Robotics biweekly vol.67, 19th January — 4th February TL;DR Inspired by sea cucumbers, engineers have designed miniature robots that rapidly and reversibly shift between liquid and solid states. On top of being able to shape-shift, the robots are magnetic and can conduct electricity. The researchers put the robots through an obstacle…

In this report, the metaverse is explored in several aspects, starting with an overview of the definition, origins, and key features of the metaverse, then exploring the technological aspect of the metaverses, and then the platforms and key companies in the area. …

Neuroscience biweekly vol. 77, 18th January — 1st February TL;DR Understanding the neural interface within the brain is critical to understanding aging, learning, disease progression, and more. Existing methods for studying neurons in animal brains to better understand human brains, however, all carry limitations, from being too invasive to not detecting…

Hello, everyone! Check a quick overview of what we’ve been listening to last month! Vitalik Buterin discusses the intersection of science and cryptocurrency, focusing on the concept of “decentralized science.” Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments, gives an overview of his firm’s case against the SEC, which has denied requests…

Biometrics biweekly vol. 56, 16th January — 30th January TL;DR Apple files patent work for ‘body print’ recognition, digital Watch crown Sentry builds Infineon secure elements into a biometric cold-storage wallet Trust Stamp, Simunix partner to provide biometric, age verification tech to UK Thales aces mDL, digital identity interoperability test to…

Quantum news biweekly vol.44, 12ve January — 27th January TL;DR Physicists have experimentally proven that an important theorem of statistical physics applies to so-called ‘Bose-Einstein condensates.’ Their results now make it possible to measure certain properties of the quantum ‘superparticles’ and deduce system characteristics that would otherwise be difficult to observe. …

Space biweekly vol.69, 10th January — 26th January TL;DR Research has revealed how supermassive black holes are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by traveling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another. A team reveals the eventful migration history of planets bordering the Hot Neptune Desert…

Biweekly update vol.41, 11th January — 25th January TL;DR Dear community members, it’s time for our biweekly report on Humanode! The last two weeks were full of hard work — so let’s point out some key updates. First and foremost, Humanode Chain has just crossed an exciting milestone of 1 million…

A biweekly update on Layer 2 protocols, 9th January — 24th January TL;DR The sum of all funds locked on Ethereum converted to USD is $5.36 B at the time of writing. A new Arbitrum Nitro release is here. Nitro nodes now support RPC queries with the “safe” and “finalized” block…