#breakthrough

Can we GMO trees to capture more CO2?

Taking the drug osimertinib once a day after surgery reduces chance of patients dying by 51%, trials show.

Thanks to a new AI-generated algorithm. This doesn’t sound like a big deal, but if we get a thousand improvements like this each year thanks to AI, the impact could be massive.

The drug can target one of the three most dangerous bacterial superbugs, say researchers.

People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting. This might mean Ozempic is more useful than we expected.

A new system was able to capture exact words and phrases from the brain activity of someone listening to podcasts. This breakthrough is incredibly important.

By using CRISPR to insert an alligator gene into catfish, Alabama scientists radically increased their disease resistance.

Parallel to our efforts to build artificial intelligence are our efforts to understand natural intelligence. This research is going to be increasingly important as we approach AGI and contemplate the nature of consciousness.

This small, flexible, stretchable, wireless, battery-free device could help speed up the healing process.

This study shows that large-scale irrigation can have a significant cooling effect. Perhaps part of our toolkit for adaptation as climate changes.

A potentially crucial study that shows synthetic antibiotics could not only be effective but could solve the bacterial resistance problem.

This idea is to tap Yellowstone to harvest energy and stop a future eruption.

Scientists have developed a shapeshifting humanoid robot that can liquefy and reform itself. A critical technology for implementing the world sci-fi promised us.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have found a new way to locate and map people in space using WiFi transmitters. Or, x-ray vision into people’s homes.

Messenger RNA technology is giving us some very unexpected vaccine opportinuties. HIV, meth and opiod addiction, malaria, nicotine.

The history of life on earth is sometimes framed as a battle between viruses, bacteria, and animals. Now, we’ve found a microorganism that eats viruses.

This study suggests (but does not confirm) a link between hydration and aging. Drink up.

NEAT aims to be for mental health as MRIs are to neuroscience. This technology claims to be able to determine the genuine intentions of patients.

I think we need more technological moonshots. World-changing innovations have become few and far between. Our most recent society-wide moonshot was mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. And now we already have cancer, malaria, and HIV vaccines within reach.

The team behind this study has managed to reconstruct the images a person is looking at, using non-invasive brain recordings. Bridging the gap between electronic and biological computers could be highly impactful.

NightWare, a digital therapeutic system that works with Apple Watch and iPhone, helping veterans experiencing nightmares and PTSD. It claims to be able to detect and stop nightmares without waking users up. Disclaimer: this source is a press release from Apple.

Imagine a world where blood doesn’t need to be donated in order to be transfused into a patient.

These scientists created a computer out of nerve cells.

Awesome study where experimenters were successfully able to communicate with people while they were dreaming.

This is an interesting read. In particular, the highlighted description of how these machines work is fascinating. Humanity has built some pretty amazing things.