In order to bridge the yawning gulf between the humanities and the sciences we must turn to an unexpected field: mathematics.
Thanks to their excellent smelling ability, dogs have been used for hundreds of years to hunt down wild game and search for criminals. At airports, they help identify explosives and illicit drugs. In disaster situations, they can rescue survivors and find human remains.
But each dog can only be trained to detect one class of odor compounds, which limits the range of smells it’s able to detect. Training costs tens of thousands of dollars and takes several months. For Florida startup Canaery, the solution is merging canines with neurotechnology to allow them to detect everything from bombs and other contraband to human diseases and environmental toxins—no specialized training needed.
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A team of Chinese scientists has used targeted gene editing to develop rice that produces coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a vital compound for human health.
Led by Prof. Chen Xiaoya from the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Chenshan Research Center and Prof. Gao Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the researchers used targeted gene editing to modify just five amino acids of the Coq1 rice enzyme, creating new rice varieties capable of synthesizing CoQ10.
The study is published in Cell.
Combining lab-grown muscle tissue with a series of flexible mechanical joints has led to the development of an artificial hand that can grip and make gestures. The breakthrough shows the way forward for a new kind of robotics with a range of potential applications.
While we’ve seen plenty of soft robots at New Atlas and a truly inspiring range of mechanical prosthetics, we’ve yet to see too many inventions that quite literally combine human tissue with machines. That’s likely because the world of biohybrid science is still in its very early stages. Sure, there was an artificial fish powered by human heart cells and a robot that used a locust’s ear to hear, but in terms of the practical use of the technology, the field has remained somewhat empty.
Now though, researchers at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan have shown a breakthrough demonstrating the real promise of the technology.
Researchers from Mass General Brigham and collaborating institutions have developed a non-invasive approach to manipulate cardiac tissue activity by using light to stimulate an innovative ink incorporated into bioprinted tissue. Their goal is to develop a technique that can be used to repair the heart. Their findings in preclinical models, published in Science Advances, show the transformative potential of non-invasive therapeutic methods to control electrically active tissues.
“We showed for the first time that with this optoelectronically active ink, we can print scaffolds that allow remote control of engineered heart tissues,” said co-corresponding author Y. Shrike Zhang, Ph.D., of the Division of Engineering in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system. “This approach paves the way for non-invasive light stimulation, tissue regeneration, and host integration capabilities in cardiac therapy and beyond.”
Three-dimensional bioprinted tissues composed of cells and other body-compatible materials are a powerful emerging tool to repair damaged heart tissue. But most bioprinted tissues cannot generate the necessary electrical activity for cellular function. They must instead rely on invasive wire and electrode placement to control heart activity, which can damage body tissues.
Have you ever felt like the world around you is losing its grip on reality? What if entire societies could descend into madness without realizing it?
In this eye-opening video, we explore the concept of mass psychosis—a phenomenon that has shaped history through witch hunts, oppressive regimes, and ideological purges. Guided by insights from great thinkers like Carl Jung, Hannah Arendt, and Joost Meerloo, we unravel the hidden mechanisms that manipulate public perception, erode critical thinking, and lead populations into collective delusion.
🔎 What You’ll Discover:
✅ How fear is weaponized to control societies.
✅ The role of propaganda in shaping public opinion.
✅ The dangers of blind conformity and obedience.
✅ How to protect your mind from mass manipulation.
Mass psychosis does not last forever—eventually, reality breaks through. But will we wake up before it’s too late? Watch now to uncover the truth and learn how to resist the forces that seek to control you.
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In December 2022, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach scientific energy breakeven, producing more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it. In that experiment, where 2.05 MJ of laser energy was delivered to the target, a fusion energy output of 3.15 MJ was achieved, a gain of 1.5. Since then, ignition has been repeated several times, with even higher gains achieved. This webinar will review the NIF – the world’s largest, most energetic laser; the latest experimental results; the scientific and technological advancements that made this breakthrough possible; and the implications for future research, particularly in how the achievement of ignition now lays the groundwork to explore laser inertial fusion as a path for clean energy and energy security.
The following topics will be presented:
• Fusion.
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
• National Ignition Facility.
• Ignition.
• Energy.
• Pilot plant.
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Using in vitro models to study human brain evolution and diseaseCSAR lecture by Dr. Madeline Lancaster, MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyThe human brain is…
A microchip-sized particle accelerator has been successfully tested, marking a breakthrough in miniaturized high-energy physics.