Photonic Chip Breakthrough Opens a Path Toward Quantum Computing in Real-World Conditions

https://scitechdaily.com/photonic-chip-breakthrough-opens-a-path-toward-quantum-computing-in-real-world-conditions/

The Dream of Carbon Air Capture Edges Toward Reality

https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-dream-of-co2-air-capture-edges-toward-reality

Scientists Set New World Record With Bifacial Solar Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-set-new-world-record-with-bifacial-solar-cells/

Surprise! Our Bodies Have Been Hiding a Trojan Horse for Gene Therapy

https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/24/surprise-our-bodies-have-been-hiding-a-trojan-horse-for-gene-therapy/

Why This 3D-Printed House Will Change The World

Made in Germany, so perhaps we'll build our new house this way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHSYEH133HA

Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots

This is just vaporware for now, but it's REALLY what we all need:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22633514/tesla-robot-prototype-elon-musk-humanoid-ai-day

A national lab just achieved a ‘Wright Brothers moment’ in nuclear fusion

Fusion power is always 30 years away. Perhaps this will change that:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/lawrence-livermore-lab-makes-significant-achievement-in-fusion.html

Atlas | Partners in Parkour

The physical capabilities are all there. When the A.I. and battery life catch up...watch out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk

OpenAI's Codex turns written language into computer code

Computer languages exist to allow programmers to program without knowing machine language. This appears to be the beginning of the next and more powerful step, allowing non-programmers to program without knowing computer languages:

https://www.axios.com/openai-codex-language-computer-programming-1cfb83d7-f28b-40b5-91ea-1717272a619c.html

The Waste Product That Could Help Mitigate Climate Change – Locking Carbon in the Soil “For Hundreds to Thousands of Years”

https://scitechdaily.com/the-waste-product-that-could-help-mitigate-climate-change-locking-carbon-in-the-soil-for-hundreds-to-thousands-of-years/

Chinese scientists develop world’s strongest glass that’s as hard as diamond

Impressive:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/china-strongest-glass-diamond-scientists-b1899243.html

Artificial Intelligence may diagnose dementia in a day

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57934589

Decades of Research Brings Quantum Dots to Brink of Widespread Use in a Range of Technology Applications

https://scitechdaily.com/decades-of-research-brings-quantum-dots-to-brink-of-widespread-use-in-a-range-of-technology-applications/

Synthetic brain cells that store 'memories' are possible, new model reveals

https://www.livescience.com/artificial-neurons-memories.html

Form Energy’s New Low-Cost, Iron-Air Battery Runs for 100 Hours

https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/02/form-energys-new-low-cost-iron-based-battery-runs-for-100-hours/

This robot taught itself to run then set a record by running a 5k

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/28/this-robot-taught-itself-to-run-then-set-a-record-by-running-a-5k/

Google’s ‘time crystals’ could be the greatest scientific achievement of our lifetimes

Bizarre. Fascinating:

https://thenextweb.com/news/google-may-have-achieved-breakthrough-time-crystals

Protein Folding AI Is Making a ‘Once in a Generation’ Advance in Biology

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/20/new-protein-folding-ai-just-made-a-once-in-a-generation-advance-in-biology/

New Inorganic Material Discovered With Lowest Thermal Conductivity Ever Reported

https://scitechdaily.com/new-inorganic-material-discovered-with-lowest-thermal-conductivity-ever-reported/

Advanced New Artificial Intelligence Software Can Compute Protein Structures in 10 Minutes

https://scitechdaily.com/advanced-new-artificial-intelligence-software-can-compute-protein-structures-in-10-minutes/

New Holographic Light Collector Boosts Solar Panel Efficiency

https://scitechdaily.com/new-holographic-light-collector-boosts-solar-panel-efficiency/

Say goodbye to air conditioning with new roofing material

Weird but intriguing:

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/air-conditioning

AI Designs Quantum Physics Experiments beyond What Any Human Has Conceived

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-designs-quantum-physics-experiments-beyond-what-any-human-has-conceived/

Quantum Physics Helps Break DNA and Destroy Cancer Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-physics-helps-break-dna-and-destroy-cancer-cells/

By splicing animals together, scientists have shown that young blood rejuvenates old tissues. Now, they are testing whether it works for humans.

https://www.nature.com/articles/517426a