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Jun 3, 2019
Detection of dead body underwater
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, computing
Learn more about image processing, human body detection, image processing under water, underwater vision system Computer Vision Toolbox.
Forensic anthropologist Amy Mundorff measures the depth of a grave as the remote sensing research project gets underway.
Amy Smotherman Burgess/Knoxville News Sentinel/Zuma.
Mundorff knew from her own searches for buried murder victims in the United States that investigators often fail locate hidden graves, but she didn’t expect it to be so difficult in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The country is smaller than Louisiana, and the whereabouts of 8,000 people remain unknown.
Jun 3, 2019
Los Angeles transit to install body scanners that will screen for weapons and explosives
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: terrorism, transportation
“While we are on watch, we will not have a repeat of 9/11 or any terrorist incident inside our transportation system in the United States,” said the TSA’s administrator.
Jun 3, 2019
Researchers reveal how to track down a corpse
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Keele University researchers published a review which sets out best practice when it comes to finding bodies on land, including ground penetrating radar methods to image the subsurface.
Jun 3, 2019
The US Army’s Next Rifle May Use Facial Recognition
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Jun 3, 2019
New Gene-Editing Method Could Lead To “Creation of a Super-Baby”
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
“The technology is similar to weapons and drugs…creation of a super-baby should be banned forever.”
The scientist behind the tech is calling for a ban.
Jun 3, 2019
Brush your teeth—postpone Alzheimer’s
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Researchers have determined that gum disease (gingivitis) plays a decisive role in whether a person develops Alzheimer´s or not.
“We discovered DNA-based proof that the bacteria causing gingivitis can move from the mouth to the brain,” says researcher Piotr Mydel at Broegelmanns Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen (UiB).
The bacteria produces a protein that destroys nerve cells in the brain, which in turn leads to loss of memory and ultimately, Alzheimer´s.
Jun 3, 2019
Not Talking About Mental Health Is Literally Killing Men
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: health, neuroscience
Jun 3, 2019
Something’s Hiding in Our Outer Solar System, But It Might Not Be Planet Nine
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: physics, space
Somewhere in the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, something wonky is happening. A few objects are orbiting differently from everything else, and we don’t know why.
A popular hypothesis is that an unseen object called Planet Nine could be messing with these orbits; astronomers are avidly searching for this planet. But earlier this year physicists came up with an alternative explanation they think is more plausible.
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