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/

This Tool Turns Scientific Articles Into Agents That Answer Questions and Collaborate

This will accelerate scientific knowledge dramatically, I think. https://singularityhub.com/2026/10/08/this-tool-turns-scientific-articles-i...