Innovation is about finding a better way of doing something. Like many of the new development buzzwords (which many of them are over-used on many business documents), the concept of innovation originates from the world of business. It refers to the generation of new products through the process of creative entrepreneurship, putting it into production, and diffusing it more widely through increased sales. Innovation can be viewed as t he application of better solutions that meet new requirements, in-articulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and society. The term innovation can be defined as something original and, as a consequence, new, that “breaks into” the market or society.
Innoveracy: Misunderstanding Innovation article points out that there is a form of ignorance which seems to be universal: the inability to understand the concept and role of innovation. The way this is exhibited is in the misuse of the term and the inability to discern the difference between novelty, creation, invention and innovation. The result is a failure to understand the causes of success and failure in business and hence the conditions that lead to economic growth. The definition of innovation is easy to find but it seems to be hard to understand. Here is a simple taxonomy of related activities that put innovation in context:
- Novelty: Something new
- Creation: Something new and valuable
- Invention: Something new, having potential value through utility
- Innovation: Something new and uniquely useful
The taxonomy is illustrated with the following diagram.
The differences are also evident in the mechanisms that exist to protect the works: Novelties are usually not protectable, Creations are protected by copyright or trademark, Inventions can be protected for a limited time through patents (or kept secret) and Innovations can be protected through market competition but are not defensible through legal means.
Innovation is a lot of talked about nowdays as essential to businesses to do. Is innovation essential for development work? article tells that innovation has become central to the way development organisations go about their work. In November 2011, Bill Gates told the G20 that innovation was the key to development. Donors increasingly stress innovation as a key condition for funding, and many civil society organisations emphasise that innovation is central to the work they do.
Some innovation ideas are pretty simple, and some are much more complicated and even sound crazy when heard first. The is place for crazy sounding ideas: venture capitalists are gravely concerned that the tech startups they’re investing in just aren’t crazy enough:
Not all development problems require new solutions, sometimes you just need to use old things in a slightly new way. Development innovations may involve devising technology (such as a nanotech water treatment kit), creating a new approach (such as microfinance), finding a better way of delivering public services (such as one-stop egovernment service centres), identifying ways of working with communities (such as participation), or generating a management technique (such as organisation learning).
Theorists of innovation identify innovation itself as a brief moment of creativity, to be followed by the main routine work of producing and selling the innovation. When it comes to development, things are more complicated. Innovation needs to be viewed as tool, not master. Innovation is a process, not a one time event. Genuine innovation is valuable but rare.
There are many views on the innovation and innvation process. I try to collect together there some views I have found on-line. Hopefully they help you more than confuze. Managing complexity and reducing risk article has this drawing which I think pretty well describes innovation as done in product development:
8 essential practices of successful innovation from The Innovator’s Way shows essential practices in innovation process. Those practices are all integrated into a non-sequential, coherent whole and style in the person of the innovator.
In the IT work there is lots of work where a little thinking can be a source of innovation. Automating IT processes can be a huge time saver or it can fail depending on situation. XKCD comic strip Automation as illustrates this:
System integration is a critical element in project design article has an interesting project cost influence graphic. The recommendation is to involve a system integrator early in project design to help ensure high-quality projects that satisfy project requirements. Of course this article tries to market system integration services, but has also valid points to consider.
Core Contributor Loop (CTTDC) from Art Journal blog posting Blog Is The New Black tries to link inventing an idea to theory of entrepreneurship. It is essential to tune the engine by making improvements in product, marketing, code, design and operations.
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Diabeteksen ja koronan välillä yhteys – Koskee myös lapsia
Koronatauti kasvattaa aikuisten ja myös lasten riskiä sairastua tyypin 2 diabetekseen.
https://www.iltalehti.fi/terveysuutiset/a/2cf7f686-dd75-40eb-b780-9bc9176e320c
Aikuiset sairastuvan herkemmin tyypin 2 diabetekseen koronavirusinfektion jälkeen. Samanlainen yhteys nähdään nyt myös lapsilla ja nuorilla.
Näin osoittaa tutkimus, joka julkaistiin JAMA Network Open -lehdessä.
Tutkimuksen mukaan koronainfektion vuosina 2020–2022 sairastaneet lapset sairastuivat tyypin 2 diabetekseen noin 50 prosenttia todennäköisemmin kuin samanikäiset, jotka olivat sairastaneet tavallisen hengitystieinfektion.
Yhteys havaittiin puolen vuoden sisällä koronainfektiosta, ja myös silloin, kun analyysista suljettiin pois infektion yhteydessä diagnosoidut tapaukset.
Tutkimuksesta kertoo Uutispalvelu Duodecim.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2824731
https://www.terveyskirjasto.fi/khp00066#s2
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Verkossa surffailu parantaa mielenterveyttä: Tutkimus osoittaa internetin hyödyt yli 50-vuotiaille
Tutkimus|Yli 50-vuotiaiden netin käyttö näytti olevan yhteydessä parempaan mielenterveyteen laajassa tutkimuksessa. Suomalaistutkija muistuttaa, että tulos ei kerro kaikkea.
https://www.hs.fi/tiede/art-2000010848752.html
Internetin käyttö näyttää vähentävän yli 50-vuotiaiden masennukseen liittyviä oireita. Näin päättelee laaja kansainvälinen tutkimus, joka keräsi tietoja varttuneiden mielenterveydestä useista maista.
Pontimena olivat tiedot, joiden mukaan keski-ikäisten ja heitä vanhempien ihmisten mielenterveyden ongelmat ovat maailmanlaajuinen huoli. Muutama vuosi sitten arvioitiin tiedotteen mukaan, että noin 14 prosentilla yli 55-vuotiaista on ollut mielenterveyden ongelmia kuten masennusta.
Internetin käyttö näytti myös hyödyttävän etenkin niitä yli 65-vuotiaita, joilla oli vähemmän sosiaalisia kontakteja. He saattavat olla korkeasti koulutettuja ja käydä töissä, mutta he saattavat myös olla vähävaraisia tai heillä voi olla kroonisia vaivoja.
Etenkin päivittäin tai viikoittain internetiä käyttävillä oli vähemmän viittauksia masennukseen oireisiin. He myös arvioivat terveydentilansa paremmaksi kuin ne, jotka olivat verkossa harvoin tai eivät lainkaan.
Tutkimuksen tiedotteen mukaan internetistä on tullut tärkeä keski-ikäisille ja heitä vanhemmille. Se havaittiin koronapandemian aikana, jolloin yhä useampi varttunut vietti aikaa verkossa.
Internet use benefits mental health in later life
Internet use is associated with reduced depressive symptoms, higher life satisfaction, and better self-reported health among adults aged ≥50 years across 23 countries.
https://communities.springernature.com/posts/positive-association-between-internet-use-and-mental-health
Internet use in adults over age 50 linked to better mental health
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-internet-adults-age-linked-mental.html
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Team solves a nearly 200-year-old challenge in polymers to offer independent control of stiffness and stretchability
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-team-year-polymers-independent-stiffness.html#google_vignette
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The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever
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By Victoria Atkinson published 23 hours ago
Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of light — ever taken.
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/the-shape-of-light-scientists-reveal-image-of-an-individual-photon-for-1st-time-ever
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/health/chloronitramide-anion-drinking-water/index.html
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Breakthrough Material Perfectly Absorbs All Electromagnetic Waves
https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-material-perfectly-absorbs-all-electromagnetic-waves/
A new composite material developed by KIMS researchers absorbs over 99% of electromagnetic waves from different frequencies, improving the performance of devices like smartphones and wearables.
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How will the world end? The 10 most likely triggers of the APOCALYPSE – including asteroids, supervolcanoes, killer robots and even ALIENS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12062911/Five-likely-ways-world-end.html
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Emotional intelligence is bullshit dumb people like to tell themselves they have when they lack actual intelligence.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/comments/17jamap/emotional_intelligence_is_bullshit_dumb_people/?rdt=41429
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Scientists Built the First Engine Powered by Entanglement—Not Coal or Oil
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a63012836/quantum-engine-entanglement/
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Olisiko lukutaidon katoaminen nyt niin paha asia?
Näytetäänkö valkokankaalla elokuvan sijaan minuuttiklippejä, vaihdetaan öljyvärimaalaukset tekoälyn tekemiin hologrammeihin ja otetaan kirjaston hyllyt muuhun käyttöön? Millaista kulttuuria tulevaisuuden ihmiset kuluttavat?
https://www.rapport.fi/kirsi-haapamatti/olisiko-lukutaidon-katoaminen-nyt-niin-paha-asia-31f87e?fbclid=IwY2xjawG0VTtleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqxZqfdhHngEdB-lU1VBwomkOmk-lOmzMnew_mzGvculQX7zbNeSBfoVmAj8Esw06hIb-_aem_LL-CDqi3AtX3X1HJhWTSFQ
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UNC graduate student discovers planet orbiting around nearby star, astronomers say
The celestial body is the youngest transiting planet found to date.
https://abc7.com/post/unc-grad-student-discovers-planet-orbiting-around-nearby-star-astronomers-say/15568728/
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Lost Writings of Archimedes Revealed After Centuries by Particle Accelerator
https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/28/lost-writings-archimedes-particle-accelerator/
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https://www.iflscience.com/what-are-electrons-made-of-77014
What Are Electrons Made Of?
It seems overwhelmingly probable they’re not made of any smaller particle, so what does that leave?
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Why the number “1/137” appears everywhere in nature
One of the fundamental constants of nature, the fine-structure constant, determines so much about our Universe. Here’s why it matters.
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/why-number-1-137-appears-nature/
When we think of fundamental constants, we often think of things like the speed of light, the strength of the force of gravity, or the electric charge of the electron. Those constants, however, are all dimensionful; they depend on the units we choose to measure the Universe. An alternative is to use dimensionless constants: pure numbers, alone, with no units at all. When we do, we run into a completely fascinating one: the fine-structure constant, which represents the strength of the electromagnetic force. Here’s why it, and the number 1/137, matters.
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Revolutionary Calculations Unveil the Hidden Motion of Quarks Inside Protons
https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-calculations-unveil-the-hidden-motion-of-quarks-inside-protons/
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World’s oldest people use the ‘wine rule’ to help them live past 100 and doctors agree
Drinking wine as a way to live longer? Count me in
https://www.unilad.com/news/health/wine-rule-living-older-drinking-moderation-blue-zone-809979-20241119
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Twisted light gives electrons a spinning kick: Researchers develop a novel way to control quantum interactions
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-electrons-quantum-interactions.html#google_vignette
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Scientists Crack Quantum Computing Complexity With Revolutionary Hybrid Design
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-crack-quantum-computing-complexity-with-revolutionary-hybrid-design/
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https://www.hackster.io/news/a-new-formula-for-a-risc-cpu-b6cb26a13c4c
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A Bewildering New Form of Matter Could Redefine What’s Possible in Computers
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62954878/non-abelian-anyons-quantum-computer/
To make better quantum computers, scientists need to find new exotic materials with quantum properties capable of making these incredible machines more fault tolerant.
A new study from MIT reports the theoretical discovery of a quasiparticle called a non-Abelian anyon—a kind of fractionalized electron—that can exist in what are known as 2D moiré materials without the need for a magnetic field.
According to researchers, if this quasiparticle can be experimentally discovered, it could kickstart a new quantum computing era.
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Physicists Transformed a Quantum Computer Into a Time Crystal
https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-transformed-a-quantum-computer-into-a-time-crystal
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Venting Doesn’t Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Shows
https://www.sciencealert.com/venting-doesnt-reduce-anger-but-something-else-does-study-shows
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Physicists Found an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time
https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-found-an-entirely-new-way-of-measuring-time
Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple case of counting the seconds between ‘then’ and ‘now’.
Down at the quantum scale of buzzing electrons, however, ‘then’ can’t always be anticipated. Worse still, ‘now’ often blurs into a haze of vagueness. A stopwatch simply isn’t going to work for some scenarios.
A potential solution could be found in the very shape of the quantum fog itself, according to a 2022 study by researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden.
Their experiments on the wave-like nature of something called a Rydberg state revealed a novel way to measure time that doesn’t require a precise starting point.
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https://scitechdaily.com/breaking-physics-scientists-reveal-impossible-state-of-matter-thats-both-solid-and-superfluid/
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https://hackaday.com/2024/12/01/when-transistor-count-mattered/
Many Hackaday readers have an interest in retro technology, but we are not the only group who scour the flea markets. Alongside us are the collectors, whose interest is as much cultural as it is technological, and who seek to preserve and amass as many interesting specimens as they can. From this world comes [colectornet], with a video that crosses the bridge between our two communities, examining the so-called transistor wars of the late 1950s and through the ’60s. Just as digital camera makers would with megapixels four or five decades later, makers of transistor radios would cram as many transistors as they could into their products in a game of one-upmanship.
A simple AM transistor radio can be made with surprisingly few components, but for a circuit with a reasonable performance they suggest six transistors to be the optimal number.
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https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/humans-can-learn-echolocation-too/
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“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.”
- George Bernard Shaw
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Both use each other’s inventions. So what is the difference between them.
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A consequence of asking: what if….
A higher level critical thinking skill
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech
Deep technology (deep tech[a]) or hard tech is a classification of organization, or more typically startup company,[1] with the expressed objective of providing technology solutions based on substantial scientific or engineering challenges.[1] They present challenges requiring lengthy research and development, and large capital investment before successful commercialization. Their primary risk is technical risk, while market risk is often significantly lower due to the clear potential value of the solution to society.[2] The underlying scientific or engineering problems being solved by deep tech and hard tech companies generate valuable intellectual property and are hard to reproduce.[3][4][5][6]
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What is Deep Tech
What is deep tech?
https://www.eitdeeptechtalent.eu/the-initiative/what-is-deep-tech/
Rooted in the advances of cutting-edge science and technology, a new wave of innovation is underway: deep tech innovation. With the power to change in our lives and accelerate the green and digital transition, deep tech is key to tackling the most pressing global challenges such as climate change, sustainable energy or health.
The Deep Tech Talent Initiative will boost European deep tech expertise to accelerate innovation and engage citizens in new technologies that will create new jobs, companies, and a more sustainable society and economy.
Our Deep Tech Definitions guide us in which fifteen deep tech areas we will train one million people:
1. Advanced Computing / Quantum Computing
2. Advanced Manufacturing
3. Advanced Materials
4. Aerospace, Automotive and Remote Sensing
5. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, including Big Data
6. Biotechnology and Life Sciences
7. Communications and Networks, including 5G
8. Cybersecurity and Data Protection
9. Electronics and Photonics
10. Internet of Things, W3C, Semantic Web
11. Robotics
12. Semiconductors (microchips)
13. Sustainable Energy and Clean Technologies
14. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Metaverse
15. Web 3.0, including Blockchain, Distributed Ledgers, NFTs
These deep tech sectors, sub-sectors, applications and definitions may change as technologies and markets change over time.
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Näitä ruokia aivot rakastavat
https://www.aivoliitto.fi/aivoterveys/ruoka/naita-ruokia-aivot-rakastavat#9278ccdc
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Tutkimus: Tumman suklaan syöminen voi pienentää diabeteksen riskiä – tällaisista määristä on kyse
https://yle.fi/a/74-20129601
Tumma suklaa vähensi merkittävästi riskiä sairastua kakkostyypin diabetekseen, joskin tutkijat pitävät tuloksia toistaiseksi kiistanalaisina.
Pienet annokset tummaa suklaata säännöllisesti nautittuna voivat ehkäistä riskiä sairastua kakkostyypin diabetekseen, kertoo tuore tutkimus.
Tummaa suklaata olisi nautittava viisi kertaa viikossa muutaman palan verran. Tutkimuksen mukaan sairastumisriski vähenisi tällöin merkittävästi, jopa 21 prosenttia.
Tutkimus julkaistiin vertaisarvioidussa BMJ-lehdessä. Asiasta uutisoi muun muassa brittilehti The Guardian.
Eating dark chocolate regularly could reduce type 2 diabetes risk, study finds
Researchers say risk could be reduced by 21% but connection ‘controversial’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/04/eating-dark-chocolate-regularly-could-reduce-type-2-diabetes-risk-study-finds
Eating a few pieces of dark chocolate five times a week while avoiding milk chocolate has been linked to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.
The connection between chocolate consumption and type 2 diabetes risk is “controversial”, according to researchers, although they highlight that most previous studies did not explore the difference between types of chocolate.
Researchers found those who were eating a one ounce serving, or 28.3 grams, at least five times a week, were 10% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared with those who never or rarely ate chocolate.
The risk of type 2 diabetes among the people who ate one serving of dark chocolate five times a week was 21% lower, the study found. However, an increased intake of milk chocolate, but not dark, was associated with long-term weight gain.
Researchers said further trials were needed to confirm the findings, which have been published in the BMJ.
Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2023-078386
Objective To prospectively investigate the associations between dark, milk, and total chocolate consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three US cohorts.
Conclusions Increased consumption of dark, but not milk, chocolate was associated with lower risk of T2D. Increased consumption of milk, but not dark, chocolate was associated with long term weight gain. Further randomized controlled trials are needed to replicate these findings and further explore the mechanisms.
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https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/a-brief-history-of-teleportation/
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Gray Matter On A Chip: Building An Artificial Brain With Luminol
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/gray-matter-on-a-chip-building-an-artificial-brain-with-luminol/
Towards an artificial chemical brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JVp0HF4ycE
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Unconventional Oil Production, All You Need To Know
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/unconventional-oil-production-all-you-need-to-know/
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A Hundred Year Old Solid State Amplifier
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/05/a-hundred-year-old-solid-state-amplifier/
Conventional wisdom has it that the solid state era in electronics began in 1948 with the invention of the transistor, or if you wish to split hairs, with the 1930s invention by the Russian [Oleg Losev] of an early form of tunnel diode. But there’s an earlier amplifier technology that used a solid state circuit which is largely forgotten, and [AWA Communication Technologies Museum] has featured it in a new video. We’re talking of course about the carbon microphone amplifier, a piece of telephone technology which made its way into consumer electronics.
A 100 Year Old Solid-state Amp – The Brown Microphone Amplifier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wrqAHjzwGE
In 1923 the S. G Brown company of London introduced the “Crystavox”, an all but forgotten loudspeaker with an integrated carbon microphone amplifier. This type of amplifier was invented at Bell Telephone Labs in 1904 for use in the Bell system on long distance telephone lines.
Decades before the invention of the transistor and without any vacuum tubes the “Crystavox” allowed a crystal set to be heard throughout a room. In this presentation Robert Lozier discusses his restoration of this “Crystavox” and demonstrates its surprising performance.
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Sperm Count Has Declined Almost 50% In Men Across The Globe In Recent Decades
Researchers are calling it a “global crisis”.
https://www.iflscience.com/sperm-count-has-declined-almost-50-in-men-across-the-globe-in-recent-decades-66219?fbclid=IwY2xjawHAS_tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZWZ47NUaFn0q2GLnjqufcBeG1wQg2MIX0VqGKBCGWz5XXWjaVWpj7YTPg_aem_OvGG6mJgL3hEyu5TohiR0w
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AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement
In a surprise discovery, researchers found a new way to generate quantum entanglement for particles of light, which could make building quantum information networks easier
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2459102-ai-found-a-new-way-to-create-quantum-entanglement/
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Physicists Map Out Quantum Entanglement in Protons
Dec 3, 2024 by News Staff
Physicists have found a new way to use data from high-energy particle smashups to peer inside protons. Their approach uses quantum information science to map out how particle tracks streaming from electron-proton collisions are influenced by quantum entanglement inside the proton. The results reveal that quarks and gluons, the fundamental building blocks that make up a proton’s structure, are subject to so-called quantum entanglement.
https://www.sci.news/physics/quantum-entanglement-protons-13474.html#google_vignette
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Particle research gets closer to answering why we’re here: Physicists outline next 10 years of neutrino research
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-particle-closer-physicists-outline-years.html
Physicists soon will be closer than ever to answering fundamental questions about the origins of the universe by learning more about its tiniest particles.
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Japanilaistutkijat kehittivät täysin uudenlaista muovia – Voi olla merkittävä edistysaskel roskaongelmaan
Tiede|Japanilainen ryhmä tutkijoita on kehittänyt täysin uudenlaista muovia.
https://www.hs.fi/maailma/art-2000010888378.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1L6svKFuFejK3gGr2hT9zhhaTYCdmVCuhLo_NX96dlAMmynHzHDukT4tQ_aem_cJYc16949l1rX5vZjOgMgQ
Tutkijat ovat BBC:n mukaan kehittäneet täysin uudenlaisen muovin, joka hajoaa meriveteen ja maaperään.
Tutkijat ja tuotevalmistajat ovat jo pitkään etsineet ympäristöystävällisiä vaihtoehtoja tavanomaiselle muoville, ja vaikka kierrätettäviä muoveja on olemassa, suurin ongelma niissäkin on ympäristön ja eläinten kannalta se, ettei muovi hajoa.
Japanilaisen Riken-tutkimuslaitoksen tutkijat ovat kehittäneet uutta muovia, jonka kerrotaan pysyvän vahvana, mutta hajoavan täysin jättämättä jälkeensä mikromuovia.
Testauksessa muovi alkoi hajoamaan muutamassa tunnissa, kun esine asetettiin suolaveteen. Maaperätestissä muovi hajosi 10 päivässä ja tuotti lannoitetta muistuttavaa kemikaalia.
Tutkimusta johtanut Takuzo Aida sanoi, että uusi materiaali on edistyksellinen keksintö.
”Tämän uuden materiaalin avulla olemme luoneet uuden muovia, joka on vahvaa, vakaata, kierrätettävää, monikäyttöistä ja mikä tärkeintä, se ei tuota mikromuovia.”
Scientists develop ‘environmentally friendly’ plastic that dissolves in sea water
https://www.bbc.com/newsround/articles/c4gxyy00589o
Whether it’s food packaging from a shop, or drinking juice from a plastic bottle, single-use plastics are a common part of life for many people.
But it’s a big issue for nature and the environment.
Each year millions of tonnes of plastic ends up in the sea, most of which isn’t biodegradable. That means it doesn’t break down over time, like paper or food, so instead it can hang around in the environment for hundreds of years.
And, when larger pieces of plastic such as drinks bottles do break down, they can turn into much smaller pieces, called a microplastics, which can be swallowed by wildlife.
Scientists and manufacturers have been looking for environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional plastic and researchers in Japan say they have now developed a version of the material that will fully dissolve in the ocean.
How was the recyclable plastic discovered?
While some recyclable plastics do exist, the main problem is what happens when they enter the sea, as they don’t break down in water. In fact, some plastic waste can take more than 500 years to break down at all.
To solve the problem, scientists at the Riken research institute in Japan worked to develop a plastic that would remain strong but would be able to fully break down in environments such as soil and sea water, without leaving any microplastics behind.
Tests showed that the new plastic would start to break down within hours when placed in slat water.
And, when put into soil, the sheets of the new plastic degraded in 10 days and supplied a chemical similar to fertiliser, which helps keep soil healthy.
Takuzo Aida, who led the study, said: “With this new material, we have created a new family of plastics that are strong, stable, recyclable, can serve multiple functions, and importantly, do not generate microplastics.”
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Alena Tensor—a new hope for unification in physics
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-alena-tensor-unification-physics.html
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They operated on a severed pig’s head—and the animal’s brain showed signs of life. https://trib.al/2aBiMtt
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Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body
Biohybrid machine ushers new era of robotics, scientists say
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html
Engineers have created a new type of robot that places living fungi behind the controls.
The biohybrid robot uses electrical signals from an edible type of mushroom called a king trumpet in order to move around
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/16948-hiilinanoputket-ovat-litiumia-parempi-akkumateriaali
Uusi tutkimus osoittaa, että kierretyt hiilinanoputket voivat varastoida jopa kolminkertaisesti energiaa litiumioniakkuihin verrattuna. Tämä löytö voi mullistaa kevyiden ja turvallisten energianvarastointiratkaisujen, kuten lääketieteellisten implanttien ja anturiteknologian, kehityksen.
Tutkijat keskittyivät yksiseinäisiin hiilinanoputkiin, jotka ovat kuin yhdestä atomikerroksesta tehtyjä hiilikuitupillejä. Hiilinanoputket ovat kevyitä, helppoja valmistaa ja jopa 100 kertaa vahvempia kuin teräs. Näiden ainutlaatuisten ominaisuuksien ansiosta niiden käyttömahdollisuuksia tutkitaan esimerkiksi avaruushisseissä ja muissa futuristisissa teknologioissa.
Tutkimuksessa nanoputket koottiin “köysiksi”, jotka valmistettiin kiertämällä kaupallisesti saatavilla olevia nanoputkia yhdeksi säikeeksi. Näitä köysiä päällystettiin erilaisilla aineilla, jotta niiden lujuus ja joustavuus paranivat.
Testitulokset osoittivat, että parhaat hiilinanoputkiköydet pystyivät varastoimaan energiaa 15 000 kertaa enemmän massayksikköä kohden kuin teräsjouset ja kolme kertaa enemmän kuin litiumioniakut.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/12/ore-to-iron-in-a-few-seconds-new-chinese-process-will-revolutionise-smelting/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/11/chaotic-system-cooks-meat-evenly/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://tech4future.info/en/edible-electronics-smart-pills-edible-robots/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body
Biohybrid machine ushers new era of robotics, scientists say
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2610411.html