How SpaceX Will Turn a Workhorse Vehicle into a Hulking
Destroyer of Space Stations. SCientificAmerican.com article.
Pull quote: “In addition to nearly tripling the number of engines of a typical
Dragon, SpaceX’s plan calls for the deorbit vehicle to launch with some 16,000
kilograms (about 35,000 pounds) of propellant. That’s six times more than a
standard Dragon, said Sarah Walker, director of Dragon mission management at
SpaceX, during the press conference.”
How the Nutrition Facts Label Has Changed Food in the U.S.
TheConversation.com article.
Pull quote: “Surprisingly, the Nutrition Facts label’s greatest impact may have
been driving the food industry to reformulate products to achieve appealing
nutrient profiles – even if consumers weren’t closely reading the labels. While
envisioned as an education tool, I believe the Nutrition Facts label in
practice has worked more like a market infrastructure, reshaping the food
supply to meet shifting dietary trends and public health goals long before
consumers find those foods at the supermarket.”
From Iron Dome to Cyber Dome: Defending Israel’s
Cyberspace. IDSA.in article.
Pull quote: “The cyber-dome initiative fundamentally constitutes an active
defence encompassing enhanced detection, investigation and mitigation of
threats along with the expansion of existing information-sharing mechanisms.
The coordinated detection and response efforts involving all agencies,
including the IDF, underscore the importance of collaborative action in an
interconnected domain. The centralised, real-time and AI-enabled system
proactively protecting Israeli cyberspace is an extension of its national and international
cybersecurity strategy.”
A New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier
Atoms. NewsWise.com article.
Pull quote: “If discovered, element 120 would be the heaviest atom created and
would sit on the eighth row of the periodic table. It falls on the shores of
the “island of stability,” a theorized group of superheavy elements with unique
properties. While the superheavy elements discovered so far break apart almost
instantaneously, the right combination of protons and neutrons could create a
more stable nucleus that survives for longer – giving researchers a better
chance to study it. Exploring elements at the extremes can provide insights
into how atoms behave, test models of nuclear physics, and map out the limits
of atomic nuclei.”
Mini lungs make major COVID-19 discoveries possible.
NewsWise.com article.
Pull quote: “In another surprising result, Leibel, Snyder and team discovered
that the mini lungs have their own intrinsic “first response” system in
reaction to sensing SARS-CoV-2. Even though the mini lungs lack any connection
to an immune system, this study shows that lung cells can initiate many of the
same biologic and cell signaling changes in response to a viral threat that are
observed when the immune system is present.”
Using AI, CIPHER bird flu study shows greater antibody
evasion in newer H5N1 strains. NewsWise.com article.
Pull quote: “According to the study, virus mutations related to “host-shifts”
from birds to mammals had a statistically significant negative impact on the
ability of antibodies to bind to and fight off H5N1. Researchers also found
that based on the wide variety of host species and geographic locations in
which H5N1 was observed to have been transmitted from birds to mammals, there
does not appear to be a single central reservoir host species or location
associated with H5N1’s spread. This indicates that the virus is well on its way
to moving from epidemic to pandemic status in the near future.”
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