As glial cells go, so goes the brain. Glial cells in the brain link neurons together, nourish, clean, and protect them. When glial cells age, sicken, or die, the result can be anything from uncontrollable movements to forgetfulness or mood changes.
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ELECTRIC WINDOWS ADJUST TO BLOCK LIGHT OR HEAT
Engineers at North Carolina State University have ended the era of the passive window. Their new version can let light and heat pass through as usual, adjust to block heat but not light, or block some light while letting heat pass through unimpeded.
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FLASH! WASTE PLASTIC BECOMES HYDROGEN WITH A SIDE OF GRAPHENE
Scientists at Rice University have come up with a three-fer: a way to eradicate plastic waste by flash-heating it, which releases hydrogen that can be captured for fuel or industrial use and also produces graphene as a byproduct.
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THE NEW ABNORMAL: AUTHORITARIAN CONTROL FREAKS WANT TO MICROMANAGE OUR LIVES
Authoritarian control freaks out to micromanage our lives has become the new normal or, to be more accurate, the new abnormal when it comes to how the government relates to the citizenry.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Every day the U.S. allows the arbitrary and reckless “regulation by enforcement” regime of SEC head Gary Gensler is a day that the world’s leading financial power falls behind other regions in the benefits of crypto innovation.
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ARGENTINA TAPS WEB3 FOR DIGITAL ID
The utility of web3 technologies and decentralized networks like Ethereum are gaining acceptance in a wider range of use cases, though the sector continues to be hampered by regulatory unclarity and crypto suppression.
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AMAZON’S ALEXA BECOMES ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT
Alexa, Amazon’s voice-controlled assistant, has been upgraded with AI.
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VC FIRMS, COMMERCE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPING AI GUIDELINES
Several venture capital firms are collaborating with the U.S. commerce department to craft “responsible AI” guidelines for themselves and the businesses they fund, according to Axios.
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AI LIKELY TO HARM MORE PEOPLE THAN IT HELPS, MIT ECONOMIST WARNS
Economists tend to hold an optimistic view of technological change: yes, the people who make wagon wheels and kerosene lamps are thrown out of work, but they—and a whole lot more people—find jobs in the new technological realm, conventional economic wisdom says.
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COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING SKILLS ALREADY BECOMING OBSOLETE, CEO WARNS
College students are learning skills in business and technology that AI is likely to render obsolete by the time they graduate, Chris Hyams, CEO of jobs website Indeed, warned in a Fortune essay.