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Apr 21, 2019

The outlet glacier of Vavilov Ice Cap has gone from sliding 20 meters per year to 20 meters per day

Posted by in category: space

What triggered this dramatic surge is still unknown, but with our NASA Earth satellites data we now have a time-lapse of the damage. Dive into the situation: https://go.nasa.gov/2GqgJaV

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Apr 21, 2019

‘Sewing machine’ robot paves the way for brain computers

Posted by in categories: internet, robotics/AI

Imagine being able to play a song on your computer just by thinking of its title. Or transmitting your thoughts to a friend over the internet without uttering a word. Scientists have now invented a ‘sewing machine’ capable of stitching electrodes into the brain, which may one day help to make such things a reality.

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Apr 21, 2019

The University Is Proud and Congratulates Its Graduate Dr. Thabat Al-khatib and Researcher in Applied Neuroscience for Receiving Two Patents of Medicine for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Arab American University congrats and is proud of Dr. Thabat Al-Khatib and researcher in Applied Neuroscience, Dr. Al-Khatib graduated from the Faculty of Sciences and Arts at Arab American University in 2012. She succeeded to add her name on the list of innovators in Britain after the invention of a drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and received two patents.

Al Khatib is currently working at the University of Aberdeen – Faculty of Medicine as a researcher in Neuroscience dept. and aspires to be a lecturer in Palestine to add value to students and the community.

Al-Khatib said commenting on the two inventions:

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Apr 21, 2019

Mobile Sim

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Biomedical pictures for April 2019.

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Apr 21, 2019

Small ‘half-watch’ worn on leg could transform recovery from stroke

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Patients recovering from a stroke can slash their risk of blood clots by wearing a small “half wrist-watch” around their leg, a trial has shown.

A study at Royal Stoke University Hospital found the geko device could reduces the risk of clots compared to standard treatment, is comfortable to wear and could save the NHS cash.

Approved for use on the NHS for other conditions, the geko is a battery-powered, disposable, device designed to increase blood flow in the deep veins of the legs.

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Apr 21, 2019

Physicists Observe Quantum Behavior in Liquid Vibrations

Posted by in category: quantum physics

For the first time, Yale physicists have directly observed quantum behavior in the vibrations of a liquid body.

A great deal of ongoing research is currently devoted to discovering and exploiting quantum effects in the motion of macroscopic objects made of solids and gases. This new experiment opens a potentially rich area of further study into the way quantum principles work on liquid bodies.

The findings come from the Yale lab of physics and applied physics professor Jack Harris, along with colleagues at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory in France. A study about the research appears in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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Apr 21, 2019

What If We Built A Ring World In Space?

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

Someday, when humankind outgrows planet Earth, we might aim to build a habitat so vast we could never overpopulate it.

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Apr 21, 2019

Colossal Achievement: Half-Ton Firefighting Robot Helps Save Notre Dame

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Notre Dame is battered, burned, but unbowed, thanks in part to the efforts of a new firefighting robot, Colossus.

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Apr 21, 2019

Sonar ‘Accidentally’ Detects 16th-Century Dutch Shipwreck

Posted by in category: futurism

In what is being hailed as a lucky accident, a salvage team looking for containers that had fallen off a transport ship in Dutch waters discovered a 16th-century shipwreck on the North Sea floor.

Copper plates and wooden beams were found on the vessel, which dates back to 1540, making it the oldest find of a seafaring ship in Dutch waters ever, according to the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency.

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Apr 21, 2019

Gravitational Forces at Heart of Milky Way Shaped Star Cluster Like Comet

Posted by in category: space

This week’s Hubble Picture of the Week is a view of the stunning and unusual Messier 62 cluster in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

A globular cluster is a group of thousands of stars which are bound together by gravity, and which move across the sky as one group. The strong gravity means that most such clusters are perfectly spherical, like the neat and orderly Messier 3 or Messier 28 clusters.

But in the case of Messier 62, we see something different. The cluster is warped, with a long tail of stars which stretch out to one side to form a shape like a comet and its tail. It is thought that this distortion is due to Messier 62’s close proximity to the center of the galaxy, where strong gravitational forces from outside the cluster create tidal forces which pull some of the cluster toward the center.

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