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Ross Stevens’ potted plant-inspired wind turbine showcases the potential of multi-material 3D printing to craft large-scale and recyclable products. Developed in collaboration with Nicole Hone, the Power Pot Plant is a 3D-printed wind turbine that seamlessly integrates technology, nature, and renewable sources to secure energy while preserving the environment.

I think humans becoming immortal would be awful. Think about the people who would want to live forever. Awful, bigoted old farts in government would never die and progress would stagnate.

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Research examines the impact of the Western diet on various aspects of health, including metabolism, inflammation, gut microbiota, cardiovascular health, mental health, and cancer. It provides insights into the effects of this dietary pattern on individuals and healthcare systems.

Monoclonal antibodies are the medical scientific breakthrough you may never have heard of.

Researchers have discovered a new state of matter, which they call a "bosonic correlated insulator," a crystalline assembly of bosonic particles

European space probe will capture images that will provide insights about what the universe is made of

The minds of social species are strikingly resonant

There are places all around the world that experience mysterious lights. From Marfa, Texas to the Hessdalen valley in Norway to Thailand, some so regularly that entire festivals are held around them. So what is going on here? What's behind the mysterious ghosts lights?

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In 1912 Henry Herber Goddard published a book called "The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness".

This purported to demonstrate that 'feeble mindedness' was hereditary. It was very popular at the time and played to the growing pseudo-science of #eugenics

It was also featured in Nazi propaganda.

Unfortunately the lineage of the Kallikak family that led to the 'feeble minded' girl who supposedly started the investigation was a fabrication. Goddard had invented a liaison with a feedle minded barmaid as the source of the 'feeble minded' gene.

https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6220

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g927?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

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An amazing video on a fluid dynamics experiment that produces a confined turbulent region in sustained fluid flow.

Those shifty quarks are at it again.

"Experiments have observed that mesons are able to oscillate between their matter and antimatter states, which have ever-so-slightly different masses. This is because mesons exist in a state of "mixing:" they are a mixture of their matter and antimatter states, which allows them to oscillate back and forth between those states"

Absolutely insane: https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/eating-gamma-radiation-for-breakfast

Orange juice may become pricier and less sweet over the next several months as Florida’s famous groves yield the smallest crop of citruses in nearly a century.

Editas Medicine has shared early clinical data on the cell therapy it is developing to challenge Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics for the sickle cell market. The CRISPR-edited therapy showed clear signs of efficacy but, with its rivals awaiting FDA approval, differentiating a late-to-market challenger could be tough.

Layman's explanation: This sounds like it could a huge step forward in fighting cancer! While this result is bound to only be applicable and practical for a subset of tumors, it gives rise to the possibility of a new or existing drug that can weaken tumors and make them easier to fight.

The α2-adrenergic receptors mentioned in the study play a crucial role in the regulation of a ubiquitous signaling molecule called cAMP. Using an agonist (a small molecule that activates a receptor) for α2-adrenergic receptors would decrease cAMP signaling in immune cells, which can provide them the cues necessary to activate against a tumor. In short, tumors normally do a good job of hiding from your immune cells, and activating their α2-adrenergic receptors seems to partially circumvent this problem.

I'm a biologist who is accustomed to interpreting the fine details of these sorts of studies, so do feel free to reach out with any specific questions.

Are there any experts out there in the fediverse studying Quantum Gravity, and the reconciliation between General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics in general?

I want to see such a scientific breakthrough in my lifetime.

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For me its Spore, classic and amazing, even though i hate EA.

This is the sort of ai use I'm interested in, the kind that benefits humanity.

Non-knowledgeable people guessing about the identification of a random carcass, video, or photo of an animal seems to be a new social media game.

I've started a magazine partly to post pictures of "mystery creatures" that are in the news in the hopes that knowledgeable people can give more informed opinions on what they are instead of the typical non-helpful comments like "mutants" or "monsters", etc.

https://kbin.social/m/StrangeTimes

#animals #zoology #wildlife #science

Generations have been stereotyped in so many ways—from being quiet quitters to narcissists. But maybe it isn't a generational thing after all.

Two Cork cousins have developed a compostable PPE apron to reduce plastic usage in the healthcare industry.

Dr Mary O'Riordan and Lisa O’Riordan developed their 'guilt-free' HaPPE Earth apron in response to an increase in plastic pollution during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The new evidence shows that humans attempted to expand several times before the last successful expansion.

Changes in the distribution of groundwater around the planet between 1993 and 2010 were enough to make Earth's poles drift by 80 centimetres

Researchers of the Human Brain Project have used a model-based approach to identify the brain circuits implicated in consciousness.

Latest James Webb Telescope Discoveries Tracker with James Webb Telescope New Images