RandomFactor writes:Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Notre Dame, University of Florida, and Ohio State Universities have identified genes that regulate the process of neuron regeneration in some animals.
takyon writes:Nvidia has announced a cheaper version of its $99 Jetson Nano developer kit. The Jetson Nano pairs a quad-core Cortex-A57 ARM CPU with 128 Maxwell GPU cores. The new model has 2 GiB of RAM instead of 4 GiB, drops one of the four USB ports (which may be USB 2.0 instead of 3.0), and drops DisplayPort output.Elsewhere at NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference 2020:NVIDIA Online GTC 2020 Kicks Off Today But No Open-Source Linux Announcement Expected
RandomFactor writes:Plastic in landfills, like nuclear waste, is notoriously long lived. However in the past 50 years, bacteria have evolved to be capable of eating it. Now researchers have collaborated to improve on what nature started.
RandomFactor writes:A team of physicists at the University of Arkansas has published an article on harvesting energy from the brownian motion in a single atom thick layer of graphene.
JoeMerchant writes:Bold new claims from an "open Fusion" development team. They claim a compact design utilizing newly available high temperature superconductors will combine to allow them to demonstrate 10:1 energy returns from fusion reactions within the next four to five years, add 10 more years to build a practical electrical generation station around it. Stories have been all over the popular press for days now:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/climate/nuclear-fusion-reactor.htmlhttps://news.mit.edu/2020/physics-fusion-studies-0929