A variant of CRISPR amps up expression of SCN2A, rescuing mice from seizures caused by haploinsufficiency. By @cqchoi.com www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/boo...

Quantum Sensors Sidestep the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: new technique could help detect both position and momentum with unprecedented precision spectrum.ieee.org/sidestep-hei... by @cqchoi.com for @spectrum.ieee.org

Smartphone Cameras Go Hyperspectral: off-the-shelf smartphone cameras can become advanced sensors spectrum.ieee.org/hyperspectra... by @cqchoi.com for @spectrum.ieee.org

@oldgodspod.bsky.social love the show! so apologies if this has already been answered, but do you see vamps as creatures of the Black or Green? I would’ve assumed the former, but then those beneath might already have some.

Silicon Is Coming to Smartphone Batteries for a Big Energy Boost: A new silicon-anode battery offers the highest energy density yet spectrum.ieee.org/enovix-silic... by @cqchoi.com for @spectrum.ieee.org

Neanderthal genes may explain disorder where brain bulges out of the skull www.livescience.com/archaeology/... by @cqchoi.com for @livescience.com

A New BCI Instantly Synthesizes Speech: a paralyzed patient was able to ask questions, emphasize words, and sing short melodies spectrum.ieee.org/bci-speech-s... by @cqchoi.com for @spectrum.ieee.org

In the Disney lawsuit, 10 pages are dedicated to citing the work we did. In pursuit of this evidence, Midjourney banned me 3 times and updated their ToS. The first ban encouraged me to dig a lot deeper, so I'd like to congratulate CEO David Holz on his massive unforced error.

Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders spectrum.ieee.org/embryo-elect... by @cqchoi.com for @spectrum.ieee.org

Neuromorphic processors mimic the way the brain operates. Now, a Dutch firm has launched what it calls the world’s first commercially available neuromorphic microcontroller. spectrum.ieee.org/innatera-spi... by @cqchoi.com for @spectrum.ieee.org

Autism linked with a fourfold increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a study of more than 2 million people. By Charles Q. Choi www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/lar...

Currently my favorite distraction on TikTok is this man who is CLEARLY in like, THE BEST shape, finding things that other athletes can do (and often the things they're doing are typically femme) and seeing if he also can do that With the "assistance" of the best dog named Dootie I love this

Omg, they used AI to write this.

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner www.space.com/astronomy/st... by @cqchoi.com for @space.com

Research I wrote about for @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social

Quantum networks are nigh unhackable, but it was long assumed they'd need expensive specialized hardware. Now quantum communications are possible across 250+ km using existing commercial telecom lines spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-key-... by @cqchoi.com for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

New stretchable lithium-ion battery can heal itself after being cut in half to continue providing power to a device spectrum.ieee.org/stretchable-... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

@patrickwyman.bsky.social am still a big fan of the podcast! just sent you some interesting research coming out soon pertinent to your most recent episodes.

This 3-atom-thick ~6,000-transistor microchip is the most complex processor made from 2-D materials yet spectrum.ieee.org/2d-semicondu... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

DNA Helps Electronics to Leave Flatland: these miniature scaffolds for 3D circuits are designed to assemble themselves www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/d... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @columbiaseas.bsky.social

Gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful kinds of explosions known in the cosmos, may help forge the universe's heaviest elements from the outer shells of dying stars. www.space.com/the-universe... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @space.com

When the weather gets warm, the days are bright, the sky is blue. the birds are singing... ...I think about bears coming out of hibernation, and the First Shit of Spring. See, when bears hibernate (esp brown bears, black bears don't go down as hard), they stop eating, drinking. Pooping...

@williambibbiani.bsky.social @witneyseibold.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The enemy is always the aristocracy, no matter how it changes forms or tactics over time. You must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.

This looks good and all, and Alexander Skarsgård’s performance seems fine, but my headcanon still casts Aubrey Plaza for the role

The comments are worth reading here as well. Especially the way in which prisoners can be given the runaround.

The Tiniest Flying Robot Soars Thanks to Magnets: the prototype, with less than a centimeter wingspan, has no onboard power source spectrum.ieee.org/flying-robot... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

@stealthygeek.bsky.social apologies if this is a sore subject, but what might the hopes be for In The Red? Really liked In The Black!

Just finished @robertjbennett.bsky.social’s A Drop of Corruption, & it was so good that I’m going to reread the first book & this one to see what I missed. Re: Sanctum! Also been a big fan of his prior works.

Fiber Optic Network Spots Spacecraft's Return to Earth Distributed acoustic sensing could allow telecom networks to study meteors spectrum.ieee.org/distributed-... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

A stationary magnetic tube can generate an electric current as Earth rotates through its own magnetic field. Don't expect limitless free energy anytime soon, tho: spectrum.ieee.org/earths-magne... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

Tiny Pacemaker Dissolves When No Longer Needed: the new device is smaller than a grain of rice and can be injected by syringe spectrum.ieee.org/pacemaker by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.

An update on the microsoft-majorana story. physics.aps.org/articles/v18...

oh got it www.tarapalmeri.com/p/fear-and-l...

guys they're going to stop feeding TSA's bomb-sniffing dogs, per Fox News nat security correspondent:

128 new moons discovered orbiting Saturn, nearly doubling the ringed planet's total www.livescience.com/space/planet...

Neanderthals, modern humans and a mysterious human lineage mingled in caves in ancient Israel, potentially sharing technology, funerary behavior and more, study finds www.livescience.com/archaeology/... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @livescience.com

Familial effects confound the maternal infection and autism link, a new study suggests. By @cqchoi.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/mat...

An artificial-intelligence tool can estimate social ability in autism by analyzing speech, according to a new study. By @cqchoi.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/ai-...

@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social hi — a fan of your work! Apologies if this is a sore subject, but I just finished Ctrl-Alt-Destroy. Are there any plans to finish the story in any medium?

A new quantum simulator from Google has discovered magnetism does not always work the way scientists think, suggesting it has promise unearthing more discoveries in the future spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-simu... by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @ieeespectrum.bsky.social

Newfound Paranthropus species suggests this extinct group of human relatives were not all "nutcracker men" -- by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @livescience.com www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon in less than 10 minutes: by @cqchoi.bsky.social for @spacedotcom.bsky.social www.space.com/the-universe...

Headline of the year (so far) From @404media.co

Grocery prices will rise due to Republican policies. “75% of immigrant farm workers didn’t show up yesterday in Bakersfield because of fears of ICE raids under the new presidency.”

First trans president, you say?