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May 23, 2023

Transcriptomic landscape of the blastema niche in regenerating adult axolotl limbs at single-cell resolution Communications

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

face_with_colon_three Year 2018 This detailed information about axoxtl limb regeneration is giving scientists a better understanding of how this remarkable can regenerate and eventually it will help humans regenerate lost limbs too.


Limb regeneration requires a blastema with progenitor cells, immune cells, and an overlying wound epidermis, but molecular identities of these populations are unclear. Here, the authors use single-cell RNA-sequencing to identify transcriptionally distinct cell populations in adult axolotl limb blastemas.

May 23, 2023

Humanity’s Long-Term Survival Requires Space Colonization

Posted by in category: space

Space Colonization is Required for the Long-Term Survival of Humanity, but it also has ethical Dimensions. Posted on BigThink, direct link at https://www.searchforlifeintheuniverse.com/post/humanity-s-l…lonization

May 23, 2023

A New Discovery Changes Everything Scientists Thought They Knew About Our Galaxy

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May 23, 2023

Highly transparent solar cells found to generate power 1000x more efficiently

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Solar panels have long been criticized for their appearance, with some people arguing that the large, opaque panels spoil the look of homes.

May 23, 2023

Breakthrough Bio-Ingenuity Banishes Cancer-Causing ‘Forever Chemical’ Found In Drinking Water

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry

The detectives working in Allonnia’s labs have discovered naturally occuring bacterium with an affinity to derive their energy from 1,4-dioxane.

May 23, 2023

Bill Gates says top AI agent will replace search, shopping sites

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Microsoft’s co-founder said the technology race to win is the development of the top AI agent.

May 23, 2023

Warren Buffett’s hand-picked successor will have big shoes to fill in someday replacing the 92-year-old investing icon: ‘He’s not going to screw this up’

Posted by in categories: business, energy

Many investors worry about the future of Berkshire Hathaway after its legendary CEO Warren Buffett is gone, but most of the conglomerate’s companies have already made the transition to reporting to the man who will eventually replace the 92-year-old.

Buffett himself and executives at Berkshire Hathaway companies like See’s Candy and Dairy Queen say they don’t have any qualms about Vice Chairman Greg Abel’s ability to lead the conglomerate. Abel already oversees all of Berkshire’s noninsurance businesses. So the main parts of the CEO job he’s not already doing are overseeing the insurance side of the company and deciding how to invest Berkshire’s nearly $131 billion in cash.

Buffett reassured investors at Saturday’s annual meeting that he believes Abel is the right man for the job and that he does know how to allocate capital following the same model Buffett uses even if he’s not making those spending decisions now. Plus, Abel did help oversee a number of large acquisitions at Berkshire’s utility unit that he led from 2008 until 2018, including the purchases of NV Energy in Nevada for $5.6 billion and Canadian power transmission firm Altalink for nearly $3 billion.

May 23, 2023

Apple readies launch of $3,000 headset: Will it succeed where others have failed?

Posted by in categories: electronics, virtual reality

Apple Inc.’s annual WWDC developers’ conference is fast approaching — and this one promises to be a bit more eventful than most, as the consumer-electronics giant is expected to debut its long-awaited mixed-reality headset.

The company hasn’t made a major product introduction since it rolled out the Apple Watch in 2015, but with an expensive headset supporting augmented and virtual reality, Apple AAPL,-0.88% will be entering into a market that has so far failed to catch on in a mainstream way. Meta Platforms Inc. META, +0.85% has bet big on virtual reality with its Oculus headset, with only limited traction.

May 23, 2023

Microsoft Build brings AI tools to the forefront for developers

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

You only need two simple letters to accurately convey the major shift in the technology space this year: A and I. Beyond those letters, however, is a complex, evolving and exciting way in which we work, communicate and collaborate. As you will see, artificial intelligence is a common thread as we embark on Microsoft Build, our annual flagship event for developers.

May 23, 2023

New nanoparticle source generates high-frequency light

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, nanotechnology

High-frequency light is useful. The higher the frequency of light, the shorter its wavelength—and the shorter the wavelength, the smaller the objects and details the light can be used to see.

So violet can show you smaller details than , for example, because it has a shorter . But to see really, really small things—down to the scale of billionths of a meter, thousands of times less than the width of a human hair—to see those things, you need extreme ultraviolet light (and a good microscope).

Extreme ultraviolet light, with wavelengths between 10 and 120 nanometers, has many applications in , studying biological objects, and deciphering the fine details of computer chips during their manufacture. However, producing small and affordable sources of this light has been very challenging.