The Takyon Products Blog.: 05/02/19

Thursday, 2 May 2019

Building better life support systems for future space travel

Astronauts on future long-duration spaceflight missions to the Moon and Mars could rely on microalgae to supply essentials including food, water and oxygen. A new investigation aboard the International Space Station tests using the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris as a biological component of a hybrid life support system (LSS).

* This article was originally published here

Researchers make organic solar cells immune to the ravages of water, air and light

The market for organic solar cells is expected to grow more than 20% between 2017 and 2020, driven by advantages over traditional silicon solar cells: they can be mass produced at scale using roll-to-roll processing; the materials comprising them can be easily found in the earth and could be applied to solar cells through green chemistry; they can be semitransparent and therefore less visually intrusive—meaning they can be mounted on windows or screens and are ideal for mobile devices; they are ultra-flexible and can stretch; and they can be ultra-lightweight.

* This article was originally published here

Scientists discover how superbugs hide from their host

New research led by the University of Sheffield has discovered how a hospital superbug evades the immune system to cause infection – paving the way for new treatments.

* This article was originally published here

Researchers putting the brakes on lethal childhood cancer

Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is one of the most aggressive and lethal childhood cancers.

* This article was originally published here

Study shows that artificial neural networks can be used to drive brain activity

MIT neuroscientists have performed the most rigorous testing yet of computational models that mimic the brain's visual cortex.

* This article was originally published here

Bots exploiting blockchains for profit

Blockchains have been hailed as fair and open, constructed so a single user can't falsify or alter records because they're all part of a transparent network.

* This article was originally published here

Make room on the couch: Worms suffer from PTSD, too

The ability to anticipate the future is key to the survival of all living things. Like humans, worms are capable of forming associative memories—that is, memories that associate a certain sound or smell or tone of voice with a particular outcome.

* This article was originally published here

Open heart surgery outperforms stents in patients with multivessel disease

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may be the best treatment option for most patients with more than one blocked heart artery, according to research published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, published by Elsevier.

* This article was originally published here

What makes a planet habitable

Which of Earth's features were essential for the origin and sustenance of life? And how do scientists identify those features on other worlds?

* This article was originally published here

Biomarker may predict if immunotherapy is right choice for colorectal cancer patients

Foundational research by a City of Hope physician-scientist and his colleagues could one day help metastatic colorectal cancer patients decide whether to choose immunotherapy or chemotherapy as their first treatment option.

* This article was originally published here

Bach and Adele: Knock yourselves out on MuseNet

OpenAI is introducing a musical MuseNet, the music-generating AI that was in the news earlier this week. Some AI watchers were calling the music OpenAI just unveiled as amazing.

* This article was originally published here

Tackling side effects in head and neck cancer treatment – the end of the road for hyperbaric oxygen?

Some side effects appear years after cancer treatment. That's the case for one side effect of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, called osteoradionecrosis.

* This article was originally published here

LIGO and Virgo detect neutron star smash-ups

On April 25, 2019, the National Science Foundation's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the European-based Virgo detector registered gravitational waves from what appears likely to be a crash between two neutron stars—the dense remnants of massive stars that previously exploded. One day later, on April 26, the LIGO-Virgo network spotted another candidate source with a potentially interesting twist: it may in fact have resulted from the collision of a neutron star and black hole, an event never before witnessed.

* This article was originally published here

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Simulating and optimizing industrial spinning processes

Spinning polymer filaments, for example for personal care articles, is highly complex: simulating the processes involved is too much for currently available computing power to handle. Fraunhofer researchers have successfully applied new approaches to simplify the calculations necessary for simulation. Now for the first time complete spinning processes can be simulated, providing a better understanding of the processes and greatly simplifying their optimization.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/simulating-and-optimizing-industrial-spinning-processes

Three moral reasons why parents need to get their children vaccinated against measles and other diseases

The U.S. hit a terrible and entirely preventable milestone this week: Measles cases are at a 25-year high.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/three-moral-reasons-why-parents-need-to-get-their-children-vaccinated-against-measles-and-other-diseases

Gene therapy may help fight tough-to-treat blood cancer

(HealthDay)—A gene therapy that tweaks the immune system might offer hope to people with blood cancer that has resisted standard treatments, a new preliminary trial suggests.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/gene-therapy-may-help-fight-tough-to-treat-blood-cancer

New net zero emissions target won't end UK's contribution to global warming – here's why

Six months on from the UN's landmark 1.5°C report, which urged immediate global action to prevent global warming from rising beyond this dangerous level, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has advised the UK government to go zero-carbon by 2050. The committee's report asserts that the target constitutes the country's "highest possible ambition" and that it is not credible to aim for an earlier date.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/new-net-zero-emissions-target-wont-end-uks-contribution-to-global-warming-heres-why

Pregnant women and babies can be vegans but careful nutrition planning is essential

As more Australians opt for meat-free diets, some are cutting out animal products altogether and going vegan. But is this safe for pregnant women and babies?

* This article was originally published here

Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?

Whenever I visit the Sahara I am struck by how sunny and hot it is and how clear the sky can be. Aside from a few oases there is little vegetation, and most of the world's largest desert is covered with rocks, sand and sand dunes. The Saharan sun is powerful enough to provide Earth with significant solar energy.

* This article was originally published here

What happens when schools go solar?

Sunshine splashing onto school rooftops and campuses across the country is an undertapped resource that could help shrink electricity bills, new research suggests.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/what-happens-when-schools-go-solar

New approach could accelerate efforts to catalogue vast numbers of cells

Artistic sketches can be used to capture details of a scene in a simpler image. MIT researchers are now bringing that concept to computational biology, with a novel method that extracts comprehensive samples—called "sketches"—of massive cell datasets that are easier to analyze for biological and medical studies.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/new-approach-could-accelerate-efforts-to-catalogue-vast-numbers-of-cells

Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Arsenic is a deadly poison for most living things, but new research shows that microorganisms are breathing arsenic in a large area of the Pacific Ocean. A University of Washington team has discovered that an ancient survival strategy is still being used in low-oxygen parts of the marine environment.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/arsenic-breathing-life-discovered-in-the-tropical-pacific-ocean

Scientists explore the evolution of animal homosexuality

Imperial researchers are using a new approach to understand why same-sex behaviour is so common across the animal kingdom.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/scientists-explore-the-evolution-of-animal-homosexuality

Experiments and analyses show how electrons and protons get together on an electrode surface

One of the most fundamental chemical reactions that takes place in energy-conversion systems—including catalysts, flow batteries, high-capacity energy-storing supercapacitors, and systems to make fuels using solar energy—has now been analyzed in detail. The results could inform the development of new electrode or catalyst materials with properties precisely tuned to match the energy levels needed for their functions.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/experiments-and-analyses-show-how-electrons-and-protons-get-together-on-an-electrode-surface

Promising material could lead to faster, cheaper computer memory

Computer memory could become faster and cheaper thanks to research into a promising class of materials by University of Arkansas physicists.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/promising-material-could-lead-to-faster-cheaper-computer-memory

FRIPON camera atop ESTEC

Asteroid researcher Kristiane Schmidt and ESA data technician Andrea Toni inspect a camera fixed to the five-storey-high rooftop of ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands, keeping a constant watch for fireballs – very bright meteors burning up in the atmosphere.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/fripon-camera-atop-estec

Fashion production is modern slavery: Five things you can do to help now

Fashion shouldn't cost lives and it shouldn't cost us our planet. Yet this is what is happening today. Globalization, fast fashion, economies of scale, social media and offshore production have created a perfect storm for cheap, easy and abundant fashion consumption. And there are few signs of it slowing down: clothing production has nearly doubled in the last 15 years.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/fashion-production-is-modern-slavery-five-things-you-can-do-to-help-now

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Thursday, 2 May 2019