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Nov 19, 2024

The future of ultrafast electronics

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, quantum physics, robotics/AI, solar power

Physicist Matthias Kling studies photons and the things science can do with ultrafast pulses of X-rays. These pulses last just attoseconds – a billionth of a billionth of a second, Kling says. He uses them to create slo-mo “movies” of electrons moving through materials like those used in batteries and solar cells. The gained knowledge could reshape fields like materials science, ultrafast and quantum computers, AI, and medical diagnostics, Kling tells host Russ Altman on this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast.

Nov 19, 2024

This AI model is helping researchers detect disease based on coughs

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI

Here’s how our bioacoustic foundation model, Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR), may help improve health outcomes for people across India.

Nov 19, 2024

Researchers Plotting Giant Spaceship That Could Carry Generations of Humans

Posted by in category: space travel

Scientists launched a design competition for a massive multi-generational spaceship that could sustain humans on the way to the next star.

Nov 19, 2024

🔴LIVE: SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 6 (and Catches a Booster)

Posted by in categories: policy, space travel

SpaceX is preparing to launch the sixth Starship flight test. The window for the launch opens at 4 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The company has confirmed on its website, and X, that it is targeting a potential catch of the Super Heavy test vehicle, if flight parameters allow for it. SpaceX will also try to re-ignite a single Raptor engine in space to demonstrate deorbit capabilities.

Window Opens: November 19th at 4PM CST (22:00 UTC)
Window Closes: November 19th at 4:30PM CST (22:30 UTC)

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Nov 19, 2024

Experimental therapeutic reduces advanced-stage influenza viral loads faster than current therapies in preclinical study

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Eradivir, a preclinical biotech company, has developed a patent-pending antiviral therapeutic that reduces lung viral loads of advanced-stage influenza in preclinical studies quicker and more effectively than currently available therapies.

A single intranasal dose of EV25, a bispecific small molecule developed by Eradivir, acts faster than the current standard of care, eliminating the detectable virus within 24 hours. EV25 also has a window of efficacy of 96 hours postinfection, which is broader than the current standard of care.

A titled “Targeted recruitment of immune effector cells for rapid eradication of infections” has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Nov 19, 2024

Founder and CEO of Figure AI Brett Adcock says that robotics is now an AI business

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

Founder and CEO of Figure AI Brett Adcock says that robotics is now an AI business, and that they have access to all the H100s they want from Microsoft, while their partnership with OpenAI will lead to robots that can reason and plan. — - — 👉 Before you go 👋 If you want to keep up with the latest news on AI startups and how they’re changing the world, join 1000+ subscribers reading our newsletter for FREE! Link in bio. — - — #brettadcock #figureai #robots #robotics #airobot #todayinai

Nov 19, 2024

New research challenges the link between repetitive head injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Posted by in category: futurism

New research questions the link between repetitive head injuries and CTE, suggesting current evidence is insufficient for definitive conclusions. Researchers call for more rigorous studies with standardized definitions to understand CTE’s causes.

Nov 19, 2024

Elon Musk sets four expectations for SpaceX Starship’s sixth test flight

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

Elon Musk has set the expectations for SpaceX’s sixth test flight of Starship with four objectives that must be achieved in order for the launch to be considered a success.

Nov 19, 2024

As Elon Musk pushes driverless cars, one company is already testing autonomous helicopters to spray crops and fight fires

Posted by in categories: drones, Elon Musk, food, robotics/AI

The heart-stopping flights led to his research of unmanned aircraft systems while getting his doctorate degree in aerospace engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Then, he formed Rotor Technologies in 2021 to develop unmanned helicopters.

Rotor has built two autonomous Sprayhawks and aims to have as many as 20 ready for market next year. The company also is developing helicopters that would carry cargo in disaster zones and to offshore oil rigs. The helicopter could also be used https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-season-2024-firefighters…2e4c66fd7” rel=“noopener”>to fight wildfires.

For now, Rotor is focused on the agriculture sector, which has embraced automation with drones but sees unmanned helicopters as a better way to spray larger areas with pesticides and fertilizers.

Nov 19, 2024

Electron imaging reveals the vibrant colors of the outermost electron layer

Posted by in categories: chemistry, nanotechnology, particle physics

Surfaces play a key role in numerous chemical reactions, including catalysis and corrosion. Understanding the atomic structure of the surface of a functional material is essential for both engineers and chemists. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan used atomic-resolution secondary electron (SE) imaging to capture the atomic structure of the very top layer of materials to better understand the differences from its lower layers. The researchers published their findings in the journal Microscopy.

Some materials exhibit “surface reconstruction,” where the surface atoms are organized differently from the interior atoms. To observe this, especially at the atomic level, surface-sensitive techniques are needed.

Traditionally, scanning (SEM) has been an effective tool to examine nanoscale structures. SEM works by scanning a sample with a focused electron beam and capturing the SEs emitted from the surface. SEs are typically emitted from a below the surface, making it difficult to observe phenomena like surface reconstruction, especially if only a single atomic layer is involved.

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