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08 Feb 23

Cosmic Rays Can Now 3D-Scan Nuclear Reactors

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Cosmic rays from deep space can help 3D-scan nuclear reactors, peering inside to see if they are safe, a new study finds.When high-energy particles known as cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere, they can generate massive cousins of electrons known as muons. Muons constantly bombard Earth’s surface from every angle—roughly one…

08 Feb 23

Public Notification: Alfia Weight Loss Capsules Contain Hidden Drug Ingredient

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Audience: Consumers February 8, 2023 -- The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use Alfia Weight Loss Capsules, a product promoted and sold for weight loss on various websites including, https://alfia.com, and...

07 Feb 23

Simulation of Pulsed-Field Ablation and Electroporation

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Pulsed-field ablation can induce temporary or permanent pores in cell membranes using time-varying electrical signals. This process, known as electroporation, allows for the stimulation of cell growth, drug delivery, and tissue ablation. For the development of applications based on electroporation, designers are turning to multiphysics simulation software to accurately represent…

06 Feb 23

Caltech Tests Space-Based Solar Power

Aerospace & Aeronautical

For about as long as engineers have talked about beaming solar power to Earth from space, they’ve had to caution that it was an idea unlikely to become real anytime soon. Elaborate designs for orbiting solar farms have circulated for decades—but since photovoltaic cells were inefficient, any arrays would need…

04 Feb 23

The Aftershocks of the EV Transition Could Be Ugly

Civil, Structural & Architecture

The introduction of any new system causes perturbations within the current operating environment, which in turn, create behavioral responses, some predictable, many not. As University of Michigan professor emeritus and student of system-human interactions John Leslie King observes “People find ways to use systems for their own benefit not anticipated…

03 Feb 23

Evolution of In-Vehicle Networks to Zonal Architecture

Civil, Structural & Architecture

As the automotive industry develops vehicles with increased levels of autonomous driving requiring more sensors and increased connectivity, it faces the challenge of transporting and processing a huge amount of data in the vehicle. To do this in an efficient way, it is necessary to reduce In-Vehicle Network complexity, power…

03 Feb 23

Deepfakes Are Becoming a Cottage Industry

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

In December, as many people prepared to take off for a winter vacation, the creators of “South Park” announced US $20 million dollars of new funding for the duo’s deepfake studio, Deep Voodoo. The company’s press release says the funds will help it offer “unrivaled face-swapping visual effects to artists,…

03 Feb 23

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Purchase or Use EzriCare Artificial Tears Due to Potential Contamination

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Audience: Consumers February 2, 2023 -- FDA is warning consumers and health care practitioners not to purchase and immediately stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears or Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Tears due to potential bacterial contamination....

01 Feb 23

GPT Protein Models Speak Fluent Biology

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Artificial intelligence has already shaved years off research into protein engineering. Now, for the first time, scientists have synthesized proteins predicted by an AI model in the lab and found them to work just as well as their natural counterparts. The research used a deep-learning language model for protein engineering…

01 Feb 23

IBSA Pharma Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Select Lots of Tirosint®-Sol (levothyroxine sodium) Oral Solution Due to Subpotency

Biotechnology & Biomedical

Audience: Health Professional, Pharmacy, Consumer February 01, 2023 -- IBSA Pharma Inc. is voluntarily recalling 27 lots of TIROSINT®-SOL (levothyroxine sodium) Oral Solution to the consumer level. This voluntary recall has been...