How Maclaren Racing Gets From the Browser to the Track
How Maclaren Racing Gets From the Browser to the Track Summary In an interview at Google’s “There’s No Place Like Chrome” event, Dr Lisa Jarman of McLaren Racing describes how…
Super-efficient teamwork is possible — if you’re an ant
Super-efficient teamwork is possible — if you’re an ant Summary Researchers highlight that weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) become more efficient as group size increases during nest-building tasks. Observations reported in…
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders Summary Recent advances in gene-editing technologies are bringing the prospect of treating serious neurological disorders much closer. Work…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary The article reports that Sam Altman’s brain-computer interface venture (referred to by some as Merge Labs) is exploring a…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers have identified a protein called ReHMGB1 as a circulating messenger that can carry cellular senescence signals…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Puerto Rico and several US regions are increasingly relying on home batteries paired with rooftop solar to reduce…
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry?
Can We Harness Light Like Nature for a New Era of Green Chemistry? Summary Researchers in the Polyzos group at the University of Melbourne have developed a new class of…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary The company reportedly nicknamed Merge Labs is exploring a hybrid approach that would genetically modify brain cells so they…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary A new brain–computer interface decodes ‘inner speech’ — the words people silently think — using sensors implanted in the…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Puerto Rico — facing dozens of outages this summer — now has roughly one in ten homes with…