credit: pixabayFor the first time, researchers have successfully engineered a mouse with a completely functional human immune system and a human-like gut microbiome. Consequently, this groundbreaking 'humanized' mouse model eliminates much of the uncertainty in medical research and, furthermore, has the potential to revolutionize drug testing and the understanding of disease mechanisms.Achievement in Genetic...
The new "dark factory" in Beijing has fully automated all key manufacturing processes.A fully automated "smart factory" in Changping, Beijing, manufactures Xiaomi's upcoming foldable phones, the MIX Fold 4 and MIX Flip, at a rate of about one every three seconds, 24/7.This 80,000-square-meter (860,000-sq-ft) facility, Xiaomi's new Changping production facility, operates without human intervention...
Credit: PexelsIn 80 hours, Microsoft's AI tool narrowed 32 million theoretical materials to 18, leading scientists to synthesize one that can decrease lithium usage in batteries by 70%.An AI program has pinpointed a synthetic material, absent in nature, that can potentially decrease lithium usage in batteries by as much as 70%.Out of 32 million...
Artist’s impression of an ultra-hot Jupiter transiting its starUtilizing the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), astronomers have spotted the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere-- barium.They were surprised to find barium at high altitudes in the atmospheres of the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b-- two...
Flame nanoparticle deposition was utilized to make robust nano-sensors that can spot pesticide residues on apple surfaces within minutes. Credit: Georgios A Sotiriou and Haipeng Li.Researchers in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet have developed a tiny sensor for spotting fruit pesticides in just a few minutes. The method, referred as a proof-of-concept in a paper...
Encoding data into light and transferring it using fiber optics is at the core of optical communications. With an exceptionally minimal loss of 0.2 dB/km, fiber optics made from silica have laid the foundations of today's international telecommunication networks and our data society.Such ultralow optical loss is just as crucial for incorporated photonics, which...
