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Apr 8, 2022

Billionaires want to abolish death. But do we really want to live forever?

Posted by in category: life extension

With new death-defying technologies, radically extending life may soon be possible.

Apr 8, 2022

Reversal of time? Scientists de-age human skin cells by 30 years in trial

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

In a new trial conducted by the University of Cambridge, scientists were successfully able to de-age human skin cells by 30 years.

With age, the ability of cells to function properly declines. As a result, the NDA blueprint of people starts to accumulate signs of aging.

Researchers have used regenerative biology to create ‘’induced’’ stem cells and produce fibroblasts that generates collagens that heal wounds and provide structure to tissues.

Apr 8, 2022

A freeze-thaw molten salt battery for seasonal storage

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

It relies on a new “freeze-thaw” design. A recent study has just been published by U.S. scientists who have managed to develop an aluminum-nickel molten salt battery that can retain over 90% of its initial capacity over a period of up to 12 weeks. Having an energy density of 260 W/hour per kg, the new battery was built with an aluminum anode and a nickel cathode, immersed in a molten-salt electrolyte.


The breakthrough could have many applications in soft robotics including in the Metaverse.

Apr 8, 2022

New breakthrough 3D printed fingertip feels and acts like human skin

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, cyborgs, robotics/AI

The researchers were inspired by actual skin. Researchers have been working on robot dexterity for several years now trying to give the machines human-like sensitivity. This has been no easy task as even the most advanced machines struggle with this concept.


Now the team is working on making the artificial fingertip as sensitive to fine detail as the real thing. Currently, the 3D-printed skin is thicker than real skin which may be hindering this process. As such, Lepora’s team is now working on 3D-printing structures on the microscopic scale of human skin.

“Our aim is to make artificial skin as good – or even better — than real skin,” concluded Professor Lepora. The end result could have many applications in soft robotics including in the Metaverse.

Apr 8, 2022

CDF collaboration at Fermilab announces most precise ever measurement of W boson mass to be in tension with the Standard Model

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, particle physics

The discovery changes our understanding of everything. The world of physics may have been turned on its head.


“While this is an intriguing result, the measurement needs to be confirmed by another experiment before it can be interpreted fully,” said Fermilab Deputy Director Joe Lykken.

The W boson is a messenger particle of the weak nuclear force. It is responsible for the nuclear processes that make the sun shine and particles decay. Using high-energy particle collisions produced by the Tevatron collider at Fermilab, the CDF collaboration collected huge amounts of data containing W bosons from 1985 to 2011.

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Apr 8, 2022

New anti-aging research enables human cells to “time jump” 30 years

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

A team of researchers have found a way to “time jump” cells back 30 years. A team of researchers at the Babraham Institute, a partner organization of the University of Cambridge, UK, have made a breakthrough in regenerative medicine. Just published in the journal eLife, the team shows how they managed to turn back the clock 30 years for human skin cells.


A new regenerative medicine technique has been developed that can make old human cells 30 years younger without losing specialization.

Apr 8, 2022

A Promising Method for Life-Detection

Posted by in categories: biological, space

Using the characteristic movement pattern of microbes to detect them on mars and the icy moons.


Microbial Motility.

Apr 8, 2022

“Geogrid” helps cut home energy bills to just $1 per month

Posted by in category: energy

Earth natural source of heat to warm the house.


These are typically powered by natural gas or electricity, which is usually generated by gas or another fossil fuel, causing a significant share of the nation’s carbon emissions.

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Apr 8, 2022

Metaverse Will Be Most Popular Place to Buy, Trade, Store Cryptocurrency, Survey Shows

Posted by in categories: blockchains, cryptocurrencies

The metaverse will become the most popular place to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrency, according to a recent survey. In addition, 70% of respondents agreed that “cryptocurrency and blockchain technology advancements will be critical to shaping the future of the metaverse.”

Survey: Metaverse Will Be the Most Popular Place for Crypto

Nasdaq-listed Agora (NASDAQ: API), a video, voice, and live interactive streaming platform, conducted a survey on the metaverse and published the results Tuesday.

Apr 8, 2022

Rocket Lab to attempt first mid-air helicopter capture of Electron rocket

Posted by in category: space travel

Interesting vehicle.


New Zealand and U.S.-based aerospace company Rocket Lab announced that during its next Electron launch, a commercial rideshare mission currently scheduled for later this month, the company will attempt a mid-air helicopter capture of the Electron launch vehicle for the first time. This will further the company’s program to make Electron the first reusable orbital small launch vehicle.

Rocket Lab’s 26th Electron launch, the “There and Back Again” mission, has a 14-day launch window scheduled to commence on April 19, 2022. Electron will lift off from Pad A at Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula and will carry 34 payloads from different commercial operators to Earth’s low orbit.

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