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Scientists use AI to discover new antibiotic to treat deadly superbug | The Guardian
According to a new study published on Thursday in the science journal Nature Chemical Biology, a group of scientists from McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a new antibiotic that can be used to kill a deadly hospital superbug.
The superbug in question is Acinetobacter baumannii, which the World Health Organization has classified as a “critical” threat among its “priority pathogens” – a group of bacteria families that pose the “greatest threat” to human health.
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65689580
A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life.
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The electronic implants wirelessly transmit his thoughts to his legs and feet via a second implant on his spine.
Microsoft Puts New Limits On Bing’s AI Chatbot After It Expressed Desire To Steal Nuclear Secrets
As many early users have shown, the chatbot seemed pretty normal when used for short periods of time. But when users started to have extended conversations with the technology, that’s when things got weird. Microsoft seemed to agree with that assessment. And that’s why it’s only going to be allowing shorter conversations from here on out.
Egypt’s COP27 summit app is a cyber weapon, experts warn – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/cop-27-climate-change-app-cybersecurity-weapon-risks/
Western security advisers are warning delegates at the COP27 climate summit not to download the host Egyptian government’s official smartphone app, amid fears it could be used to hack their private emails, texts and even voice conversations.
Just paint a wind turbine blade to save birds and bats
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/09/a-simple-paint-job-can-save-birds-from-wind-turbines/
A small study in Norway showed that painting one blade of a wind turbine black reduced bird mortality by over 70%.
FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications - CNN
How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Get America Vaccinated - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-vaccinated-11631880296
Company documents show antivaccine activists undermined the CEO’s ambition to support the rollout by flooding the site and using Facebook’s own tools to sow doubt about the Covid-19 vaccine
IBM Creates First 2nm Chip
Gates backs Icelandic startup that turns carbon dioxide into stone - JWN Energy
https://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2021/3/5/gates-backs-icelandic-startup-that-turns-carbon-di/
Reykjavik-based Carbfix captures and dissolves CO₂ in water, then injects it into the ground where it turns into stone in less than two years.