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https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-scientists-electrolyte-solid-state-lithium-ion-batteries.html "needed to make sure that the electrons could not move easily through the electrolyte to trigger its decomposition at high voltage... not yet clear why the electronic conductivity is lower than many previously reported chloride electrolytes, but it helps establish a clean interface between the cathode material and solid electrolyte, a fact that is largely responsible for the stable performance even with high amounts of active material in the cathode"

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-disorder-engineered-inorganic-nanocrystals-efficiency-ultrathin.html "set a record among low-temperature and solution processed, environmentally friendly inorganic solar cells in terms of stability, form factor and performance. The engineering of the multinary systems with cation disordered AgBiS2 colloidal nanocrystals has proven to offer an absorption coefficient higher than any other photovoltaic material used to date, enabling highly efficient extremely thin absorber photovoltaic devices" Related: SunPower, First Solar in late-stage discussions to develop ‘world changing’ residential solar module https://www.pv-tech.org/sunpower-first-solar-in-late-stage-discussions-to-develop-world-changing-residential-solar-module/  See also: SunPower files for bankruptcy protection, agrees to sell some assets for $45 mln  https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/sunpower-files-bankruptcy-sell-some-45-mln-assets-via-stalking-horse-bid-2024-08-06/ Solar Inventi...

https://newatlas.com/energy/rare-form-sulfur-lithium-ion-battery-triple-capacity/ "The cathode remained stable across a year of testing and 4,000 charge-discharge cycles, which the scientists say is equivalent to 10 years of regular use. The prototype battery the team made featuring this cathode offered triple the capacity of a standard lithium-ion battery, paving the way for more environmentally friendly batteries that allow electric vehicles to travel much farther on each charge"

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-cancer-cells-drug-tumor-metastasis.html "treating patient-derived HNSCC cells with C26 boosted the levels of NR2F1 and arrested cell proliferation.... Treatment with C26 reduced the size of primary tumors, and, after surgery, further doses of C26 completely blocked the growth of metastatic tumors. Instead, the rodent's lungs contained just a few dormant disseminated cancer cells unable to proliferate even after cessation of the treatment" Related: Stealth nanomedicines combat cancer and cut toxic effects of chemo https://phys.org/news/2022-03-stealth-nanomedicines-combat-cancer-toxic.html

"Panasonic initially bought 1.4 million shares at $21.15 each around the time of Tesla’s June 2010 IPO. The company reported its stake was worth about $730 million at the end of March 2020... supplied ever greater quantities of lithium-ion cells for Tesla vehicles, working closely with Tesla engineers to modify the chemistry and design to optimize them for use in high-powered electric cars"

https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-printed-tvs "six-layer, 1.5-inch square flexible display, in which the electrodes, interconnects, insulation, and encapsulation were extrusion-printed... potential in soft electronics and wearables, this one-pot methodology allows for other unique form factors beyond the typical 2D layout... maintained high electrical conductivities, such as silver-based inks for our electrodes. For the encapsulation, we used a common transparent and flexible polymer, PDMS, to coat the device on top" Related: Stretchy color-changing display points to future of wearable screens https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-stretchy-color-changing-display-future-wearable.html Organic light emitting diodes operated by 1.5 V battery https://phys.org/news/2022-01-emitting-diodes-battery.html Samsung unveils foldable smartphones in a bet on devices with bending screens https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-samsung-unveils-foldable-smartphones-device.html Research team develops mech...

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/form-energy-announces-partnership-with-georgia-power-to-test-100-hour-iron-/618626/ "Georgia Power will collaborate with... Form Energy to deploy an energy storage project of up to 15 MW/1500 MWh using a novel iron-air-exchange flow battery... has a battery design it says can offer up to 100 hours of electricity storage at a price of less than $20/kWh... Georgia Power requested approval to own and operate 1,000 MW of energy storage by 2030" Related: Rusty metal could be the battery the energy grid needs https://www.popsci.com/science/metal-air-batteries/ 140-year-old rusty batteries offer huge breakthrough for energy storage https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/batteries-lithium-ion-metal-air-b2036356.html Multi-day iron-air batteries reach commercialization… at one tenth of the cost of lithium https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/23/multi-day-iron-air-batteries-reach-commercialization-at-one-tenth-of-the-cost-of-lithium/ Metal electrolysis could...

https://www.laserfocusworld.com/test-measurement/article/14223715/automotive-lidar-gains-multispectral-capabilities "we scan a complete frame at one wavelength and switch wavelengths between frames. By combining this data with our specialized simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) software, we can build up the multispectral information on a frame-by-frame basis. If we are scanning at a 20 Hz frame rate, we get the traditional 3D data at the full 20 Hz"

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v15/s5 "metamaterial whose permittivity changes with an applied static electric field. The nonlinear response is such that an electric field applied along one axis can change the material’s permittivity along another axis... amplitude change means the metamaterial could be engineered to either amplify or attenuate an incoming light signal "

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-molecule-boosts-lithium-oxygen-car-batteries.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter "an Li-O2 battery operated via a new quenching/mediating mechanism that relies on the direct chemical reactions between a versatile molecule and superoxide radical/Li2O2. The battery exhibits a 46-fold increase in discharge capacity, a low charge overpotential of 0.7 V, and an ultralong cycle life greater than 1400 cycles. "PDI-TEMPO molecule opens a new avenue" Related: It’s in the air – battery research takes up the charge https://www.uts.edu.au/news/health-science/its-air-battery-research-takes-charge "aimed to deliver maximum energy density through breathing air to generate electricity... capacity of next-generation lithium-oxygen batteries to extend the driving range between charges... created the possibility of developing a long-life, energy-dense lithium-oxygen battery that was highly efficient" Re...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60319398?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bgnl.newsletters%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&xtor=ES-213-[BBC%20News%20Newsletter]-2022February10-[technology] "they're not doing this through heat, but through particle acceleration... goal within a decade is to produce net energy, where the output from fusion exceeds the energy supplied to initiate reactions. It is refining a technique called boron neutron capture therapy with a view to its use in cancer treatment" Related: Fast-action method for countering disruptions on ITER fusion experiment https://phys.org/news/2022-02-fast-action-method-countering-disruptions-iter.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60312633 First measurements of hydrogen-boron fusion in a magnetically confined fusion plasma https://phys.org/news/2023-02-hydro...

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/09/zinc-batteries-old-technology-brings-new-values/ "zinc-based batteries are edging closer to commercialization, leveraging their unique ability to be configured for short and long duration operation. They are safer, longer lasting and, in some cases, reportedly up to 50% cheaper than lithium-ion batteries and, following recent game-changing advances, the prospects for zinc look much more exciting" Related: Move over lithium-ion: Zinc-air batteries a cheaper and safer alternative https://www.timeshighereducation.com/hub/p/move-over-lithium-ion-zinc-air-batteries-cheaper-and-safer-alternative

  https://www.uts.edu.au/news/health-science/its-air-battery-research-takes-charge "aimed to deliver maximum energy density through breathing air to generate electricity... capacity of next-generation lithium-oxygen batteries to extend the driving range between charges... created the possibility of developing a long-life, energy-dense lithium-oxygen battery that was highly efficient"

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-tiny-antenna-enables-portable-biomedicine.html "You put a drop between the two antennas. The transmitter sends THz waves to the receiver, which picks up their modulation by the substance undergoing analysis—in this case milk—to infer its composition. But remember: THz radiation is also good for wireless communication, so the beauty of this setup is that this same antenna can also relay the analysis results to a smartphone or wherever it is you want them" Related: Engineers 3D print tiny, intricate antennas https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-3d-tiny-intricate-antennas.html

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-flexible-supercapacitors-boost-battery-life.html "involves transferring aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays from a silicon wafer to a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix. This is then coated in a material called polyaniline (PANI), which stores energy through a mechanism known as "pseudocapacitance,"offering outstanding energy storage properties with exceptional mechanical integrity... numerous cycles at different bending conditions, demonstrating its robustness, longevity, and efficiency" Related: Nexeon heads for production of silicon battery materials https://www.eenewspower.com/en/nexeon-heads-for-production-of-silicon-battery-materials/ The power to make a difference https://www.nexeon.co.uk/ PPES and Nexeon Extend Partnership to Develop High-Performance Silicon Materials for EV Batteries https://www.nexeon.co.uk/panasonic-toyota-partnership/ Nexeon Raises Significant Funding to Scale-up Production of Step Change Battery Materials ...

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-electrostatic-faster-batteries.html "It's hard to see metastable things; even the theorists hadn't realized that bismuth ferrite could assume this form... What's beautiful about this material is the theory shows that strain alone cannot stabilize this antiferroelectric state. So this is a new knob," Schlom said... where you want to get the lead out. Antiferroelectrics are used in capacitors; it's already in thin film form. That makes our stacking approach to nullify the need for lead quite applicable"

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-cmos-based-chip-silicon-quantum-dots.html "In contrast with other previously developed chips, the IC can be used to readout larger quantum systems, while retaining a flexible architecture... The structure of our chip is based on the dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) architecture, i.e., a row-column structure, to control/access the MOSFET array"

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-scientists-delineate-tumor-formation-kras.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter " "revealed that Kras-induced chromatin remodeling was mediated by a protein complex called AP-1, which binds and opens chromatins to rewire the cell's fate. The AP-1 mediated chromatin accessibility mechanism seems to be a common process in tumor initiation, including in the lung, skin, and intestine"

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/07/recycled-silicon-used-in-19-7-efficient-perc-solar-cells/ "cell fragments with sizes from 0.1 to 1 millimeter are first freed from the glass and plastic by various sorting processes... followed by the step-by-step removal of the backside contact, the silver contacts, the anti-reflective layer and finally the emitter by wet chemical etching... achieve a power conversion efficiency of 19.7%. “This is below the efficiency of today’s premium PERC solar cells, which have an efficiency of around 22.2 percent" Related: Dead solar panels are about to become a lot more valuable https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/8/23200153/solar-panel-value-recycling-renewable-energy New effort aims to mine silver from old solar panels using laser ablation https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-effort-aims-silver-solar-panels.html Recycling process promises ‘better than new’ silicon wafers https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/06/16/recycling-process-promises-better-than-ne...

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-solar-cell-efficiency-bright-future.html "achieved an efficiency record of 22.6 percent. This means the cells can convert 22.6 percent of sunlight into energy. They also demonstrated a "fill factor" of more than 86 percent, which is one measure of the quality of the solar cell. We're always trying to reach the highest efficiency we can. Commercialisation won't happen without high efficiency... modeling we've done shows this was a limitation in previous types of solar cells" Related: CHG EnSOL hits record 26.31%! efficiency on its TOPCon Cell https://www.pv-magazine.com/press-releases/26-31-chg-ensol-hits-new-high-on-its-topcon-cell/

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-nanowires-tension-basis-ultrafast-transistors.html "choice of sample was also a critical step... average of around 20,000 to 100,000 nanowires on a piece of substrate measuring roughly one square millimeter. If the wires are spaced even closer together on the sample... next step will be to develop the first prototypes based on the studied nanowires and to test their suitability for use. To do this, they intend to apply, test and enhance metallic contacts on the nanowires, as well as testing the doping of nanowires with silicon and optimizing manufacturing processes"

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/quantum-computing-researchers-achieve-100-million-quantum-operations "useful work from quantum computers - one that should scale quantum computing's performance towards the much-sought-after quantum supremacy moment... qubit information and qubit connection (entanglement) usually deteriorates in scales much lower than a second... Using a technique they've termed single shot readout... can measure our state much, much more easily. With this signal boost, we can get a reliable answer every time we check what state the qubit is in"

https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-just-created-magnetic-seeds-to-heat-up-and-kill-cancer "Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, accounting for almost 10 million deaths in 2020, making enhancing the precision of our cancer treatments one of the most pressing unmet needs we face today.“One in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. While treatments such as radiotherapy and surgery can be effective, they often cause unwanted and debilitating side effects such as incontinence and impotence" Related: Scientists just created magnetic 'seeds' to heat up and kill cancer https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-just-created-magnetic-seeds-to-heat-up-and-kill-cancer Could tiny devices made out of DNA treat cancer? https://phys.org/news/2022-03-tiny-devices-dna-cancer.html Scientists discover molecule that kills pancreatic cancer cells https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-scientists-molecule-pancreatic-cancer-cells.html A potential new target...

  https://www.psu.edu/news/engineering/story/new-nanoscale-3d-structure-control-light/ "performed as well as its computationally optimized and simulated counterpart, resulting in asymmetric transmission of the light across a wide range of frequencies This behavior made the design promising for use in optic isolators... Creating more complicated 3D structures would allow us to expand on these findings,” Kang said. “New combinations of our advanced optimization methods and state-of-the-art 3D fabrication techniques could further propel the optical capabilities of metamaterials"

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-sustainable-energy-batteries.html? "also includes a cache where functions are stored and a modified compiler to automatically modify code to store and retrieve results. The infrastructure would be geographically distributed, comprising many small, distributed data centers, each located in a region of the country where wind or solar production is known to be high... improved prediction and integration into large systems, the technology points towards a promising future alternative for storing green energy. In the civilization-scale challenge of sustainability"

https://www.anl.gov/article/researchers-set-record-by-preserving-quantum-states-for-more-than-5-seconds "Enough time to perform 100 million quantum operations... To reduce that infamous background noise, the researchers made their qubits out of highly purified silicon carbide samples... Each pulse is like hitting the undo button on our qubit, erasing any error that may have happened between pulses... want to create a new generation of devices that are sensitive to single electrons, but that also host quantum states. Silicon carbide can do both, and that's why we think it really shines...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-combination-cancer-drugs-pancreatic-tumors.html "sensitize mesenchymal pancreatic carcinomes for treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors. This question was explored through experiments on mice transplanted with tumor cells of PDAC subtypes...  anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy improved the effect of the combination treatment with trametinib and nintedanib... may also have the potential to create anti-tumor immunity with other cancer types, resulting in improved therapeutic outcomes" Related: Pushing past pancreatic tumors' defenses https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-pancreatic-tumors-defenses.html Drug factory implants eliminate ovarian, colorectal cancer in mice https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-drug-factory-implants-ovarian-colorectal.html

https://www.fastcompany.com/90716101/these-batteries-ditch-the-lithium-for-something-much-cheaper-iron "Unlike lithium, iron abundant element... Tesla incorporate iron into their lithium batteries to replace other rare minerals, like cobalt. An iron-air battery discharges power slowly, so it isn’t a good fit for an electric car, but it works well for dispensing energy over days to the electric grid. For the grid, it will make sense both to have technology that can quickly respond to provide boosts of power, like lithium-ion batteries, and something like iron-air batteries to store power over longer periods" Related: Tesla's Next-Gen Electric Motors Will Get Rid Of Rare Earth Elements https://insideevs.com/news/655233/tesla-next-gen-eletric-motors-no-rare-earth-elements/ AI breakthrough could replace rare earth magnets in electric vehicles https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260218031611.htm

"could theoretically allow parents to grow a baby in a lab, thereby eliminating the need for a human to carry a child... this system would be safer than traditional childbearing...The AI nanny is reportedly able to monitor the embryos, detect changes, and adjust their artificial environment accordingly... in case an embryo develops a defect or dies" Related: Offspring from in vitro–derived germ cells achieved in rats https://phys.org/news/2022-04-offspring-vitroderived-germ-cells-rats.html

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-quantum-room-temperature-nanometer-cnt.html "controllably manipulating CNTs' electronic properties by locally altering their helical structures using heat and mechanical strain. Using this technique, the team was then able to fabricate CNT transistors by converting a portion of a metallic CNT into a semiconductor, where the semiconductor nanochannel was covalently bonded to the metallic CNT source and drain. The CNT transistors, with the channel as short as 2.8 nanometers in length, exhibited coherent quantum transport at room temperature"

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-scientists-material-absorb-enormous-amounts.html "By embedding tiny magnets into the elastic material, we can control the phase transitions of this metamaterial. And because the phase shift is predictable and repeatable, we can engineer the metamaterial to do exactly what we want it to do: either absorbing the energy from a large impact, or releasing great quantities of energy for explosive movement... has applications in any scenario where either high-force impacts or lightning-quick responses are needed" Related: Scientists can now map lightning in 3D https://phys.org/news/2023-02-scientists-lightning-3d.html

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-two-dimensional-polymer-lightweight-material-stronger.html "material's elastic modulus—a measure of how much force it takes to deform a material—is between four and six times greater than that of bulletproof glass... yield strength, or how much force it takes to break the material, is twice that of steel... made from monomers that lock together like LEGOs, and molecules cannot get between them. This could allow us to create ultrathin coatings that can completely prevent water or gases from getting through" Related: A self-wrinkling coating for impact resistance and mechanical enhancement https://phys.org/news/2023-10-self-wrinkling-coating-impact-resistance-mechanical.html

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-power-technology-unprecedented-freedom-wireless.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter "Take kitchen appliances, for example," says Jayathurathnage. "At the moment, you need to put a rice cooker or a blender at a particular spot for it to get energy. But with our technology we can make the whole kitchen counter a source of power for appliances or even phones, but the electromagnetic field is only generated under the devices... to boost the power levels from about 1 kW to around 20 kW" Related: Successful delivery: ORNL demonstrates bi-directional wireless charging on hybrid UPS truck https://www.ornl.gov/news/successful-delivery-ornl-demonstrates-bi-directional-wireless-charging-hybrid-ups-truck You may be able to wirelessly charge your EV this year https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/23/you-may-be-able-to-wirelessly-charge-your-ev-this-year/ Ford Seeks Patent For Wireless Charging Of Electri...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-team-therapy-magnetic-seeds-cancer.html "Improving the precision of our cancer treatments is arguably one of the greatest unmet needs we have today. "One in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. While treatments such as radiotherapy and surgery can be effective, they often cause unwanted and debilitating side effects such as incontinence and impotence. MINIMA may allow us to precisely target and destroy prostate tumor tissue, reducing harm to normal cells"

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-excellent-dissipation-properties-layered-semiconductors.html "First principles thermal transport simulations reproduced the experimental results in an excellent way... For the thinnest films, the heat is carried by different phonon modes than for thicker ones," says Dr. Roberta Farris, postdoctoral researcher who developed and carried out the ab initio simulations. Finally, this study also clarifies the influence of the material's environment on heat dissipation, demonstrating that ultrathin MoSe2 is able to dissipate heat very efficiently to surrounding air molecules" Related: Honey-like heat flow: A new heat transport regime discovered in ultrathin semiconductors https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1128438

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhP6cjAvPE "Solar photovoltaic panels are currently limited to a maximum efficiency of about 30%, and in practice only actually achieve about 20% to 23% efficiency. Now a team in Cambridge has developed a film that can amplify the number of photons that the panel can use, with a potential increase in efficiency to as much as 35%. So how do they do that?" Related: EcoHarmony uses advanced nanomaterials to enhance the efficiency of solar panels. by 30% https://mahuyaarticle.art.blog/2023/10/07/global-breakthrough-in-renewable-energy-sparks-optimism/ Reimagining the future of solar energy https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-reimagining-future-solar-energy.html

https://news.cision.com/koenigsegg/r/quark-and-terrier--koenigsegg-s-first-in-house-e-motor-and-ev-drive-unit-with-pioneering--raxial-flu,c3495628 “The Quark is unique in its high efficiency in combination with its class-leading torque-to-power-to-rpm-to-weight matrix. This means, when using the Quark in applications such as marine, aircraft or VTOL, there is no need for a step-down transmission, instead direct drive can be achieved, as the RPM of the motor is right from the get-go... In other cases, like the Terrier application, the transmissions can be reduced in size and complexity compared to higher-revving, less torque dense motors, which is also a big win"

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-co-doped-carbon-anode-material-high-performance.html "Termed 'plasma in liquid,' their procedure involves preparing a mixture of precursors containing carbon, N, and S and discharging plasma into the solution. The result is a material with high doping levels of N and S with a structural backbone of carbon black. As proved through various experiments, this material showed great potential for SWBs... exhibited remarkable electrochemical performance in SWBs, with a cycling life of more than 1500 cycles at a current density of 10 A/g" Related: Research team undertakes review of carbon anodes for lithium-ion batteries https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1062461

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-synthetic-dimensions-to-better-understand-the-fundamental-laws-of-the-universe/ "synthetic dimension on a silicon ring resonator, using the same approach used to build complementary metal-oxide-semiconductors (CMOS)... particular bandwidths... acquired a “comb-like” optical spectra... While the developed device comprises one ring, more could be stacked to cascade effects and quickly characterize optical frequency signals... smaller and compact than previous approaches, which employed optical fibers connected to various components"

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/battery-breakthrough-achieves-energy-density-133548407.html "aim of significantly increasing the battery’s cycle life. Energy density has been the biggest obstacle towards the advancement of electric planes, with 500Wh/kg viewed as an important benchmark for achieving both long-haul and high-capacity flights... potential to hold up to five times more energy than lithium-ion batteries of the same size (3,460 Wh/kg), however previous experimental designs have consistently failed beyond the lab scale"

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-ultrathin-materials-pave-personal-sized-quantum.html "The resulting qubit is about 100 times smaller than what they made with traditional techniques on the same chip. The coherence time, or lifetime, of the qubit is only a few microseconds shorter with their new design. And capacitors built with hexagonal boron nitride contain more than 90 percent of the electric field between the upper and lower plates, which suggests they will significantly suppress cross-talk among neighboring qubits"

https://phys.org/news/2022-01-scientists-atomically-thin-wires-ribbons.html "Using tungsten telluride nanowires, they created bundles of wires deposited on a flat substrate. These were exposed to vapors of chalcogens like sulfur, selenium and tellurium. With a combination of heat and vapor, the initially separate threads in the bundles were successfully woven together into narrow, atomically thin nanoribbons with a characteristic zigzag structure. By tuning the thickness of the original bundles, they could even choose whether these ribbons were oriented parallel to the substrate or perpendicular"

https://scitechdaily.com/first-molecular-electronics-chip-developed-realizes-50-year-old-goal/ "sequencing sensor provides a new, direct view of polymerase activity, with the potential to advance sequencing technology by additional orders of magnitude in speed and cost...This ultra scalable chip opens up the possibility for highly distributed sequencing for personal health or environmental monitoring, and for future ultra-high throughput applications such as Exabyte-scale DNA data storage”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/inside-silicon-valley-race-live-102200388.html "500 labs globally with a clear focus in this area – 15 to 20 of which are in the UK – and 25 drugs in various stages of testing. ‘That’s likely five or 10 times greater than it was two decades ago... around 25% of human longevity is inherited... dietary supplements that boost levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) – a molecule that supports cellular function that your body produces less of as you age" Related: A jump through time – new technique rewinds the age of skin cells by 30 years https://www.babraham.ac.uk/news/2022/04/new-technique-rewinds-age-skin-cells-30-years New intranasal and injectable gene therapy for healthy life extension https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2121499119 Anti-aging breakthrough dials up fatty acid signaling to boost longevity https://newatlas.com/medical/anti-aging-breakthrough-fatty-acid-signaling-longevity/ Reverse aging for humans? Scientists come one step...

https://newatlas.com/energy/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-burning-plasma-first-time/ "using 192 lasers housed inside a 10-story building to deliver 1.9 megajoules of ultraviolet energy onto a fuel capsule roughly the size of a ball bearing... causes separate atoms to fuse into helium, a reaction that releases vast amount of energy...  to have the fusion reactions become the primary source of heat instead... a burning plasma state where more fusion energy is emitted from the fuel than was required to initiate the fusion reactions, or the amount of work done on the fuel”

https://scitechdaily.com/century-old-scientific-debate-settled-anesthesias-effect-on-consciousness-solved/ "Do anesthetics act directly on cell-membrane gates called ion channels, or do they somehow act on the membrane to signal cell changes in a new and unexpected way? It has taken nearly five years of experiments, calls, debates and challenges to arrive at the conclusion that it’s a two-step process that begins in the membrane, the duo say. The anesthetics perturb ordered lipid clusters within the cell membrane known as “lipid rafts” to initiate the signal"

https://scitechdaily.com/new-brain-mapping-technique-reveals-neural-code-of-vision-processing-over-time/ "We know that the code for visual information is distributed across a large population of neurons, but how that code is distributed depends on the goals of a given task. What this means is that the brain does not simply create a mental picture based exclusively on the environment, but instead creates a representation that best matches the behavioral goals of the person... Fortunately, DETI mapping enables opportunities to explore the neural dynamics of task-based visual codes and how those codes ultimately support task-based decision-making"

https://interestingengineering.com/facebooks-meta-says-its-new-ai-supercomputer-will-beat-all-rivals-by-2022s-end?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=mailing&utm_campaign=Newsletter-26-01-2022 "Meta will use RSC to develop novel services on the metaverse... office- and advertisement-friendly spaces will pervade nearly all aspects of user experience... RSC will help Meta's AI researchers build new and better AI models that can learn from trillions of examples; work across hundreds of different languages; seamlessly analyze text, images, and video together" Related: The metaverse is dystopian – but to big tech it’s a business opportunity https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/29/the-metaverse-is-dystopian-but-to-big-tech-its-a-business-opportunity Explore Universe Or Live In Metaverse? https://cosmoknowledge.com/explore-universe-or-live-in-metaverse/ So what is “the metaverse,” exactly? https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/11/everyone-pitching-the-metaverse-...