Future Foundation Models Will Span All Scientific Disciplines
In the Future there will be Foundation models general and specialized for ALL of Science
Weebit Nano Turns Lab‑Born ReRAM Into AI Memory Leader
Weebit Nano Ltd., a ReRAM-based technology company that we launched in 2016, uses an oxide memory that we developed in our lab in 2010. Weebit’s ReRAM is projected as a preferred AI-based electronic memory. Many thanks to Coby Hanoch and...
Bifunctional Enzyme Restores Redox
A metabolic safety valve for reductive stress "...Pan et al. rewire this circuit with a bifunctional enzyme that uncouples NAD⁺ regeneration from lipogenesis, restoring redox homeostasis under respiratory stress..." https://t.co/EChxGHwyXU https://t.co/LYIZNylLrr
Gut Bacterial Gene Switches Asparagine: Tumor Fuel or Immune Boost
As a medical school professor, this is one of the most paradigm-shifting findings I've seen this year. Weill Cornell researchers discovered that a single bacterial gene in your gut determines whether the amino acid asparagine fuels tumor growth or supercharges your...
Exploring Evidence-Based Longevity at LIC 2026
Excited to join LIC 2026 in Gstaad this September. Looking forward to thoughtful conversations on what evidence-based longevity actually looks like in practice, and where science, medicine, and capital can move the field forward. | @Longevity_Inv #LIC2026 🚀
Deep Rover Enables Kilometer-Deep Ocean Exploration
What if you could dive a kilometer underwater, gaze into the abyss, and unravel the ocean's mysteries? Deep Rover made it possible. https://spectrum.ieee.org/deep-sea-submersible?share_id=9311646
Three Weekly Workouts Reverse Biological Aging, Study Shows
As a medical school professor, I can now say this with certainty: three workouts per week is the minimum dose to reverse biological aging. A massive new meta-analysis of 146 clinical trials from the University of Birmingham found that exercise improved...
Penn Scholars Decry Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Findings
‘Assault on climate action’: Penn experts denounce greenhouse gas finding repeal | Article by Danna Cai in the @DailyPenn: https://t.co/b9Dwk47MkZ
Diabetes Drug Empagliflozin Shows Promise for Early Alzheimer’s
As a medical school professor, I've long suspected that Alzheimer's disease is metabolic at its core. Now we have clinical proof. A Wake Forest trial tested empagliflozin -- a common diabetes drug -- in NON-DIABETIC Alzheimer's patients for the first time. The...
Quantum Communication Can't Beat Light Speed
I thought we were over and done with it, but I may have to start posting "quantum cannot do faster than speed of light communication" every week or so again.
Photons Excite Existing Electrons; 1.3 E⁻/Photon = EQE
The phrasing of this is all over the place. It sounds like it's saying photons are magically creating electrons. A photon hits a material and transfers its energy to electrons that are already there, exciting them into an energetic state....
Omega‑3 Cuts Inflammation and Muscle Soreness Post‑exercise
Omega-3 for recovery in sports - meta-analysis 🐟 This new meta-analysis compiled data from 41 studies (over 1800 participants) to establish the effects of omega-3 supplementation of inflammation and recovery after exercise-induced stress 📚 Here is what they found ⬇️ Omega-3 supplementation significantly...
Early Quantum Algorithms Underestimated; Factoring Progress Sparks Optimism
One of the reasons I am so optimistic about broad quantum advantage is how far from optimal early quantum algorithms and fault-tolerance schemes have turned out to be. The recent progress on factoring, including today's results, is astounding.
Small Creatures Survived the Asteroid that Killed Dinosaurs
“We know what happened to the smaller species when the asteroid hit Earth and killed all the big dinosaurs.”
Astrophysics: More Than Telescopes, It's Diverse Daily Work
Most people think I just look at stars all day…✨ But being an astrophysicist isn’t just one job, it’s many. From teaching and leading degrees, supervising students, and writing research…to running space experiments, working with media, and speaking to audiences around the...
Young Blood Rejuvenates Brain Vessels via Endothelial IGF‑1 Signaling
Young blood-induced rejuvenation of neurovascular coupling involves endothelial IGF-1/IGF-1R signaling: evidence from heterochronic parabiosis using endothelial IGF-1R deficient and systemic IGF-1 knockdown mice "Our results identify IGF-1/IGF-1R signaling as a critical component of the molecular network through which young blood exerts...
Legged Robot Enables Rapid Moon, Mars Resource Surveys
A semi-autonomous legged robot equipped with compact scientific instruments can rapidly survey planetary surfaces, accelerating resource prospecting and the search for biosignatures on the Moon and Mars. spaceexploration
PDF‑Only Papers Reveal Science’s Slow AI Adoption
The fact that every scientific paper in 2026 is still uploaded only as fully formatted PDFs to academic archive sites that often limit downloads tells you everything you need to know about how quickly the scientific system is adjusting to...
Hardware Advances Slash RSA Break Time to Minutes
Still a lot to build on the hardware side, but the last state of the art papers were stating about 8 hours to crack RSA, now it's 9 minutes. Lots of gates, lots of hardware, but we are seeing quite...
Japan's Major Firms Must Disclose Climate Data Under New ETS
Major companies in Japan face mandatory new rules on climate reporting under the next phase in the country’s planned national emissions trading system. https://t.co/qWxjaezR9y
Visceral Fat: Modifiable Key to Metabolic Health and Longevity
Visceral adiposity, metabolic health and aging 🗣️These insights highlight the view of VAT as a modifiable and context-sensitive contributor to metabolic disease and aging, and a promising target for promoting metabolic health and longevity. https://t.co/7pDMJ2n7gK https://t.co/m4VVzNhctw
Cockpit CO2 Levels Impact Pilot Emergency Maneuver Success
Our study found that a pilots likelihood of successfully managing advanced maneuvers, like an engine fire at takeoff, was influenced by CO2 levels in the cockpit.
Metabolomic Markers Reveal Secrets of Extreme Longevity
I spy a familiar name in the author list... Metabolomic signatures of extreme old age: findings from the New England Centenarian Study https://t.co/0p8oALZ4Kf
Lijian‑2 Yields Single Cataloged Object in Low Orbit
1 object cataloged so far from the Lijian-2 launch, in a 217 x 604 km x 85.0 deg orbit
Evidence Shows COVID-19 Originated From Market Spillover
Maybe you heard somewhere that the COVID-19 pandemic started with a lab leak? NO! That is NOT what the evidence shows. It was not a goddamn lab leak. I’ve had enough. Here is what the evidence shows: it was zoonotic spillover...
Cancer Advances Offer Hope Amid Personal Loss
My father (and a dear friend's father) both died of this form of cancer. It is great to see the advances in cancer treatment... which will only be accelerated in the coming years (provided the luddites don't win the...
Β‑NMN Restores SIRT1, Halting Liver Cell Aging
β-Nicotinamide mononucleotide prevents senescence and lipid accumulation in hepatic stellate cells by restoring SIRT1 function https://t.co/wyVHZ13QNK
Tech Restores Vision, Transforms a Baby’s World
The best use of technology and science is to improve quality of life. The beautiful first impression of a baby seeing for the first time after surgery https://t.co/diz7hzhNCl
Humanity's Faith Preserves the Ancient Ginkgo Tree
If you could use some faith in our species, the moving story of how humanity saved the ginkgo https://t.co/yV8Wp9do07
This Week's Wild Science: Whales, Fruit, Babies, Space, Fish
What’s new in the world of science this week? ✨29.03.2026✨ 🐋 Female whales support each other through labour, birth and newborn caregiving 🧠 How passionfruit could protect against Alzheimer’s 👶 Babies share “mini stories” with us before they can talk 🚀 Sperm might...
Methane Cuts Essential; Ignoring Them Risks Climate Tipping
Reducing CO2 emissions is paramount. But reducing methane is necessary for avoiding critical warming thresholds. Warning we could soon cross these limits while downplaying the importance of methane reductions is hypocritical.
Exercise Counters Mitochondrial Decline, Preserving Aging Muscle Function
Mitochondria dysfunction underlies age-related decline of skeletal muscle function, with exercise mitigating this effect. Studies in both mice and humans. @PNASnews https://t.co/QjSR8GMRsR
NASA Confirms April 1 Launch Still On Track
NASA post-MMT news conference underway. Amit says everything is still go for launch on April 1. https://t.co/oitmRWMkDe
NASA Confirms Artemis II Launch Ready for Wednesday
Monday briefing: NASA remains “go” for launch of Artemis II at 6:24 pm ET on Wednesday. 🚀
Can One Laptop Control Multiple ONT Sequencers?
Anyone out there know if it is possible to simultaneously run multiple ONT sequencers from a single laptop?
Schwann Cell Exosomes Transfer Ribosomes, miRNAs for Nerve Repair
Glia-to-Axon Transfer of Ribosomes and miRNAs: A Novel Paradigm in Neural Repair "Schwann cell-derived exosomes thus represent both a novel mode of glia–neuron communication and a promising avenue for next-generation therapies for nerve regeneration." https://t.co/xU3zmkA5OA https://t.co/kK3FrVuN7T
Drones Boost Mobile Network Coverage and Reduce Latency
Researchers propose a drone-based system that supports mobile networks by improving coverage, reducing delays, and maintaining fresher data during congestion or outages. https://t.co/XBUAunK4Le
Diagram Mislabels PrSM: Shows Liquid Engine, Not Solid
This exploded diagram appears to shows a liquid propellant rocket engine (two tanks, plus an engine); PrSM is a solid rocket motor. What gives? https://t.co/GvxUeeiaqs
Fusion Hype Far From Reality, Decades Away
Trump Media is pushing a fusion project Great Negative net energy that lasted a billionth of a second in one lab experiment Most wildly optimistic case is decades from any impact AI isn't holding its breath https://t.co/zUMGumTHcj #Energy #Fusion #Reality #EnergyCrisis
Setidegrasib’s KRAS Degradation Still Unproven in Cancer
Elegant in theory, unproven in practice: setidegrasib and the case (or not) for KRAS degradation in NSCLC and pancreatic cancer: https://t.co/NuaOJ2amgn https://t.co/i9FpK4W19W
Krikalev Vows Orel Descent Module Replica for Drop Tests
Since the beginning of the year, Roskosmos officials had made a couple of "proof of life" statements regarding the decade-late PTK Orel spacecraft. The latest being Sergei Krikalev's promise to complete a high-fidelity copy of the Descent Module, VA, for...
Folic Acid Proven, Methyl Folate Is a Grift
Well, you will die alone with the grifters on that hill as folic acid is the only one that has been proven to reduce neural tube defects and yes, it even works for people with MTHFR variations. Methyl folate is...
Hard Ticks Cling on for 7‑14 Days to Feed
Alright yall, Day 1 of TickTalk: Hard ticks, like the ones that spread Lyme Disease (Ixodes scapularis) or Alpha-gal (Amblyomma americanum) are long-term feeders. They need from 7-14 days to take in a full blood meal. But how do they stay...
BBC Launches Daily Artemis II Podcast with Experts
Really excited to kick off the BBC’s space podcast ‘13 Minutes Presents: Artemis ll’ with myself, Maggie Aderin and @KristinFisher . This is a daily podcast bringing you all the news on the Artemis ll mission as it happens. First...
Exploring Astrobiology: The Science Behind Alien Life
It’s time to get into aliens...sort of! Really I mean we should talk about Astrobiology. This is Episode 7: Astrobiology #popculturescientist #stem #scifi #Astrobiology #space
We’ll Never Know What Neanderthals Thought of Us
When Homo Sapiens came onto the scene, were there Neanderthals telling other Neanderthals that they had to get on board to avoid being left behind? Did some Neanderthals think that boosterism would save them? Do we have any hypotheses about...
Peculiar Galaxies Reveal Cosmic Violence Behind Galaxy Formation
Peculiar galaxies showcase the beauty of cosmic violence Most galaxies are spirals, with ellipticals and lenticulars making up the next most common types. But peculiar galaxies reveal the in-between steps, showing how modern galaxies are made. https://t.co/IDAhiX1sEr
Calorie Restriction Slows Human Biological Aging 2‑3% in Two Years
In humans, calorie restriction slows biological aging pace by ~2–3% over 2 years (CALERIE trial) https://t.co/Eg8wBzhDpQ
More Older Brothers Link to Gay Orientation via Prenatal Testosterone
For every older brother a male has from the same mother his probability of being gay increases. This is thought to be due to a trace in their moms immune system that governs hormone effects on the brain. But note:...
US Dairy Cow H5N1 Cases Decline, Questions Persist
2 years ago now the world learned US dairy cows were being infected with #H5N1 #birdflu, raising concern the virus would find a new route to move from animals to humans. Cow infections seem to have slowed & many questions...