Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Nanotech Scientists Created Something Unexpected: Tiny Metallic Snowflakes

https://scitechdaily.com/nanotech-scientists-created-something-unexpected-tiny-metallic-snowflakes/

New Research: This Activity Can Reduce the Risk of Metastatic Cancer by 72%

“We assume that this happens because the organs must compete for sugar resources with the muscles, known to burn large quantities of glucose during physical exercise. Consequently, if cancer develops, the fierce competition over glucose reduces the availability of energy that is critical to metastasis. Moreover, when a person exercises regularly, this condition becomes permanent: the tissues of internal organs change and become similar to muscle tissue. We all know that sports and physical exercise are good for our health. Our study, examining the internal organs, discovered that exercise changes the whole body so that the cancer cannot spread, and the primary tumor also shrinks in size.”

https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-this-activity-can-reduce-the-risk-of-metastatic-cancer-by-72/

Friday, October 21, 2022

These Mini Wind Generators With No Spinning Blades Can Power Homes and Buildings

The average US household uses about 9,000 kWh of electricity each year, which requires a 6.6 kW array of solar panels (about 21 standard panels). That means one Aeromine could meet the needs of an energy-conserving home, and two would be more than enough for an energy-gobbling home.

Aeromine says its system can generate up to 50 percent more energy than rooftop solar panels at the same cost.” 

https://singularityhub.com/2022/10/19/these-mini-wind-generators-with-no-spinning-blades-can-power-homes-and-buildings/

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Alzheimer’s Progression Slowed by Drug in Major Trial

Lecanemab reduced the pace of cognitive decline in people with early disease by 27% over 18 months when compared with a placebo, meeting the main goal of the trial, the companies said in a statement. The benefit came with side effects, including brain swelling and bleeding, though severe cases were rare.

Well, it’s a start….

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-27/alzheimer-s-slowed-by-amyloid-lowering-drug-from-eisai-biogen

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Scientists Just Found Living Organisms From Over 800 Million Years Ago

Extremely interesting if true:

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/microorganisms-800-million-years.html

Scientists Have Created Microrobots That Can Automatically Brush and Floss Your Teeth

I’d love to see this:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-created-microrobots-that-can-automatically-brush-and-floss-your-teeth/

Remarkable Anti-Aging Drug Delivers Positive Effects on Health and Lifespan With Brief Exposure

Very interesting:

https://scitechdaily.com/remarkable-anti-aging-drug-delivers-positive-effects-on-health-and-lifespan-with-brief-exposure/

Thought To Be Impossible – New Method Could Diagnose Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/thought-to-be-impossible-new-method-could-diagnose-early-stage-parkinsons-disease/

Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: A New Genetic Link Confirmed

Dr. Adewuyi said abnormal levels of cholesterol were shown to be a risk for both AD and gut disorders.

https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-breakthrough-a-new-genetic-link-confirmed/

Saturday, July 23, 2022

DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language

This is really incredible. I’ve signed up for the beta. I could really use this for generating the exact images I want for my videos, rather than making do with what I can scrounge up online:

https://openai.com/dall-e-2/

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Skin cells made 30 years younger with new 'rejuvenation' technique

Wow:

"Researchers in the U.K. have developed a way to reverse the aging process in skin cells, turning back the biological clock by about 30 years."

https://www.livescience.com/skin-cell-rejuvenation-30-years-younger

Monday, May 16, 2022

Fecal Transplants Reverse Hallmarks of Aging in the Gut, Eyes, and Brain

This may be a good way to stave off dementia. But how likely is it that an old person won’t get arrested asking young people if he can insert something in their asses?

https://scitechdaily.com/fecal-transplants-reverse-hallmarks-of-aging-in-the-gut-eyes-and-brain/

Saturday, April 23, 2022

For mRNA, Covid Vaccines Are Just the Beginning

"Dozens of clinical trials are now underway for new forms of the mRNA vaccine—targeting everything from malaria to Zika, herpes, and cytomegalovirus. Last month, Moderna—which was founded in 2014 to explore the potential of mRNA—announced it had started Phase I clinical trials for two mRNA-based HIV vaccines."

"It’s true that mRNA vaccines would probably have come to market eventually, but they were on what Dieffenbach calls “a leisurely stroll.” Covid “pressure-tested” them—advancing their emergence by years or decades."

"If the logistical and technical hurdles can be overcome, and the technology can be distributed evenly, mRNA has the potential to transform every strand of medicine. “In the next 10 years, you will see unbelievable progress,” she says."

https://www.wired.com/story/for-mrna-vaccines-covid-was-just-the-beginning/

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Endocrinologist Discovers Potential New Ways To Prevent Cognitive Decline From Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/endocrinologist-discovers-potential-new-ways-to-prevent-cognitive-decline-from-alzheimers-disease/

I’d like to know what this means, though. I take omega-3 fatty acid supplements:

It has been proven that APOE4 oxidizes omega-3s and that low levels of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In earlier studies, Yassine’s team found that cognitively healthy participants who took omega-3 supplements had 200 percent more DHA in their blood compared to the control group and 28 percent more in the cerebrospinal fluid, a measure of brain uptake. However, APOE4 carriers had lower increases in brain DHA and EPA than non-carriers after supplementation.

Capturing Solar Energy and Converting It to Electricity When Needed – Up to 18 Years Later

The Swedish researchers sent their specially designed molecule, loaded with solar energy, to colleagues Tao Li and Zhiyu Hu at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where the energy was released and converted into electricity using the generator they developed there. Essentially, Swedish sunshine was sent to the other side of the world and converted into electricity in China.

https://scitechdaily.com/capturing-solar-energy-and-converting-it-to-electricity-when-needed-up-to-18-years-later/

Small HDL “Good Cholesterol” Particles May Help Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease

https://scitechdaily.com/small-hdl-good-cholesterol-particles-may-help-protect-against-alzheimers-disease/

Friday, April 8, 2022

Revamped design could take powerful biological computers from the test tube to the cell

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-revamped-powerful-biological-tube-cell.html

Startup Says It’s Created an Actual “Invisibility Shield”

Very impressive:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-invisibility-shield

Cellular 'Rejuvenation' Experiment in Mice Reverses Signs of Aging, Scientists Say

"Although this technique can be used to turn adult cells back into stem cells, the current team had previously shown it can also be used to 'partially reprogram' the cells by reverting them into a more youthful state, but not completely becoming a stem cell again. If the same thing were done to enough cells in an animal's body, this could potentially make the whole organism's body clock seem younger."

https://www.sciencealert.com/making-cells-revert-to-a-younger-state-safely-reversed-signs-of-aging-in-mice?fbclid=IwAR3QBj9J64L7Xjg8ZWfn5jPrAnh0iyUo7LcToI9PcnfuHCA8CT7T80917co

Key Protein Identified That Could Be Harnessed to Extend Healthy Lifespan in Humans

https://scitechdaily.com/key-protein-identified-that-could-be-harnessed-to-extend-healthy-lifespan-in-humans/

Quantum Gravity Sensor Breakthrough Paves Way for Groundbreaking Map of World Under Earth’s Surface

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-gravity-sensor-breakthrough-paves-way-for-groundbreaking-map-of-world-under-earth-surface/

Breakthrough discovery in light interactions with nanoparticles paves the way for advances in optical computing

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-breakthrough-discovery-interactions-nanoparticles-paves.html

Transistors Reach Tipping Point At 3nm

https://semiengineering.com/transistors-reach-tipping-point-at-3nm/

DeepMind scientists say they trained an A.I. to control a nuclear fusion reactor

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/18/deepmind-scientists-trained-an-ai-to-control-nuclear-fusion-.html

Breakthrough Discovery of New Model for “Global” DNA Repair

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-discovery-of-new-model-for-global-dna-repair/

“Time Jump” by 30 Years: Old Skins Cells Reprogrammed To Regain Youthful Function

https://scitechdaily.com/time-jump-by-30-years-old-skins-cells-reprogrammed-to-regain-youthful-function/

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Inside Epic's Unreal Engine 5—and What It Means for the Future of Gaming, Movies, and the Metaverse

Wow. The photorealism is here, truly indistinguishable from real life. Now they just have to develop an interface that makes it simple to create without a huge learning curve.

https://time.com/6164332/epic-unreal-engine-5-launch/

(Watch the video of the carpenter’s cellar toward the bottom.)

Friday, March 11, 2022

Anti-Aging Breakthrough: Cellular Rejuvenation Therapy Safely Reverses the Aging Process in Mice

This looks extremely promising:

When the researchers looked at normal signs of aging in the animals that had undergone the treatment, they found that the mice, in many ways, resembled younger animals. In both the kidneys and skin, the epigenetics of treated animals more closely resembled epigenetic patterns seen in younger animals. When injured, the skin cells of treated animals had a greater ability to proliferate and were less likely to form permanent scars—older animals usually show less skin cell proliferation and more scarring. Moreover, metabolic molecules in the blood of treated animals did not show normal age-related changes.

https://scitechdaily.com/anti-aging-breakthrough-cellular-rejuvenation-therapy-safely-reverses-the-aging-process-in-mice/

Saturday, February 19, 2022

What's Her Secret?

A.I. just keeps on advancing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS1m_TIxEW0&feature=youtu.be

Fusion Breakthrough Once Thought Impossible Brings Energy Device Closer to Realization

https://scitechdaily.com/fusion-breakthrough-once-thought-impossible-brings-energy-device-closer-to-realization/

Techno-optimism and the rule-of-threes: why the world will soon enter an era of mass flourishing

Encouraging, although I think the rule of threes sounds a bit forced:

https://bigthink.com/the-future/mass-flourishing-mark-mills/

Startup Will Drill 12 Miles Into Earth’s Crust to Tap the Boundless Energy Below

https://singularityhub.com/2022/02/14/startup-aims-to-drill-12-miles-into-earths-crust-to-tap-the-boundless-energy-below/

Electric Machines on a Molecular Scale: Researchers Create Molecule That Can Pave Way for Mini-Transistors

https://scitechdaily.com/electric-machines-on-a-molecular-scale-researchers-create-molecule-that-can-pave-way-for-mini-transistors/

Turning Trash Into Treasure: Chemists’ Radical Way To Make It Easier, More Profitable To Recycle Plastic

https://scitechdaily.com/turning-trash-into-treasure-chemists-radical-way-to-make-it-easier-more-profitable-to-recycle-plastic/

Department of Energy’s “Fairly Simple” Breakthrough Makes Accessing Stored Hydrogen More Efficient

https://scitechdaily.com/doe-fairly-simple-breakthrough-makes-accessing-stored-hydrogen-more-efficient/

A Simple Eye Test May Identify Risk of Alzheimer’s in Middle Age

https://scitechdaily.com/a-simple-eye-test-may-identify-risk-of-alzheimers-in-middle-age/

Breakthrough in Cathode Chemistry Clears Path for More-Sustainable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-in-cathode-chemistry-clears-path-for-more-sustainable-lithium-sulfur-batteries/

OpenAI Chief Scientist Says Advanced AI May Already Be Conscious

https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-already-sentient

and

https://futurism.com/mit-researcher-conscious-ai

Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60312633

Nanodiamonds Are Key to Efficient Hydrogen Purification – And a Zero-Carbon Future

https://scitechdaily.com/nanodiamonds-are-key-to-efficient-hydrogen-purification-and-a-zero-carbon-future/

Game-Changing Carbon Capture Technology To Remove 99% of CO2 From Air

https://scitechdaily.com/game-changing-carbon-capture-technology-to-remove-99-of-co2-from-air/

Company That Put Rifle on Robodog Deploying Anti-Immigrant Bots to Mexico Border

Uh-oh:

https://futurism.com/sniper-rifle-robot-dog

And then:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/rifle-robodog-mexico-border

MIT Engineers Create the “Impossible” – New Material That Is Stronger Than Steel and As Light as Plastic

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-engineers-create-the-impossible-new-material-that-is-stronger-than-steel-and-as-light-as-plastic/

Surprising New Material Invented That Can Absorb and Release Massive Amounts of Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/surprising-new-material-invented-that-can-absorb-and-release-massive-amounts-of-energy/

U.S. Project Reaches Major Milestone toward Practical Fusion Power

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-project-reaches-major-milestone-toward-practical-fusion-power/

Ultrathin Materials Lead to Big Advance in Quantum Computing

https://scitechdaily.com/ultrathin-materials-lead-to-big-advance-in-quantum-computing/

Most “Pathogenic” Genetic Variants Have a Low Risk of Actually Causing Disease

This is encouraging:

https://scitechdaily.com/most-pathogenic-genetic-variants-have-a-low-risk-of-actually-causing-disease/

“Living Walls” Can Reduce Heat Lost From Buildings by Over 30%

https://scitechdaily.com/living-walls-can-reduce-heat-lost-from-buildings-by-over-30/

Researchers achieve milestone on path toward nuclear fusion energy

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/researchers-achieve-milestone-path-toward-nuclear-fusion-energy-2022-01-26/

Impossible Material Made Possible Inside a Graphene Sandwich – “These Are Truly Exciting Times!”

https://scitechdaily.com/impossible-material-made-possible-inside-a-graphene-sandwich-these-are-truly-exciting-times/

Slowing the Aging Process: Two Blood Proteins Could Be Key to a Long and Healthy Life

https://scitechdaily.com/slowing-the-aging-process-two-blood-proteins-could-be-key-to-a-long-and-healthy-life/

Cultivated Meat Trumps the Real Thing, With A Caveat

https://time.com/6140206/cultivated-meat-passes-the-taste-test/

Quantum Teleportation Becomes Reality on Active Internet Cables

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-teleportation-becomes-reality-on-active-internet-cables/