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Jan 29, 2020
We Are Closer To Curing All Diseases Than We Think
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
Circa 2016
Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced an ambitious project—to “invest in basic science research with the goal of curing disease.” The couple started by donating $3 billion over 10 years in this initiative, which target four major groups of illnesses: cancer, infectious diseases, as well as heart and neurological diseases.
Jan 29, 2020
SpaceX successfully launches its fourth batch of internet-beaming Starlink satellites
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: drones, internet, satellites
Update January 29th, 10:10AM ET: SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket on time this morning, deploying all 60 satellites into orbit. The rocket also performed another landing on the company’s drone ship in the Atlantic after launch. While SpaceX did catch one half of the rocket’s fairing, the other half just missed its boat.
Original story: A week after performing a crucial test flight for NASA, SpaceX is poised to launch yet another Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. This mission is tasked with sending up the latest batch of internet-beaming satellites for SpaceX, adding on to the roughly 180 satellites the company already has in orbit.
Jan 29, 2020
AbCellera Is Mobilizing a Response to the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak as Part of Its DARPA P3 Program
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: futurism
AbCellera is mobilizing its pandemic response platform based on its rapid antibody discovery technology to respond to the 2019-nCoV outbreak.
Jan 29, 2020
The JEDI Contract Speaks Volumes about GCP and Multicloud
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
AWS’ and Microsoft’s role at center stage of the JEDI contract saga says a lot about the future of Google Cloud Platform and the multicloud model.
A waltz for Ballie. Here’s how Ballie improves the quality of your “me time” and takes care of your loved ones and your home.
#CES2020 #Ballie #InnovationForDelight #Samsung
Jan 29, 2020
Australian lab first outside of China to copy coronavirus, helping vaccine push
Posted by Brent Ellman in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
A Melbourne lab becomes the first outside of China to copy the deadly novel coronavirus, enabling researchers to develop screening tests and evaluate whether a future vaccine is effective.
Yesterday at 11:03am Tue 28 Jan 2020, 11:03am.
Jan 29, 2020
Switzerland switches off nuclear plant as it begins exit from atomic power
Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in category: nuclear energy
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MUEHLEBERG, Switzerland (Reuters) — Switzerland’s Muehleberg nuclear power station went off the grid on Friday after 47 years, marking the end of an era as the shutdown starts the country’s exit from atomic power.
Jan 29, 2020
Two satellites could hit each other Wednesday — scientists call it ‘one of the most dangerous possible collisions’
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: satellites
According to NASA, in order for a satellite to stay in orbit with the Earth, the pull of gravity must be balanced with the object’s speed. As such, the two satellites on course for collision are travelling at an extremely fast relative velocity of 14.7 kilometres per second.
“They’re going to be colliding at an incredibly high speed. And, at that speed, it’s going to probably cause the smaller satellite to break up completely into smaller fragments. And each of those fragments becomes a piece of space debris in its own right,” Gorman told ScienceAlert.
The NASA/NIVR IRAS satellite and the NRO/USN POPPY 5B satellite (aka GGSE 4) are predicted to make a close approach on Wednesday. POPPY 5B has 18-metre-long gravity gradient booms so a 15-to-30 metre predicted miss distance is alarming
2/ On Jan 29 at 23:39:35 UTC, these two objects will pass close by one another at a relative velocity of 14.7 km/s (900km directly above Pittsburgh, PA). Our latest metrics on the event show a predicted miss distance of between 15–30 meters. pic.twitter.com/Hlb1KeQ50U
Jan 29, 2020
‘Curious and curiouser!’ Meteorite chunk contains unexpected evidence of presolar grains
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: materials, space travel
An unusual chunk in a meteorite may contain a surprising bit of space history, based on new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
Presolar grains—tiny bits of solid interstellar material formed before the sun was born—are sometimes found in primitive meteorites. But a new analysis reveals evidence of presolar grains in part of a meteorite where they are not expected to be found.
“What is surprising is the fact that presolar grains are present,” said Olga Pravdivtseva, research associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences and lead author of a new paper in Nature Astronomy. “Following our current understanding of solar system formation, presolar grains could not survive in the environment where these inclusions are formed.”
