Research biologists editing DNA have been buying their DNA samples from about 100 specialty suppliers. Those samples have been used to create new drugs, biofuels, and crops.
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EV START-UP IS BUILDING A BATTERY-SWAPPING INFRASTRUCTURE
When electric vehicle (EV) start-up Fisker introduces its “Ocean” SUV in the U.S. next year, it also will unveil its new battery-swapping station that can “refuel” its cars in the time it takes to fill a tank with gas, the company says.
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INHALED POWDER PROTECTS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
When the next coronavirus starts spreading, we might be able to avoid doing battle over facemasks, thanks to a compound developed by researchers at North Carolina State University.
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NEW AI CAN SIMULATE 10,000 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS IN A DAY
BacterAI, a new artificial intelligence (AI) created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Michigan, carried out as many as 10,000 science experiments in a single day without human intervention as it sought to define the metabolic processes of two bacteria.
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A BATTERY TO FLY AN AIRPLANE
China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for vehicles, says it will soon begin mass-producing an “ultra-high density condensed battery” that can store twice as much energy by weight as Tesla’s state-of-the art 4680 battery.
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ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A “FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH” PILL
A research team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences injected an extract from grape seed into elderly mice and found that the treatment increased their longevity by 9 percent, the equivalent of almost 7 extra years for a human.
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INSIGHTS ON THE TECHNOCRATIC ASCENDANCE, AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HUMANITY
A few overarching themes can explain and connect a lot of the core aims of technocrats. Technocrats are driven by a quest to comprehensively apply science in order to engineer progress.
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AI-POWERED ROBOT WORKS AUTONOMOUSLY TO INVENT NEW MATERIALS
Computers have suggested around 150,000 promising new materials that could improve everything from battery electrodes to fabrics.
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BATTERY SWAP STATIONS DOUBLE AS VIRTUAL POWER PLANT
Gogoro, the Taiwanese maker of electric motor scooters, has deployed more than 2,000 battery-swap racks around the island nation so people riding its scooters—as well as people riding electric motorcycles—need not fear of being far away from a new supply of power.
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THE BODY IS THE BATTERY
More than nine million people around the world are born with diabetes. Those lucky enough to be able to control it rely on electronic pumps to shoot insulin into their bloodstreams when needed.