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Jan 9, 2020

Biological scientists identify pathways that extend lifespan

Posted by in categories: biological, genetics, life extension

Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., and Nanjing University in China, have identified synergistic cellular pathways for longevity that amplify lifespan fivefold in C. elegans, a nematode worm used as a model in aging research.

The increase in would be the equivalent of a human living for 400 or 500 years, according to one of the scientists.

The research draws on the discovery of two major pathways governing aging in C. elegans, which is a popular model in aging research because it shares many of its genes with humans and because its short lifespan of only three to four weeks allows scientists to quickly assess the effects of genetic and environmental interventions to extend healthy lifespan.

Jan 9, 2020

Dendritic action potentials and computation in human layer 2/3 cortical neurons

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

A new unique signal discovered within the brain might be what makes us human:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6473/83

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Jan 9, 2020

‘National pride is at stake.’ Russia, China, United States race to build hypersonic weapons

Posted by in categories: military, space travel

Now, DOD is leading a new charge, pouring more than $1 billion annually into hypersonic research. Competition from ambitious programs in China and Russia is a key motivator. Although hype and secrecy muddy the picture, all three nations appear to have made substantial progress in overcoming key obstacles, such as protecting hypersonic craft from savage frictional heating. Russia recently unveiled a weapon called the Kinzhal, said to reach Mach 10 under its own power, and another that is boosted by a rocket to an astonishing Mach 27. China showed off a rocket-boosted hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) of its own, the Dongfeng-17, in a recent military parade. The United States, meanwhile, is testing several hypersonic weapons. “It’s a race to the Moon sort of thing,” says Iain Boyd, an aerospace engineer at the University of Colorado, Boulder. “National pride is at stake.”


Despite hype and technological hurdles, a hypersonic arms race is accelerating.

Jan 8, 2020

Who We Are

Posted by in category: futurism

Technologies is a trusted partner and innovator in earth intelligence and space infrastructure. Find out who we are and our capabilities.

Jan 8, 2020

The heart of NASA’s first flight-ready Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket emerged from its factory in New Orleans Wednesday morning for a barge trip to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for an eight-minute test-firing of its space shuttle-era hydrogen-fueled engines

Posted by in category: space travel

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Jan 8, 2020

Carboncopies: Here’s a weblink to the research paper:

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

Your brain is the orchestra that plays the symphony of your mental experience and your awareness, and that experience is your window on existence and on the universe. Our aim is to preserve, restore, and even improve your mental experience beyond the limits of biology. With dedication, scientific advances within our lifetimes may allow us to record the unique arrangement and responses of neurons and synapses that encode your memories, their active behavior, and ultimately to restore all of that in a neural prosthesis that seamlessly repairs a brain function, or a complete artificial brain. Some of this is still reminiscent of science fiction, but each challenge is well on its way to being a tractable technology problem supported by scientific evidence and understanding.

Jan 8, 2020

Fewer people are dying from cancer, thanks largely to advances in lung cancer treatment

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Years of investment in basic science of cancer therapeutics are “starting to pay off,” an expert said.

Jan 8, 2020

EmbraerX and Elroy Air collaborate on drone delivery systems

Posted by in categories: business, drones

EmbraerX, the Brazilian planemaker’s innovation subsidiary, has signed a collaboration agreement with Silicon Valley drone delivery startup Elroy Air for the purpose of developing the unnamed air cargo market worldwide.

The announcement, made at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on 8 January, positions Embraer as an “ecosystem player” in the area of urban air mobility, the disruptive business subsidiary’s president and chief executive Antonio Campello tells FlightGlobal.

The companies did not disclose details about the collaboration such as time frame or cost, but say they are already at work together and hope to present results soon.

Jan 8, 2020

Virus Spread by Shrews Linked to Human Deaths from Mysterious Brain Infections

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The pathogen has been newly identified in eight cases of encephalitis in Germany over the past 20 years.

Jan 8, 2020

Remembering Stephen Hawking on his 78th birthday: A legacy of humanity

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, space

Stephen Hawking passed away on 14 March 2018. His work changed literally everything we know about the cosmos and our place in it. But his greatest contribution to our species wasn’t his theories on black holes or how quickly the universe was expanding, it was his humanity.

Professor Hawking was born on 8 January 1942. He would have been 78 years old today – a bit older than ‘boomer’ age, his generation was called the “Silent” one. In his early twenties he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Eventually he became paralyzed and could only speak with the assistance a computer-generated audio device.