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Jul 13, 2018

Nanomaterials that mimic nerve impulses (spikes) discovered

Posted by in categories: computing, nanotechnology, neuroscience

Nanomaterials that mimic nerve impulses (credit: Osaka University)

A combination of nanomaterials that can mimic nerve impulses (“spikes”) in the brain have been discovered by researchers at Kyushu Institute of Technology and Osaka University in Japan.

Current “neuromorphic” (brain-like) chips (such as IBM’s neurosynaptic TrueNorth) and circuits (such as those based on the NVIDIA GPGPU, or general purpose graphical processing unit) are devices based on complex circuits that emulate only one part of the brain’s mechanisms: the learning ability of synapses (which connect neurons together).

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Jul 13, 2018

NASA Will Pay You $100,000 To Stay In Bed For 60 Days!

Posted by in category: space

Wouldn’t you just love to carry on sleeping on a Monday morning without having to submit to the Monday morning blues and get ready for work? What type of heaven would you envisage if you were paid to stay in bed; it would be a glorious one wouldn’t it? If only it were possible!!! But!! Hold it right there, don’t be disappointed because what if we told you it is possible!! You can get paid a huge sum of money just staying in bed for two whole months and by you know who?? NASA no less!!!

Yes the American space agency NASA is paying $100,000 to stay in bed for 60 days. Find out why and if it is really too good to be true.

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Jul 13, 2018

HPV vaccine eliminates skin cancer in 97-year-old, doctors report

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The HPV vaccine has eliminated skin cancer in a 97-year-old woman — giving doctors and patients hope it could be used to treat aggressive cases of skin cancer, such as squamous cell carcinoma.


A 97-year-old woman’s severe case of an untreatable form of squamous cell carcinoma was cleared with injections of the HPV vaccine, her doctors report.

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Jul 13, 2018

The first artificial intelligence in space

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

CIMON says: take me to space! 🚀.

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Jul 13, 2018

Human Trials Show a 30-Year-Old Heart Disease Drug Could Help Treat Type 1 Diabetes

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Finger pricks and daily insulin injections are currently the leading regimen for those with type 1 diabetes, a condition in which the body’s insulin producing cells beta cells are destroyed. And it’s not foolproof.

Patients can often face risks over overcorrecting their blood sugar levels, which can potentially lead to hypoglycemia – low blood sugar – and coma.

Insulin is responsible for regulating the amount of sugar in the blood, and dysfunctions with it can cause diabetes.

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Jul 13, 2018

Australian experiment wipes out over 80% of disease-carrying mosquitoes

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

In an experiment with global implications, Australian scientists have successfully wiped out more than 80% of disease-carrying mosquitoes in trial locations across north Queensland.

The experiment, conducted by scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and James Cook University (JCU), targeted Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread deadly diseases such as dengue fever and Zika.

In JCU laboratories, researchers bred almost 20 million mosquitoes, infecting males with bacteria that made them sterile. Then, last summer, they released over three million of them in three towns on the Cassowary Coast.

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Jul 13, 2018

What If Earth Spun Twice as Fast

Posted by in category: futurism

12-hour days, 730 days a year. Could you cope with that?

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Jul 13, 2018

5 Incredible VR Experiences

Posted by in category: virtual reality

These super-realistic VR experiences tricked our senses.

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Jul 13, 2018

Memories can pass between generations through DNA

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Jul 13, 2018

This sun-chasing robot looks after the plant on its head

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Are your houseplants burning up in the heat? You should get a robot-plant hybrid, like this mod from Vincross, which can move itself into the shade when it needs to. It even dances angrily when it’s drying up.

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