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Oct 11, 2024

Study finds genetics shape caloric restriction’s impact on lifespan

Posted by in categories: genetics, life extension

While caloric restriction (CR) has long been associated with increased lifespan, the study found that its effectiveness is highly influenced by individual genetic factors; some mice on restrictive diets experienced a notable lifespan extension, while others saw minimal gains.


New research on mice suggests that while extreme caloric restriction may extend lifespan, genetic resilience plays a critical role.

Oct 11, 2024

Beyond Our Solar System: How Uranus Prepares Us for Exoplanet Discovery

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

“Studying how known benchmarks like Uranus appear in distant imaging can help us have more robust expectations when preparing for these future missions,” said Samantha Hasler. “And that will be critical to our success.”


How can Uranus teach us about exoplanets? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how gas giants like Uranus can be used to better understand the characteristics of exoplanets. While exoplanets have been discovered using the direct imaging method, no exoplanet has been directly imaged itself. Therefore, this study holds the potential to use gas giant planets within our solar system as analogs for exoplanets throughout the cosmos.

For the study, the researchers analyzed data collected from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of Uranus in various wavelengths. Both telescopes exhibit different imaging properties, as Hubble is built to obtain up-close images from far away while New Horizons is built to obtain up-close images from close-up. As a result, the images from Hubble revealed far more detail while the images from New Horizons revealed Uranus as a small dot.

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Oct 11, 2024

Physicists Generated Sound Waves That Travel in One Direction Only

Posted by in category: physics

A new way to create silence.

Oct 11, 2024

Transcendence: Enlightenment, Singularity & The Fermi Paradox

Posted by in categories: cosmology, existential risks, media & arts, singularity

Many seek a path to enlightenment through study and meditation, but what does science tell us about transcendence? And could entire civilizations seek to leave this reality behind?

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Oct 11, 2024

Surveillance in the Digital Age: Is Privacy Going Extinct?

Posted by in categories: media & arts, surveillance

Those that have nothing to hide have nothing to fear. From an episode of the early outer limits OBIT.


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Technology brings us many wonders, but it may also bring about the end of our privacy. What, if anything, can we do to protect it?

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Oct 11, 2024

2 MIN AGO: Apple Launches Depth Pro AI — A Game-Changer for 3D Vision!

Posted by in categories: media & arts, robotics/AI

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Oct 11, 2024

The 7 Stages of AI (And What’s Coming Next)

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Oct 11, 2024

Intel Introduces Hala Point, the Most Advanced Neuromorphic System

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, security, sustainability

Intel utilizes neuromorphic computing, a hyper-efficient solution inspired by the human brain, to address the need for fundamentally new approaches to sustainable artificial intelligence.

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Oct 11, 2024

Revolutionizing Sodium-Ion Batteries: Ultrafast Anode Preparation via Microwave Induction Heating

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology, sustainability, transportation

“Our microwave induction heating technology enables fast and easy preparation of hard carbon, which I believe will contribute to the commercialization of sodium-ion batteries,” said Dr. Daeho Kim.


Can sodium-ion batteries be improved to exceed the efficiency and longevity of traditional lithium-ion batteries? This is what a recent study published in Chemical Engineering Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers from South Korea investigated how microwave induction heating can produce sufficient carbon anodes used in sodium-ion batteries. This study holds the potential to help researchers and engineers better understand how to develop and produce efficient sodium-ion batteries, which have demonstrated greater abundancy and stability.

“Due to recent electric vehicle fires, there has been growing interest in sodium-ion batteries that are safer and function well in colder conditions. However, the carbonization process for anodes has been a significant disadvantage in terms of energy efficiency and cost,” said Dr. Jong Hwan Park, who is from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) and a co-author on the study.

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Oct 11, 2024

On-chip zero-index metamaterials

Posted by in categories: computing, particle physics

This chip has speed that defies the light speed barrier while maintaining cool temperatures using a special metamaterial that allows the light particles to go infinitely fast.


Most metamaterial experiments occur in bulk transmission geometries. Here researchers demonstrate integrated in-plane zero-index metamaterials.

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