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Jan 23, 2019
A Cooler Cloud: A Clever Conduit Cuts Data Centers’ Cooling Needs
Posted by Caycee Dee Neely in categories: computing, physics
The energy use of data centers is a major drag on resources, but they also use a lot of water. Any technology that increases their efficiency while reducing resource waste is a good thing.
“Now, Forced Physics, a company based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has developed a low-power system that it says could slash a data center’s energy requirements for cooling by 90 percent. The company’s JouleForce conductor is a passive system that uses ambient, filtered, nonrefrigerated air to whisk heat away from computer chips.”
The company that created it, Forced Physics, plans to install the technology in a pilot plant in February.
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Jan 23, 2019
Don’t Bring Extinct Creatures Back to Life
Posted by Mary Jain in categories: biological, existential risks
What if woolly mammoths could walk the planet once again? De-extinction – or the process of creating an organism which is a member of, or closely resembles, an extinct species – was once a sci-fi fantasy only imaginable in films like “Jurassic Park.” But recent biological and technological breakthroughs indicate that reviving extinct creatures could become a reality. Even if advancements get us there, should we do it?
Jan 23, 2019
Aether and UCL Researchers Democratizing 3D Printed Nanotech at 2% of Competitor Cost
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, nanotechnology
Aether collaborating with University College London and Loughborough University to develop 3D printing nanotechnology at a revolutionary low cost.
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Jan 23, 2019
Common Food Additives May Promote Anxiety-Related Behavior In Mice
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in categories: biotech/medical, food, neuroscience, sex
Food additives known as dietary emulsifiers, commonly found in processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf life, may adversely affect anxiety-related and social behaviors in mice, Georgia State researchers have found.
The scientists also observed sex differences in the mice’s behavioral patterns, suggesting that emulsifiers affect the brain via distinct mechanisms in males and females.
The study, published in Scientific Reports, was led by Geert de Vries, professor of neuroscience and associate vice president for research at Georgia State, and Benoit Chassaing, assistant professor of neuroscience. Andrew T. Gewirtz, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, also contributed.
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Few people remember that the Panama Canal started out as a world-cringing disaster, with the French Company spending over $287 million and causing more than 20,000 deaths, before throwing in the towel and filing for bankruptcy. Again, this set the stage for a far more successful effort led by the U.S. that followed.
But what happens when we no longer fail forward? Or what if there are too many failures all at once?
We are more dependent on technology today, than ever before in history. And it’s rather obvious, as this trend continues, that we will use more technology in the future than we do today.
Jan 23, 2019
What’s next for China in lunar exploration?
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
China has big plans for the future, including lunar sample return, a robotic research base, and potentially human missions.
Definitive evidence that our moon, both cold and dark, has water ice at both of its poles.
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Jackson Ryan
Jan 23, 2019
The Gut Microbiome of Healthy, Long-Lived People
Posted by Steve Hill in category: life extension
A new study has outlined the age-related changes of the gut microbiome, showing a correlation between the microbiome’s composition and overall health.
The gut microbiome
The microbiome describes a varied community of bacteria, archaea, eukarya, and viruses that inhabit our gut. The four bacterial phyla of Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteria comprise 98% of the intestinal microbiome.
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Jan 23, 2019
We’ll Likely See a Rise in Internet Blackouts in 2019
Posted by Steve Nichols in categories: government, internet
https://paper.li/e-1437691924#/
We’ll likely see a rise in internet blackouts in 2019, for two reasons: countries deliberately “turning off” the internet within their borders, and hackers disrupting segments of the internet with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Above all, both will force policymakers everywhere to reckon with the fact that the internet itself is increasingly becoming centralized — and therefore increasingly vulnerable to manipulation, making everyone less safe.
From a report: The first method — states deliberately severing internet connections within their country — has an important history. In 2004, the Maldivian government caused an internet blackout when citizens protested the president; Nepal similarly caused a blackout shortly thereafter. In 2007, the Burmese government apparently damaged an underwater internet cable in order to “staunch the flow of pictures and messages from protesters reaching the outside world.” In 2011, Egypt cut most internet and cell services within its borders as the government attempted to quell protests against then-President Hosni Mubarak; Libya then did the same after its own unrest.
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