SciTech Digest - 09/2017.
SciTech Digest - 09/2017.
Abridged this week due to becoming a father for the first time!
Permalink here: http://www.scitechdigest.net/2017/02/better-optogenetic-devices-autophagy.html
Better optogenetic devices, Autophagy booster, Room temp superconductors, Engineering casimir forces, DeepMind PathNet, BCI thought typing, CRISPR 2.0, Transcription epigenetics, Cellular atlases, Clever drones.
1. Three-in-One Optogenetic Fibers
One device for delivering genetic changes to neurons and optical and electrical inputs and outputs http://news.mit.edu/2017/multifunctional-tiny-fibers-brain-0221
2. Drug Boosts Autophagy
New drug functions as an autophagy enhancer to better clear metabolic wastes and aging damage
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2017/02/identification-of-a-potential-autophagy-enhancement-drug/
3. Room Temperature Superconducting Cuprates
New models predict cuprates will superconduct at room temperature if the positioning of dopants is atomically precise
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/02/recipe-for-room-temperature.html
4. Nanostructures Engineer Casimir Forces
Surfaces with engineered silicon nanostructures can measure the Casimir forces between them and can generate non-monotonic forces and possibly repulsions
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/02/casimir-forces-measured-between-silicon.html
5. DeepMind’s PathNet
DeepMind demonstrates PathNet, a network of neural networks aiming to solve the Transfer Learning problem of neural network applications
https://medium.com/@thoszymkowiak/deepmind-just-published-a-mind-blowing-paper-pathnet-f72b1ed38d46#.8dru5v4ek and in related news neural networks can synthetically age photos of faces
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603684/neural-network-learns-to-synthetically-age-faces-and-make-them-look-younger-too/
6. Accurate Typing with Brain-Computer-Interfaces
A new BCI allows paralysed patients to type at an average of eight words per minute
http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/02/brain-computer-interface-allows-fast-accurate-typing-by-people-with-paralysis.html
7. CRISPR 2.0
A good review article of the improvements and advances being made to make CRISPR better
http://www.sciencemag.org/custom-publishing/technology-features/editing-editor-genome-editing-gets-makeover-crispr-20
8. Transcription Epigenetics
Studies in epigenetics have begun to reveal in detail how transcription products (mRNA) are often epigenetically tagged (in addition to the conventional DNA tags) to modify mRNA translation and reulation http://www.nature.com/news/an-epigenetics-gold-rush-new-controls-for-gene-expression-1.21513
9. Cellular Atlases
The Human Cell Atlas Project aims to produce detailed 3D virtual reality maps of tumours, organs, tissues, and perhaps the entire body that show the location of every cell type http://www.nature.com/news/the-race-to-map-the-human-body-one-cell-at-a-time-1.21508
10. Ever-Clever Drones
Drones are being engineered to better land on moving platforms http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/fuzzydrones.html and provided with flame throwers to potentiall clean debris from power lines http://technology.inquirer.net/59085/watch-drones-flamethrowers-take-flight-china
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Abridged this week due to becoming a father for the first time!
Permalink here: http://www.scitechdigest.net/2017/02/better-optogenetic-devices-autophagy.html
Better optogenetic devices, Autophagy booster, Room temp superconductors, Engineering casimir forces, DeepMind PathNet, BCI thought typing, CRISPR 2.0, Transcription epigenetics, Cellular atlases, Clever drones.
1. Three-in-One Optogenetic Fibers
One device for delivering genetic changes to neurons and optical and electrical inputs and outputs http://news.mit.edu/2017/multifunctional-tiny-fibers-brain-0221
2. Drug Boosts Autophagy
New drug functions as an autophagy enhancer to better clear metabolic wastes and aging damage
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2017/02/identification-of-a-potential-autophagy-enhancement-drug/
3. Room Temperature Superconducting Cuprates
New models predict cuprates will superconduct at room temperature if the positioning of dopants is atomically precise
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/02/recipe-for-room-temperature.html
4. Nanostructures Engineer Casimir Forces
Surfaces with engineered silicon nanostructures can measure the Casimir forces between them and can generate non-monotonic forces and possibly repulsions
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/02/casimir-forces-measured-between-silicon.html
5. DeepMind’s PathNet
DeepMind demonstrates PathNet, a network of neural networks aiming to solve the Transfer Learning problem of neural network applications
https://medium.com/@thoszymkowiak/deepmind-just-published-a-mind-blowing-paper-pathnet-f72b1ed38d46#.8dru5v4ek and in related news neural networks can synthetically age photos of faces
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603684/neural-network-learns-to-synthetically-age-faces-and-make-them-look-younger-too/
6. Accurate Typing with Brain-Computer-Interfaces
A new BCI allows paralysed patients to type at an average of eight words per minute
http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/02/brain-computer-interface-allows-fast-accurate-typing-by-people-with-paralysis.html
7. CRISPR 2.0
A good review article of the improvements and advances being made to make CRISPR better
http://www.sciencemag.org/custom-publishing/technology-features/editing-editor-genome-editing-gets-makeover-crispr-20
8. Transcription Epigenetics
Studies in epigenetics have begun to reveal in detail how transcription products (mRNA) are often epigenetically tagged (in addition to the conventional DNA tags) to modify mRNA translation and reulation http://www.nature.com/news/an-epigenetics-gold-rush-new-controls-for-gene-expression-1.21513
9. Cellular Atlases
The Human Cell Atlas Project aims to produce detailed 3D virtual reality maps of tumours, organs, tissues, and perhaps the entire body that show the location of every cell type http://www.nature.com/news/the-race-to-map-the-human-body-one-cell-at-a-time-1.21508
10. Ever-Clever Drones
Drones are being engineered to better land on moving platforms http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/fuzzydrones.html and provided with flame throwers to potentiall clean debris from power lines http://technology.inquirer.net/59085/watch-drones-flamethrowers-take-flight-china
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