Aug 25, 2017
Can Science Reverse Aging?
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: engineering, life extension, policy, robotics/AI, science, singularity
Futurist José Cordeiro talks longevity, AI, and the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
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Aug 25, 2017
Thorium salt reactor experiments resume after 40 years
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, nuclear energy
Scientists at the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) the Netherlands, are looking back to the 1970s to meet the energy needs of the future. For the first time since 1976, the NRG team is conducting experiments in thorium molten salt reactor technology that could lead to cleaner, safer nuclear reactors capable of supplying energy on a global scale.
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Aug 24, 2017
‘Self-driving’ lorries to be tested on UK roads
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: government, robotics/AI, transportation
Small convoys of partially driverless lorries will be tried out on major British roads by the end of next year, the government has announced.
A contract has been awarded to the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) to carry out the tests of vehicle “platoons”.
Up to three lorries will travel in formation, with acceleration and braking controlled by the lead vehicle.
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Aug 24, 2017
ICYMI: Astronauts showcased space art created with childhood cancer patients
Posted by Brett Gallie II in categories: biotech/medical, space
Aug 24, 2017
The Great US-China Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence Race
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, economics, health, internet, mobile phones, robotics/AI, security
The risk factor is that iCarbonX is handling more than personal data, but potentially vulnerable data as the company uses a smartphone application, Meum, for customers to consult for health advice. Remember that the Chinese nascent genomics and AI industry relies on cloud computing for genomics data-storage and exchange, creating, in its wake, new vulnerabilities associated with any internet-based technology. This phenomenon has severe implications. How much consideration has been given to privacy and the evolving notion of personal data in this AI-powered health economy? And is our cyberinfrastructure ready to protect such trove of personal health data from hackers and industrial espionage? In this new race, will China and the U.S. have to constantly accelerate their rate of cyber and bio-innovation to be more resilient? Refining our models of genomics data protection will become a critical biosecurity issue.
Why is Chinese access to U.S. genomic data a national security concern?
Genomics and computing research is inherently dual-use, therefore a strategic advantage in a nation’s security arsenal.
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Aug 24, 2017
Why Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Jack Welch all invested in this start-up that grows meat in a lab
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: food
Aug 24, 2017
Hyperentanglement across roof tops paves the way toward a global quantum Internet
Posted by Sean Cusack in categories: internet, quantum physics, satellites
(Phys.org)—For the first time, physicists have demonstrated that hyperentangled photons can be transmitted in free space, which they showed by sending many thousands of these photons between the rooftops of two buildings in Vienna. Hyperentanglement means that the photons are simultaneously entangled in at least two different properties—in this experiment, the researchers combined two two-dimensionally entangled properties to achieve four-dimensional hyperentanglement.
By showing that hyperentanglement transmission is feasible in the real world and not only in the lab, the physicists expect that the demonstration could one day be scaled up to establish a highly secure quantum Internet that uses satellites to quickly and securely transmit quantum information across the globe.
The physicists, led by Rupert Ursin at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, have published a paper on the distribution of hyperentanglement via atmospheric free-space links in a recent issue of Nature Communications.
Aug 24, 2017
Government Warns North Korean Cyber Attacks Continue
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: cybercrime/malcode, finance, government
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI issued a new warning on Wednesday that North Korean government hackers are continuing to target critical U.S. infrastructure for cyber attacks.
A technical report by DHS’ National Cyber Awareness System reveals details of the tools and cyber methods being used by North Korean government hackers.
The alert said the North Korean government is using the cyber tools to “target the media, aerospace, financial, and critical infrastructure sectors in the United States and globally.”
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Aug 24, 2017
Study: Eye Test Could Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Years In Advance
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
An eye test could predict whether someone could have Alzheimer’s disease years in advance, according to a recent study.
Researchers from Cedars-Sinai and company NeuroVision Imaging found the disease affects the retina, which is the back of the eye, in a similar way to how it impacts the brain. Through this discovery, researchers conducted a noninvasive eye scan in an effort to detect key signs of Alzheimer’s before patients began experiencing symptoms of the disease.
The study, which was published Tuesday in JCI Insight, said a high definition eye scan was able to see the plaque in the retina, which correlated with the amount in the brain. The plaque is a buildup of toxic proteins called amyloid-beta deposits, which are key signs of Alzheimer’s. Build up in the brain may occur as early as two decades before people begin to experience signs of the disease.
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