BYU’s holography research group has can create holographic lightsaber battles and spaceship battles of the Starship Enterprise and a Klingon Battle Cruiser that incorporate photon torpedoes launching and striking the enemy vessel that you can see with the naked eye. The researchers believe they will be able to create immersive holographic video that surrounds the …
Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) has started a preclinical evaluation study using optical genome mapping. The Saphyr system will be used as a research tool to analyze the genomes of couples who have experienced recurrent pregnancy loss or recurrent embryo implantation failure. The study’s objective is to determine whether the improved resolution of OGM, compared …
Singapore’s Ministry of Health has approved genetic testing of IVF embryos as mainstream clinical service. Pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) for monogenic or single-gene defects (PGT-M) and chromosomal structural rearrangements (PGT-SR), previously available under a pilot programme, are now classified as mainstream, regulated clinical services with effect from May 1. PGT-M and PGT-SR, previously known as …
IVF Clinics are slowly adopting more extensive genetic screening of embryos. During Invitro Fertilization one two two dozen embryos can be generated for one cycle. This provides an opportunity to select the best embryo for implantation. For over two decades, preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) has been available
An AI-based system photographs the embryos every five minutes, processes the data of their development and notifies any anomalies observed. This increases the likelihood of choosing the most viable and healthy early-stage embryo for IVF procedures. Almost one in six couples face infertility; about 48.5 million couples, 186 million individuals worldwide are inflicted. Europe has …
There appears to be are images that researchers claim is life on Mars. Images taken by NASA’s Opportunity and Curiosity rovers as well as the agency’s HiRISE high-resolution camera attached to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter look a lot like Fungi on Earth. Fungi can live in extreme radiation. The researchers cannot completely rule out minerals, …
The provisional number of births for the United States in 2020 was 3,605,201, down 4% from 2019. This was the lowest number of babies born since 1979. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in 2020 was again below replacement level. Replacement level is 2,100 births per 1,000 women and in 2020 the US TFR was 1,637.5 …
A nanosheet FET, next generation transistor, is a finFET on its side with a gate wrapped around it. This enables higher performance chips at lower power. Samsung plans to introduce nanosheets at 3nm in 2022 or 2023. TSMC will have risk production of 3nm this year. TSMC’s risk production is said to target 30,000 wafers …
IBM announced the first chip with 2 nanometer (nm) nanosheet technology. IBM’s new 2 nm chip technology helps advance the state-of-the-art in the semiconductor industry, addressing this growing demand. It is projected to achieve 45 percent higher performance, or 75 percent lower energy use, than today’s most advanced 7 nm node chips. Four years after …
The 22 ton Long March 5B rocket that placed China’s Space station in orbit is crashing someplace this weekend. It will probably be May 8-10. It will circle the world 30 times in two days. The location of where the debris will hit will not be known until moments before it is actually crashing. Before …
The SpaceX SN15 Starship had a good flight and landing. Here are more images from the flight and landing. SOURCES- SpaceX, What About It? Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science …