which may lead to more effective and personalized cancer treatments.

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Feb 13, 2019

Graphene-Based Cement/Concrete Admixture for Ultra-Strong, High-Strength and Sustainable Housing/Infrastructure

Posted by in categories: habitats, sustainability

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Feb 13, 2019

NASA’s New Nuclear Reactor Could Change Space Exploration

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, space travel

NASA and engineers from the Department of Energy are developing small nuclear reactors that could power spacecraft and space colonies.

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Feb 13, 2019

Graphene ‘a game-changer’ in making building with concrete greener

Posted by in category: materials

Form of carbon incorporated into concrete created stronger, more water-resistant composite material that could reduce emissions.

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Feb 13, 2019

A Startling Find: Astronomers Discover Two ‘Warm Saturns’

Posted by in category: space

They made the detections with TESS data.

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Feb 13, 2019

How Political Opinions Change

Posted by in category: futurism

About (dirty) ‘’magic’’ tricks (, and intellectual humility).


A clever experiment shows it’s surprisingly easy to change someone’s political views, revealing how flexible we are.

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Feb 13, 2019

New Academy to Boost the Image of Life Extension

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

A collection of sixteen senior scientists have created an academy in Boston in order to showcase the important work currently being conducted on human aging and how researchers are developing ways to slow or even reverse it.

The Academy for Health and Lifespan Research is a nonprofit organization that will be organizing a series of forums at which researchers will share knowledge and research data, helping to improve the flow of information in this field.

The Academy will also be actively lobbying governments around the world to improve funding for aging research and to help improve regulatory pathways in ways that make it easier to develop therapies that target the aging processes in order to prevent age-related diseases.

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