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Jan 11, 2018

Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home

Posted by in categories: finance, government, robotics/AI

U.S.-trained Chinese-born talent is becoming a key force in driving Chinese companies’ global expansion and the country’s efforts to dominate next-generation technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Where college graduates once coveted a prestigious overseas job and foreign citizenship, many today gravitate toward career opportunities at home, where venture capital is now plentiful and the government dangles financial incentives for cutting-edge research.

“More and more talent is moving over because China is really getting momentum in the innovation area,” said Ken Qi, a headhunter for Spencer Stuart and leader of its technology practice. “This is only the beginning.”

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Jan 10, 2018

First-Ever Drone Swarm Attack Has Struck Russian Military Bases, Sources Claim

Posted by in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI, terrorism

Ever since technological advancements made drones possible, people have warned of the potential dangers of weaponised UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), which could effectively become murderous slaughterbots we need to defend ourselves against.

Now, it looks like those fears have become a reality. The Russian Ministry of Defence claims its forces in Syria were attacked a week ago by a swarm of home-made drones – the first time such a coordinated assault has been reported in a military action.

According to the Ministry of Defence, Russian forces at the Khmeimim air base and Tartus naval facility “successfully warded off a terrorist attack with massive application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)” last Friday night.

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Jan 10, 2018

How to Fight Superbugs

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Crowdsourcing the fight against drug-resistance infection.

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Jan 10, 2018

Reversing MS With Stem Cells

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Canadian doctors just reversed severe MS using stem cells.

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Jan 10, 2018

Ikea Wants You to Pee on This Ad

Posted by in category: futurism

Ikea is giving pregnant women a huge discount — if they pee on this coupon.

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Jan 10, 2018

Physicists Observe Completely Unexpected Effect in Collisions Between Gold and Protons

Posted by in category: particle physics

Even the people tasked with understanding the most fundamental pieces of our Universe run into surprises. And a surprise has popped up in the data of a decommissioned experiment at America’s largest atom smasher.

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Jan 10, 2018

Tesla Powers Up New York Gigafactory Solar Roof Assembly Line

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Tesla Inc. has kicked off production of its long-awaited electricity-producing shingles that Elon Musk says will transform the rooftop solar industry.

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Jan 10, 2018

Augmented Reality in Medicine

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical

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Jan 10, 2018

Two qubit silicon gate has been created

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Researchers at Princeton University have constructed silicon hardware that can control quantum behaviour between two electrons with extremely high precision.

The team constructed a two qubit gate that controls interactions between the electrons in a way that allows them to act as the qubits necessary for quantum computing. The demonstration of the gate is being seen as an early step in building a more complex quantum computing device from silicon.

The gate was constructed by layering aluminium wires onto a highly ordered silicon crystal. The wires deliver voltages that trap two single electrons, separated by an energy barrier, in a double quantum dot.

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Jan 10, 2018

Alzheimers Drug Turns Back the Clock in Mitochondria

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

J147 is an experimental drug that has been shown to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and it also appears to reverse some aspects of aging. It is also poised to enter human clinical trials in the near future, although how it works has been somewhat of a puzzle.

A new study published in the journal Aging Cell has changed all that, and the results are quite intriguing[1]. Researchers at the Salk Institute have solved the mystery of how J147 works and why it makes old flies, mice, and cells more youthful.

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