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Aug 9, 2017
Jaguar’s fancy, new, all-electric SUV could be giving Tesla something to worry about
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: sustainability, transportation
Aug 9, 2017
There is a reinvented lawnmower that does all the work for you
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Aug 9, 2017
Why Neuroscience Is the Key to Innovation in AI
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: information science, neuroscience, robotics/AI
Demis Hassabis, founder of DeepMind, says the future of AI lies in neuroscience. Aspects of neuroscience are key in artificial intelligence algorithms.
Aug 9, 2017
Collecting honey from bees is now as easy as turning on a tap
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Aug 9, 2017
Step inside Van Gogh’s Starry Night in VR
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: virtual reality
Aug 9, 2017
Team USA tests Eagle Prime ahead of its ‘Giant Robot Duel’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
Aug 9, 2017
AI Is Forcing Google and Microsoft to Become Chipmakers
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: robotics/AI
The race to build up artificial intelligence is driving software companies to roll their own silicon.
Aug 9, 2017
These students just drove around the world on custom-built electric motorcycles
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: transportation
Aug 9, 2017
Researchers Accidentally Discover That Iron Nanoparticles Can Help Destroy Cancer Cells
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology
Stanford researchers accidentally discovered that iron nanoparticles invented for anemia treatment have another use: triggering the immune system’s ability to destroy tumor cells. Iron nanoparticles can activate the immune system to attack cancer cells, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
The nanoparticles, which are commercially available as the injectable iron supplement ferumoxytol, are approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat iron deficiency anemia.
The mouse study found that ferumoxytol prompts immune cells called tumor-associated macrophages to destroy cancer cells, suggesting that the nanoparticles could complement existing cancer treatments. The discovery, described in a paper published online Sept. 26 in Nature Nanotechnology, was made by accident while testing whether the nanoparticles could serve as Trojan horses by sneaking chemotherapy into tumors in mice.