𝗚𝗧/ All-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral jet fuel
- Researchers have designed a fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. They have implemented the system in the field, and the design could help the aviation industry become carbon neutral.
- Passive day cooling is a promising technology for the sustainable reduction of energy consumption. Researchers have now created a test system with which the materials used for passive cooling can be reliably characterized and compared - regardless of weather conditions and environmental conditions.
- In an important step toward bringing transparent solar cells to home windows, researchers have developed a way to manufacture their highly efficient and semitransparent solar cells.
- Researchers have come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salts, which are used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.
- As more and more wind turbines are installed in the course of the energy transition and distance regulations to human settlements are tightened, suitable locations are becoming increasingly difficult to find. As a result, wind turbines are increasingly being erected in forests - to the detriment of forest specialists among bats.
- A groundbreaking new study comprehensively accounts for the hydrological impact of lithium mining. Since lithium is the key component of the lithium-ion batteries that are crucial for the transition away from fossil fuels and towards green energy, it is critical to fully understand how to responsibly obtain the precious element.
- Air pollution, climate change, and public health are closely linked, as a new study shows. The report details on a town-by-town basis the deaths and illnesses caused by air pollution in Massachusetts, and also outlines steps to curb fine particulate pollutants. Nationally, the study offers a model that can be followed by other states using public data and open-source software, according to a public health expert and practitioner.
- A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on natural matter like leaves and twigs. The bacteria break down the carbon compounds in plastic to use as food for their growth.
- To save the world’s fish stocks and oceans, scientists are racing to find better and sustainable ways to make healthy nutritional products such as Omega-3 fatty acids, biodiesel, aquaculture and livestock food from fast-growing microalgae. New research has discovered a simple, low-cost and effective way to extract high-value bioactives from single-cell algae oil - using waste sulfur from industries such as petrochemical production.
- New research offers a second life for CDs: Turn them into flexible biosensors that are inexpensive and easy to manufacture.
- And more!
#GT #Greentech https://medium.com/paradigm-research/gt-all-in-one-solar-powered-tower-makes-carbon-neutral-jet-fuel-bfd80ba1c232
Energy & Green technology biweekly vol.29, 15th July — 29th JulyTL;DR
- Researchers have designed a fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. They have implemented the system in the field, and the design could help the aviation industry become carbon neutral.
- Passive day cooling is a promising technology for the sustainable reduction of energy consumption. Researchers have now created a test system with which the materials used for passive cooling can be reliably characterized and compared - regardless of weather conditions and environmental conditions.
- In an important step toward bringing transparent solar cells to home windows, researchers have developed a way to manufacture their highly efficient and semitransparent solar cells.
- Researchers have come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salts, which are used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.
- As more and more wind turbines are installed in the course of the energy transition and distance regulations to human settlements are tightened, suitable locations are becoming increasingly difficult to find. As a result, wind turbines are increasingly being erected in forests - to the detriment of forest specialists among bats.
- A groundbreaking new study comprehensively accounts for the hydrological impact of lithium mining. Since lithium is the key component of the lithium-ion batteries that are crucial for the transition away from fossil fuels and towards green energy, it is critical to fully understand how to responsibly obtain the precious element.
- Air pollution, climate change, and public health are closely linked, as a new study shows. The report details on a town-by-town basis the deaths and illnesses caused by air pollution in Massachusetts, and also outlines steps to curb fine particulate pollutants. Nationally, the study offers a model that can be followed by other states using public data and open-source software, according to a public health expert and practitioner.
- A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on natural matter like leaves and twigs. The bacteria break down the carbon compounds in plastic to use as food for their growth.
- To save the world’s fish stocks and oceans, scientists are racing to find better and sustainable ways to make healthy nutritional products such as Omega-3 fatty acids, biodiesel, aquaculture and livestock food from fast-growing microalgae. New research has discovered a simple, low-cost and effective way to extract high-value bioactives from single-cell algae oil - using waste sulfur from industries such as petrochemical production.
- New research offers a second life for CDs: Turn them into flexible biosensors that are inexpensive and easy to manufacture.
- And more!
#GT #Greentech https://medium.com/paradigm-research/gt-all-in-one-solar-powered-tower-makes-carbon-neutral-jet-fuel-bfd80ba1c232
Medium
GT/ All-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral jet fuel
Energy & green technology biweekly vol.29, 15th July — 29th July
𝐐𝐓/ Quantum cryptography: Hacking is futile
- An international team has successfully implemented an advanced form of quantum cryptography for the first time. Moreover, encryption is independent of the quantum device used and therefore even more secure against hacking attempts.
- Researchers discover that nickel oxide superconductors contain a phase of quantum matter, known as charge density waves, that's common in other unconventional superconductors. In other ways, though, they're surprisingly unique. Unconventional superconductors contain a mix of weird quantum states. Researchers found one of them - frozen electron ripples known as charge density waves - in a nickelate superconductor they discovered three years ago.
- Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm that they run on an IBM quantum computer.
- Quantum clocks are shrinking, thanks to new technologies. A team of quantum physicists have devised new approaches that not only reduce the size of their clock, but also make it robust enough to be transported out of the laboratory and employed in the 'real world'.
- Scientists have used neutron scattering to determine whether a specific material's atomic structure could host a novel state of matter called a spiral spin liquid. By tracking tiny magnetic moments known as 'spins' on the honeycomb lattice of a layered iron trichloride magnet, the team found the first 2D system to host a spiral spin liquid.
- A method known as quantum key distribution has long held the promise of communication security unattainable in conventional cryptography. An international team of scientists has now demonstrated experimentally, for the first time, an approach to quantum key distribution that is based on high-quality quantum entanglement - offering much broader security guarantees than previous schemes.
- For decades computers have been synonymous with binary information - zeros and ones. Now a team has realized a quantum computer that breaks out of this paradigm and unlocks additional computational resources, hidden in almost all of today's quantum devices.
- Physicists have demonstrated how simulations using quantum computing can enable observation of a distinctive state of matter taken out of its normal equilibrium. Such novel states of matter could one day lead to developments in fast, powerful quantum information storage and precision measurement science.
- About three years ago, a team of astronomers went looking for the universe's missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didn't lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at least an explanation that everyone could agree on.
- Researchers have come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salts, which are used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.
- And more!
#QT #Quantum https://medium.com/paradigm-research/qt-quantum-cryptography-hacking-is-futile-18ff7005858b
Quantum news biweekly vol.32, 18th July - 31st JulyTL;DR
- An international team has successfully implemented an advanced form of quantum cryptography for the first time. Moreover, encryption is independent of the quantum device used and therefore even more secure against hacking attempts.
- Researchers discover that nickel oxide superconductors contain a phase of quantum matter, known as charge density waves, that's common in other unconventional superconductors. In other ways, though, they're surprisingly unique. Unconventional superconductors contain a mix of weird quantum states. Researchers found one of them - frozen electron ripples known as charge density waves - in a nickelate superconductor they discovered three years ago.
- Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm that they run on an IBM quantum computer.
- Quantum clocks are shrinking, thanks to new technologies. A team of quantum physicists have devised new approaches that not only reduce the size of their clock, but also make it robust enough to be transported out of the laboratory and employed in the 'real world'.
- Scientists have used neutron scattering to determine whether a specific material's atomic structure could host a novel state of matter called a spiral spin liquid. By tracking tiny magnetic moments known as 'spins' on the honeycomb lattice of a layered iron trichloride magnet, the team found the first 2D system to host a spiral spin liquid.
- A method known as quantum key distribution has long held the promise of communication security unattainable in conventional cryptography. An international team of scientists has now demonstrated experimentally, for the first time, an approach to quantum key distribution that is based on high-quality quantum entanglement - offering much broader security guarantees than previous schemes.
- For decades computers have been synonymous with binary information - zeros and ones. Now a team has realized a quantum computer that breaks out of this paradigm and unlocks additional computational resources, hidden in almost all of today's quantum devices.
- Physicists have demonstrated how simulations using quantum computing can enable observation of a distinctive state of matter taken out of its normal equilibrium. Such novel states of matter could one day lead to developments in fast, powerful quantum information storage and precision measurement science.
- About three years ago, a team of astronomers went looking for the universe's missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didn't lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at least an explanation that everyone could agree on.
- Researchers have come up with a novel way to study the thermodynamic properties of molten salts, which are used in many nuclear and solar energy applications.
- And more!
#QT #Quantum https://medium.com/paradigm-research/qt-quantum-cryptography-hacking-is-futile-18ff7005858b
Medium
QT/ Quantum cryptography: Hacking is futile
Quantum news biweekly vol.32, 18th July — 31th July
𝐁𝐓/ Details behind Apple’s ‘Skin-Detect Sensor’ introduced with their 3rd Gen AirPods have been revealed
—Apple introduces new Skin-Detect Sensors with their 3rd gen AirPods as listed on their sensors list. Among the biometric or biometric-adjacent features available in new models are also motion detection, speech detection, and force sensor
—Microsoft touts a new biometrics-based contact center platform
—FaceTec says the use of its biometric liveness solution grew nearly 60% in Q2
—Xydus, Mastercard gain digital ID trust accreditations in UK, Australia
—Iris biometrics specialist IriTech and the South Korean Institute of Blockchain Technology (IBCT), which specializes in decentralized data platforms for blockchain, have established a joint venture to create a self-sovereign storage solution that they call the “most secured system in blockchain/metaverse application”
—Humanode announced the whitelist for Humanode public sale on Tokensoft in the upcoming months. Moreover, Humanode Testnet 3 “Ramiel” is now public, test it out!
—Onfido launches bug bounty to ensure the security of selfie biometrics, an identity verification platform
—Proptech provider Credas certified as a digital identity provider for UK background checks
—Turant launches text-agnostic voice biometric login tool built for India
—Persona launches engine to automate custom digital ID checks based on risk
—Frontex wants information about tools for manually sorting immense biometric databases
—Tech5 partners with a secure substrate-maker to produce biometric ID documents with no chip
—VinCSS launches FIDO2 biometric ecosystem at Vietnamese passwordless authentication event
—NIST seeks feedback on the measurement of biometric bias
—Telpo upgrades biometric tablet for a variety of outdoor ID verification applications
—Cybernetech developing AI system to find kids left in vehicles
—UIDAI launches a program to identify, and block vulnerabilities in Aadhaar biometric database
—Integrated Biometrics product range now iBeta compliant, aces biometric PAD testing
—Another AI security company creates an ethics policy for code development and use
—A new data protection bill currently being drafted in Montana could see law enforcement in the State restrict access to facial recognition technology
—Daon multi-factor biometric authentication launches on Ping Identity network
—Touchless access control, and future tech support prioritized upgrades in HID Global survey
—Warrant served on US suspect forcing him to unlock the phone with biometric lock
—Metasphere biometric check-in hub approved for Singapore’s E-Visitor Authentication System
—iProov joins GDS Digital Identity Programme
—Jumio sales hot streak for biometrics, KYX services continues with another record quarter
—Winning.I to tackle the global gov’t contactless biometrics market following local recognition
—Strong demand for selfie biometrics in financial services prompts Acuant partnership
—Reltime raises $50M to bring Web3 biometric card with cold storage to market
—Nigeria issues 700K biometric bank verification numbers between April and July
—Cote d’Ivoire unveils biometric verification terminal from Semlex
—Andorra selects Pangea and partner for biometric passport delivery
—Zimbabwean start-up lands €250K award with biometric verification solution
—UK’s first look at biometrics self-enrollment systems didn’t wow, but new trials planned
—Australia outsourcing biometrics capture aspect of visa issuance
—Philippines president calls for speedier issuance of biometric PhilID cards
—HID Global mobile biometrics certified for use by Florida police
—State of Access Control Report 2022: Expectations raised since the pandemic
—Biometrics researchers say master face attacks pose “a severe security threat” for under-protected facial recognition algorithms
—Biometric industry events. And more!
#BT #Biometrics https://medium.com/paradigm-research/bt-details-behind-apples-skin-detect-sensor-introduced-with-their-3rd-gen-airpods-have-been-9841b6d472d9
Biometrics biweekly vol. 43, 18h July — 1st August
TL;DR—Apple introduces new Skin-Detect Sensors with their 3rd gen AirPods as listed on their sensors list. Among the biometric or biometric-adjacent features available in new models are also motion detection, speech detection, and force sensor
—Microsoft touts a new biometrics-based contact center platform
—FaceTec says the use of its biometric liveness solution grew nearly 60% in Q2
—Xydus, Mastercard gain digital ID trust accreditations in UK, Australia
—Iris biometrics specialist IriTech and the South Korean Institute of Blockchain Technology (IBCT), which specializes in decentralized data platforms for blockchain, have established a joint venture to create a self-sovereign storage solution that they call the “most secured system in blockchain/metaverse application”
—Humanode announced the whitelist for Humanode public sale on Tokensoft in the upcoming months. Moreover, Humanode Testnet 3 “Ramiel” is now public, test it out!
—Onfido launches bug bounty to ensure the security of selfie biometrics, an identity verification platform
—Proptech provider Credas certified as a digital identity provider for UK background checks
—Turant launches text-agnostic voice biometric login tool built for India
—Persona launches engine to automate custom digital ID checks based on risk
—Frontex wants information about tools for manually sorting immense biometric databases
—Tech5 partners with a secure substrate-maker to produce biometric ID documents with no chip
—VinCSS launches FIDO2 biometric ecosystem at Vietnamese passwordless authentication event
—NIST seeks feedback on the measurement of biometric bias
—Telpo upgrades biometric tablet for a variety of outdoor ID verification applications
—Cybernetech developing AI system to find kids left in vehicles
—UIDAI launches a program to identify, and block vulnerabilities in Aadhaar biometric database
—Integrated Biometrics product range now iBeta compliant, aces biometric PAD testing
—Another AI security company creates an ethics policy for code development and use
—A new data protection bill currently being drafted in Montana could see law enforcement in the State restrict access to facial recognition technology
—Daon multi-factor biometric authentication launches on Ping Identity network
—Touchless access control, and future tech support prioritized upgrades in HID Global survey
—Warrant served on US suspect forcing him to unlock the phone with biometric lock
—Metasphere biometric check-in hub approved for Singapore’s E-Visitor Authentication System
—iProov joins GDS Digital Identity Programme
—Jumio sales hot streak for biometrics, KYX services continues with another record quarter
—Winning.I to tackle the global gov’t contactless biometrics market following local recognition
—Strong demand for selfie biometrics in financial services prompts Acuant partnership
—Reltime raises $50M to bring Web3 biometric card with cold storage to market
—Nigeria issues 700K biometric bank verification numbers between April and July
—Cote d’Ivoire unveils biometric verification terminal from Semlex
—Andorra selects Pangea and partner for biometric passport delivery
—Zimbabwean start-up lands €250K award with biometric verification solution
—UK’s first look at biometrics self-enrollment systems didn’t wow, but new trials planned
—Australia outsourcing biometrics capture aspect of visa issuance
—Philippines president calls for speedier issuance of biometric PhilID cards
—HID Global mobile biometrics certified for use by Florida police
—State of Access Control Report 2022: Expectations raised since the pandemic
—Biometrics researchers say master face attacks pose “a severe security threat” for under-protected facial recognition algorithms
—Biometric industry events. And more!
#BT #Biometrics https://medium.com/paradigm-research/bt-details-behind-apples-skin-detect-sensor-introduced-with-their-3rd-gen-airpods-have-been-9841b6d472d9
𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 vol.57
TL;DR
—$40.2B in DeFi this week, currently at ~ $40.68B, with Maker dominance 19.63%.
—Latest Aave News: July community call, extend safety module protection, 1INCH AIP & more. Follow the Aave governance forum. “GHO is the Next Big Stablecoin” — Stani Kulechov on EthCC 2022.
—One of the most relevant Executive Proposals in the history of MakerDAO is ready to be voted in: Maker DAO voting to onboard Societe Generale.
—Gnosis Chain Weekly · 22 July 2022.
—dYdX v4 AMA with Antonio: Antonio touches on v4 product features, company plans, Android app, governance, and much more. Temporary Downtime on August 3rd
—0x introduces Slippage Protection, a new feature in 0x API that enables MEV-aware smart order routing for DEX trades.
—Nexus Mutual ETH staking cover to hedge against penalties, slashing & missed rewards.
—Hugh Karp was on this week’s episode of the EY FinTech Beyond Borders Podcast
—Enzyme User Representatives Elections are now live. ‘Mona El Isa: Enzyme — The Future of Asset Management #452’ on Epicenter.
—Curve is to launch an over-collateralized stablecoin, according to its founder.
—Circle, the issuer of USDC, layed out their wishes for the stablecoin policy.
—mStable Governance Updates are out.
—Compound Proposal 113 ‘End Getty’s Contributor Grant’ has passed successfully. Proposal 115 ‘Enable Sending ETH from Timelock (Revised)’ is in the voting period.
—1inch Weekly Recap #24 is out. 1INCH was added as collateral to an open source and non-custodial liquidity protocol Aave.
—Balancer disclosed DoS vulnerability via flash loans on both entry points of a double entry-point ERC20, $50k bounty paid.
—Bancor Update — Week of July 25, 2022
—Synthetix shares the SNX 2022 Release Milestones. Many key features have been released this year, such as Synthetix Futures, and Atomic Swaps, and many more are coming such as: Future of Atomic Swaps, Perps V2, Synthetix V3. The sUSD Bridge has been enabled.
—KyberSwap launches integration with Optimism: low-cost and lightning-fast Ethereum L2 blockchain.
Coinbase to support new KNC.
—Watch Uniswap COO Mary-Catherine Lader discuss the difference between CeFi and DeFi. Will Ruben joins Uniswap Labs as VP of Product.
—UMA’s powerful and flexible Optimistic Governor contract has passed an audit by Open Zeppelin and is ready for use in production.
—Dark Forest Nightmarket introduced
—stETH, by Lido, is expanding to L2, revealing their plans in a post.
—Coinbase is still facing issues from the SEC, as they continue their investigation into Coinbase’ listings.
—Sushiswap is going through the process of electing a new Head Chef, with Jonathan Howard being nominated as a candidate.
—a16z Danny Ryan Q&A on the Merge and beyond.
—And more!
#Ethereum #Defi_in_Ether https://medium.com/paradigm-research/defi-in-ether-40b-in-defi-gamestop-nft-is-live-on-loopring-l2-nexus-mutual-eth-staking-cover-fd80df0661c1
Biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem, 19th July - 2nd August
$40B in DeFi, GameStop NFT is live on Loopring L2, Nexus Mutual ETH staking cover, Synthetix shares the SNX release milestones, 0x introduces Slippage Protection, Maker DAO voting to onboard Societe Generale, Enzyme EURs are now live, KyberSwap launches integration with Optimism, and more!TL;DR
—$40.2B in DeFi this week, currently at ~ $40.68B, with Maker dominance 19.63%.
—Latest Aave News: July community call, extend safety module protection, 1INCH AIP & more. Follow the Aave governance forum. “GHO is the Next Big Stablecoin” — Stani Kulechov on EthCC 2022.
—One of the most relevant Executive Proposals in the history of MakerDAO is ready to be voted in: Maker DAO voting to onboard Societe Generale.
—Gnosis Chain Weekly · 22 July 2022.
—dYdX v4 AMA with Antonio: Antonio touches on v4 product features, company plans, Android app, governance, and much more. Temporary Downtime on August 3rd
—0x introduces Slippage Protection, a new feature in 0x API that enables MEV-aware smart order routing for DEX trades.
—Nexus Mutual ETH staking cover to hedge against penalties, slashing & missed rewards.
—Hugh Karp was on this week’s episode of the EY FinTech Beyond Borders Podcast
—Enzyme User Representatives Elections are now live. ‘Mona El Isa: Enzyme — The Future of Asset Management #452’ on Epicenter.
—Curve is to launch an over-collateralized stablecoin, according to its founder.
—Circle, the issuer of USDC, layed out their wishes for the stablecoin policy.
—mStable Governance Updates are out.
—Compound Proposal 113 ‘End Getty’s Contributor Grant’ has passed successfully. Proposal 115 ‘Enable Sending ETH from Timelock (Revised)’ is in the voting period.
—1inch Weekly Recap #24 is out. 1INCH was added as collateral to an open source and non-custodial liquidity protocol Aave.
—Balancer disclosed DoS vulnerability via flash loans on both entry points of a double entry-point ERC20, $50k bounty paid.
—Bancor Update — Week of July 25, 2022
—Synthetix shares the SNX 2022 Release Milestones. Many key features have been released this year, such as Synthetix Futures, and Atomic Swaps, and many more are coming such as: Future of Atomic Swaps, Perps V2, Synthetix V3. The sUSD Bridge has been enabled.
—KyberSwap launches integration with Optimism: low-cost and lightning-fast Ethereum L2 blockchain.
Coinbase to support new KNC.
—Watch Uniswap COO Mary-Catherine Lader discuss the difference between CeFi and DeFi. Will Ruben joins Uniswap Labs as VP of Product.
—UMA’s powerful and flexible Optimistic Governor contract has passed an audit by Open Zeppelin and is ready for use in production.
—Dark Forest Nightmarket introduced
—stETH, by Lido, is expanding to L2, revealing their plans in a post.
—Coinbase is still facing issues from the SEC, as they continue their investigation into Coinbase’ listings.
—Sushiswap is going through the process of electing a new Head Chef, with Jonathan Howard being nominated as a candidate.
—a16z Danny Ryan Q&A on the Merge and beyond.
—And more!
#Ethereum #Defi_in_Ether https://medium.com/paradigm-research/defi-in-ether-40b-in-defi-gamestop-nft-is-live-on-loopring-l2-nexus-mutual-eth-staking-cover-fd80df0661c1
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𝗡𝗦/ SARS-CoV-2 hijacks nanotubes between neurons to infect them, study finds
—Scientists have used state-of-the-art electron microscopy approaches to demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 hijacks nanotubes, tiny bridges that link infected cells with neurons. The virus is therefore able to penetrate neurons despite the fact that they are lacking the ACE2 receptor that the virus usually binds to when infecting cells.
—Your new apartment is just a couple of blocks down the street from the bus stop but today you are late and you see the bus roll past you. You break into a full sprint. Your goal is to get to the bus as fast as possible and then to stop exactly in front of the doors (which are never in exactly the same place along the curb) to enter before they close. To stop quickly and precisely enough, a new MIT study in mice finds, the mammalian brain is niftily wired to implement principles of calculus.
—It may feel like an anvil hanging over your head, but that looming deadline stressing you out at work may actually be beneficial for your brain, according to new research. The study found that low to moderate levels of stress can help individuals develop resilience and reduce the risk of developing mental health disorders, like depression and antisocial behaviors. Low to moderate stress can also help individuals to cope with future stressful encounters.
—Researchers have produced definitive evidence that a specific region in the brain, called the subthalamic nucleus, is critical to governing the mind's communication with the body's motor control system. The findings, stemming from innovative experiments with humans, could yield advances in treatment for Parkinson's disease.
—New research by Georgia State University's TReNDS Center may lead to early diagnosis of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and autism -- in time to help prevent and more easily treat these disorders. In a new study published in Scientific Reports a team of seven scientists from Georgia State built a sophisticated computer program that was able to comb through massive amounts of brain imaging data and discover novel patterns linked to mental health conditions. The brain imaging data came from scans using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures dynamic brain activity by detecting tiny changes in blood flow.
—Researchers have identified the brain regions responsible for the increased aggression that occurs when male mice spend time with other male mice before an aggressive encounter -- a concept known as social instigation. When social instigation occurs, cells in the lateral habenula signal to the dorsal raphe nucleus, which then communicates with the ventral tegmental area, leading to heightened aggression. These findings may have applications for socially provoked anger or violence.
—Non-invasive brain stimulation can restore optimal motor skill acquisition in people with diminished learning capabilities, e.g. due to age, according to a new study.
—What's the best way to improve your memory as you age? Turns out, it depends, a new study comparing mnemonic and rehearsal-based memorization in people with mild cognitive impairment suggests.
—A new groundbreaking study from the University of Cincinnati shows promise that a new drug may help repair damage caused by strokes.
—CU Anschutz researchers have identified a new mechanism of how auditory sensitivity is regulated, making more sense of how our hearing is so precise -- and providing insight into how we can better protect auditory sensitivity from damage.
—And more!
#NS #Neuroscience https://medium.com/paradigm-research/ns-sars-cov-2-hijacks-nanotubes-between-neurons-to-infect-them-study-finds-df15777e4cb4
Neuroscience biweekly vol. 63, 27th July - 10th August
TL;DR—Scientists have used state-of-the-art electron microscopy approaches to demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 hijacks nanotubes, tiny bridges that link infected cells with neurons. The virus is therefore able to penetrate neurons despite the fact that they are lacking the ACE2 receptor that the virus usually binds to when infecting cells.
—Your new apartment is just a couple of blocks down the street from the bus stop but today you are late and you see the bus roll past you. You break into a full sprint. Your goal is to get to the bus as fast as possible and then to stop exactly in front of the doors (which are never in exactly the same place along the curb) to enter before they close. To stop quickly and precisely enough, a new MIT study in mice finds, the mammalian brain is niftily wired to implement principles of calculus.
—It may feel like an anvil hanging over your head, but that looming deadline stressing you out at work may actually be beneficial for your brain, according to new research. The study found that low to moderate levels of stress can help individuals develop resilience and reduce the risk of developing mental health disorders, like depression and antisocial behaviors. Low to moderate stress can also help individuals to cope with future stressful encounters.
—Researchers have produced definitive evidence that a specific region in the brain, called the subthalamic nucleus, is critical to governing the mind's communication with the body's motor control system. The findings, stemming from innovative experiments with humans, could yield advances in treatment for Parkinson's disease.
—New research by Georgia State University's TReNDS Center may lead to early diagnosis of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and autism -- in time to help prevent and more easily treat these disorders. In a new study published in Scientific Reports a team of seven scientists from Georgia State built a sophisticated computer program that was able to comb through massive amounts of brain imaging data and discover novel patterns linked to mental health conditions. The brain imaging data came from scans using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures dynamic brain activity by detecting tiny changes in blood flow.
—Researchers have identified the brain regions responsible for the increased aggression that occurs when male mice spend time with other male mice before an aggressive encounter -- a concept known as social instigation. When social instigation occurs, cells in the lateral habenula signal to the dorsal raphe nucleus, which then communicates with the ventral tegmental area, leading to heightened aggression. These findings may have applications for socially provoked anger or violence.
—Non-invasive brain stimulation can restore optimal motor skill acquisition in people with diminished learning capabilities, e.g. due to age, according to a new study.
—What's the best way to improve your memory as you age? Turns out, it depends, a new study comparing mnemonic and rehearsal-based memorization in people with mild cognitive impairment suggests.
—A new groundbreaking study from the University of Cincinnati shows promise that a new drug may help repair damage caused by strokes.
—CU Anschutz researchers have identified a new mechanism of how auditory sensitivity is regulated, making more sense of how our hearing is so precise -- and providing insight into how we can better protect auditory sensitivity from damage.
—And more!
#NS #Neuroscience https://medium.com/paradigm-research/ns-sars-cov-2-hijacks-nanotubes-between-neurons-to-infect-them-study-finds-df15777e4cb4
Medium
NS/ SARS-CoV-2 hijacks nanotubes between neurons to infect them, study finds
Neuroscience biweekly vol. 63, 20th July — 3rd August
L2 report vol. 5📚
—EIP4844 (proto-danksharding) will drastically decrease rollup fees, enabling Ethereum to scale without sacrificing decentralization. Researchers and devs from Optimism, Coinbase, ConsenSys, Prysmatic labs, and the EF recently joined the second community call coordinating these efforts.
—Arbitrum Rinkeby testnet upgraded to Nitro. Arbitrum Nitro is the most advanced rollup stack ever built, and it enables massively higher throughput and lower fees. Arbitrum included in Sushi Swap’s new crosschain swap AMM.
—Optimism Bedrock is coming soon. It will lay the protocol’s foundation for years to come and serve as THE model for rollup architecture. A recap of all things Optimism at EthCC Paris, with links to presentations on Bedrock, EIP-4844, Cannon, and more.
—MetisDAO Foundation announces “Metis Marathon” Builder Incentive Program
—Congratulations to all the winners of the Boba Network x DoraHacks hackathon
—GameStop NFT is live on Loopring L2. oopring HQ 2 in Decentraland is finally almost here.
—Polygon zkEVM, the first EVM-equivalent ZK L2, has been announced. Reddit launched a Polygon-based NFT avatar marketplace.
— zkSync 2.0 will be launching to Mainnet in about 75 days (at the time of writing), and unveil the public roadmap.
—After over a year of building the zkEVM-based zkRollup in close collaboration with the PSE (Privacy and Scaling Explorations) group at the Ethereum Foundation, the Scroll team is releasing the pre-alpha version of Scroll for external testers.
—Starknet.js v4 is released with RPC support. A new version of starknet.py (v.0.4.3-alpha) has been released. Orbiter has been integrated into StarkGate of StarkWare. StarkNet Community Call #19.
—ZKSpace Monthly Dev & Operation Report — — July 2022
DeversiFi becomes rhino.fi: the first multi-chain platform to bring you all the best DeFi opportunities in one place.
—dYdX to be the first crypto exchange to offer truly free trading for up to $100k in volume per month to all users, across all markets. dYdX v4 AMA with Antonio
—Immutable X enables gasless, carbon-neutral NFTs and transactions for ‘Deviants’ Factions’ trading card game
—Rainbow mobile wallet adds NFTs on Arbitrum & Optimism.
—KyberSwap launches integration with Optimism.
—Sushi launches on Metis.
—Draft proposal for BLS transaction type.
—Layer 2 fixed and variable actual gas costs.
—Mental models for L1 and L2 by Patrick McCorry.
—The zkWars on ‘Bankless’.
—L2 stats. Check out how much it costs to use Layer-2.
—And more!
#L2 #Layer2 https://medium.com/paradigm-research/l2-report-vol-5-abded3fc29b2
A biweekly update on Layer 2 protocols, 21st July — 4th AugustTL;DR
—EIP4844 (proto-danksharding) will drastically decrease rollup fees, enabling Ethereum to scale without sacrificing decentralization. Researchers and devs from Optimism, Coinbase, ConsenSys, Prysmatic labs, and the EF recently joined the second community call coordinating these efforts.
—Arbitrum Rinkeby testnet upgraded to Nitro. Arbitrum Nitro is the most advanced rollup stack ever built, and it enables massively higher throughput and lower fees. Arbitrum included in Sushi Swap’s new crosschain swap AMM.
—Optimism Bedrock is coming soon. It will lay the protocol’s foundation for years to come and serve as THE model for rollup architecture. A recap of all things Optimism at EthCC Paris, with links to presentations on Bedrock, EIP-4844, Cannon, and more.
—MetisDAO Foundation announces “Metis Marathon” Builder Incentive Program
—Congratulations to all the winners of the Boba Network x DoraHacks hackathon
—GameStop NFT is live on Loopring L2. oopring HQ 2 in Decentraland is finally almost here.
—Polygon zkEVM, the first EVM-equivalent ZK L2, has been announced. Reddit launched a Polygon-based NFT avatar marketplace.
— zkSync 2.0 will be launching to Mainnet in about 75 days (at the time of writing), and unveil the public roadmap.
—After over a year of building the zkEVM-based zkRollup in close collaboration with the PSE (Privacy and Scaling Explorations) group at the Ethereum Foundation, the Scroll team is releasing the pre-alpha version of Scroll for external testers.
—Starknet.js v4 is released with RPC support. A new version of starknet.py (v.0.4.3-alpha) has been released. Orbiter has been integrated into StarkGate of StarkWare. StarkNet Community Call #19.
—ZKSpace Monthly Dev & Operation Report — — July 2022
DeversiFi becomes rhino.fi: the first multi-chain platform to bring you all the best DeFi opportunities in one place.
—dYdX to be the first crypto exchange to offer truly free trading for up to $100k in volume per month to all users, across all markets. dYdX v4 AMA with Antonio
—Immutable X enables gasless, carbon-neutral NFTs and transactions for ‘Deviants’ Factions’ trading card game
—Rainbow mobile wallet adds NFTs on Arbitrum & Optimism.
—KyberSwap launches integration with Optimism.
—Sushi launches on Metis.
—Draft proposal for BLS transaction type.
—Layer 2 fixed and variable actual gas costs.
—Mental models for L1 and L2 by Patrick McCorry.
—The zkWars on ‘Bankless’.
—L2 stats. Check out how much it costs to use Layer-2.
—And more!
#L2 #Layer2 https://medium.com/paradigm-research/l2-report-vol-5-abded3fc29b2
Medium
L2 report vol. 5
A biweekly update on Layer 2 protocols, 21st July — 4th August
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𝐒𝐓/ Supermassive blackhole influences star formation
- Powerful jets of a supermassive black hole change the conditions for star formation in interstellar clouds.
- Supermassive black holes with varying light signatures are actually in different stages of the life cycle.
- Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.
- Millisecond pulsars spin far more rapidly than expected for a collapsed star. The best chance to study these neutron stars is to find a black widow system where the pulsar has evaporated and eaten much of its companion star. The Keck I telescope was just able to capture spectra of one such companion, allowing astronomers to weigh its pulsar. It's the heaviest found to date, and perhaps near the upper limit for a neutron star.
- In recent years, a large number of exoplanets have been found around single 'normal' stars. New research shows that there may be exceptions to this trend. Researchers suggest a new way of detecting dim bodies, including planets, orbiting exotic binary stars known as Cataclysmic Variables (CVs).
- Planetary scientists have an answer to a mystery that's puzzled the Mars research community since NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a mineral called tridymite in Gale Crater in 2016.
- Using data collected over two decades ago, scientists have compiled the first complete map of hydrogen abundances on the Moon's surface. The map identifies two types of lunar materials containing enhanced hydrogen and corroborates previous ideas about lunar hydrogen and water, including findings that water likely played a role in the Moon's original magma-ocean formation and solidification.
- A team of astronomers has developed a method that will allow them to 'see' through the fog of the early Universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies.
- Astronomers have analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant Universe.
- Researchers demonstrated a 3D-printed plasma sensor for satellites that works just as well as the expensive semiconductor sensors that take weeks of intricate fabrication in a cleanroom. These durable, precise sensors could be used on CubeSats, which are commonly utilized for environmental monitoring or weather prediction.
- Upcoming industry events. And more!
#ST #Space https://medium.com/paradigm-research/st-supermassive-blackhole-influences-star-formation-3368fabac10e
Space biweekly vol.57, 20th July - 3d AugustTL;DR
- Powerful jets of a supermassive black hole change the conditions for star formation in interstellar clouds.
- Supermassive black holes with varying light signatures are actually in different stages of the life cycle.
- Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.
- Millisecond pulsars spin far more rapidly than expected for a collapsed star. The best chance to study these neutron stars is to find a black widow system where the pulsar has evaporated and eaten much of its companion star. The Keck I telescope was just able to capture spectra of one such companion, allowing astronomers to weigh its pulsar. It's the heaviest found to date, and perhaps near the upper limit for a neutron star.
- In recent years, a large number of exoplanets have been found around single 'normal' stars. New research shows that there may be exceptions to this trend. Researchers suggest a new way of detecting dim bodies, including planets, orbiting exotic binary stars known as Cataclysmic Variables (CVs).
- Planetary scientists have an answer to a mystery that's puzzled the Mars research community since NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a mineral called tridymite in Gale Crater in 2016.
- Using data collected over two decades ago, scientists have compiled the first complete map of hydrogen abundances on the Moon's surface. The map identifies two types of lunar materials containing enhanced hydrogen and corroborates previous ideas about lunar hydrogen and water, including findings that water likely played a role in the Moon's original magma-ocean formation and solidification.
- A team of astronomers has developed a method that will allow them to 'see' through the fog of the early Universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies.
- Astronomers have analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant Universe.
- Researchers demonstrated a 3D-printed plasma sensor for satellites that works just as well as the expensive semiconductor sensors that take weeks of intricate fabrication in a cleanroom. These durable, precise sensors could be used on CubeSats, which are commonly utilized for environmental monitoring or weather prediction.
- Upcoming industry events. And more!
#ST #Space https://medium.com/paradigm-research/st-supermassive-blackhole-influences-star-formation-3368fabac10e
Medium
ST/ Supermassive blackhole influences star formation
Space biweekly vol.57, 20th July — 5thAugust
𝐍𝐓/ Researchers improve cement with shrimp shell nanoparticles
—Putting nanoparticles from shrimp shells into cement paste made the material significantly stronger — an innovation that could lead to reduced seafood waste and lower carbon emissions from concrete production.
—Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and their collaborators have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineering materials that would revolutionize electronics.
—Constructing a tiny robot from DNA and using it to study cell processes invisible to the naked eye… You would be forgiven for thinking it is science fiction, but it is in fact the subject of serious research. This highly innovative ‘nano-robot’ should enable a closer study of the mechanical forces applied at microscopic levels, which are crucial for many biological and pathological processes.
—Graphene scientists from The University of Manchester have created a novel ‘nano-petri dish’ using two-dimensional (2D) materials to create a new method of observing how atoms move in liquid.
—Carbon nano-onions (CNOs), a form of carbon nanostructure with excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, find several applications in biomedicine, bioimaging, energy conversion, and electronics. However, conventional methods to produce them suffer from high complexity, toxicity, and energy consumption. Fortunately, scientists have now found a convenient and eco-friendly way to synthesize high-quality CNOs using scales from fish waste and microwave pulses. This novel approach could open doors to the adoption of CNOs in next-generation technologies.
—A team of researchers has developed a new kind of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probes in true three-dimensional shapes they call 3DTIPs. AFM technology allows scientists to observe, measure, and manipulate samples and micro and nanoscale entities with unprecedented precision. The new 3DTIPs, which are manufactured using a single-step 3D printing process, can be utilized for a wider variety of applications — and potential observations and discoveries — than standard, more limited silicon-based probes that are considered state-of-the-art in our current time.
—Knowledge of the atomic-level structures of materials is extremely important for correlating the properties and functions of material in any scientific discipline, including chemistry, biology, and physics. However, the determination of the structures of the magic-sized nanoclusters, which typically serve as nuclei of the semiconductor nanocrystals, remains highly challenging largely due to instability and inhomogeneity. In a recent finding, the researchers identified that the tertiary diamine and halide ligands can overcome these hurdles together, and revealed the core-cage structure in a subnanometer-sized 27-atom semiconductor cadmium selenide nanocluster, Cd14Se13.
—Researchers have designed smart, color-controllable white light devices from quantum dots — tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a meter in size — which are more efficient and have better color saturation than standard LEDs, and can dynamically reproduce daylight conditions in a single light.
—An international team of researchers has developed a new type of strong and elastic two-dimensional (2D) membrane. The invention could prove useful, for instance, in detecting remnants of antibiotics from water.
—Nanodiamonds’ repertoire of applications expands constantly, including everything from ultra-fine coatings to precise drug delivery.nNow, Kyoto University and Daicel Corporation have developed nanodiamonds to detect temperatures on the nanoscale inside cells and organelles.
—And more!
https://medium.com/paradigm-research/nt-researchers-improve-cement-with-shrimp-shell-nanoparticles-b278ec5dde58
Nanotechnology & nanomaterials biweekly vol.28, 25th July — 8th AugustTL;DR
—Putting nanoparticles from shrimp shells into cement paste made the material significantly stronger — an innovation that could lead to reduced seafood waste and lower carbon emissions from concrete production.
—Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and their collaborators have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineering materials that would revolutionize electronics.
—Constructing a tiny robot from DNA and using it to study cell processes invisible to the naked eye… You would be forgiven for thinking it is science fiction, but it is in fact the subject of serious research. This highly innovative ‘nano-robot’ should enable a closer study of the mechanical forces applied at microscopic levels, which are crucial for many biological and pathological processes.
—Graphene scientists from The University of Manchester have created a novel ‘nano-petri dish’ using two-dimensional (2D) materials to create a new method of observing how atoms move in liquid.
—Carbon nano-onions (CNOs), a form of carbon nanostructure with excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, find several applications in biomedicine, bioimaging, energy conversion, and electronics. However, conventional methods to produce them suffer from high complexity, toxicity, and energy consumption. Fortunately, scientists have now found a convenient and eco-friendly way to synthesize high-quality CNOs using scales from fish waste and microwave pulses. This novel approach could open doors to the adoption of CNOs in next-generation technologies.
—A team of researchers has developed a new kind of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probes in true three-dimensional shapes they call 3DTIPs. AFM technology allows scientists to observe, measure, and manipulate samples and micro and nanoscale entities with unprecedented precision. The new 3DTIPs, which are manufactured using a single-step 3D printing process, can be utilized for a wider variety of applications — and potential observations and discoveries — than standard, more limited silicon-based probes that are considered state-of-the-art in our current time.
—Knowledge of the atomic-level structures of materials is extremely important for correlating the properties and functions of material in any scientific discipline, including chemistry, biology, and physics. However, the determination of the structures of the magic-sized nanoclusters, which typically serve as nuclei of the semiconductor nanocrystals, remains highly challenging largely due to instability and inhomogeneity. In a recent finding, the researchers identified that the tertiary diamine and halide ligands can overcome these hurdles together, and revealed the core-cage structure in a subnanometer-sized 27-atom semiconductor cadmium selenide nanocluster, Cd14Se13.
—Researchers have designed smart, color-controllable white light devices from quantum dots — tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a meter in size — which are more efficient and have better color saturation than standard LEDs, and can dynamically reproduce daylight conditions in a single light.
—An international team of researchers has developed a new type of strong and elastic two-dimensional (2D) membrane. The invention could prove useful, for instance, in detecting remnants of antibiotics from water.
—Nanodiamonds’ repertoire of applications expands constantly, including everything from ultra-fine coatings to precise drug delivery.nNow, Kyoto University and Daicel Corporation have developed nanodiamonds to detect temperatures on the nanoscale inside cells and organelles.
—And more!
https://medium.com/paradigm-research/nt-researchers-improve-cement-with-shrimp-shell-nanoparticles-b278ec5dde58
Medium
NT/ Researchers improve cement with shrimp shell nanoparticles
Nanotechnology & nanomaterials biweekly vol.28, 25th July — 8th August
Forwarded from Humanode Announcements
Humanode is excited to announce a partnership with Ink Finance - a leading DAO governance protocol that enables businesses to easily set up and organize as DAOs across multiple blockchains.
Read to know How Humanode's Crypto-biometrics will augment INK Finance network: https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-partners-with-ink-finance/
Read to know How Humanode's Crypto-biometrics will augment INK Finance network: https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-partners-with-ink-finance/
Humanode
Humanode Partners with INK Finance
Humanode - the first-ever crypto biometrics network - is excited to announce a
partnership with Ink Finance - a leading DAO governance protocol that enables
businesses to easily set up and organize as DAOs across multiple blockchains.
The partnership signifies…
partnership with Ink Finance - a leading DAO governance protocol that enables
businesses to easily set up and organize as DAOs across multiple blockchains.
The partnership signifies…
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𝗚𝗡/ Speeding up evolution at genome-level
—A research team led by André Marques at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, has uncovered the profound effects of an atypical mode of chromosome arrangement on genome organization and evolution. Their findings are published in the journal Cell.
—Genetic analyses of baboons in Kenya reveals that most of them carry traces of hybridization in their DNA. As a result of interbreeding, about a third of their genetic makeup consists of genes from another, closely-related species. Fifty years of observations turned up no obvious signs that hybrids fare any worse than their counterparts. But the new findings suggest that appearances can be deceiving.
—Researchers generated rat sperm cells inside sterile mice using a technique called blastocyst complementation. The advance appears in the journal Stem Cell Reports.
Scientists have found that muscle fibers in Japanese Fire-bellied Newts have an intrinsic ability to dedifferentiate, or reprogram, and contribute to limb regeneration. The results indicate that changes in the niche (the environment outside the cell) during metamorphosis and body growth are needed to unleash this ability. This study provides a key basis for future research on dedifferentiation, and could contribute to medical treatments for muscle damage and disease.
—New research shows that one fruit fly species contains whole genomes of a kind of bacteria, making this finding the largest bacteria-to-animal transfer of genetic material ever discovered. The new research also sheds light on how this happens.
—Scientists have created a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism found in the gastrointestinal tract, to counter the onset and effects of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI).
—Researchers from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) have used elastic shell theory to describe how the stiffness of plant cell walls depends on their elasticity and internal turgor pressure. By utilizing atomic force microscopy (AFM) combined with finite element computer simulations, they were able to show that cell stiffness is very sensitive to internal turgor pressure.
—An international research team has deciphered the mechanism by which the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is resistant to fungus-specific drugs. It is a yeast-like fungus that can infect humans. Specific drugs, named antifungals, are available for treatment, but they don’t always work — a phenomenon similar to antibiotic resistance. A team from Duke University in the USA and Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has used genetic, bioinformatic and microbiological techniques to decipher the mechanism underlying this resistance.
—Scientists have published new research showing light-activated proteins can help normalize dysfunction within cells. The technique helps naturally balance mitochondria.
—Plant biologists have defined the high-efficiency ‘hacks’ that cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids (THC/CBD). Although many biotechnology companies are currently trying to engineer THC/CBD outside the plant in yeast or cell cultures, it is largely unknown how the plant does it naturally.
—And more!
#GN #Genetics https://medium.com/paradigm-research/gn-speeding-up-evolution-at-genome-level-6e6416306558
Genetics biweekly vol.34, 26th July — 9th AugustTL;DR
—A research team led by André Marques at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, has uncovered the profound effects of an atypical mode of chromosome arrangement on genome organization and evolution. Their findings are published in the journal Cell.
—Genetic analyses of baboons in Kenya reveals that most of them carry traces of hybridization in their DNA. As a result of interbreeding, about a third of their genetic makeup consists of genes from another, closely-related species. Fifty years of observations turned up no obvious signs that hybrids fare any worse than their counterparts. But the new findings suggest that appearances can be deceiving.
—Researchers generated rat sperm cells inside sterile mice using a technique called blastocyst complementation. The advance appears in the journal Stem Cell Reports.
Scientists have found that muscle fibers in Japanese Fire-bellied Newts have an intrinsic ability to dedifferentiate, or reprogram, and contribute to limb regeneration. The results indicate that changes in the niche (the environment outside the cell) during metamorphosis and body growth are needed to unleash this ability. This study provides a key basis for future research on dedifferentiation, and could contribute to medical treatments for muscle damage and disease.
—New research shows that one fruit fly species contains whole genomes of a kind of bacteria, making this finding the largest bacteria-to-animal transfer of genetic material ever discovered. The new research also sheds light on how this happens.
—Scientists have created a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism found in the gastrointestinal tract, to counter the onset and effects of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI).
—Researchers from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) have used elastic shell theory to describe how the stiffness of plant cell walls depends on their elasticity and internal turgor pressure. By utilizing atomic force microscopy (AFM) combined with finite element computer simulations, they were able to show that cell stiffness is very sensitive to internal turgor pressure.
—An international research team has deciphered the mechanism by which the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is resistant to fungus-specific drugs. It is a yeast-like fungus that can infect humans. Specific drugs, named antifungals, are available for treatment, but they don’t always work — a phenomenon similar to antibiotic resistance. A team from Duke University in the USA and Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has used genetic, bioinformatic and microbiological techniques to decipher the mechanism underlying this resistance.
—Scientists have published new research showing light-activated proteins can help normalize dysfunction within cells. The technique helps naturally balance mitochondria.
—Plant biologists have defined the high-efficiency ‘hacks’ that cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids (THC/CBD). Although many biotechnology companies are currently trying to engineer THC/CBD outside the plant in yeast or cell cultures, it is largely unknown how the plant does it naturally.
—And more!
#GN #Genetics https://medium.com/paradigm-research/gn-speeding-up-evolution-at-genome-level-6e6416306558
Medium
GN/ Speeding up evolution at genome-level
Genetics biweekly vol.34, 26th July — 9th August
Biweekly update on @Humanode vol.29
TL;DR
Hello to our community of crypto and tech enthusiasts! It’s time for our biweekly report on Humanode!
As of now, the Humanode team is making the final preparations to head to the public sale and the subsequent mainnet release in the upcoming months. They announced the whitelist for Humanode public sale on Tokensoft in the upcoming months. The whitelist spots are limited that is why they decided to have three different waves so that more dedicated ecosystem members could get into an earlier wave. Logically those who partook in the testnets will be allocated to the first wave. To verify that one has indeed participated in the testnet the team has created a special address mapper that will help to connect your Substrate address used for testnets with your Eth address that will be used for the public sale. Once your address is mapped you will be considered whitelisted for the sale, but only if you have participated in the testnets. Save the Eth address to use it on the day of the actual sale and claim your spot in the first wave!
A few days ago, the team announced a partnership with Ink Finance — a leading DAO governance protocol that enables businesses to easily set up and organize as DAOs across multiple blockchains. The partnership with Humanode will help Ink Finance to make the DAO ecosystem secure, transparent, and Sybil resistant.
Keep in mind, that Humanode Testnet 3 “Ramiel” is now public and you can easily test it out! Ramiel is the next major step towards the launch of the Humanode Mainnet this summer. The team is focusing on brushing up the system, moving from permissioned Proof of Authority where nodes are supposed to trust each other, to a trustless permissionless system, and bringing EVM compatibility to the Humanode testnet.
As was mentioned in the previous report, the Humanode team decided to reward Testnet 1 “Sachiel” human nodes with a special NFT that will resemble their achievement in becoming the first wave of human nodes to run as validators. Furthermore, the team decided to reward Humanode testers with some HMND tokens for their efforts! They will be distributed randomly throughout the first month after TGE. But only to those who ran nodes on Humanode testnets before yesterday’s announcement was posted.
During these weeks, Humanode teams were working tirelessly to make significant progress with current tasks. The progress was minutely shared in their regular dev update. As for the network development, the team added an RPC endpoint returning the validator public key, returned ValidatorPublicKey itself, implementation of Token Vesting, refactored the eip712 code to enable more reuse, and switches the codebase to the ethereum primitives crate. Considering the Bio-Auth, they updated the range for generating plaintext space size, converted the face detection model from torch to Caffe, integrated Fourier transform loss for the liveness detection model, and implemented CycleGAN and Autoencoder-based liveness detection model. And more!
That’s all for today! Stay in the loop!
#Humanode https://medium.com/paradigm-research/humanode-partnership-with-ink-finance-announced-public-sale-on-tokensoft-soon-the-fire-element-4ba4c810fa20
27th July — 10th AugustPartnership with INK Finance announced, Public sale on Tokensoft soon, The Fire Element minted and sent to the first human nodes, Dev updates are out, and more!
TL;DR
Hello to our community of crypto and tech enthusiasts! It’s time for our biweekly report on Humanode!
As of now, the Humanode team is making the final preparations to head to the public sale and the subsequent mainnet release in the upcoming months. They announced the whitelist for Humanode public sale on Tokensoft in the upcoming months. The whitelist spots are limited that is why they decided to have three different waves so that more dedicated ecosystem members could get into an earlier wave. Logically those who partook in the testnets will be allocated to the first wave. To verify that one has indeed participated in the testnet the team has created a special address mapper that will help to connect your Substrate address used for testnets with your Eth address that will be used for the public sale. Once your address is mapped you will be considered whitelisted for the sale, but only if you have participated in the testnets. Save the Eth address to use it on the day of the actual sale and claim your spot in the first wave!
A few days ago, the team announced a partnership with Ink Finance — a leading DAO governance protocol that enables businesses to easily set up and organize as DAOs across multiple blockchains. The partnership with Humanode will help Ink Finance to make the DAO ecosystem secure, transparent, and Sybil resistant.
Keep in mind, that Humanode Testnet 3 “Ramiel” is now public and you can easily test it out! Ramiel is the next major step towards the launch of the Humanode Mainnet this summer. The team is focusing on brushing up the system, moving from permissioned Proof of Authority where nodes are supposed to trust each other, to a trustless permissionless system, and bringing EVM compatibility to the Humanode testnet.
As was mentioned in the previous report, the Humanode team decided to reward Testnet 1 “Sachiel” human nodes with a special NFT that will resemble their achievement in becoming the first wave of human nodes to run as validators. Furthermore, the team decided to reward Humanode testers with some HMND tokens for their efforts! They will be distributed randomly throughout the first month after TGE. But only to those who ran nodes on Humanode testnets before yesterday’s announcement was posted.
During these weeks, Humanode teams were working tirelessly to make significant progress with current tasks. The progress was minutely shared in their regular dev update. As for the network development, the team added an RPC endpoint returning the validator public key, returned ValidatorPublicKey itself, implementation of Token Vesting, refactored the eip712 code to enable more reuse, and switches the codebase to the ethereum primitives crate. Considering the Bio-Auth, they updated the range for generating plaintext space size, converted the face detection model from torch to Caffe, integrated Fourier transform loss for the liveness detection model, and implemented CycleGAN and Autoencoder-based liveness detection model. And more!
That’s all for today! Stay in the loop!
#Humanode https://medium.com/paradigm-research/humanode-partnership-with-ink-finance-announced-public-sale-on-tokensoft-soon-the-fire-element-4ba4c810fa20
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 vol. 72
—The Ethereum Goerli testnet has been successfully merged and is now a full Proof of Stake chain
—Congratulations to Integritee Network on winning Polkadot’s 23rd parachain auction
—Basilisk has won the most recent Kusama parachain slot auction
—The Cardano Vasil hard fork, an upgrade that is expected to improve the network in terms of speed and scalability, was delayed for several weeks
—Algorand Foundation announces global winners for its $50M blockchain research and education programme
—Avalanche Hacks Summer 2022 has been announced, a virtual hackathon designed for builders around the world to solve key challenges in DeFi and GameFi, with $50K in prizes up for grabs
—A data-driven analysis of the health of the Solana validator network. The Solana Summer Camp Hackathon submission form is now live
—pStake is coming to BNB communities
—Cosmos plan for delivering ABCI++
—IC recently eclipsed a milestone of 100,000 canisters
—Synthetix shares the SNX 2022 Release Milestones. 0x API is now aggregating liquidity from Synthetix on Ethereum and Optimism
—The Aave V3 retroactive funding ARC is live
—Tezos hit 10,000 new smart contract deployments in July 2022
—BitTorrent Chain partners with Band Protocol to leverage its secure decentralized oracles
—Oasis partners with Meta to assess fairness for its ai models, while protecting people’s privacy
—Coca-Cola launched its first-of-a-kind, generative, sharable collectibles on Polygon
—Dock is now an Associate Member of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
—Figment is now offering non-custodial EGLD delegation services. Bitpanda supports EGLD staking
—Regen Network partners with Shamba Network, a data Oracle that serves solutions on-chain and for use by ReFi
—In the recent Filecoin Network Upgrade, a new version of the SnarkPack proof aggregation library was released
—Immutable has partnered with Cross The Ages (CTA) to launch the initial trading card game (TCG) in development for nearly two years
—Injective has raised a brand new $40M round from some of the most renowned financial institutions to accelerate the adoption and growth of Web3 finance
—Gnosis Chain will merge with the Gnosis Beacon Chain exactly like Ethereum will merge with the Ethereum Beacon Chain. Take a look at the weekly validator updates
The Graph Foundation allocates nearly $1M in wave 6 of grants
—ATOM trading live on THORChain mainnet
—The ICON team continued making progress on ICON 2.0, BTP, and ICON Bridge
—Join the biggest NEAR event of the year at NEARCON in Lisbon, Portugal from September 11–14
—Kava 11 is set to officially launch on September 8
—mStable Governance Updates are out
—Coinbase to support new KNC
—Zilliqa’s 5th birthday
—And much more!
#State_of_Stake https://medium.com/paradigm-research/state-of-stake-vol-72-c385f8e37e90
Biweekly update on the PoS ecosystem, 26th July — 11th AugustTL;DR
—The Ethereum Goerli testnet has been successfully merged and is now a full Proof of Stake chain
—Congratulations to Integritee Network on winning Polkadot’s 23rd parachain auction
—Basilisk has won the most recent Kusama parachain slot auction
—The Cardano Vasil hard fork, an upgrade that is expected to improve the network in terms of speed and scalability, was delayed for several weeks
—Algorand Foundation announces global winners for its $50M blockchain research and education programme
—Avalanche Hacks Summer 2022 has been announced, a virtual hackathon designed for builders around the world to solve key challenges in DeFi and GameFi, with $50K in prizes up for grabs
—A data-driven analysis of the health of the Solana validator network. The Solana Summer Camp Hackathon submission form is now live
—pStake is coming to BNB communities
—Cosmos plan for delivering ABCI++
—IC recently eclipsed a milestone of 100,000 canisters
—Synthetix shares the SNX 2022 Release Milestones. 0x API is now aggregating liquidity from Synthetix on Ethereum and Optimism
—The Aave V3 retroactive funding ARC is live
—Tezos hit 10,000 new smart contract deployments in July 2022
—BitTorrent Chain partners with Band Protocol to leverage its secure decentralized oracles
—Oasis partners with Meta to assess fairness for its ai models, while protecting people’s privacy
—Coca-Cola launched its first-of-a-kind, generative, sharable collectibles on Polygon
—Dock is now an Associate Member of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
—Figment is now offering non-custodial EGLD delegation services. Bitpanda supports EGLD staking
—Regen Network partners with Shamba Network, a data Oracle that serves solutions on-chain and for use by ReFi
—In the recent Filecoin Network Upgrade, a new version of the SnarkPack proof aggregation library was released
—Immutable has partnered with Cross The Ages (CTA) to launch the initial trading card game (TCG) in development for nearly two years
—Injective has raised a brand new $40M round from some of the most renowned financial institutions to accelerate the adoption and growth of Web3 finance
—Gnosis Chain will merge with the Gnosis Beacon Chain exactly like Ethereum will merge with the Ethereum Beacon Chain. Take a look at the weekly validator updates
The Graph Foundation allocates nearly $1M in wave 6 of grants
—ATOM trading live on THORChain mainnet
—The ICON team continued making progress on ICON 2.0, BTP, and ICON Bridge
—Join the biggest NEAR event of the year at NEARCON in Lisbon, Portugal from September 11–14
—Kava 11 is set to officially launch on September 8
—mStable Governance Updates are out
—Coinbase to support new KNC
—Zilliqa’s 5th birthday
—And much more!
#State_of_Stake https://medium.com/paradigm-research/state-of-stake-vol-72-c385f8e37e90
Paradigm Platform beta testing is live
GM to our beloved Paradigm community!
Over the past few months, our team has been preparing something interesting and useful for your beautiful minds, and today we are pleased to lift the veil and share some exciting news with you! Paradigm's new brainchild - Paradigm Platform - is up and ready for beta testing.
Paradigm Platform is not just a website or a blog but a full-fledged social network, where you can create an account and follow the topics and projects you are interested in. Read more here.
To become one of the first Paradigm Platform testers and try the above-mentioned features, fill out this form.
Get ready for the Platform's public release. Lots of exciting news is on the way!
Team Paradigm
GM to our beloved Paradigm community!
Over the past few months, our team has been preparing something interesting and useful for your beautiful minds, and today we are pleased to lift the veil and share some exciting news with you! Paradigm's new brainchild - Paradigm Platform - is up and ready for beta testing.
Paradigm Platform is not just a website or a blog but a full-fledged social network, where you can create an account and follow the topics and projects you are interested in. Read more here.
To become one of the first Paradigm Platform testers and try the above-mentioned features, fill out this form.
Get ready for the Platform's public release. Lots of exciting news is on the way!
Team Paradigm
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Biweekly update on the Polkadot ecosystem vol. 43
TL;DR
—Congratulations to Integritee Network on winning Polkadot’s 23rd parachain auction.
—With only a few hours left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous para ID 2057 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period
—With 14 days, Referendum 70, proposing to increase the maximum number of HRMP channels from 10 to 30, is passing by a wide margin
—Polkadot 0.9.27 has been released with medium upgrade priority
—The latest Monthly Polkadot Staking Update
—Basilisk has won the most recent Kusama parachain slot auction
—Altair won a parachain auction slot on Kusama once again
—With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, GM Parachain has been in the lead the entire Ending Period
—The Darwinia Universal Cross-Chain Messaging SDK has been introduced. Crab 1232 runtime has been upgraded.
—iBTC minting is now live, the first fully trustless and decentralized wrapped Bitcoin bridge on Polkadot.
—Say hello to Huckleberry — the first DEX on CLV Chain.
—Moonbeam’s cross-chain connected contracts represent a monumental shift forward in usability by allowing end users to couple any token with functionality located on any blockchain, all from one application experience.
—Acala has launched the new ACA Staking Program. Astar x Acala DeFi Rising to accelerate DeFi on Polkadot.
—Astar has announced its partnership with Alchemy. Shiden and Moonriver are now connected via XCM integration
—Zenlink joins Astar’s Build2Earn Program
—OmniBTC partners with ChainX to bring XBTC to Aptos.
—Humanode announced a partnership with Ink Finance
—Phala Network launched Stake Pool denoscription function on Phala App
—zkAssets and zkAddresses, a core part of Manta Network’s infrastructure towards building a privacy-first future, have been introduced.
—Crust Network & OAK Network partnership announced. Crust Shadow integrates aUSD as the default stablecoin for parachain storage fee payments
—Dock is now an Associate Member of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
—Stable asset H2O is now in Ocean Market
—Turing Network has now opened HRMP channels with Bifrost, Crust Shadow, and Khala.
—Efinity partners with Entropia, a world-renowned MMORPG game & Guinness Book of World Record holder for most valuable digital assets sold
—Why Chainlink’s SmartCon is the must-attend web3 event of the year
—BitGo now supports Polkadot
—Nova Wallet announced Parity Signer integration
—Although Polkadot Decoded 2022 has wrapped, you can still catch up on all the talks you might have missed on YouTube
—And more!
#Polkadot https://medium.com/paradigm-research/polkadot-integritee-network-the-23rd-parachain-slot-on-polkadot-basilisk-will-be-onboarded-as-79f0c52110c0
28th July -12th AugustIntegritee Network the 23rd parachain slot on Polkadot, Basilisk will be onboarded as Kusama’s parachain, MEW teamed up with Web3 Foundation and Parity to build Enkrypt, Moonbeam’s cross-chain connected contracts, Astar x Acala DeFi Rising to accelerate DeFi on Polkadot, iBTC minting is now live, Astar partners with Alchemy, cBridge integrates with Klaytn, and more!
TL;DR
—Congratulations to Integritee Network on winning Polkadot’s 23rd parachain auction.
—With only a few hours left in the current parachain lease auction, anonymous para ID 2057 has been in the lead the entire Ending Period
—With 14 days, Referendum 70, proposing to increase the maximum number of HRMP channels from 10 to 30, is passing by a wide margin
—Polkadot 0.9.27 has been released with medium upgrade priority
—The latest Monthly Polkadot Staking Update
—Basilisk has won the most recent Kusama parachain slot auction
—Altair won a parachain auction slot on Kusama once again
—With two days left in the current parachain lease auction, GM Parachain has been in the lead the entire Ending Period
—The Darwinia Universal Cross-Chain Messaging SDK has been introduced. Crab 1232 runtime has been upgraded.
—iBTC minting is now live, the first fully trustless and decentralized wrapped Bitcoin bridge on Polkadot.
—Say hello to Huckleberry — the first DEX on CLV Chain.
—Moonbeam’s cross-chain connected contracts represent a monumental shift forward in usability by allowing end users to couple any token with functionality located on any blockchain, all from one application experience.
—Acala has launched the new ACA Staking Program. Astar x Acala DeFi Rising to accelerate DeFi on Polkadot.
—Astar has announced its partnership with Alchemy. Shiden and Moonriver are now connected via XCM integration
—Zenlink joins Astar’s Build2Earn Program
—OmniBTC partners with ChainX to bring XBTC to Aptos.
—Humanode announced a partnership with Ink Finance
—Phala Network launched Stake Pool denoscription function on Phala App
—zkAssets and zkAddresses, a core part of Manta Network’s infrastructure towards building a privacy-first future, have been introduced.
—Crust Network & OAK Network partnership announced. Crust Shadow integrates aUSD as the default stablecoin for parachain storage fee payments
—Dock is now an Associate Member of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
—Stable asset H2O is now in Ocean Market
—Turing Network has now opened HRMP channels with Bifrost, Crust Shadow, and Khala.
—Efinity partners with Entropia, a world-renowned MMORPG game & Guinness Book of World Record holder for most valuable digital assets sold
—Why Chainlink’s SmartCon is the must-attend web3 event of the year
—BitGo now supports Polkadot
—Nova Wallet announced Parity Signer integration
—Although Polkadot Decoded 2022 has wrapped, you can still catch up on all the talks you might have missed on YouTube
—And more!
#Polkadot https://medium.com/paradigm-research/polkadot-integritee-network-the-23rd-parachain-slot-on-polkadot-basilisk-will-be-onboarded-as-79f0c52110c0
Medium
Polkadot: Integritee Network the 23rd parachain slot on Polkadot, Basilisk will be onboarded as…
Biweekly update on the Polkadot ecosystem vol. 43, 28th July — 12th August
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𝗚𝗧/ New faster charging hydrogen fuel cell developed
— A new design for solid-state hydrogen storage could significantly reduce charging times.
— Researchers recently announced that they have figured out how to engineer a biofilm that harvests the energy in evaporation and converts it to electricity. This biofilm has the potential to revolutionize the world of wearable electronics, powering everything from personal medical sensors to personal electronics.
— Scientists have created a novel technology that can help to tackle climate change and address the global energy crisis.
— The production of ammonia, a major ingredient in fertilizers, involves greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists have quantified ways to reduce carbon impacts in this process.
— A new study indicates that decarbonization pathways should incorporate more efficient electric heating technologies and more renewable energy sources to minimize strain on the U.S. electric grid during peaks in electricity usage from heating in the winter.
— Researchers have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution.
— Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft.
— Sneezing out mucus may be one of the oldest ways for organisms to get rid of unwanted waste. A group of researchers found that sponges, one of the oldest multicellular organisms in existence, ‘sneeze’ to unclog their internal filter systems that they use to capture nutrients from the water. Additionally, authors find that other animals who live with the sponges use their mucus as food.
— A team of researchers has developed a water-activated disposable paper battery. The researchers suggest that it could be used to power a wide range of low-power, single-use disposable electronics - such as smart labels for tracking objects, environmental sensors and medical diagnostic devices - and minimize their environmental impact.
— The concrete industry is just one of many looking at new manufacturing methods to reduce its carbon footprint. These efforts are essential to fulfilling the Paris Agreement, which asks each of its signees to achieve a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. However, a new study focusing exclusively on Japan concludes that improved manufacturing technologies will only get the industry within eighty percent of its goal. Using a dynamic material flows analysis model, the study claim that the other twenty percent will have to come from changes in how concrete is consumed and managed, putting expectations on the buyer as well as the seller.
— And more!
#GT #Greentech https://medium.com/paradigm-research/gt-new-faster-charging-hydrogen-fuel-cell-developed-5f2d51776e93
Energy & Green technology biweekly vol.30, 29th July — 14th AugustTL;DR
— A new design for solid-state hydrogen storage could significantly reduce charging times.
— Researchers recently announced that they have figured out how to engineer a biofilm that harvests the energy in evaporation and converts it to electricity. This biofilm has the potential to revolutionize the world of wearable electronics, powering everything from personal medical sensors to personal electronics.
— Scientists have created a novel technology that can help to tackle climate change and address the global energy crisis.
— The production of ammonia, a major ingredient in fertilizers, involves greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists have quantified ways to reduce carbon impacts in this process.
— A new study indicates that decarbonization pathways should incorporate more efficient electric heating technologies and more renewable energy sources to minimize strain on the U.S. electric grid during peaks in electricity usage from heating in the winter.
— Researchers have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution.
— Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft.
— Sneezing out mucus may be one of the oldest ways for organisms to get rid of unwanted waste. A group of researchers found that sponges, one of the oldest multicellular organisms in existence, ‘sneeze’ to unclog their internal filter systems that they use to capture nutrients from the water. Additionally, authors find that other animals who live with the sponges use their mucus as food.
— A team of researchers has developed a water-activated disposable paper battery. The researchers suggest that it could be used to power a wide range of low-power, single-use disposable electronics - such as smart labels for tracking objects, environmental sensors and medical diagnostic devices - and minimize their environmental impact.
— The concrete industry is just one of many looking at new manufacturing methods to reduce its carbon footprint. These efforts are essential to fulfilling the Paris Agreement, which asks each of its signees to achieve a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. However, a new study focusing exclusively on Japan concludes that improved manufacturing technologies will only get the industry within eighty percent of its goal. Using a dynamic material flows analysis model, the study claim that the other twenty percent will have to come from changes in how concrete is consumed and managed, putting expectations on the buyer as well as the seller.
— And more!
#GT #Greentech https://medium.com/paradigm-research/gt-new-faster-charging-hydrogen-fuel-cell-developed-5f2d51776e93
Medium
GT/ New faster charging hydrogen fuel cell developed
Energy & green technology biweekly vol.30, 29th July — 14th August
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𝐁𝐓/ Under-display Face ID for iPad Pro rumored, augmented reality selfies patented
—Under-display Face ID could come to iPad Pro devices before iPhones. More recently, the patent office published 54 newly granted patents for Apple. Among the documents is one that relates to “augmented reality” selfies and another one that involves the “implementation of biometric authentication”
—Sony has developed camera software that it says can sign images to provide proof against forgery or manipulation
—ID R&D voice biometrics and liveness checks secure WhatsApp messages for health services
—ROC lauds algorithms’ accuracy and efficiency scores in NIST facial recognition test
—Startup NeoKe’s decentralized digital ID for travel wins Microsoft hackathon
—Mindtronic AI, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hyundai each explore vehicle biometrics
—iDenfy launches WordPress plugin for biometric security, insured by Lloyd’s
—IriTech and IBCT partner with two more companies on biometric data hubs
—Pangea develops biometric psychophysiological analysis
—ZeroBiometrics platform selected for biometric security suite by EclipseIR
—FaceHeart’s new face biometric software enables remote diagnosis of patients’ vitals
—Innovatrics releases digital ID verification for remote hotel check-ins
—BIO-key partners with Darksteel on biometric security solutions distribution
—iProov’s Genuine Presence Assurance for face biometrics certified to eIDAS’ High Level
—Remote onboarding for financial services stays hot with iSolve solution, OCR Labs, iDenfy wins
—Humanode announced a partnership with Ink Finance
—Analysis from Veridium, TAG offers guidance on boosting enterprise authentication
—French parliament approves €20M project for biometric health card
—Digital ID and other gov’t services are part of massive reform in Australia
—ZeroBiometrics platform selected for biometric security suite by EclipseIR
—The Canadian government plans public consultation on digital ID platform for public services
—Daon digital health pass VeriFLY reaches 1M users on Carnival Cruises
—Microsoft engaging with Nigeria ID4D on capacity building, consulting on data protection
—India ticks off analysts’ steps to a digital public infrastructure
—Portugal’s border agency was criticized for delays in issuing biometric ID cards to UK citizens
—Ghana imposes a fee for biometric SIM registration with a self-service app
—Plaintiffs in Amazon voice biometric data privacy suit push back on the dismissal motion
—Colombian digital ID to be used as passport across South America
—Oosto brings facial recognition to Australian Turf Club’s CCTV system
—IDnow secures $60M to expand selfie biometrics, digital identity platform uses, availability
—Berkshire granted $2M to further develop opioid treatment devices with finger, dental biometrics
—Youverify adds $1M to seed funding round to tackle fraud with biometrics
—Mobile driving licenses live in Utah, Arizona for credit union transactions
—Dozens of stores getting Amazon palm biometrics readers nationwide
—Idex supplies sensors for biometric payment cards coming to Turkey, Web3
—EU postpones ETIAS, and traveler biometrics until November 2023
—World Economic Forum publishes key insights for transforming DPGs into DPIs
—Putting the smudginess of old VHS movies to use training facial recognition algorithms
—A team of neuroscientists researching deepfakes have found that people seem to be able to identify them at a subconscious level more frequently than at a conscious one
—Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence method capable of performing unsupervised feature learning for multimodal emotion recognition (MER)
—Biometric industry events. And more!
#BT #Biometrics https://medium.com/paradigm-research/bt-under-display-face-id-for-ipad-pro-rumored-augmented-reality-selfies-patented-babca2d7403d
Biometrics biweekly vol. 45, 1st August — 15th AugustTL;DR
—Under-display Face ID could come to iPad Pro devices before iPhones. More recently, the patent office published 54 newly granted patents for Apple. Among the documents is one that relates to “augmented reality” selfies and another one that involves the “implementation of biometric authentication”
—Sony has developed camera software that it says can sign images to provide proof against forgery or manipulation
—ID R&D voice biometrics and liveness checks secure WhatsApp messages for health services
—ROC lauds algorithms’ accuracy and efficiency scores in NIST facial recognition test
—Startup NeoKe’s decentralized digital ID for travel wins Microsoft hackathon
—Mindtronic AI, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hyundai each explore vehicle biometrics
—iDenfy launches WordPress plugin for biometric security, insured by Lloyd’s
—IriTech and IBCT partner with two more companies on biometric data hubs
—Pangea develops biometric psychophysiological analysis
—ZeroBiometrics platform selected for biometric security suite by EclipseIR
—FaceHeart’s new face biometric software enables remote diagnosis of patients’ vitals
—Innovatrics releases digital ID verification for remote hotel check-ins
—BIO-key partners with Darksteel on biometric security solutions distribution
—iProov’s Genuine Presence Assurance for face biometrics certified to eIDAS’ High Level
—Remote onboarding for financial services stays hot with iSolve solution, OCR Labs, iDenfy wins
—Humanode announced a partnership with Ink Finance
—Analysis from Veridium, TAG offers guidance on boosting enterprise authentication
—French parliament approves €20M project for biometric health card
—Digital ID and other gov’t services are part of massive reform in Australia
—ZeroBiometrics platform selected for biometric security suite by EclipseIR
—The Canadian government plans public consultation on digital ID platform for public services
—Daon digital health pass VeriFLY reaches 1M users on Carnival Cruises
—Microsoft engaging with Nigeria ID4D on capacity building, consulting on data protection
—India ticks off analysts’ steps to a digital public infrastructure
—Portugal’s border agency was criticized for delays in issuing biometric ID cards to UK citizens
—Ghana imposes a fee for biometric SIM registration with a self-service app
—Plaintiffs in Amazon voice biometric data privacy suit push back on the dismissal motion
—Colombian digital ID to be used as passport across South America
—Oosto brings facial recognition to Australian Turf Club’s CCTV system
—IDnow secures $60M to expand selfie biometrics, digital identity platform uses, availability
—Berkshire granted $2M to further develop opioid treatment devices with finger, dental biometrics
—Youverify adds $1M to seed funding round to tackle fraud with biometrics
—Mobile driving licenses live in Utah, Arizona for credit union transactions
—Dozens of stores getting Amazon palm biometrics readers nationwide
—Idex supplies sensors for biometric payment cards coming to Turkey, Web3
—EU postpones ETIAS, and traveler biometrics until November 2023
—World Economic Forum publishes key insights for transforming DPGs into DPIs
—Putting the smudginess of old VHS movies to use training facial recognition algorithms
—A team of neuroscientists researching deepfakes have found that people seem to be able to identify them at a subconscious level more frequently than at a conscious one
—Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence method capable of performing unsupervised feature learning for multimodal emotion recognition (MER)
—Biometric industry events. And more!
#BT #Biometrics https://medium.com/paradigm-research/bt-under-display-face-id-for-ipad-pro-rumored-augmented-reality-selfies-patented-babca2d7403d
Medium
BT/ Under-display Face ID for iPad Pro rumored, augmented reality selfies patented
Biometrics biweekly vol. 45, 1st August — 15th August
𝐐𝐓/ A new connection between topology and quantum entanglement
— Theoretical work reveals an unexpected link between two major principles in physics that may inform future experimentation and an understanding of how to harness quantum information.
— Quantum clocks are shrinking, thanks to new technologies. A team of quantum physicists has devised new approaches that not only reduce the size of their clock, but also make it robust enough to be transported out of the laboratory and employed in the ‘real world’.
— Researchers discover that nickel oxide superconductors contain a phase of quantum matter, known as charge density waves, that’s common in other unconventional superconductors. In other ways, though, they’re surprisingly unique. Unconventional superconductors contain a mix of weird quantum states. Researchers found one of them - frozen electron ripples known as charge density waves - in a nickelate superconductor they discovered three years ago.
— About three years ago, a team of astronomers went looking for the universe’s missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didn’t lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at least an explanation that everyone could agree on.
— Combining artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics, researchers have simulated what happens at the molecular level when water freezes. The result is the most complete yet simulation of the first steps in ice ‘nucleation,’ a process important for climate and weather modeling.
— Researchers have used the coldest systems in the universe to realize in the laboratory gauge theories, key models of modern physics that describe the fundamental forces of Nature and the behavior of complex quantum materials.
— An international collaboration of scientists has created and observed an entirely new class of vortices - the whirling masses of fluid or air. A new article details laboratory studies of these ‘exotic’ whirlpools in an ultracold gas of atoms at temperatures as low as tens of billionths of a degree above absolute zero. The discovery may have exciting future implications for implementations of quantum information and computing.
— Researchers have demonstrated how a smart compiler specifically tailored for superconducting quantum hardware can optimize circuits and networks and execute less error-prone quantum algorithms such as Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) important for quantum computing.
— Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm that they run on an IBM quantum computer.
— A roadmap for the future direction of quantum simulation has been set out in a paper co-authored at the University of Strathclyde.
— And more!
#QT #Quantum https://medium.com/paradigm-research/qt-a-new-connection-between-topology-and-quantum-entanglement-84246291d09a
Quantum news biweekly vol.33, 1st August — 15th AugustTL;DR
— Theoretical work reveals an unexpected link between two major principles in physics that may inform future experimentation and an understanding of how to harness quantum information.
— Quantum clocks are shrinking, thanks to new technologies. A team of quantum physicists has devised new approaches that not only reduce the size of their clock, but also make it robust enough to be transported out of the laboratory and employed in the ‘real world’.
— Researchers discover that nickel oxide superconductors contain a phase of quantum matter, known as charge density waves, that’s common in other unconventional superconductors. In other ways, though, they’re surprisingly unique. Unconventional superconductors contain a mix of weird quantum states. Researchers found one of them - frozen electron ripples known as charge density waves - in a nickelate superconductor they discovered three years ago.
— About three years ago, a team of astronomers went looking for the universe’s missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didn’t lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at least an explanation that everyone could agree on.
— Combining artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics, researchers have simulated what happens at the molecular level when water freezes. The result is the most complete yet simulation of the first steps in ice ‘nucleation,’ a process important for climate and weather modeling.
— Researchers have used the coldest systems in the universe to realize in the laboratory gauge theories, key models of modern physics that describe the fundamental forces of Nature and the behavior of complex quantum materials.
— An international collaboration of scientists has created and observed an entirely new class of vortices - the whirling masses of fluid or air. A new article details laboratory studies of these ‘exotic’ whirlpools in an ultracold gas of atoms at temperatures as low as tens of billionths of a degree above absolute zero. The discovery may have exciting future implications for implementations of quantum information and computing.
— Researchers have demonstrated how a smart compiler specifically tailored for superconducting quantum hardware can optimize circuits and networks and execute less error-prone quantum algorithms such as Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) important for quantum computing.
— Physicists are claiming significant progress in using quantum computers to study and predict how the state of a large number of interacting quantum particles evolves over time. This was done by developing a quantum algorithm that they run on an IBM quantum computer.
— A roadmap for the future direction of quantum simulation has been set out in a paper co-authored at the University of Strathclyde.
— And more!
#QT #Quantum https://medium.com/paradigm-research/qt-a-new-connection-between-topology-and-quantum-entanglement-84246291d09a
Medium
QT/ A new connection between topology and quantum entanglement
Quantum news biweekly vol.33, 1st August — 15th August
𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 vol.58
TL;DR
—$37.7B in DeFi this week, currently at ~ $37.70B, with Maker dominance 18.08%%.
—Ethereum’s third and final testnet merge went live on Goerli recently.
—Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer, was recently sanctioned by the US and also by Infura and Alchemy, but the contract and website still remain up and functioning. Also, a suspected developer of Tornado Cash was arrested by the Netherlands, and the Tornado Cash DAO, meanwhile, also voted to take partial control over treasury funds.
—Curve finance DNS hijack via DNS cache poisoning, $612k stolen.
—MakerDAO’s founder stated that it’s ‘almost inevitable’ that $DAI is going to abandon its USD peg.
—mStable Governance Updates are out. mStable x Boardroom integation.
—Latest Aave News: Hack at ETHMexico, $OP rewards, The Merge, Retroactive Funding for v3 & more. Follow the Aave governance forum. The Aave V3 retroactive funding ARC is live.
—Compound Proposal 115 ‘Enable Sending ETH from Timelock (Revised)’ has passed successfully.
—Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet is set to merge today, on Tuesday the 16th ahead of the official Gnosis Chain/GBC merge in September. GnosisScan is here. Gnosis Guild launches the zodiac.wiki.
—dYdX free gas vulnerability disclosed, $25k bounty paid.
—Enzyme has revamped its Tokenomics model to drive sustainable growth. The Enzyme council has voted in favor of a token burn in the amount of 54,669 MLN tokens (worth approx. $1.5M).
—Nexus Mutual to invest $29 million of treasury funds into Maple Finance.
—0x announced full support for two new testnets: Goerli, the proof of authority Ethereum testnest, and Mumbai, the testnet for Polygon. 0xpo is now an official event of San Francisco Blockchain Week.
—The 1inch Network expands to Klaytn. 1inch integrates with Wirex. 1inch is now fully integrated with Synthetix Atomic Swaps. 1inch DEX aggregator is already available in iMe app. 1inch partners with KuCoin Wallet.
—Bancor Update — Week of August 8, 2022.
—KyberSwap x Polygon Chain Trading Contest has begun.
—In the Loop: Where Loopring has been, and where they’re heading. Loopring Quarterly Update (Q2/2022).
—The Ren team introduced the next iteration of Ren in this emergent multichain world. Ren 2.0 is an open protocol, enabling novel multichain application development with EVM support — leveraging Ren’s robust bridging technology for a new world of opportunities. Ren integrates Kava.
—Uniswap routing APIs can now find more routes between v2 and v3 — ensuring that swaps are always taking the most optimal route and finding the best prices. A New Chapter for web3-react.
—The Synthetix Tiaki Release — Improved Atomic Swaps. Synthetix works with Socket Tech / Bungee to allow users to quickly bridge assets to and from Optimistic Ethereum.
—Tether reported in a blog post that they’re approving of the ETH PoS merge.
—And more!
#Ethereum #Defi_in_Ether https://medium.com/paradigm-research/defi-in-ether-38-in-defi-tornado-cash-sanctioned-by-us-treasury-gnosis-chain-chiado-testnet-is-250123c0300f
Biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem, 2nd August — 16th August$38 in DeFi, Tornado Cash sanctioned by US Treasury, Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet is set to merge today & GnosisScan is here, Ren 2.0 introduced, Enzyme has revamped its Tokenomics model, 1inch partners with KuCoin Wallet, dYdX free gas vulnerability disclosed, and more!
TL;DR
—$37.7B in DeFi this week, currently at ~ $37.70B, with Maker dominance 18.08%%.
—Ethereum’s third and final testnet merge went live on Goerli recently.
—Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer, was recently sanctioned by the US and also by Infura and Alchemy, but the contract and website still remain up and functioning. Also, a suspected developer of Tornado Cash was arrested by the Netherlands, and the Tornado Cash DAO, meanwhile, also voted to take partial control over treasury funds.
—Curve finance DNS hijack via DNS cache poisoning, $612k stolen.
—MakerDAO’s founder stated that it’s ‘almost inevitable’ that $DAI is going to abandon its USD peg.
—mStable Governance Updates are out. mStable x Boardroom integation.
—Latest Aave News: Hack at ETHMexico, $OP rewards, The Merge, Retroactive Funding for v3 & more. Follow the Aave governance forum. The Aave V3 retroactive funding ARC is live.
—Compound Proposal 115 ‘Enable Sending ETH from Timelock (Revised)’ has passed successfully.
—Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet is set to merge today, on Tuesday the 16th ahead of the official Gnosis Chain/GBC merge in September. GnosisScan is here. Gnosis Guild launches the zodiac.wiki.
—dYdX free gas vulnerability disclosed, $25k bounty paid.
—Enzyme has revamped its Tokenomics model to drive sustainable growth. The Enzyme council has voted in favor of a token burn in the amount of 54,669 MLN tokens (worth approx. $1.5M).
—Nexus Mutual to invest $29 million of treasury funds into Maple Finance.
—0x announced full support for two new testnets: Goerli, the proof of authority Ethereum testnest, and Mumbai, the testnet for Polygon. 0xpo is now an official event of San Francisco Blockchain Week.
—The 1inch Network expands to Klaytn. 1inch integrates with Wirex. 1inch is now fully integrated with Synthetix Atomic Swaps. 1inch DEX aggregator is already available in iMe app. 1inch partners with KuCoin Wallet.
—Bancor Update — Week of August 8, 2022.
—KyberSwap x Polygon Chain Trading Contest has begun.
—In the Loop: Where Loopring has been, and where they’re heading. Loopring Quarterly Update (Q2/2022).
—The Ren team introduced the next iteration of Ren in this emergent multichain world. Ren 2.0 is an open protocol, enabling novel multichain application development with EVM support — leveraging Ren’s robust bridging technology for a new world of opportunities. Ren integrates Kava.
—Uniswap routing APIs can now find more routes between v2 and v3 — ensuring that swaps are always taking the most optimal route and finding the best prices. A New Chapter for web3-react.
—The Synthetix Tiaki Release — Improved Atomic Swaps. Synthetix works with Socket Tech / Bungee to allow users to quickly bridge assets to and from Optimistic Ethereum.
—Tether reported in a blog post that they’re approving of the ETH PoS merge.
—And more!
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Biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.58, 2nd August — 16th August
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Public Sale Updates
Hey there human nodes and friends!
It’s been three weeks since we’ve announced the beginning of the whitelisting campaign. A lot has been happening recently so we wanted to share some internal as well as public sale updates with you.
Public sale dates
After receiving more than 11k sign ups from various groups in the Humanode community we have finally settled upon the dates! Note that changes might occur and these dates are preliminary.
Wave 1 : Sep 14, 2022
Wave 2 : Sep 20, 2022
Wave 3 : Sep 27, 2022
Those who’d like to get into Wave 1 still have time to deploy a node or reserve a spot through Wave 1 for non-validators by writing an in-depth article or doing a video review.
The whitelist will be open for all the waves right until their respective sales are conducted.
Whitelist details can be accessed here: https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/whitelist-details/about-the-whitelist
Options
We tried to approach the price formation by balancing out various risks poised by difference in price, unlock amounts and cliff-vesting timings. All the options will be available to all the waves.
Option 1 : 0.1725 | 100% unlocked at TGE
Option 2 : 0.15 | 30% unlocked at TGE | 70% - 3-month cliff and 3-month vesting
Option 3 : 0.13 | 20% unlocked at TGE | 80% - 6-month cliff and 6-month vesting
You can find more details here:
https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/public-sale-details/public-sale-options-and-prices
Hey there human nodes and friends!
It’s been three weeks since we’ve announced the beginning of the whitelisting campaign. A lot has been happening recently so we wanted to share some internal as well as public sale updates with you.
Public sale dates
After receiving more than 11k sign ups from various groups in the Humanode community we have finally settled upon the dates! Note that changes might occur and these dates are preliminary.
Wave 1 : Sep 14, 2022
Wave 2 : Sep 20, 2022
Wave 3 : Sep 27, 2022
Those who’d like to get into Wave 1 still have time to deploy a node or reserve a spot through Wave 1 for non-validators by writing an in-depth article or doing a video review.
The whitelist will be open for all the waves right until their respective sales are conducted.
Whitelist details can be accessed here: https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/whitelist-details/about-the-whitelist
Options
We tried to approach the price formation by balancing out various risks poised by difference in price, unlock amounts and cliff-vesting timings. All the options will be available to all the waves.
Option 1 : 0.1725 | 100% unlocked at TGE
Option 2 : 0.15 | 30% unlocked at TGE | 70% - 3-month cliff and 3-month vesting
Option 3 : 0.13 | 20% unlocked at TGE | 80% - 6-month cliff and 6-month vesting
You can find more details here:
https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/public-sale-details/public-sale-options-and-prices
Forwarded from Humanode Announcements
Address mappings
With the beginning of the whitelisting campaign we have rolled out special address mappers to validate those who really participated in the testnets and ran nodes. As mentioned before all Humanode validators are eligible for Wave 1. We haven’t disclosed this explicitly but this mapper is actually our sybil-resistant tool. As validators definitely went through our biometric verification to launch their node and were able to participate in block generation and finalization this gives us the ability to iron out all the non-validator addresses that were submitted to try and get prioritization without participation.
Soon we will post a special checker that will allow you to understand whether you were admitted to Wave 1 based on the mappings. The link will become available on the gitbook page that describes participation requirements for Wave 1.
If something is wrong and you are not sure about the admittance - do not worry as we can figure it out, check and manually add you afterwards.
The link will become live here:
https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/whitelist-details/wave-1-for-validators-and-researchers
Wave 2 for friendly communities
Also as mentioned before the Wave 2 for Friends and Broader community is now available for claiming. DAO participants from LobsterDAO, Aragon, Proof of Humanity, Bankless and Gitcoin can now claim their respective place in the second wave through submitting the proper info to this form below.
Form for Wave 2 Broader community and Friends:
https://link.humanode.io/public-sale-whitelist/wave-2-broader-community
Roadmap release
To make sure that our path is aligned with the vision we have also released a roadmap to highlight our milestones after the mainnet.
Check it out here: https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/public-sale-details/roadmap
That'd be all for today! Thank you very much for your time and patience much more info and updates to follow. Stay tuned 😉
If you have any additional questions please do reach out!
Additional links:
Telegram group: https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanodes
Announcement channel: https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanode
Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanode_io
Youtube with educational videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCluI64-yFeEv8DmBucI74eQ
With the beginning of the whitelisting campaign we have rolled out special address mappers to validate those who really participated in the testnets and ran nodes. As mentioned before all Humanode validators are eligible for Wave 1. We haven’t disclosed this explicitly but this mapper is actually our sybil-resistant tool. As validators definitely went through our biometric verification to launch their node and were able to participate in block generation and finalization this gives us the ability to iron out all the non-validator addresses that were submitted to try and get prioritization without participation.
Soon we will post a special checker that will allow you to understand whether you were admitted to Wave 1 based on the mappings. The link will become available on the gitbook page that describes participation requirements for Wave 1.
If something is wrong and you are not sure about the admittance - do not worry as we can figure it out, check and manually add you afterwards.
The link will become live here:
https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/whitelist-details/wave-1-for-validators-and-researchers
Wave 2 for friendly communities
Also as mentioned before the Wave 2 for Friends and Broader community is now available for claiming. DAO participants from LobsterDAO, Aragon, Proof of Humanity, Bankless and Gitcoin can now claim their respective place in the second wave through submitting the proper info to this form below.
Form for Wave 2 Broader community and Friends:
https://link.humanode.io/public-sale-whitelist/wave-2-broader-community
Roadmap release
To make sure that our path is aligned with the vision we have also released a roadmap to highlight our milestones after the mainnet.
Check it out here: https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-public-sale-details/public-sale-details/roadmap
That'd be all for today! Thank you very much for your time and patience much more info and updates to follow. Stay tuned 😉
If you have any additional questions please do reach out!
Additional links:
Telegram group: https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanodes
Announcement channel: https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanode
Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanode_io
Youtube with educational videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCluI64-yFeEv8DmBucI74eQ
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