For the first time in humans, Zika syndrome susceptibility linked to genetic background

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180202085243.htm

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Interesting stats on physics papers from Dr. Hossenfelder.

Physics Facts and Figures

http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/01/physics-facts-and-figures.html

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There's hope.

A search for insomnia genes involving 1.3 million people is the largest genetic study ever

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610151/a-search-for-insomnia-genes-involving-13-million-people-is-the-largest-genetic-study-ever/

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Debating Slaughterbots and the Future of Autonomous Weapons

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/debating-slaughterbots

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https://counter.social/media/nmmG0VlKEHHaBn1lnzk

What If GPS Stood for “Galactic Positioning System”?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/what-if-gps-stood-for-galactic-positioning-system

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Work continues on perovskite solar cells, with the promise of inexpensive, high efficiency photovoltaics.

NREL Scientists Demonstrate Remarkable Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells

https://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2018/nrel_scientists_demonstrate_remarkable_stability_in_perovskite.html

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Curiosity Has Lasted More Than 2,000 Days on Mars, Triple Its Original Mission Plan

https://www.universetoday.com/138424/curiosity-lasted-2000-days-mars-triple-original-mission-plan/

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ASTRONOMERS FIND ONE OF THE OLDEST STARS IN THE MILKY WAY

https://www.universetoday.com/138450/astronomers-find-one-oldest-stars-milky-way/

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ZIKA VIRUS (03): AMERICAS, ASIA, RESEARCH, OBSERVATIONS

http://www.promedmail.org/post/5600535

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Synchronized Galactic Orbit Challenges Our Best Theory of How the Universe Works

https://gizmodo.com/synchronized-galactic-orbit-challenges-our-best-theory-1822631071

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It's almost F🌡 R💽 I📻 D🖥 A🔩 Y!

ALMA Discovers Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules in Nearby Galaxy

https://scitechdaily.com/alma-discovers-surprisingly-complex-organic-molecules-in-nearby-galaxy/

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When I was young, Carl Sagan's Cosmos series brought home so much for me -- science, our place in the universe, even politics.

I sometimes wonder what Sagan would have thought of things we've learned in the 22 years since his death. He missed out on a lot.

I'll never forget Episode 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEEkIuJ0QLE

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The Search for Dark Matter: an overview

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.08128.pdf

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Putting The Sister In Solar: The Movement Bringing Women Out Of Energy Poverty

"For Africans living in rural areas, electricity is scarce and unlikely to arrive any time soon. In rural Tanzania, just 7% of people have access to power and approximately 70 million people outside of Nigeria’s cities are without electricity.

. . .

" These are the issues that disproportionately affect women."

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/01/27/putting-sister-solar-movement-bringing-women-energy-poverty

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NIST's superconducting synapse may be missing piece for 'artificial brains'

"Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a superconducting switch that 'learns' like a biological system and could connect processors and store memories in future computers operating like the human brain.

. . .

"'The NIST synapse has lower energy needs than the human synapse...'"

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nist-superconducting-synapse-piece-artificial.html

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Here's How Graphene Makes Photodetectors 100,000 Times More Responsive Than Silicon

"While the mechanism may not be too different than semiconductor photodetectors, these devices are based on proton transport as opposed with all current photodetectors today, which are based on electron transport."

https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/graphene-photodetectors-100000-times-more-responsive-than-silicon-photodiodes

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NASA’S INSIGHT LANDER SPREADS ITS SOLAR WINGS. IT’LL FLY TO MARS IN MAY, 2018

"May 2018 is the launch window for NASA’s next mission to Mars, the InSight Lander. InSight is the next member of what could be called a fleet of human vehicles destined for Mars. But rather than working on the question of Martian habitability or suitability for life, InSight will try to understand the deeper structure of Mars."

https://www.universetoday.com/138376/nasas-insight-lander-spreads-solar-wings-itll-fly-mars-may-2018/

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State of the climate: how the world warmed in 2017

https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-how-the-world-warmed-in-2017

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A new 'atmospheric disequilibrium' could help detect life on other planets

"As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other new giant telescopes come online they will need novel strategies to look for evidence of life on other planets. A University of Washington study has found a simple approach to look for life that might be more promising than just looking for oxygen."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180124141603.htm

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Repurposed drug found to be effective against Zika virus

"In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by the Zika virus -- and blocked transmission of the virus to mouse fetuses. Researchers say their findings support further investigation of using the repurposed drug as a potential treatment for Zika-infected adults, including pregnant women."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180125135529.htm

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