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How To Be Healthy At 100: Centenarian Stem Cells Could Hold The Key
Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
“The result of this work is a one-of-a-kind resource for studies of human longevity and resilience that can fuel the discovery and validation of novel therapeutics for aging-related disease”.

Blue Origin Is Ready To Challenge SpaceX With Its New Glenn Rocket
Posted in Hardware, Science on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
The company hopes to break SpaceX's industry stranglehold with New Glenn.

Bitcoin Miners Flush With Chips Are Pivoting To AI In Search Of New Riches
Posted in Hardware, Software on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
Another industry with a voracious appetite for computing has arrived just in time. The rush to train massive generative AI models has left companies scrabbling for chips, datacenter space, and reliable access to large amounts of cheap power, things many miners already have in abundance.

A Paralyzed Man Just Piloted A Virtual Drone With His Mind Alone
Posted in Hardware, Medicine, Science, Software on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
Linking brains to machines has gone from science fiction to reality in the past two decades.

Four Clinical Trials To Watch That Could Change Medicine In 2025
Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
What’s poised to take the leap from breakthrough to clinical approval in 2025? Here’s what to expect in the year ahead.

Is 2025 The Year AI Agents Take Over?
Posted in Hardware, Software on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
It seems certain that agents will be the major preoccupation of the AI industry in 2025. If it pays off, the world of work could look very different by the end of the year.

Does Extraterrestrial Life Exist? Here’s What Scientists Really Think
Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
There's a solid consensus among scientists on the question, according to a new survey.

Meta’s New AI Translates Speech In Real Time Across More Than 100 Languages
Posted in Science, Software on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
It's accurate and nearly as fast as expert human interpreters.

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Makes AI Clones Of Real People With Surprising Ease
Posted in Software on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
New research suggests its powers of mimicry go a lot further, making it possible to replicate specific people’s personalities.

The Brain On Microplastics: A Study In Mice Finds The Brain’s Immune Cells Gorging On Plastic
Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
Scientists generally agree that microplastics floating across the blood-brain barrier can cause damage or spark inflammation in the body affecting neuron function.

An AI Test To Help Guide Bowel Cancer Treatment
Posted in Medicine, Science on 2nd Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
Doctors could have a new way of working with those defences, making the treatment decisions that come after surgery much easier. A team has shown that an AI test can analyse important CD3 immune cells in stage 2 bowel tumours and identify the people who most need chemotherapy as a secondary shield to stop their cancer coming back.

Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy May Hamper Immunotherapy, New Breast Cancer Research Finds
Posted in Medicine, Science on 2nd Feb, 2025
by Alexander Muller
A new study has provided novel insights into the effects of radiation on the immune cells surrounding breast cancer tumours.