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Nov 20, 2024

The Human Cell Atlas: towards a first draft atlas

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A big day of output for the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaborative project with 100 countries to understand our ~37 trillion cells A Wikipedia of our cells, a “remarkable achievement” https://nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03754-y


In a collection of research articles and related content, the Human Cell Atlas consortium presents tools, data and ideas towards the generation of their first draft atlas of cells in the human body.

Nov 20, 2024

Sunlight Deficiency As A Contributor To Poor Health: Roger Seheult, M.D. (‪@Medcram‬)

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension

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Nov 20, 2024

AST SpaceMobile Selects Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket to Deliver Next-Generation BlueBird Satellites to Space

Posted by in categories: government, mobile phones, satellites

Blue Origin today announced a multi-launch agreement to deliver multiple next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) on New Glenn. All launches will occur over a multi-year period from Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed for both commercial and government applications. It will operate directly with everyday smartphones and allow seamless switching between terrestrial cell towers and satellite signals depending on location and coverage needs.

“New Glenn’s performance and unprecedented capacity within its seven-meter fairing enables us to deploy more of our Block 2 BlueBird satellites in orbit, helping provide continuous cellular broadband service coverage across some of the most in-demand cellular markets globally,” said Abel Avellan, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, AST SpaceMobile.

Nov 20, 2024

Carl Sagans Cosmos — Episode 8 — Journeys in Space & Time

Posted by in category: space

Join me on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/TheScienceFoundation/277697568961708Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written…

Nov 20, 2024

The Dark Big Bang: Unveiling the Universe’s Hidden Second Origin

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

New research into dark matter suggests it might have originated from a “Dark Big Bang,” distinct from the traditional Big Bang.

This theory, which posits a separate cosmic event as the source of dark matter, could change how we understand the universe’s early moments. Upcoming gravitational wave detection experiments could provide critical evidence to support this theory.

Alternative theory of dark matter genesis.

Nov 20, 2024

2024: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Enterprise LLM usage.

AI spend in 2024 has gone from $2.3B to $13.8B, a 6x increase.


The enterprise AI landscape is being rewritten in real time. We surveyed 600 enterprise IT decision-makers to reveal the emerging winners and losers.

Nov 20, 2024

Over 600,000 people lost power at peak of Washington windstorm

Posted by in category: climatology

Puget Sound Energy warned that the magnitude of the storm and the damages could mean that some people will go without power for multiple days. They “encourage customers to make alternate plans as we work to assess the situation and restore power.” The company said the biggest impact is in King County.

Severe winds from this evening’s bomb cyclone ripped through western Washington, causing a mass outage event throughout most of our service area, with the biggest impact in King County. #WAwx (1÷7) pic.twitter.com/NMeoDSkexY — Puget Sound Energy (@PSETalk) November 20, 2024

PSE reported “extensive numbers” of downed power lines and reminded customers to never touch or go within 30 feet of a downed line, because they may still be energized. Field crews are also navigating downed trees, which is restricting their access to some areas.

Nov 20, 2024

SpaceX just got exactly what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches

Posted by in category: space travel

All pertinent conditions and requirements of the prior approval have been met.

Nov 20, 2024

Global Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, finance

Finastra, a global leader in financial technology that serves 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, has confirmed a major data breach impacting its internal file transfer system. The London-based firm, which facilitates vital banking and wire transfers for over 8,100 financial institutions worldwide, detected the breach on Nov. 7.

The breach targeted Finastra’s internally hosted Secure File Transfer Platform, or SFTP, which was exploited using stolen credentials—essentially, a username and password. The attacker claims to have leveraged IBM Aspera, a high-speed file transfer tool to exfiltrate data from Finastra’s systems.

The cybercriminal, known by the alias “abyss0,” first advertised the stolen data for sale on BreachForums, a notorious online marketplace for cybercrime, on October 31. Initially priced at $20,000, the data’s asking price was later halved to $10,000. After gaining attention, “abyss0” disappeared, erasing their presence on both BreachForums and Telegram. This sudden retreat suggests they either secured a buyer or sought to avoid further scrutiny.

Nov 20, 2024

By exerting ‘crowd control’ over mouse cells, scientists make progress towards engineering tissues

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, engineering, life extension

Genes aren’t the sole driver instructing cells to build multicellular structures, tissues, and organs. In a paper published in Nature Communications, USC Stem Cell scientist Leonardo Morsut and Caltech computational biologist Matt Thomson characterize the influence of another important developmental driver: cell density, or how loosely or tightly cells are packed into a given space.

In both computational models and laboratory experiments, the team of scientists used cell density as an effective tool for controlling how pattern themselves into complex structures.

“This paper represents progress towards our big picture goal of engineering synthetic tissues,” said Morsut, an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, and biomedical engineering at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

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