A biweekly update on Layer 2 protocols, 12th May — 26th May TL;DR The Arbitrum Odyssey will officially be going live in mid-June. The space engineers and teams involved are hard at work making sure all systems are in check before launch. Optimism Bedrock source is now available, MIT license. Optimism…

Neuroscience biweekly vol. 59, 11th May — 25th May TL;DR Your education, your job, your income, the neighborhood you live in: Together these factors are considered to represent socioeconomic status (SES) and contribute to a variety of health and social outcomes, from physical and mental health to educational achievement and cognitive…

Space biweekly vol.52, 11th May — 25th May TL;DR Nearly half of Sun-size stars are binary. According to new research, planetary systems around binary stars may be very different from those around single stars. This points to new targets in the search for extraterrestrial life forms. Researchers have learned how a…

Biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.53, 10th May — 24th May TL;DR $56.6B in DeFi this week, currently at ~ $56.59B, with Maker dominance 25.68%. The GameStop Wallet is here: GameStop has launched a digital wallet beta that will let users send, receive, and store cryptocurrency and NFTs through their…

Biometrics biweekly vol. 39, 9th May — 23rd May TL;DR Apple has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an under-display bundling of optical fibers that can capture 2D or 3D biometric images like a face or fingerprint within its field of view at…

Quantum news biweekly vol.27, 9th May — 23d May TL;DR A fundamental property of magnetism has been disclosed through new research. The discovery may be key to development of a new generation of powerful computers. Scientists have been relentlessly working on understanding the fundamental mechanisms at the base of high-temperature superconductivity…

Energy & green technology biweekly vol.24, 6th May — 20th May TL;DR Based on similar technology to night-vision goggles, researchers have developed a device that can generate electricity from thermal radiation. Solar panel fabrication often involves toxic materials such as cadmium and industrial waste. In a new study, researchers have now…

Biweekly update on the Polkadot ecosystem vol. 37, 5th May — 19th May TL;DR With the passing of Referendum 60 and upgrading of relay chain to runtime v9190, parachain messaging is enabled and HRMP channels can be created. The Polkadot Staking Update for April is out. This edition introduces nomination pools…

Nanotechnology & nanomaterials biweekly vol.24, 4th May — 18th May TL;DR Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Researchers at the Max Planck ETH Centre for Learning Systems have now developed an imaging technique that for the first time recognizes cell-sized microrobots individually and at high resolution in a living organism. …