“The company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a technique that uses the gene-editing tool CRISPR to make around 70 edits to a pig’s genome. These edits should allow the organs to be successfully transplanted into people, the team says. […]
Freezing organs is relatively easy, but thawing them is a challenge. “We show that vitrified kidneys can be cryogenically stored (up to 100 days) and successfully recovered by nanowarming to allow transplantation and restore life-sustaining full renal function in nephrectomized […]
Imagine a world where we could make machines at nanometer scale, the width of a single DNA strand. “With the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies capable of designing and anticipating protein structures, the near-term prospect for synthesized molecules in industry […]
I read this book by Matthew Walker a couple years ago and it influenced me to care more about my sleep quality. I now learn (belatedly) that there are many deep flaws contained within. Unlike when Daniel Kahneman retracted an entire […]
“How CDC propaganda leads to bad medicine and kills people”. Don’t believe anyone who says nicotine has no benefits. Don’t believe anyone who says it has no harms, either. ~ learn more
A motivational post by Chicago native Peter Piekarczyk. I was inspired! ~ learn more
“Participants were randomly assigned to different virtual rooms. In some rooms, people saw only a list of songs, while in others they could see how many times a song had been downloaded. Altogether the researchers created eight rooms — parallel […]
Researchers in Korea recently published a preprint paper claiming they made superconducting material at room temperature and pressure. This would be a huge deal if it replicates (let’s remain skeptical), because existing superconductors require extreme cold to work. The dramatic bit is […]
At some point we’ll certainly want to tell robots what we want done in the real world. Google’s AI researchers are now one big step closer. “Unlike chatbots, robots need “grounding” in the real world and their abilities. Their training […]
“Just 35% of Gen Zers told Bankrate they always tip their server at a sit-down restaurant. At the other end of the spectrum, 83% of baby boomers said they always tip.” ~ learn more