David Bennett, the 57-year-old man who became globally known as the first human to receive a genetically modified pig's heart as a transplant has died in the hospital where he underwent the transplant and was recovering, according to a press release.
Bennett was first admitted to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in October last year with arrhythmia - the irregular beating of the heart, which in his case had become life-threatening. The doctors placed him on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), commonly known as a heart-lung bypass machine to keep him alive.
A heart transplant was recommended, but with over 110,000 Americans on the waitlist to receive one, Bennett's time was running out. The clinical team suggested an alternative that had never been tried before.
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Bennett was first admitted to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in October last year with arrhythmia - the irregular beating of the heart, which in his case had become life-threatening. The doctors placed him on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), commonly known as a heart-lung bypass machine to keep him alive.
A heart transplant was recommended, but with over 110,000 Americans on the waitlist to receive one, Bennett's time was running out. The clinical team suggested an alternative that had never been tried before.
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See how machines lead the whole process of production. 🤓
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How It's Made | How to manufacture hair dye in a factory
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Today we are going to see how hair dye is manufactured in a factory. The process has three main stages: mixing, filling and packing.
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Today we are going to see how hair dye is manufactured in a factory. The process has three main stages: mixing, filling and packing.
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Women are born with all of the eggs they will ever have, unlike men, whose reproductive organs create millions of new sperm every day.
The quality of the chromosomes and DNA contained within each egg declines as women age, which is why the average 20-year-old has an 86 percent chance of becoming pregnant, whereas this drops to 36 percent for a 40-year-old.
That, however, may be about to change. Now, a team of researchers from Hebrew University in Israel has demonstrated that treating eggs with an anti-viral medicine can "reverse" the age of older eggs.
The “reverse aged” eggs apparently had chromosomes that look more like those from younger eggs, less damaged DNA, and they matured better in test tubes.
The development hasn't been tested against fertilization; however, it may provide hope for women over 40 wanting to be mothers by extending childbearing into middle age.
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The quality of the chromosomes and DNA contained within each egg declines as women age, which is why the average 20-year-old has an 86 percent chance of becoming pregnant, whereas this drops to 36 percent for a 40-year-old.
That, however, may be about to change. Now, a team of researchers from Hebrew University in Israel has demonstrated that treating eggs with an anti-viral medicine can "reverse" the age of older eggs.
The “reverse aged” eggs apparently had chromosomes that look more like those from younger eggs, less damaged DNA, and they matured better in test tubes.
The development hasn't been tested against fertilization; however, it may provide hope for women over 40 wanting to be mothers by extending childbearing into middle age.
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#Tesla has revealed that it will continue paying wages for at least three months if the Ukrainian employees are called to defend their country, CNBC reported after accessing an internal email.
Ahead of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had called upon reservists to defend the country. It's been 15 days since the Russian onslaught started, and the Ukrainians have been on the defensive. While the U.S. and its allies have provided arms to the Ukrainian forces, as the invasion prolongs, more troops will be needed on the ground and Ukrainian citizens in other parts of the world may be called upon to join the defense.
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Ahead of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had called upon reservists to defend the country. It's been 15 days since the Russian onslaught started, and the Ukrainians have been on the defensive. While the U.S. and its allies have provided arms to the Ukrainian forces, as the invasion prolongs, more troops will be needed on the ground and Ukrainian citizens in other parts of the world may be called upon to join the defense.
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If you have been wondering what the hype around metaverse is and just don't seem to get it, don't fret, you are not alone. Rather, you will find yourself in the company of 49 percent of Americans who were recently surveyed and were equally clueless about it.
Last year, Facebook made news when Mark Zuckerberg pivoted the company to begin building his vision of the metaverse. Following this move, a host of globally known names ranging from those in the fashion industry to sportswear, have taken the plunge into the metaverse and revealed plans of how they plan to expand their brands in this digital world. Last month, JP Morgan Chase became the first-ever bank in the metaverse as it looks to cash in on the $1 trillion market opportunity.
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Last year, Facebook made news when Mark Zuckerberg pivoted the company to begin building his vision of the metaverse. Following this move, a host of globally known names ranging from those in the fashion industry to sportswear, have taken the plunge into the metaverse and revealed plans of how they plan to expand their brands in this digital world. Last month, JP Morgan Chase became the first-ever bank in the metaverse as it looks to cash in on the $1 trillion market opportunity.
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SpaceX launched yet another batch of Starlink internet satellites, despite a recent warning from NASA that the satellites might impede the scientific community’s ability to detect a catastrophic asteroid heading towards Earth.
SpaceX launched 48 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, March 9, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that took off from Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 08:45 EST (15:45 GMT).
The rocket’s first stage successfully returned to Earth for landing on SpaceX droneship ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’.
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SpaceX launched 48 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, March 9, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that took off from Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 08:45 EST (15:45 GMT).
The rocket’s first stage successfully returned to Earth for landing on SpaceX droneship ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’.
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The steel used to make auto lpg tanks is 2.5 times thicker than that used to make petrol tanks. ⛽
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How It’s Made | Manufacturing auto LPG tanks
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Today we are going to see how auto lpg tanks are manufactured in a factory.
A few essential steps involved in the manufacturing of these tanks including: tank material selection, welding and…
Today we are going to see how auto lpg tanks are manufactured in a factory.
A few essential steps involved in the manufacturing of these tanks including: tank material selection, welding and…
Elon Musk and his girlfriend Grimes welcomed a second child, a girl, in December 2021, the latter told culture magazine Vanity Fair in an interview and everybody is curious what her name will be.
The duo made headlines in 2020 when their firstborn was named X Æ A-12. While it had raised many eyebrows, the parents were quite open to sharing the rationale behind the name. While Musk shared it with the listeners of the Joe Rogan podcast, Grimes took to Twitter to reach out to anyone who was seeking an answer to the strange name.
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The duo made headlines in 2020 when their firstborn was named X Æ A-12. While it had raised many eyebrows, the parents were quite open to sharing the rationale behind the name. While Musk shared it with the listeners of the Joe Rogan podcast, Grimes took to Twitter to reach out to anyone who was seeking an answer to the strange name.
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The COVID-19 pandemic may have claimed roughly 18 million lives worldwide, more than three times the official death toll, according to a new estimate.
According to an analysis published in the Lancet by a team of health researchers, the higher figure represents a better approximation of the true worldwide casualty figure through the end of 2021.
The researchers say the true number of lives lost to the COVID-19 by 31 December 2021 was 18.2 million, which vastly outnumbers the 5.9 million deaths reported by various official sources for the same time span.
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According to an analysis published in the Lancet by a team of health researchers, the higher figure represents a better approximation of the true worldwide casualty figure through the end of 2021.
The researchers say the true number of lives lost to the COVID-19 by 31 December 2021 was 18.2 million, which vastly outnumbers the 5.9 million deaths reported by various official sources for the same time span.
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It's not life on Mars, but it does bear a slight resemblance.
NASA's Curiosity rover spotted a rock formation in the shape of a flower during its ongoing wanderings around the red planet's Gale Crater.
The flower-like formation is as small as a penny, a blog post from NASA reveals.
Curiosity captured the image of the rock formation on February 24 with the Mars Hand Lens Imager, which is located on its robotic arm. According to the U.S. space agency, the rock likely formed into its curious shape "in the ancient past when minerals carried by water cemented the rock."
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NASA's Curiosity rover spotted a rock formation in the shape of a flower during its ongoing wanderings around the red planet's Gale Crater.
The flower-like formation is as small as a penny, a blog post from NASA reveals.
Curiosity captured the image of the rock formation on February 24 with the Mars Hand Lens Imager, which is located on its robotic arm. According to the U.S. space agency, the rock likely formed into its curious shape "in the ancient past when minerals carried by water cemented the rock."
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For four decades, the U.S. Navy had not designed a new aircraft carrier. So, when it took up the task of building the Ford-class carriers, the Navy ensured that it was building the best aircraft carrier it had built so far. The first of its kind, USS Gerald Ford is now closer to taking to the battlefield with some of the most advanced technologies we have seen on a warship.
Honoring Gerald Ford who served the U.S. Navy during World War II, the first vessel of this class of aircraft carriers has been named after the 38th President of the United States. Instead of making incremental changes to its new warship, the Navy spent a good amount of money and time to bring on board the latest technological developments.
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Honoring Gerald Ford who served the U.S. Navy during World War II, the first vessel of this class of aircraft carriers has been named after the 38th President of the United States. Instead of making incremental changes to its new warship, the Navy spent a good amount of money and time to bring on board the latest technological developments.
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A new study is revealing that a reversal in the Earth's magnetic poles 42,000 to 41,000 years ago may have led to environmental crises that resulted in mass extinctions. The period is called the Laschamps excursion and the research used precise carbon dating obtained from ancient tree fossils to study its effects.
The team details how they created a precise radiocarbon record around the time of the "Laschamps geomagnetic reversal about 41,000 years ago from the rings of New Zealand swamp kauri trees."
"This record reveals a substantial increase in the carbon-14 content of the atmosphere culminating during the period of weakening magnetic field strength preceding the polarity switch." The team concluded that the "geomagnetic field minimum caused substantial changes in atmospheric ozone concentration that drove synchronous global climate and environmental" with their model investigating the consequences of this event.
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The team details how they created a precise radiocarbon record around the time of the "Laschamps geomagnetic reversal about 41,000 years ago from the rings of New Zealand swamp kauri trees."
"This record reveals a substantial increase in the carbon-14 content of the atmosphere culminating during the period of weakening magnetic field strength preceding the polarity switch." The team concluded that the "geomagnetic field minimum caused substantial changes in atmospheric ozone concentration that drove synchronous global climate and environmental" with their model investigating the consequences of this event.
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Algae has such immense potential as a biofuel source that scientists have long been studying it for sustainable energy. They even created 3D printed artificial leaves out of algae to produce oxygen for our investigations of Mars.
Now, scientists from Texas A&M AgriLife Research are using artificial intelligence to break a new world record for producing algae as a reliable biofuel source, so that a greener and more economical fuel source for jet aircraft and other kinds of transportation could be achieved. The research project is conducted by Joshua Yuan, PhD., and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Fossil Energy Office.
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Now, scientists from Texas A&M AgriLife Research are using artificial intelligence to break a new world record for producing algae as a reliable biofuel source, so that a greener and more economical fuel source for jet aircraft and other kinds of transportation could be achieved. The research project is conducted by Joshua Yuan, PhD., and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Fossil Energy Office.
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People would be all knee-deep in garbage if garbage trucks didn't exist. 🚚
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How It’s Made | Manufacturing Garbage Trucks
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Today we are going to see how garbage trucks are manufactured in a factory.
A few essential steps involved in the manufacturing of these trucks including: supporting the body floor, making the…
Today we are going to see how garbage trucks are manufactured in a factory.
A few essential steps involved in the manufacturing of these trucks including: supporting the body floor, making the…
Swiss multinational company ABB a reputed name in the power and automation sectors has formally launched its electric vehicle charger, Terra 360, which is not only the fastest but can also power up to four vehicles at a time, said a company press release.
As a manufacturing company, ABB has been offering infrastructure such as charging and electrification solutions for electric vehicles since 2010 and works with international charging operators such as Ionity, Electrify America, and Chargedot. It has already sold more than 440,000 AC chargers and 21,000 DC fast chargers in 88 markets, according to the press release.
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As a manufacturing company, ABB has been offering infrastructure such as charging and electrification solutions for electric vehicles since 2010 and works with international charging operators such as Ionity, Electrify America, and Chargedot. It has already sold more than 440,000 AC chargers and 21,000 DC fast chargers in 88 markets, according to the press release.
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NASA's JPL Caltech science team has spent years analyzing and researching data about Mars. The hope is that there is life beneath the Red Planet's surface and that this will further scientists' understanding of planetary evolution and, ultimately, of our galaxy.
In an interview with Interesting Engineering, Jesse Tarnas, a planetary scientist at JPL Caltech and NASA post-doctoral fellow, discussed where we currently are in the search for life on Mars, the future of Martian habitation, and what that means for us here on Earth.
Tarnas explained that part of his motivation comes from, "The idea of us living in a future where humans are collectively inhabiting Earth in a much more honorable and sustainable way." He believes that many of the ways this could be possible, and how we could learn to do so, come from exploring space, and from learning to inhabit other planets, like Mars.
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In an interview with Interesting Engineering, Jesse Tarnas, a planetary scientist at JPL Caltech and NASA post-doctoral fellow, discussed where we currently are in the search for life on Mars, the future of Martian habitation, and what that means for us here on Earth.
Tarnas explained that part of his motivation comes from, "The idea of us living in a future where humans are collectively inhabiting Earth in a much more honorable and sustainable way." He believes that many of the ways this could be possible, and how we could learn to do so, come from exploring space, and from learning to inhabit other planets, like Mars.
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Last February, the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ was already making headlines with claims of bringing down five Russian planes and a helicopter. Since then his supposed tally has allegedly grown to include 49 Russian planes.
On Friday, Ukraine's air force shared a selfie of the famous pilot with a cryptic message.
"Hello, occupier, I’m flying for your soul!” says the picture's caption with the pilot seen drawing attention to one of the missiles attached to his jet.
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On Friday, Ukraine's air force shared a selfie of the famous pilot with a cryptic message.
"Hello, occupier, I’m flying for your soul!” says the picture's caption with the pilot seen drawing attention to one of the missiles attached to his jet.
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