New process upcycles plastic waste into a more valuable adhesive
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New process upcycles plastic waste into a more valuable adhesive
A team at UC Berkeley has developed a process that turns plastic waste into something more valuable – an adhesive. Based on an engineered catalyst, the inspiration was to find ways to "upcycle" plastics by putting them to new uses while preserving the properties…
UK scientists trial drug to prevent infection that leads to Covid19
Antibody therapy could confer instant immunity to Covid-19 on at-risk groups
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Antibody therapy could confer instant immunity to Covid-19 on at-risk groups
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UK scientists trial drug to prevent infection that leads to Covid
Exclusive: Antibody therapy could confer instant immunity to Covid-19 on at-risk groups
Destroy 99.9% of COVID-19 virus
in 30 seconds with UV LEDs
“We discovered that it is quite simple to kill the coronavirus using LED bulbs that radiate ultraviolet light,”
UV-LED bulbs require less than half a minute to destroy more than 99.9% of the coronaviruses.
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in 30 seconds with UV LEDs
“We discovered that it is quite simple to kill the coronavirus using LED bulbs that radiate ultraviolet light,”
UV-LED bulbs require less than half a minute to destroy more than 99.9% of the coronaviruses.
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TAU research: 99.9% of COVID-19 virus dead in 30 seconds with UV LEDs
The study is the first of its kind in the world.
Pleasure Without Suffering
During your moments of greatest pleasure—whether during a meditation , having an orgasm, finding your edge kite-surfing, laughing with a friend or looking at an incredible sunset—your mind goes quiet. It calms down, and that voice in your head goes silent. You achieve a sense of awe, which you might also call beauty, bliss or joy.”
A sense of awe occurs when you concentrate on the present moment.
- Schopenhauer
During your moments of greatest pleasure—whether during a meditation , having an orgasm, finding your edge kite-surfing, laughing with a friend or looking at an incredible sunset—your mind goes quiet. It calms down, and that voice in your head goes silent. You achieve a sense of awe, which you might also call beauty, bliss or joy.”
A sense of awe occurs when you concentrate on the present moment.
"The present alone is true and actual; it is the only time which possesses full reality, and our existence lies in it exclusively. Therefore we should always be glad of it, and give it the welcome it deserves, and enjoy every hour that is bearable by its freedom from pain and annoyance with a full consciousness of its value. We shall hardly be able to do this if we make a wry face over the failure of our hopes in the past or over our anxiety for the future."- Schopenhauer
Talking out loud to yourself is a technology for thinking
The idea that speaking out loud and thinking are closely related isn’t new. It emerged in Ancient Greece and Rome, in the work of such great orators as Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Contemporary theories in cognition and the science of learning reaffirm that self-talk contributes not only to motivation and emotional regulation, but also to some higher cognitive functions such as developing metacognition and reasoning.
Not only does speech retrieve pre-existing ideas, it also creates new information in the retrieval process, just as in the process of writing. Speaking out loud is inventive and creative – each uttered word and sentence doesn’t just bring forth an existing thought, but also triggers new mental and linguistic connections. In both cases – speech and writing – the materiality of language undergoes a transformation (to audible sounds or written signs) which in turn produces a mental shift.
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The idea that speaking out loud and thinking are closely related isn’t new. It emerged in Ancient Greece and Rome, in the work of such great orators as Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Contemporary theories in cognition and the science of learning reaffirm that self-talk contributes not only to motivation and emotional regulation, but also to some higher cognitive functions such as developing metacognition and reasoning.
Not only does speech retrieve pre-existing ideas, it also creates new information in the retrieval process, just as in the process of writing. Speaking out loud is inventive and creative – each uttered word and sentence doesn’t just bring forth an existing thought, but also triggers new mental and linguistic connections. In both cases – speech and writing – the materiality of language undergoes a transformation (to audible sounds or written signs) which in turn produces a mental shift.
Further reading