Lifeboat Foundation

OneSkin, founded by Brazilian PhD scientists in 2016, reports that it has now closed a Series A funding round led by Selva Ventures, together with contributions from PLUS Capital, Unilever Ventures, Able Partners, SOSV, and Meta Planet. This brings the accumulated capital of the firm to 20 million US dollars.

The goal of the OneSkin team is the research and development of topical treatments that promote skin longevity. The brand’s efforts have led to the development of the peptide OS-01, which is claimed to reverse the aging of the skin by preventing the accumulation of “old”, non-dividing senescent cells, as well as shield skin cells from DNA damage. OS-01 is already available on the market in several different products offered by the company.

Senescent cells have been the focus of a significant amount of biogerontological research in recent years. Scientists claim that every cell in the human body has a limited capacity for division, governed by genetic factors. When the cells reach the point in their lifecycle where their ability to divide is permanently halted, they remain in a minimally-functional state in the tissue types they inhabit.

In a podcast on Monday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that a future with human-level AIs is not far away. In fact, it might happen as soon as 2026.

The podcast was hosted by AI influencer Lex Fridman where Amodei was invited for an interview that went on for 5 hours. A lot of interesting topics were discussed, starting from Anthropic’s upcoming project to the timeline for superintelligent models and so on.

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SpaceX reschedules the Starship Flight 6 launch and landing test (IFT-6) date. Shares new photos of the fully stacked Flight 6 Starship from Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas. Info on the launch goals.

This behavior is driven by quantum entanglement, a phenomenon where the fates of individual electrons become intertwined.

Scientists have developed theoretical models describing quantum spin liquids for many years. However, creating these materials in a laboratory setting has been a challenge.

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Three semiconductor manufacturing Phoenix fabs will support the economy after a final agreement between TSMC and the Biden administration.

Researchers have developed a robot capable of performing surgical procedures with the same skill as human doctors by training it using videos of surgeries.

The team from Johns Hopkins and Stanford Universities harnessed imitation learning, a technique that allowed the robot to learn from a vast archive of surgical videos, eliminating the need for programming each move. This approach marks a significant step towards autonomous robotic surgeries, potentially reducing medical errors and increasing precision in operations.

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Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institute (MPL) proposed a novel way to entangle optical photons with phonons.

Unveiling faster and smarter reasoning in AI:*

https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.

Researchers have introduced a breakthrough in AI reasoning, specifically for Large Language Models (LLMs), with a method called*.

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Discover how a revolutionary lunar spaceline could slash space travel costs and unlock new frontiers in exploration.