Robotics biweekly vol.86, 16th November- 1st December TL;DR Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Each year more than 15 million people worldwide have strokes, and three-quarters of stroke survivors will experience impairment, weakness and paralysis in their arms and hands. Many stroke survivors rely on their stronger arm…

Genetics biweekly vol.48, 14th November — 30th November TL;DR CITE-seq (cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes) is an RNA sequencing-based method that simultaneously quantifies cell surface protein and transcriptomic data within a single cell readout. The ability to study cells concurrently offers unprecedented insights into new cell types, disease states or…

Biweekly update vol.62, 15th November — 29th November TL;DR Greetings human nodes! As we bid farewell to November, in keeping with our time-honored tradition, we are delighted to present a summary of the most recent advancements from the project over the last fortnight. …

Hello, everyone! Check a quick overview of what we’ve been listening to last month! TL;DR Vitalik Buterin’s thoughts on Ethereum’s past, present, future, and reflections on Türkiye. Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all counts in a swift verdict. …

21st November — 28th November ▫️ Binance settles for $4.3 billion with various regulatory bodies, and CZ resigns as CEO. ▫️ SEC alleges that Kraken operates as an unregistered securities exchange. ▫️ Tether freezes $225 million in stolen USDT linked to an international crime syndicate. ▫️ Wyoming Stable Token Commission…

Nanotechnology & nanomaterials biweekly vol.44, 13th November — 27th November TL;DR MIT researchers and colleagues have demonstrated a way to precisely control the size, composition, and other properties of nanoparticles key to the reactions involved in a variety of clean energy and environmental technologies. …

Quantum news biweekly vol.63, 8th November — 24th November TL;DR A research team has now directly measured the so-called Kondo effect, which governs the behavior of magnetic atoms surrounded by a sea of electrons: New observations with a scanning tunneling microscope reveal the effect in one-dimensional wires floating on graphene. Experts…

Space biweekly vol.88, 7th November — 23rd November TL;DR The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever observed have been discovered in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists just made a breakthrough discovery in revealing how planets are…

Neuroscience biweekly vol. 98, 8th November — 22nd November TL;DR Nanoplastics interact with a particular protein that is naturally found in the brain, creating changes linked to Parkinson’s disease and some types of dementia. Researchers have identified a protein key to the development of a type of brain cell believed to…