Three drugs out of 4000 existing drugs were identified as possibly effective against COVID. They are candidates for clinical trials. They are the antimalarial drug amodiaquine, the anti-psychotic zuclopenthixol, and the blood pressure medication nebivolol. University of New Mexico researcher Oprea and his team published in ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, reported that an older …
Stanford researchers and collaborators in Korea have developed a new architecture for OLED – organic light-emitting diode – displays that could enable televisions, smartphones and virtual or augmented reality devices with resolutions of up to 10,000 pixels per inch (PPI). Resolutions of new smartphones are around 400 to 500 PPI. This technology was adapted from …
A team of Stanford researchers has developed a novel way to control assistive robotic arms that is both more intuitive and faster than existing approaches. New AI enabled robot controllers allowed subjects to more efficiently cut tofu and shovel it onto a plate, or stab a marshmallow, scoop it in icing, and dip it in …
Supply chains suffered from disruptions worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Government restrictions that limited human activity in general severely affected both the manufacture and movement of goods. Shortages of products ranging from protective equipment to exercise equipment were quite rampant at the height of the lockdowns of early spring 2020. Thankfully, countries are already …
The Micro Modular Reactor (MMR™) system is a 4th Generation nuclear energy system that delivers safe, clean, and cost-effective electricity and heat to remote mines, industry, and communities. It is the leading SMR project in Canada. In mid-2019, the Canadian government started the environmental assessment for this small modular reactor project proposed by Global First …
A new study finds 40,000 square kilometers of the lunar surface has the capacity to hold water, which is about double previous estimates. 0.15% of the lunar surface is permanently shadowed, with ~10% of this area distributed in patches smaller than 100 m, that is at scales smaller than previously mapped by LOLA topography-based illumination models. …
Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has delivered a design concept to NASA as part of a study on nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) flight demonstration. Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM™) fuel will enable a safer nuclear rocket with double the performance of chemical rockets. Despite doubling the ISP (fuel efficiency in space) with nuclear thermal, it is …
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This means water could all over the moon and not just in permanently shadowed craters mostly near the north and south poles. This illustration highlights the Moon’s Clavius Crater with an illustration depicting water …
What is synthetic data? It is data that is not generated through direct measurement or data capture methods, but rather data that is made from scratch. Examples of which are data derived from computer simulations based on variables that emulate real-world situations. Synthetic data is useful in coming up with projections or examining the potential …
Purdue University engineers have created white paint that can keep surfaces up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their ambient surroundings – almost like a refrigerator does, but without consuming energy. Commercial “heat rejecting paints” currently on the market reflect only 80%-90% of sunlight and cannot achieve temperatures below their surroundings. The white paint that …
Researchers removed regular fat and used CRISPR gene editing to convert into higher calorie burning brown fat and then implanted the altered fat back into the body. The work was performed on mice. If this can be developed as a treatment for humans then 400 million people with diabetes would have better metabolism and this …