New Scientific Discoveries, Part Vier

[rjshae]

2 minutes ago, Chilloutman said:

so anyone knows what was this about?

Rumor has it this is going to be an image of Sgr A* by the Event Horizon Telescope.

[Gfted1]

Probably something about the black hole in the Milky Way:

Astronomers to Announce Groundbreaking Result on the Center of Our Galaxy at Press Conference | Center for Astrophysics (harvard.edu)

[rjshae]

20 hours ago, Gfted1 said:

Probably something about the black hole in the Milky Way:

Astronomers to Announce Groundbreaking Result on the Center of Our Galaxy at Press Conference | Center for Astrophysics (harvard.edu)

The article doesn't mention it, but this object is called Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*. I'll be curious to see how similar it looks to the SMBH in M87, since I suspect the accretion disk in Sgr A* may orbit close to the galactic plane.

[Gfted1]

Yeah, Sgr A* is a lot smaller than M87, so I think theyre about to show how their imaging technique has improved.

[rjshae]

1 minute ago, Gfted1 said:

Yeah, Sgr A* is a lot smaller than M87, so I think theyre about to show how their imaging technique has improved.

In the angular sense they are about the same size.

[Gfted1]

Behold! Milky Way's monster black hole imaged for the 1st time. | Space

[rjshae]

2 hours ago, Gfted1 said:

Behold! Milky Way's monster black hole imaged for the 1st time. | Space

It's very cool that they are finally able to assemble direct graphical evidence of an SMBH now. Perhaps the next step will be to produce animated images so we can actually see the accretion disk in operation? At any rate, another huge accomplishment for science.

[Gfted1]

First Patient Dosed With Experimental Cancer-Killing Virus in New Trial (gizmodo.com)

[Gfted1]

A new low-cost gel film can pull drinking water from arid desert air (interestingengineering.com)

[Gfted1]

Giant Magnetic Waves Have Been Discovered Oscillating Around Earth's Core (sciencealert.com)

[Gfted1]

Physicists just rewrote a foundational rule for nuclear fusion reactors that could unleash twice the power | Space

[Chilloutman]

51 minutes ago, Gfted1 said:

Physicists just rewrote a foundational rule for nuclear fusion reactors that could unleash twice the power | Space

at least we are still consistent with 'in 30 years'

ITER, however, isn't designed to generate electricity; but tokamaks based on ITER that will, called DEMO reactors, are now being designed and could be working by 2051.

[Zoraptor]

2051 is 29 years away, so we've at least improved by a year on the 'in 30 years' estimates!

This is the power of positive thinking at work.

[Lexx]

And in 29 years it will only be 28 years!

[Gfted1]

I probably wont be around for it but my kid will. Good enough.

[Gorth]

Hey, what's the rush. Steam engines were old before someone made a working internal combustion engine

[Gorth]

A review of the latest expansion for The Universe...

 

[rjshae]

The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans

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Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves. In his team’s first breakthrough, published in late 2020, old mice with poor eyesight and damaged retinas could suddenly see again, with vision that at times rivaled their offspring’s.

This research is both intriguing and rather scary. When the immortality drugs become available, will the current rulers and wealthy stay on top forever? I'm picturing Putin and Trump here, for example, as eternal despots.

[Azdeus]

7 minutes ago, rjshae said:

The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans

This research is both intriguing and rather scary. When the immortality drugs become available, will the current rulers and wealthy stay on top forever? I'm picturing Putin and Trump here, for example, as eternal despots.

Is that a rhetorical question?

It's extremely worrying if something like this would come out in my mind, not just because of Eternal Emperors, but just the fact that we'd need to feed everyone still.

Dammit, now I need to rewatch Altered Carbon.

Edited June 5, 2022 by Azdeus

[Gorth]

48 minutes ago, rjshae said:

The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans

This research is both intriguing and rather scary. When the immortality drugs become available, will the current rulers and wealthy stay on top forever? I'm picturing Putin and Trump here, for example, as eternal despots.

In the 584th year of the war in Ukraine, Putin declared victory for the 173th time at Mariupol (although the 68th “capture” of the city is still disputed, we’re the defenders actually driven out before they returned?)

[Lexx]

6 hours ago, rjshae said:

The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans

This research is both intriguing and rather scary. When the immortality drugs become available, will the current rulers and wealthy stay on top forever? I'm picturing Putin and Trump here, for example, as eternal despots.

There is one thing I'm wondering, though ... If rich people will live forever, maybe they will finally start caring about the environment? Right now, all those old ****s couldn't give less of a **** because they won't live through it anyways. Who knows, maybe it'll change once they can't die anymore for another 100 years?

Then again, they probably just build a huge walled-off garden, or buy their own continent and everyone else lives in the squalor.

[Gfted1]

Im in.

[Keyrock]

21 hours ago, rjshae said:

The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans

This research is both intriguing and rather scary. When the immortality drugs become available, will the current rulers and wealthy stay on top forever? I'm picturing Putin and Trump here, for example, as eternal despots.

I'm okay with Trump staying young forever as long as it's Ivanka Trump. 

[rjshae]

16 hours ago, Lexx said:

There is one thing I'm wondering, though ... If rich people will live forever, maybe they will finally start caring about the environment? Right now, all those old ****s couldn't give less of a **** because they won't live through it anyways. Who knows, maybe it'll change once they can't die anymore for another 100 years?

Then again, they probably just build a huge walled-off garden, or buy their own continent and everyone else lives in the squalor.

Cf. the plot for Elysium (2013).

[Gorth]

While I'm not generally in favour of testing drugs on animals, these tests were non lethal and somewhat amusing...

Seems like humans are no the only species where the male prefer to drown their sorrow in alcohol if rejected by females