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Oct 11, 2016

Russia’s Preference for Open-Source to Hurt U.S. Tech Stocks

Posted by in categories: business, government, law

Amid rising political tensions with the U.S., Russia is planning to further lower its usage of licensed software from IT giants like International Business Machines Corp IBM, Microsoft Corporation MSFT, SAP AG SAP and Oracle Corporation ORCL.

Per Bloomberg, “The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, is drafting a bill to restrict government agencies from buying licensed software, giving preference to open-source software.”

The proposed law is an addition to an already existing federal law that came into effect on Jan 1, 2016, which restricts the use of foreign software in the public sector, if there is a domestic version available.

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Oct 11, 2016

First human clinical trial for nicotinamide riboside

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, life extension

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In the first controlled clinical trial of nicotinamide riboside (NR), a newly discovered form of Vitamin B3, researchers have shown that the compound is safe for humans and increases levels of a cell metabolite called NAD+ that is critical for cellular energy production and protection against stress and DNA damage.

Levels of NAD+ (first discovered by biochemists in 1906) diminish with age, and it has been suggested that loss of this metabolite may play a role in age-related health decline.

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Oct 11, 2016

Obama wants to send humans to Mars by the 2030s with NASA, private company collaboration

Posted by in category: space travel

President Obama said Tuesday that he wants private companies to help send humans to Mars by the 2030s.

Obama first said in 2010 he wanted to send astronauts “to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth” by the mid-2030s with “a landing on Mars” to follow. In that speech at the Kennedy Space Center, Obama added that he expected to see such a landing in his lifetime.

In an opinion article Tuesday on CNN.com, Obama said private companies would be key to those lofty goals.

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Oct 11, 2016

Researchers discover feedback mechanism in photosynthesis that protects plants from damage

Posted by in category: food

Just in case u did not know. Photosynthesis is the most efficient way of producing electricity. Once this process is understood an replicated it will change the world.


Scientists at Imperial College London have discovered a feedback mechanism at the heart of photosynthesis that protects plants from damage by light.

The researchers have discovered that the key enzyme in photosynthesis can tune its activity to avoid being damaged by light and oxygen.

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Oct 11, 2016

The Barack Obama Mars 2030 Plan: Will It Really Work?

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

As reported by the AP, President Obama Mars op-ed published at CNN today paints a vivid picture in which NASA — working in concert with other agencies and private industry — would sometime after 2030 finally make an expedition to the planet Mars. But is the Barack Obama Mars vision for NASA a tangible possibility, or will Elon Musk and SpaceX beat NASA to Mars long before that?

US President Obama says US is partnering with private firms to send humans to Mars by 2030s – CNN https://t.co/qc9rNIsW3V

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Oct 11, 2016

Physicists Created the First-Ever Time Crystals

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

In Brief:

  • Scientists have pushed through the theoretical and have created the first ever physical time crystal.
  • While the harvesting of energy from such an object would violate physical law, the development may spur new possibilities in quantum computing.

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Oct 11, 2016

Stem cell manipulation shows promise for cartilage renewal and joint repair

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Mouse study furthers idea that manipulating resident stem cells could help patients with TMJ disorders and other fibrocartilage diseases or injuries.

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Oct 11, 2016

Researchers are trying to figure out how to change your brain so you can learn like a kid again

Posted by in category: neuroscience

It’s easy to be jealous of how quickly kids can pick up on things. Researchers are investigating ways to help us regain that youthful neural plasticity.

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Oct 11, 2016

Deep space: Can we beat the physics?

Posted by in categories: physics, space

With current technology it would take nearly 80,000 years to reach the nearest star system. What new technologies might helps us get closer?

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Oct 11, 2016

Two space agencies will attempt an historic landing on Mars next week

Posted by in category: space travel

The European Space Agency has teamed up with Russia’s Roscosmos program to land a spacecraft on Mars on Wednesday, October 19.

If they stick the landing, they’ll join NASA as the only space agencies in history to successfully land a spacecraft on Mars. And that will only be the beginning — the lander will then start a whole new quest to search for signs of life on the Red Planet.

If the landing is a success, it will actually see the agencies put one spacecraft up into Mars’s atmosphere, and one onto its surface, giving scientists a rare opportunity to record conditions above and below the planet simultaneously.

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