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‘Dark genome’ offers insight into bipolar and schizophrenia

Posted by Nicholi Avery in biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience | Leave a Comment on ‘Dark genome’ offers insight into bipolar and schizophrenia

01.09.
2022

𝙀𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙯𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 — 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 — 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.

𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 “𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙚” 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖… See more.

The Neuro-Network.

𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 ‘𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞’

The authors of a recent study on the genetics of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder identify a potential role for the so-called dark genome.

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Nanoparticles Will Give You Superhuman Night Vision

Posted by Quinn Sena in energy, nanotechnology | Leave a Comment on Nanoparticles Will Give You Superhuman Night Vision

01.09.
2022

Circa 2019

Want superhero powers that let you see in the dark just like your cat? In the near future you may be able to—as long as you’re not too squeamish to get injections right into your eyeballs.

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School have discovered a way to give mice the ability to see infrared light, a part of the visible spectrum that we humans simply cannot see, although it’s there.

What we can see is called the visible spectrum. It’s the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be seen as light, but can also take other forms, like radio waves or ultraviolet light. Humans can see the wavelengths from 380 to 700 nanometers, according to NASA, while microwave energy (including the kind you use to heat up pizza) is between 1 millimeter and 1 micrometer.

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Poland: Contracts for 135 PV farms signed

Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in food, sustainability | Leave a Comment on Poland: Contracts for 135 PV farms signed

01.09.
2022

R.Power Group companies have signed contracts with Nomad Electric and Onde for the implementation of 135 photovoltaic farms worth PLN 334 million (EUR 73 million).

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Taiwan’s NCC finds censorship software in Xiaomi smartphones

Posted by Raphael Ramos in mobile phones | Leave a Comment on Taiwan’s NCC finds censorship software in Xiaomi smartphones

01.09.
2022

Report shows Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G phones have 7 built-in apps able to censor politically sensitive words | 2022/01/08 10:27:00.

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Resting Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability: 1,240 Days Of Data

Posted by Mike Lustgarten in sex | Leave a Comment on Resting Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability: 1,240 Days Of Data

01.09.
2022

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Paper referenced in the video:
Inter-and intraindividual variability in daily resting heart rate and its associations with age, sex, sleep, BMI, and time of year: Retrospective, longitudinal cohort study of 92,457 adults.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32023264/

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Rare and fragile fossils found at a secret site in Australia’s ‘dead heart’

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism | Leave a Comment on Rare and fragile fossils found at a secret site in Australia’s ‘dead heart’

01.09.
2022

Scientists found thousands of preserved plants, spiders and insects dating to the Miocene Epoch.

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Elon Musk’s Telepathic Brain Chip ‘Neuralink’ Could See First Human Implant This Year

Posted by Genevieve Klien in computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience | Leave a Comment on Elon Musk’s Telepathic Brain Chip ‘Neuralink’ Could See First Human Implant This Year

01.09.
2022

Elon Musk’s Neuralink technology will see its first human implant this year. If you’re excited to see how Musk’s brain chip will work on humans, we might find out very soon.

The brain-interface tech company was founded by Elon Musk in 2016 and its chip will finally be implanted into a human brain this year. In 2021, the implant was seen in action in a monkey who played MindPong. The monkey was able to play the game by simply thinking it, with help from Neuralink chip.

Elon Musk, Neuralink Demonstration.

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New Research Reveals More Hostile Conditions on Earth As Life Evolved

Posted by Genevieve Klien in climatology, computing | Leave a Comment on New Research Reveals More Hostile Conditions on Earth As Life Evolved

01.09.
2022

During long portions of the past 2.4 billion years, the Earth may have been more inhospitable to life than scientists previously thought, according to new computer simulations.

Using a state-of-the-art climate model, researchers now believe the level of ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching the Earth’s surface could have been underestimated, with UV levels being up to ten times higher.

UV radiation is emitted by the sun and can damage and destroy biologically important molecules such as proteins.

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The Science Behind Why We Age | Lifespan with Dr. David Sinclair #1

Posted by Montie Adkins in biotech/medical, genetics, law, life extension, science | Leave a Comment on The Science Behind Why We Age | Lifespan with Dr. David Sinclair #1

01.09.
2022

Sinclair’s first episode. Enjoy.

In this episode, Dr. David Sinclair and co-host Matthew LaPlante discuss why we age. In doing so, they discuss organisms that have extreme longevity, the genes that control aging (mTOR, AMPK, Sirtuins), the role of sirtuin proteins as epigenetic regulators of aging, the process of “ex-differentiation” in which cells begin to lose their identity, and how all of this makes up the “Information Theory of Aging”, and the difference between “biological age” and “chronological age” and how we can measure biological age through DNA methylation clocks.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:03:14 Goal of the Lifespan Podcast.
00:07:11 Acknowledgement of Sponsors.
00:10:45 Aging is a Controllable Process that can be Slowed & Reversed.
00:16:42 Organisms with Extreme Longevity.
00:21:47 Genes that Regulate Aging: mTOR, AMPK, Sirtuins.
00:21:55 mTOR & Rapamycin.
00:24:33 AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) & Metformin.
00:30:57 Sirtuin Proteins as Epigenetic Regulators of Aging.
00:35:33 Ex-Differentiation.
00:43:30 Measuring Aging — Biological Age vs. Chronological Age.
00:49:30 “No Law That Says We Have To Age“
00:50:33 Episode Summary & Key Takeaways — Why Do We Age?
00:54:00 Information Theory of Aging.
00:57:59 Aging is a Medical Condition.
01:01:00 Aging Myths — Telomeres & Antioxidants.
01:01:55 Options for Subscription and Support.

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Solar shingles you can nail to a roof unveiled by GAF Energy

Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in employment, solar power | Leave a Comment on Solar shingles you can nail to a roof unveiled by GAF Energy

01.09.
2022

Solar roofing provider GAF Energy announced today its Timberline Solar product uses solar shingles that you can nail to a roof.

GAF Energy, a division of Standard Industries, has made a solar roof system that integrated easily into traditional roofing processes in materials thanks to what it calls the first “nailable” solar shingle, the Timberline Solar Energy Shingle, which will be assembled domestically at GAF Energy’s manufacturing and R&D facility in San Jose, California. The company showed off the tech at the CES 2022 trade event in Las Vegas.

The project will create local American jobs and hopefully create more demand for residential clean energy. One of the challenges to date has been the need to house solar tiles on platforms that have to be attached to roofs, making a solar roof installation more complicated than putting on a traditional roof.

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