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Oct 28, 2024

New method achieves functional protein delivery into living cells

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In cooperation with researchers from the China University of Petroleum, the working group of Dr. Werner Nau, Professor of Chemistry at Constructor University, has demonstrated the effectiveness of a new method of intracellular protein transport.

Oct 28, 2024

Megagonlabs/Hallucination_MDS

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From single to multi: how llms hallucinate in multi-document summarization.

C G. belem, P pezeskhpour, H iso, S maekawa…


Contribute to megagonlabs/Hallucination_MDS development by creating an account on GitHub.

Oct 28, 2024

Investigating the possibility of using Asteroid material to Grow Edible Biomass for Astronauts

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A team of engineers and planetary scientists at Western University’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, in Canada, has found that it might be possible to produce food for space travelers by feeding bacteria asteroid material, resulting in the growth of an edible biomass.

In their paper published in the International Journal of Astrobiology, the group describes how they tested the idea by calculating how much asteroid material would be needed and what they found.

Prior research has shown that future spacecraft traveling to remote parts of the solar system or beyond could not possibly hold enough food to sustain astronauts. Such craft could not support the growth of enough food onboard, either.

Oct 26, 2024

US approves huge lithium mine to supply batteries for 370,000 EVs annually

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The US has approved Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project, which will produce batteries for over 370,000 EVs annually for 26 years.

Oct 26, 2024

Molecular study of newly discovered tardigrade species helps explain ability to withstand high doses of radiation

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A team of biologists affiliated with several institutions in China has learned more about the means by which tardigrades are able to withstand high doses of radiation. In their study, published in the journal Science, the group focused on a newly found species of the creature.

Oct 26, 2024

Colossal Room Temperature Nonreciprocal Hall Effect

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The Attosecond Science group at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science has developed a novel light source capable of producing extremely short pulses for the investigation of UV-induced molecular dynamics with unprecedented temporal resolution. Scientists from the University of Hamburg and from DESY describe their unique observations in an article published in Nature Communications.

Oct 25, 2024

New device ‘zaps’ bacteria on the skin, potentially preventing infections

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Early experiments suggest a patch that delivers harmless electric currents into the skin can thwart certain bacterial infections. However, it has not yet been tested in humans.

Oct 25, 2024

I’m With Genius: Quantum Physics geek out with brilliant Quantum Queen, Lisa Woerner

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Yes, it’s your Stargate partner-in-whine here to talk about my inability to relax and just give in to a fatty future…instead forcing myself on this horrible devices while I learn… today’s weapon of choice is the Smooth Fitness CE 74.4 Elliptical machine of horror…join me!

Oct 25, 2024

Mysterious 165-Million-Year-Old Minerals Found on Easter Island Defy Plate Tectonics

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Easter Island consists of several extinct volcanoes. The oldest lava deposits formed some 2.5 million years ago on top of an oceanic plate not much older than the volcanoes themselves. In 2019, a team of Cuban and Colombian geologists left for Easter Island to accurately date the volcanic island. To do so, they resorted to a tried-and-tested recipe: dating zircon minerals. When magma cools, these minerals crystallize. They contain a bit of uranium, which ‘turns’ into lead through radioactive decay.

Because we know how fast that process happens, we can measure how long ago those minerals formed. The team from Colombia’s Universidad de Los Andes, led by Cuban geologist Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, therefore went in search of those minerals. Rojas-Agramonte, now at the Christian Albrechts-University Kiel, found hundreds of them. But surprisingly, not only from 2.5 million years old, but also from much further back in time, up to 165 million years ago. How could that be?

Oct 25, 2024

MIT researchers show how to control muscles with light

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MIT’s Yang Center shows how light can control muscles with low fatigue, but human use needs more work.


MIT researchers have demonstrated how light could control muscles without causing much fatigue. Their new approach can help people with amputation or paralysis regain limb control in the future.

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