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The Atomic Blueprint: Algorithmic Breakthrough Unlocks Materials Path to Sustainable Technologies

10th July 2023

SciTechDaily.

Publishing in the journal Nature, the Liverpool researchers have shown that a mathematical algorithm can guarantee to predict the structure of any material just based on knowledge of the atoms that make it up.

Developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Liverpool’s Departments of Chemistry and Computer Science, the algorithm systematically evaluates entire sets of possible structures at once, rather than considering them one at a time, to accelerate the identification of the correct solution.

This breakthrough makes it possible to identify those materials that can be made and, in many cases, to predict their properties. The new method was demonstrated on quantum computers that have the potential to solve many problems faster than classical computers and can therefore speed up the calculations even further.

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Massive Mineral Deposit Discovery Could Meet Global Battery And Solar Panel Demand ‘For Next 100 Years’

3rd July 2023

The Independent.

A huge phosphate rock deposit discovered in Norway contains enough minerals to meet the global demand for batteries and solar panels for the next 100 years, according to the mining company that controls it.

Norge Mining said up to 70 billion tonnes of the non-renewable resource may have been uncovered in south-western Norway, alongside deposits of other strategic minerals like titanium and vanadium.

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World’s 1st ‘Tooth Regrowth’ Medicine Moves Toward Clinical Trials in Japan

2nd July 2023

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A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with clinical trials set to begin in July 2024.

The tooth regrowth medicine is intended for people who lack a full set of adult teeth due to congenital factors. The team is aiming to have it ready for general use in 2030.

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Scientists Breed Flame-Resistant Cotton, Without Added Chemicals

29th June 2023

Freethink.

A research team at the USDA has developed new lines of cotton that are naturally flame-resistant — even putting themselves out when lit.

The ability could help cut back on the use of flame retardants, chemicals applied to a vast array of commercial products, like clothing, carpets, upholstery, and mattresses, to prevent cotton’s flammable fibers from burning people if there’s a fire — but which come with a variety of negative health and environmental impacts.

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Supreme Court Finally Strikes Down Race-Based Admissions

29th June 2023

Steven Hayward at Power Line.

The Supreme Court’s long expected ruling on the Harvard and University of North Carolina race-based admissions practices was just released. A 6-3 vote, along predictable lines, backs up Chief Justice John Roberts’s very strong opinion, which relies on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. I’m still making my way through the concurrences (Thomas decided to write a long concurrence giving the originalist ground for the ruling, as well as a history of the 14th Amendment, sensibly thinking that a lot of people today—and perhaps the Democratic appointees to the Court, don’t really know it very well) and dissents. Stay tuned.

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Tirzepatide: A Novel Obesity Drug Ushers in a New Era of Weight Loss — Because This One Works

29th June 2023

Freethink.

Scientists are still figuring out why tirzepatide causes weight loss. One theory is that they “accidentally” created a new hormone.

Good news for black women.

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Could 3D Printing Help Solve the US Housing Crisis?

25th June 2023

FreeThink.

3D-printing robots are being A major housing development, built using 3D-printer robots on-site, is taking shape in the US state of Texas. The 100-house project on the outskirts of Austin is the product of a partnership between US house-building giant Lennar, and 3D printing company ICON. to build a 100-home housing development in the US state of Texas.

Bad news for Latinos, who make up 90% of the workforce of construction companies, especially in Texas.  Every silver lining comes with a cloud.

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The Polar Silk Road

18th June 2023

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Warming temperatures and thawing sea ice could soon allow for the expansion of maritime routes through the Arctic region at certain times of the year. Polar powers looking to capitalize not only on the shortened shipping lanes but also on the natural resources that exist there are eyeing up this geopolitically strategic space, with Russia and also China, which is a part of the Arctic Council and a self-defined ‘near-Arctic state’, having become two of the most prominent players in the region.

Currently, the main shipping route between Asia and Europe passes from China to Rotterdam via the Suez Canal. But the fragility of the transit route was revealed in 2021 when the Ever Given ship blocked the passage, halting traffic for 7 days. And so a new route through the Arctic could save time for the transportation of goods.

In 2018, Beijing released a white paper on how China could extend its Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic region, suggesting that polar stakeholders could work together on connectivity and economic and social development, including the exploration and exploitation of resources such as oil, gas and minerals, as well as on scientific research into the effects of climate change on the region. According to Deutsche Welle, the United States is worried about what this means, while Russia “smells business.”

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Robert Hanssen, FBI Agent Who Spied for Russia, Found Dead in Prison

5th June 2023

NewsMax.

Robert Hanssen, the former FBI agent turned spy whom the bureau describes as the most damaging in its history, was found dead in his prison cell on Monday, U.S. authorities said.

Hanssen, 79, was sentenced in 2002 to life in prison after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years.

Prison staff initiated life-saving measures after finding Hanssen unresponsive on Monday morning but were not successful, the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. It did not provide a cause of death.

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In a First, Caltech’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator Wirelessly Transmits Power in Space

3rd June 2023

CalTech.

A space solar power prototype that was launched into orbit in January is operational and has demonstrated its ability to wirelessly transmit power in space and to beam detectable power to Earth for the first time.

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The Big Archaeological Digs Happening Up in the Sky

2nd June 2023

The Guardian.

Archaeology is facing a time crunch. Thousands of years of human history risk imminent erasure, from tiny hamlets to entire cities – temples, walls and roads under grave threat of destruction. Urban sprawl and industrial agriculture are but two culprits, smothering ancient settlements beneath car parks and cattle pastures. International conflict and climate change are also damaging vulnerable sites, with warfare and water shortages destroying pockets of history across the world.

The endless excavations of yesteryear are no longer the best solution. Big digs aren’t the big idea they once were: mapping the human archaeological record is now moving upward, into the sky.

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The Farming Robots That Will Feed the World

29th May 2023

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The agricultural industry is no stranger to automation. Robotics was first introduced into the industry to help guide vehicles in the 1920s, and it’s now common for farmers to use GPS-guided planters, sprayers, and combines, not to mention the wide array of automated machines used elsewhere in the agricultural supply chain.

But there’s one job that has been prohibitively difficult for robots: picking soft fruit. It requires a delicate and dexterous touch, as well as the ability to maneuver around the plants so that the fruit can be accessed from the best angle.

The UK-based startup Dogtooth Technologies is developing robots with just such abilities. What’s more, the robots are able to gently pick berries at night and then deliver them to a chamber where the fruit can be inspected for defects. Freethink explores Dogtooth Technologies and the future of robot farming in this episode of Hard Reset.

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Mississippi Learning

20th May 2023

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In 2002, Florida adopted a phonics based reading strategy due to Charlie Crist. Scores started to rise. Other southern states started to following suit, including Mississippi long deried as the worst in the nation.

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Yellowstone Caldera Volcanic Power Generation Facility

18th May 2023

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The USA is confronted with three epic-size problems: (1) the need for production of energy on a scale that meets the current and future needs of the nation, (2) the need to confront the climate crisis head-on by only producing renewable, green energy, that is 100% emission-free, and (3) the need to forever forestall the eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano. This paper offers both a provable practical, novel solution, and a thought experiment, to simultaneously solve all of the above stated problems. Through a new copper-based engineering approach on an unprecedented scale, this paper proposes a safe means to draw up the mighty energy reserve of the Yellowstone Supervolcano from within the Earth, to superheat steam for spinning turbines at sufficient speed and on a sufficient scale, in order to power the entire USA. The proposed, single, multi-redundant facility utilizes the star topology in a grid array pattern to accomplish this. Over time, bleed-off of sufficient energy could potentially forestall this Supervolcano from ever erupting again. With obvious importance to our planet and the research community alike, COMSOL simulation demonstrates and proves the solution proposed herein, to bring vast amounts of green, emission-free energy to the planet’s surface for utilization. Well over 11 Quadrillion Watt hours of electrical energy generated over the course of one full year, to meet the current and future needs of the USA is shown to be practical. Going beyond other current and past research efforts, this methodology offers tremendous benefits, potentially on a planetary scale.

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Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers for Healthier Energy-efficient Homes

17th May 2023

North Dakoka State University.

Window condensation and other moisture problems are likely in a weatherized home without air exchangers. This is a problem for both people and the home structure. Bringing in outside air and exhausting indoor air (ventilation) dilutes or removes the indoor pollutants and moisture. The question is: How do you remove the moisture and pollutants while retaining the heated or cooled air? An air-to-air heat exchanger will solve that problem. Air exchangers transfer the thermal energy of the indoor air to incoming fresh air, allowing the moisture and pollutants to be vented but retaining the heat. This publication describes reasons to use air-to-air heat exchangers, technology of exchangers, the cost advantages of installing them and some tips on choosing a heat exchanger that is right for your home.

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New “Cyborg” Cells Could Be the Future of Medicine

17th May 2023

Freethink.

UC Davis researchers have created part-natural, part-artificial “cyborg” cells that might one day be engineered to do everything from fight cancer to clean up the environment.

Synthetic bio 101: Mother Nature is an excellent engineer — the human body alone contains about 200 types of cells, each precisely designed to serve a specific function while also working in harmony with all the other types.

When you add in all the other cells found in the 1.2 million identified species on Earth, you end up with a lot of perfect little biological machines — and a goal of synthetic biology is to put those machines to work.

One way to do this is by genetically engineering cells to have new abilities — this could mean modifying the single-celled organism E. coli to convert plastic waste into useful vanillin, or engineering cancer patients’ immune cells to recognize tumors.

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Melbourne Scientists Find Enzyme That Can Make Electricity Out of Tiny Amounts of Hydrogen

11th May 2023

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Scientists have isolated an enzyme from soil bacteria that can convert air into electricity, which they say could be developed into a renewable power source for small devices.

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New Gene Therapy Could Reverse a Common Cause of Blindness

11th May 2023

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Retinal degeneration: When light enters the eye, it travels to the retina, where nerve cells called “photoreceptors” convert the light into electrical signals that are eventually sent to the brain.

Genetic diseases and other health issues can damage retinal cells. This condition, called “retinal degeneration,” is one of the most common causes of vision loss worldwide, and while some treatments can slow the damage to prevent further vision loss, there’s currently no way to reverse it.

But, in addition to photoreceptors, the retina is also home to Müller cells. These cells develop from the same parent cell lines as photoreceptors, but they aren’t nerve cells — instead, they provide support to photoreceptors and other neurons in the eye.

“What’s interesting is that these Müller cells are known to reactivate and regenerate retina in fish,” said Camille Boudreau-Pinsonneault, first author of a new study out of the University of Montreal. “But in mammals, including humans, they don’t normally do so, not after injury or disease. And we don’t yet fully understand why.”

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Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells That Enable Hearing

11th May 2023

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Good news.

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First Babies Born in Britain Using DNA from 3 People

10th May 2023

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Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority said fewer than five babies have been born this way, but no further details have been released to protect the families’ identities. The news was first reported by the Guardian newspaper.

The U.K. was the first country in the world to adopt legislation in 2015 specifically regulating such methods, which help prevent women with faulty mitochondria — the energy source in a cell — from passing on to their babies defects that can result in diseases such as muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, heart problems and intellectual disabilities. About one in 200 children in Britain is born with a mitochondrial disorder.

For a woman with faulty mitochondria, scientists take the genetic material from her egg or embryo. They then transfer that into a donor egg or embryo that still has its healthy mitochondria but has had the rest of its key DNA removed. The fertilized embryo is then transferred into the womb of the mother. The genetic material from the donated egg comprises less than 1% of the child’s genetics.

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Securely Erasing Your iPhone or iPad with a Power Drill

1st May 2023

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If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

I understand that running over it with an SUV is equally effective.

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The School Choice Momentum Continues Nationwide

1st May 2023

The Foundry.

Education choice is on the march.

So far this year, four states have enacted education choice policies that will be available to all K-12 students. Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, and Utah have now joined Arizona and West Virginia in making every child eligible for education savings accounts (ESAs) or ESA-like policies that allow families to choose the learning environments that align with their values and work best for their children.

The education choice movement has already made more progress this year than ever before—and the year is far from over. Late last week, three state legislatures gave final approval to bills that would create new education choice policies or significantly expand existing ones.

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Engineers Develop Water Filtration That Permanently Removes “Forever Chemicals”

30th April 2023

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As they do.

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PublicSq

18th April 2023

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I don’t let politics determine whom I buy from, but for those who do, this is an ‘alternative to Amazon’ that appears to shun Wokery in all its forms.

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MRNA Vaccine Plus Keytruda Delays Skin Cancer Return

17th April 2023

NewsMax.

An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna Inc and Merck & Co cut the risk of death or recurrence of the most deadly skin cancer by 44% compared with Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda alone, U.S. researchers reported at a medical meeting on Sunday.

The findings suggest that adding a personalized cancer vaccine based on mRNA technology to Keytruda, which revs up the immune response, could prolong the time patients have without recurrence or death, said Dr. Jeffrey Weber of the NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center, who presented the findings.

Good news.

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MIT Grads Unveil the World’s First Ammonia-Powered Semi Truck

10th April 2023

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Amogy, a startup founded by four MIT grads, has unveiled an ammonia-powered semi truck that can be refueled in just eight minutes — giving it a significant advantage over battery-powered alternatives.

It’s developed a system that “cracks” the ammonia compound into nitrogen and hydrogen. The hydrogen is then run through a fuel cell to generate electricity, just like it would in a typical hydrogen vehicle.

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Tesla Announces Big Plans for Cheaper Iron-Based Batteries

10th April 2023

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Yeah, Tesla’s always got ‘big plans’. Let’s see an actual product–that doesn’t blow up.

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Could a Simple Blood Test Detect Cancer at an Early—and More Treatable—Stage? The Technology Exists—and FDA Approval May Not Be Far Off

10th April 2023

Fortune.

Like cancer vaccines, cancer blood panels aren’t some far-flung, futuristic goal. Multi-cancer early detection tests, known as MCEDs, are a thing—right now. Today. Google the phrase and you’ll find multiple products available for purchase. You can have one at your door in mere days.

It’s a concept that has promise, experts say. “The technology is advancing truly at a rapid pace,” Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society, tells Fortune. “I think all of us in the oncology world think that the next frontier is liquid biopsy”—another term for MCED.

 

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This Gasoline Is Made of Carbon Sucked From the Air

8th April 2023

National Geographic.

A Harvard-affiliated Canadian company is making a liquid fuel that is carbon neutral, and they hope the economics will be in their favor.

Good luck with that.

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Grain Farming Goes Indoors

7th April 2023

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Infarm, a Germany-based vertical farming company, announced its harvest in November. Spokesperson Pádraic Flood credits Infarm’s success with its focus on optimizing the growth environment and crop cycle time.

The experiment showcases what’s possible not just for growers looking to move their cereal crop indoors, but for global food security in general. Growing these staple crops indoors, in regions previously unable to support them, could benefit millions of people.

However, there are challenges when shifting from produce to grain.

If vertical farming is ever going to be anything other than a hobby, it needs to be able to grow the staple grains–wheat. rice, maize, barley, and rye–in a cost-effective manner.

Anything else is just recreational.

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What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Look Like?

6th April 2023

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A team of glaciologists from the University of California Irvine (UCI) made public the most accurate portrayal of the land underneath Antarctica’s ice sheet yet. In outlining these never before seen contours of the land, the team also shed light on which regions of the continent will be more vulnerable to future climate warming. The new topographical map of Antarctica, BedMachine, and the related findings, were published in the journal Nature Geoscience, and were highly anticipated by the global cryosphere and environmental science communities. BedMachine Antarctica is also available to the public through the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.

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New AI-Powered Farming Robot Covers 50 Acres of Crops Per Day

6th April 2023

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French startup Meropy has developed an agricultural robot that autonomously inspects crops from both above and below, saving farmers time and money.

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Seven Things You Don’t Know About the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case

5th April 2023

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“We just have to demonstrate that he will not take power if he does run, making sure he—under legitimate efforts of our Constitution—does not become the next president again,” Joe Biden said of Donald Trump in an often overlooked remark just a few months ago.

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Sanna Marin Suffers Defeat in Finland Election as SDP Beaten Into Third Place

3rd April 2023

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Finland’s prime minister, Sanna Marin, has lost her battle to stay in power after her centre-left Social Democratic party (SDP) was narrowly beaten into third place in a cliffhanger election by its conservative and far-right rivals.

With all of the votes counted on Sunday, the right-wing National Coalition party (NCP) won 20.8% of the vote, with the populist, nation-first Finns party scoring 20.1%. Marin’s SDP took 19.9% of the vote. Voter turnout was 71.9%.

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Scientists Create an Eco-Friendly Paint That Mimics Nature

2nd April 2023

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Color me hopeful, but we have heard about a new kind of paint that holds the potential to cut airline fuel usage and make our homes and communities cooler. How? Well, some of the brightest and most beautiful colors in nature can only be replicated using heavy metals and chemicals. And those paints absorb infrared radiation, making objects covered in them much hotter. But Debashis Chanda, a nanoscience researcher with the University of Central Florida, has created a way to mimic nature’s way of reflecting colors without absorbing heat. It’s the same way a rainbow is created after it rains. Chanda’s research looks at why structural colors, as they’re called, may be the future of paint, and how altering the way light is reflected off surfaces could help cool a rapidly warming environment.

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World’s first mRNA vaccine against deadly plague bacteria is 100% effective

31st March 2023

Interesting Engineering.

esearchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research developed the world’s first messenger mRNA-based single-dose vaccine that is 100 percent effective against a lethal bacteria.

Published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, the study suggests that this paves the way for developing more vaccines for bacterial diseases, including diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The study, conducted on mice, demonstrated that all vaccinated animals were fully protected against the bacteria that causes the plague.

This is HUGE.

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Caltech Engineers Have Developed an Unusually Tough New Material

27th March 2023

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Caltech engineers have made a significant breakthrough in the field of nano- and micro-architected materials by creating a novel material composed of multiple interconnected microscale knots.

Compared to structurally identical but unknotted materials, the presence of knots in this new material significantly enhances its toughness by enabling it to absorb more energy and deform more before returning to its original shape without any damage. These new knotted materials may find applications in biomedicine as well as in aerospace applications due to their durability, possible biocompatibility, and extreme deformability.

 

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This Is Utah’s New Flag — And Here’s Why More States Are Mulling Redesigns

26th March 2023

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God, I certainly hope so.

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Nordic Countries Join To Create Europe’s Largest Fighter Fleet

24th March 2023

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In a historic step, four Nordic countries announced the combining of their fighter jet fleets under one operational command on Friday, March 24th, creating Europe’s most formidable fighter fleet after Russia’s.

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“Treasure Map” Guides Scientists to Massive Meteorite

22nd March 2023

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A “treasure map” has led researchers to one of the largest meteorites ever found in Antarctica — and more than 300,000 other space rocks could be waiting to be discovered on the icy continent.

We have the technology.

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Dem’s Party Switch Gives La. GOP Supermajority

20th March 2023

NewsMax.

The longest-serving Democrat in the Louisiana state Legislature, Francis Thompson, has changed parties, giving Republicans a 70-vote supermajority that allows the GOP to override a veto by the state’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, Newsweek reported over the weekend.

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Performing Complex Surgeries With Single-Incision Robotics

19th March 2023

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Robotics are helping make minimally invasive surgeries even less invasive. Case in point: single-port robotic surgery, a relatively new type of approach where a robotic system controlled by a human surgeon executes the procedure by making only one incision into the patient.

Although still relatively uncommon, single-port surgery has been gaining momentum in recent years. The benefits are noticeable. Compared to traditional surgery, single-port surgery might leave patients with shorter recovery times, less scarring, and overall better outcomes.

Amazing stuff. Knowledge advances, but comes with a price: All of this equipment is really really expensive.

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Hypothalamic Menin Regulates Systemic Aging and Cognitive Decline

17th March 2023

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I’ll bet you didn’t know that.

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Today in War

15th March 2023

MQ-9 Reaper Is Capable Of Defending Itself With Air-To-Air Missiles  Wouldn’t that be fun.

Ukraine Situation Report: Poland Could Give Ukraine MiG-29s “Within Four To Six Weeks”

Top Democrat Warns Putin Against Unintended Escalation After Black Sea Spat (Newsweek)

Space Force chief warns: China, Russia deploying space weapons to attack U.S. satellites, forces

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: Russia must be removed from the United Nations Security Council (The Hill) That’s not going to happen.

8 More Churches Zelensky Is Banning In Ukraine

 

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Emergency Preps From A To Z

14th March 2023

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Emergency preparedness is serious business but not all of our endeavors need to take on the gravity of life and death. This is a fun list, and while the suggestions are solid, it is by no means a list that covers everything you need to be prepared.

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First Transient Electronic Bandage Speeds Healing by 30 Percent

14th March 2023

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No word on whether it will give you super powers.

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In a First, Scientists Show Time Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves

14th March 2023

Interesting Engineering.

Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) performed a breakthrough experiment in which they observed time reflections of electromagnetic signals in a tailored metamaterial.

The scientists, who published their findings in a paper in Nature Physics, were able to successfully cause time reversal as well as frequency conversion of broadband electromagnetic waves in their experiments.

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Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times

13th March 2023

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When it comes to assigning dates to military campaigns described in the Bible, the parameters of the debate take on almost biblical proportions. Exactly when did the Amalekites wage war against the Hebrews in the wilderness? Did Joshua fight the Battle of Jericho in 1500 B.C. or in 1400 B.C. — or at all?

Such uncertainty exists, in part, because the radiocarbon analysis that scientists use to date organic remains is less accurate for certain epochs. And, in part, because archaeologists often disagree over what the timelines for different narratives should be. But a new technique, which makes use of consistently reliable geomagnetic data, allows scientists to study the history of the Levant with greater confidence.

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Today in War

12th March 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Leopard 1 Tanks Will Arrive This Spring

Russian-Iranian Deal For Su-35s Finalized, State Media Reports

Poland’s New FA-50 Light Fighter Emerges

UK: Russian Advance in Bakhmut Could Come With Heavy Losses

US Winged Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine

New Iron Curtain Strengthened: Poland Fortifies Belarus Border

Heading Off Chinese Dominance: Australia To Buy U.S.-Made Submarines

NAVAL AIR: Turkish Carrier Aircraft

Russian Advance Stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, Think Tank Says

SHOCKER! TikTok Whistleblower Confirms CCP-Tied Platform’s Data Abuse

 

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Wild Mammals Are Making a Comeback in Europe Thanks to Conservation Efforts

12th March 2023

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Hunting and habitat loss drove many large mammals in Europe close to extinction. New data shows us that many of the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again.

As John Hodgman famously said, “I am a friend to all the creatures of the earth, when I am not eating them or wearing them.”

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