Goldilocks Planets “With a Tilt” Like Earth Are More Capable of Evolving Complex Life

Fortunately, a lot of planets appear to be tilty:

https://scitechdaily.com/goldilocks-planets-with-a-tilt-like-earth-are-more-capable-of-evolving-complex-life/

Breakthrough CRISPR Gene Therapy Could Be a ‘One and Done’ Injection

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/01/breakthrough-crispr-gene-therapy-could-be-a-one-and-done-injection/

New Cultured Meat Factory Will Churn Out 5,000 Bioreactor Burgers a Day

And thus the end of factory farming begins!

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/02/a-cultured-meat-factory-in-israel-will-churn-out-5000-bioreactor-burgers-a-day/

New study darkens hope for Earth-like planets

This is disappointing:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/exoplanet-photosynthesis

Possible Signs of Alien Life? Methane in the Plumes of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

https://scitechdaily.com/possible-signs-of-alien-life-methane-in-the-plumes-of-saturns-moon-enceladus/

How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

Impressive future is now moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZ_8cqfBlE

World’s First Flying Car Makes 35-Minute Debut Flight

It's taken a long time, but they're coming:

https://www.snopes.com/articles/353750/worlds-first-flying-car-debut/

Growing “Metallic Wood” to New Heights: Radically Decreasing a Material’s Density Without Sacrificing Strength

"The precise spacing of these gaps not only gives metallic wood the strength of titanium at a fraction of the weight, but unique optical properties. Because the spaces between gaps are the same size as the wavelengths of visible light, the light reflecting off of metallic wood interferes to enhance specific colors."

https://scitechdaily.com/growing-metallic-wood-to-new-heights-radically-decreasing-a-materials-density-without-sacrificing-strength/

No hope for life in Venus clouds, but maybe on Jupiter, study suggests

Alas, disappointment:

https://www.space.com/venus-clouds-life-not-enough-water

The US Military Will Test an Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

I'd test this:

https://futurism.com/neoscope/military-test-antiaging-pill

mRNA Vaccines Can Help Fight Cancer Tumors Too – Here’s How

https://scitechdaily.com/mrna-vaccines-can-help-fight-cancer-tumors-too-heres-how/

New research could help to reverse Alzheimer’s disease

At least mice should be able to keep their minds long enough to upload to a computer!

https://www.healtheuropa.eu/new-research-could-help-to-reverse-alzheimers-disease/109593/

Missing Piece Discovered in the Puzzle of Optical Quantum Computing

https://scitechdaily.com/missing-piece-discovered-in-the-puzzle-of-optical-quantum-computing/

Surprise Discovery Suggests Scientists May Need To Rethink Which Genes Control Aging

https://scitechdaily.com/surprise-discovery-suggests-scientists-may-need-to-rethink-which-genes-control-aging/

Are We Wrong About Alzheimer’s? Researchers Question Prevailing Theory After New Discovery

https://scitechdaily.com/are-we-wrong-about-alzheimers-researchers-question-prevailing-theory-after-new-discovery/

Habitable Planets With Earth-Like Biospheres May Be Much Rarer Than Thought

This is a bummer:

https://scitechdaily.com/habitable-planets-with-earth-like-biospheres-may-be-much-rarer-than-thought/

“Nuclear Batteries” Offer a New Approach to Carbon-Free Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/nuclear-batteries-offer-a-new-approach-to-carbon-free-energy/

Why Flying Cars Could Be Here Within the Decade

About damn time!

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/21/why-flying-cars-could-be-here-within-the-decade/

An ‘Uncrashable’ Car? Luminar Says Its Lidar Can Get There

New and improved lidar at a lower price:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/23/an-uncrashable-car-luminar-says-its-lidar-can-get-there/

The Four Stages of Intelligent Matter That Will Bring Us Iron Man’s ‘Endgame’ Nanosuit

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/22/four-stages-of-intelligent-matter-that-will-bring-us-iron-mans-endgame-nanosuit/

Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out

This is huge:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/25/blood-test-that-finds-50-types-of-cancer-is-accurate-enough-to-be-rolled-out

Pupil size surprisingly linked to differences in intelligence

This is weird and interesting:

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/pupil-size-intelligence

MIT Makes a Significant Advance Toward the Full Realization of Quantum Computation

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-makes-a-significant-advance-toward-the-full-realization-of-quantum-computation/

Using Sunlight to Alleviate Global Warming: Breakthrough in Decomposing CO2 With High Efficiency

Converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide isn't ideal, but it's a start:

https://scitechdaily.com/using-sunlight-to-alleviate-global-warming-breakthrough-in-decomposing-co2-with-high-efficiency/

Scientists turn cabbage into construction material stronger than concrete

"Chinese cabbage leaves ... produced a material over three times stronger than concrete." 

And many other fruits and vegetables can be similarly used:

https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-turn-cabbage-into-construction-material-stronger-than-concrete/

High Capacity DNA Data Storage: Could All Your Digital Photos Be Stored As DNA?

"A coffee mug full of DNA could theoretically store all of the world’s data":

https://scitechdaily.com/high-capacity-dna-data-storage-could-all-your-digital-photos-be-stored-as-dna/

Quantum Breakthrough: New Invention Keeps Qubits of Light Stable at Room Temperature

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-breakthrough-new-invention-keeps-qubits-of-light-stable-at-room-temperature/

We're winning the war on cancer

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/were-winning-war-on-cancer

Artificial Photosynthesis Promises Clean, Sustainable Source of Energy

"The closest process to artificial photosynthesis humans have today is photovoltaic technology, where a solar cell converts the sun’s energy into electricity. That process is famously inefficient, able to capture only about 20% of the sun’s energy. Photosynthesis, on the other hand, is radically more efficient; it is capable of storing 60% of the sun’s energy as chemical energy in associated biomolecules."

https://scitechdaily.com/artificial-photosynthesis-promises-clean-sustainable-source-of-energy/

Photoactivatable Metabolic Warheads: Light-Sensitive Drug Acts As Trojan Horse to Kill Cancer Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/photoactivatable-metabolic-warheads-light-sensitive-drug-acts-as-trojan-horse-to-kill-cancer-cells/

Innovative Battery Technology Puts Flying Cars on the Horizon

https://scitechdaily.com/innovative-battery-technology-puts-flying-cars-on-the-horizon/

Breakthrough Understanding of Limb and Organ Regeneration – Closer to the Development of Regenerative Medicine Therapies

Growing back body parts would revolutionize medicine. Cancer in a limb? Hack it off and let it grow back. Heart disease? Install an artificial heart while your new one grows back:

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-understanding-of-limb-and-organ-regeneration-closer-to-the-development-of-regenerative-medicine-therapies/

A New Era of Spaceflight? Exciting Advances in Rocket Propulsion

Just a good summary of what's available:

https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-era-of-spaceflight-exciting-advances-in-rocket-propulsion/

Major Scientific Leap: Quantum Microscope Created That Can See the Impossible

"The quantum entanglement in our microscope provides 35 percent improved clarity without destroying the cell, allowing us to see minute biological structures that would otherwise be invisible."

https://scitechdaily.com/major-scientific-leap-quantum-microscope-created-that-can-see-the-impossible/

Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data

Sweet!

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-ultra-high-density-hard-graphene-ten.html

F.D.A. Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Fierce Debate Over Whether It Works

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/health/aduhelm-fda-alzheimers-drug.html

Quantum Computing and Sensing: Engineers Demonstrate a Quantum Advantage

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computing-and-sensing-engineers-demonstrate-a-quantum-advantage/

Scientists reprogrammed bacteria to be immune to viruses

"Cells normally only use 20 building blocks, called amino acids, to build all their proteins, but now, scientists can introduce "unnatural amino acids" for use in protein construction, which have the same basic backbone as all amino acids, but novel side chains."

https://www.livescience.com/designer-e-coli-resists-viral-infection.html

A Self-Driving Truck Got a Shipment Cross-Country 10 Hours Faster Than a Human Driver

With a general update on the state of driverless vehicles:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/01/a-driverless-truck-took-a-load-of-watermelons-cross-country-42-faster-than-a-human-driver/

Backpack helicopter named 'CopterPack' takes to the skies for the first time in a trial flight

I want one!

https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/backpack-helicopter-named-copterpack-takes-to-the-skies-for-the-first-time-in-a-trial-flight-watch/765495

Quantum Computing With Holes: A New and Promising Qubit at a Place Where There Is Nothing

More quantum weirdness:

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computing-with-holes-a-new-and-promising-qubit-at-a-place-where-there-is-nothing/

Revolutionary Self-Aware Materials Build the Foundation for Living Structures

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-self-aware-materials-build-the-foundation-for-living-structures/

Hexagonal Boron Nitride’s Incredible Toughness Unmasked – “What We Observed … Is Remarkable!”

https://scitechdaily.com/hexagonal-boron-nitrides-incredible-toughness-unmasked-what-we-observed-is-remarkable/

Yeah, scientists just went there and came up with a faster way to create artificial DNA

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/scientists-came-up-with-a-faster-way-artificial-dna

Strategies for Constructing and Operating DNA Origami Linear Actuators

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202007704

Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel

Oh, I hope this comes to market soon:

https://dental.washington.edu/trials-begin-on-lozenge-that-rebuilds-tooth-enamel/

A Quantum Leap for Quantum Computing

https://scitechdaily.com/a-quantum-leap-for-quantum-computing/

New Transparent Electrode Developed That Boosts Solar Cell Efficiency

https://scitechdaily.com/new-transparent-electrode-developed-that-boosts-solar-cell-efficiency/

New Research Shows How to Boost Muscle Regeneration and Rebuild Tissue

https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-shows-how-to-boost-muscle-regeneration-and-rebuild-tissue/

Batteries Not Required: The Future of the IoT (Internet of Things)

https://scitechdaily.com/batteries-not-required-the-future-of-the-iot-internet-of-things/

Airships for city hops could cut flying’s CO2 emissions by 90%

I would like to see a world where airships are the main mode of flight for relatively short hops:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/airships-for-city-hops-could-cut-flyings-co2-emissions-by-90

Not Graphene: New Type of Atomically Thin Carbon Material Discovered

Very cool. More variety in molecular carbon configurations:

https://scitechdaily.com/not-graphene-new-type-of-atomically-thin-carbon-material-discovered/

Carbon Nanotube Breakthrough: Engineering Matter at the Atomic Level

This could be an important step:

https://scitechdaily.com/carbon-nanotube-breakthrough-engineering-matter-at-the-atomic-level/

Scientists Have Found a Way to Break the Limit of Human Longevity

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-break-the-limit-of-human-longevity/

Groundbreaking Research Optimizes Body’s Own Immune System to Fight Cancer

https://scitechdaily.com/groundbreaking-research-optimizes-bodys-own-immune-system-to-fight-cancer/

Incredible Microscope Sees Atoms at Record Resolution

https://scitechdaily.com/incredible-microscope-sees-atoms-at-record-resolution/

Nanotechnology Advance Enables Tinier Transistors With Extraordinary Performance

https://scitechdaily.com/nanotechnology-advance-enables-tinier-transistors-with-extraordinary-performance/

New Technology Makes Cancer Tumors Eliminate Themselves

https://scitechdaily.com/new-technology-makes-cancer-tumors-eliminate-themselves/

Nobel Winner: Artificial Intelligence Will Crush Humans, “It’s Not Even Close”

This is why we will probably have to merge with our machines:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/nobel-winner-artificial-intelligence-crush-humans

Harvesting Light Like Nature Does: Synthesizing a New Class of Bio-Inspired, Light-Capturing Nanomaterials

https://scitechdaily.com/harvesting-light-like-nature-does-synthesizing-a-new-class-of-bio-inspired-light-capturing-nanomaterials/

Molecular Machines: NanoGear – Mechanics of the Infinitely Small

https://scitechdaily.com/molecular-machines-nanogear-mechanics-of-the-infinitely-small/

New Propulsion System Could Enable Flying at Speeds Up to Mach 17

Very cool:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-propulsion-system-could-enable-flying-at-speeds-up-to-mach-17/

World-First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries – Imagine a 20-Story Building That Stores Energy Like a Giant Battery

Still has a long way to go to store significant electricity:

https://scitechdaily.com/world-first-concept-for-rechargeable-cement-based-batteries-imagine-a-20-story-building-that-stores-energy-like-a-giant-battery/

Warp Drives and Negative Energy: Physicists Give Chances of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel a Boost

Some encouragement:

https://scitechdaily.com/warp-drives-and-negative-energy-physicists-give-chances-of-faster-than-light-space-travel-a-boost/

“Molecular Glue” Boosts Efficiency and Makes Perovskite Solar Cells Dramatically More Reliable Over Time

https://scitechdaily.com/molecular-glue-boosts-efficiency-and-makes-perovskite-solar-cells-dramatically-more-reliable-over-time/

AI Is Harder Than We Think: 4 Key Fallacies in AI Research

Unfortunate problems:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/06/to-advance-ai-we-need-to-better-understand-human-intelligence-and-address-these-4-fallacies/

Citrus Derivative Makes Transparent Wood 100% Renewable

Transparent wood? Now that's interesting:

https://scitechdaily.com/citrus-derivative-makes-transparent-wood-100-renewable/

A New Gene Editing Tool Could Rival CRISPR, and Makes Millions of Edits at Once

https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/11/a-new-gene-editing-tool-rivals-crispr-and-can-make-millions-of-edits-at-once/

IBM’s New Chip Technology Shows Off the Next Big Step in Moore’s Law

As long as it doesn't slow down significantly...

https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/09/ibms-next-generation-chip-tech-shows-off-next-step-in-moores-law/

Nanotechnology Breakthrough: A Material-Keyboard Made of Graphene

https://scitechdaily.com/nanotechnology-breakthrough-a-material-keyboard-made-of-graphene/

MIT: On Course to Create a Fusion Power Plant

They keep plugging along...

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-on-course-to-create-a-fusion-power-plant/

GridScale: Storing Renewable Energy in Stones Instead of Lithium Batteries

Interesting. I'd never heard of this option before:

https://scitechdaily.com/gridscale-storing-renewable-energy-in-stones-instead-of-lithium-batteries/

World's 1st multinode quantum network is a breakthrough for the quantum internet

https://www.livescience.com/three-node-quantum-network.html

Xenobots 2.0: Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living Robots

All sorts of uses for biological robots:

https://scitechdaily.com/xenobots-2-0-scientists-create-the-next-generation-of-living-robots/

Beyond Qubits: Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer Demonstrated

https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-qubits-key-components-for-a-qutrit-based-quantum-computer-demonstrated/

A New CRISPR Tool Flips Genes On and Off Like a Light Switch

Rather than destroying them, they can just be switched off, then switched on again if needed:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/04/27/a-new-crispr-tool-flips-genes-on-and-off-like-a-light-switch/

Advancing AI With a Supercomputer: A Blueprint for an Optoelectronic ‘Brain’

https://singularityhub.com/2021/04/26/the-next-supercomputer-a-blueprint-for-an-optoelectronic-brain/

The World’s Biggest AI Chip Now Comes Stock With 2.6 Trillion Transistors

It basically speeds up A.I. performance:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/04/25/the-worlds-biggest-ai-chip-now-comes-stock-with-2-6-trillion-transistors/

Smart Glass Has a Bright Future: Daylight Steering Provide Huge Energy Savings

https://scitechdaily.com/smart-glass-has-a-bright-future-daylight-steering-provide-huge-energy-savings/

An A.I. Finally Won an Elite Crossword Tournament

Now crossword puzzles have fallen to A.I. This trend won't stop anytime soon:

https://slate.com/technology/2021/04/american-crossword-puzzle-tournament-dr-fill-artificial-intelligence.html

New Artificial Neuron Device Runs Neural Network Computations Using 100 to 1000 Times Less Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/new-artificial-neuron-device-runs-neural-network-computations-using-100-to-1000-times-less-energy/

Making Renewable Energy From Water With Nanoporous Cubic Silicon Carbide

Hydrogen can be the replacement for petroleum fuel:

https://scitechdaily.com/making-renewable-energy-from-water-with-nanoporous-cubic-silicon-carbide/

More Compact and Efficient Vertical Turbines Could Be the Future for Wind Farms

https://scitechdaily.com/more-compact-and-efficient-vertical-turbines-could-be-the-future-for-wind-farms/

Man Sighted Flying Through City on Giant Drone

Want! It would be an easy way to get down to the lake from my house:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-flying-giant-drone

Watch robots build houses at incredible speed. 3D printing meets AI.

All sorts of house 3D printing options:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEH4pMnpgps

How Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage Could Help Stabilize the Climate Without Breaking the Bank

https://scitechdaily.com/how-bioenergy-with-carbon-capture-and-storage-could-help-stabilize-the-climate-without-breaking-the-bank/

How and Why Humans Became the Best Throwers on the Planet

Just because it's cool:

https://scitechdaily.com/how-and-why-humans-became-the-best-throwers-on-the-planet/

New Warp Drive Research Dashes Faster-Than-Light Travel Dreams—but Reveals Stranger Possibilities

Well, bummer:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/04/18/new-warp-drive-research-dashes-faster-than-light-travel-dreams-but-reveals-stranger-possibilities/

Transparent Nanolayers for More Solar Power: Silicon Solar Cells With More Than 26% Efficiency

https://scitechdaily.com/transparent-nanolayers-for-more-solar-power-silicon-solar-cells-with-more-than-26-efficiency/

The Whitest Paint Is Here & It’s the Coolest – Could Help Curb Global Warming

"Using high-accuracy temperature reading equipment called thermocouples, the researchers demonstrated outdoors that the paint can keep surfaces 19 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their ambient surroundings at night. It can also cool surfaces 8 degrees Fahrenheit below their surroundings under strong sunlight during noon hours.

The paint’s solar reflectance is so effective, it even worked in the middle of winter. During an outdoor test with an ambient temperature of 43 degrees Fahrenheit, the paint still managed to lower the sample temperature by 18 degrees Fahrenheit."

"Cool" concept...but does that last sentence actually mean the temperature dropped well below freezing?

https://scitechdaily.com/the-whitest-paint-is-here-its-the-coolest-could-help-curb-global-warming/

This Robot Taught Itself to Walk in a Simulation—Then Went for a Stroll in Berkeley

Self-learning is the key to easy robot training:

https://singularityhub.com/2021/04/11/this-robot-taught-itself-to-walk-in-a-simulation-then-went-for-a-stroll-in-berkeley/

The 'Iron Man' body armour many of us may soon be wearing

"The powered suit, which is being tried out by Delta freight-handling, maintenance and ground support staff, can lift weights of up to 14st (90kg) for eight hours at a time."

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56660644

New Type of Battery Created That Can Charge 10x Faster Than Lithium-Ion Batteries

"A battery manufactured using our polymer will charge in seconds – about ten times faster than a traditional lithium-ion battery. This has already been demonstrated through a series of experiments. However, at this stage, it is still lagging behind in terms of capacity – 30 to 40% lower than in lithium-ion batteries."

https://scitechdaily.com/new-type-of-battery-created-that-can-charge-10x-faster-than-lithium-ion-batteries/

Powerful Algorithms Used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook Could “Crack the Language of Cancer and Alzheimer’s”

https://scitechdaily.com/powerful-algorithms-used-by-netflix-amazon-and-facebook-could-crack-the-language-of-cancer-and-alzheimers/

Genetic Engineering 2.0: An On-Off Switch for Gene Editing

“The big story here is we now have a simple tool that can silence the vast majority of genes,” says Weissman, who is also a professor of biology at MIT and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. “We can do this for multiple genes at the same time without any DNA damage, with great deal of homogeneity, and in a way that can be reversed. It’s a great tool for controlling gene expression.”

https://scitechdaily.com/genetic-engineering-2-0-an-on-off-switch-for-gene-editing/

CO2 Mitigation on Earth and Magnesium Civilization on Mars – Just Add Water

https://scitechdaily.com/co2-mitigation-on-earth-and-magnesium-civilization-on-mars-just-add-water/

Ultrasound reads monkey brains, opening new way to control machines with thought

A significant step in non-surgical machine control with thought:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/ultrasound-reads-monkey-brains-opening-new-way-control-machines-thought

Double-Duty: New Catalyst Generates Hydrogen Fuel While Cleaning Up Wastewater

https://scitechdaily.com/double-duty-new-catalyst-generates-hydrogen-fuel-while-cleaning-up-wastewater/

How Scientists Used Ultrasound to Read Monkeys’ Minds

https://singularityhub.com/2021/03/30/how-scientists-used-ultrasound-to-read-monkeys-minds/

Gearing Up Nanoscale Machines: Molecular-Scale Gear Trains for Transmitting Rotational Force

https://scitechdaily.com/gearing-up-nanoscale-machines-molecular-scale-gear-trains-for-transmitting-rotational-force/