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Nov 22, 2018

It’s #BlackFriday, but we don’t do much shopping in space

Posted by in category: cosmology

It’s #BlackFriday, but we don’t do much shopping in space. Instead, join us for our 6th annual #BlackHoleFriday where we’ll share awesome images and facts about black holes! https://go.nasa.gov/2FB9qQD

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Nov 22, 2018

Non-UP engineers tapped for microsatellite program

Posted by in category: habitats

DOST-Philippines Undersecretary for research and development Rowena Guevara had recognized that to promote wider interest on the study and use of space technologies in the country, they have to get more academe-based engineers into the program.


The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will get academe-based engineers outside of the University of the Philippine-Diliman to join the country’s microsatellite building program. by Rainier Allan Ronda.

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Nov 22, 2018

It’s time for a 🙌 TOUCHDOWN

Posted by in categories: entertainment, space

No, we’re not talking about the #Thanksgiving day games, but rather our Mars InSight lander mission is on course for a touchdown with a #MarsLanding on Monday, Nov. 26. Learn about how the mission is on track to make this touchdown: https://go.nasa.gov/2qZDdZ2

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Nov 22, 2018

‘Transhumans’ reveal why they want everyone to implant chips under their skin

Posted by in categories: computing, transhumanism

Are the tiny chips a ‘mark of the beast’ which herald the apocalypse or the next revolution in technology?

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Nov 22, 2018

Skeletal imitation reveals how bones grow atom-by-atom

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, materials

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered how our bones grow at an atomic level, showing how an unstructured mass orders itself into a perfectly arranged bone structure. The discovery offers new insights, which could yield improved new implants, as well as increasing our knowledge of bone diseases such as osteoporosis.

The bones in our body grow through several stages, with atoms and molecules joining together, and those bigger groupings joining together in turn. One in the growth process is when molecules crystallise, which means that they transform from an amorphous mass into an ordered structure. Many stages of this transformation were previously a mystery, but now, through a project looking at an imitation of how our bones are built, the researchers have been able to follow this crystallisation process at an atomic level. Their are now published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

“A wonderful thing with this project is that it demonstrates how applied and fundamental research go hand in hand. Our project was originally focused on the creation of an artificial biomaterial, but the material turned out to be a great tool to study bone building processes. We first imitated nature, by creating an artificial copy. Then, we used that copy to go back and study nature,” says Martin Andersson, Professor in Materials Chemistry at Chalmers, and leader of the study.

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Nov 22, 2018

Researchers Have Developed a Potential Blood Test for Autism

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The tests detect damage to proteins often found in people with autism.

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Nov 22, 2018

BrainGate tech lets paralyzed volunteers control a tablet via their thoughts

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

In recent years, a brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by the US BrainGate consortium has allowed people to control a robotic arm and to type, using only their thoughts. Now, a group of paralyzed volunteers has utilized the technology to perform various functions on a tablet.

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Nov 22, 2018

Spotting nature’s own evolution of quantum tricks could transform quantum technology

Posted by in categories: evolution, quantum physics

A new test to spot where the ability to exploit the power of quantum mechanics has evolved in nature has been developed by physicists at the University of Warwick.

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Nov 22, 2018

Researchers propose an explanation for the mysterious onset of a universal process

Posted by in category: futurism

Magnetic takes place when the magnetic field lines embedded in a plasma—the hot, charged gas that makes up 99 percent of the visible universe—converge, break apart and explosively reconnect. This process takes place in thin sheets in which electric current is strongly concentrated.

According to conventional theory, these sheets can be highly elongated and severely constrain the velocity of the that join and split apart, making fast reconnection impossible. However, observation shows that rapid reconnection does exist, directly contradicting theoretical predictions.

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Nov 22, 2018

The origins of asymmetry: A protein that makes you do the twist

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale: think of DNA spirals, the fact that the human heart is positioned on the left, our preference to use our left or right hand … A team from the Institute of biology Valrose (CNRS/Inserm/Université Côte d’Azur), in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania, has shown how a single protein induces a spiral motion in another molecule. Through a domino effect, this causes cells, organs, and indeed the entire body to twist, triggering lateralized behaviour. This research is published in the journal Science on November 23, 2018.

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