Science & Technology

New Study Expands Breakthrough Listen Initiative’s Search for Intelligent Life 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 4, 2020
In a new study to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a research team led by University of Manchester astronomers extended a sample of 1,327 stellar systems recently observed by the Breakthrough Listen Initiative by including additional 288,315 stars that also reside within the target fields of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia and CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope in Australia — increasing the number of stars analyzed by a factor of more than 200. Their results suggest that less than 0.04% of stellar systems have the potential of hosting advanced civilizations with the equivalent or slightly more advanced radio technology than 21st century humans.

By David Aragorn
Biocompatible TeSex nano-alloys for PT/PA/CT/PET imaging-guided NIR-II-photothermal therapy 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 1, 2020
Nanotheranostics, integrating diagnostic and therapeutic functions by nanoplatform, exhibits a great potential in precision and personalized medicine, and also raises the requirement on multifunctional nanomaterials in pursuit of both good biocompatibility and high theranostic performance.

By David Aragorn
Submarine could explore seas of huge Saturn moon Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 29, 2020
The sub could be ready to launch in the 2030s, researchers said.

By David Aragorn
Musk’s Neuralink venture unveils pig with computer chip in brain 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 29, 2020
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, demonstrating an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with the same type of implant.

By David Aragorn
Half the atoms in the planet could be digital data by 2245 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 27, 2020
Changing the world, bit by bit

By David Aragorn
If bacteria band together, they can survive for years in space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 27, 2020
Dead outer microbes protect inner ones in clumps attached to the International Space Station

By David Aragorn
Tantalizing oddity found in exotic atom—but physicists aren’t hyping it 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 26, 2020
A property of positronium—an exotic atom consisting of an electron bound to its antimatter partner, a positron—differs significantly from theoretical predictions, a team of physicists reports.

By David Aragorn
Florida mosquitoes: 750 million genetically modified insects to be released 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 22, 2020
Local officials in Florida have approved the release of 750 million mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to reduce local populations.

By David Aragorn
New theory says supernovae caused extinction events on Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 20, 2020
According to a new study published this week by researchers at the University of Illinois, a nearby star’s supernova may’ve caused one of out planets mass extinctions millions of years ago.

By David Aragorn
12 Ways Humanity Could Destroy The Entire Solar System 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 19, 2020
We humans are doing a bang-up job of messing up our home planet. But who’s to say we can’t go on to screw things up elsewhere? Here, not listed in any particular order, are 12 unintentional ways we could do some serious damage to our Solar System, too.

By David Aragorn