Sky18d
Attempts to create synthetic 'mirror' bacteria must be stopped as it could be 'catastrophic' for life on Earth, researchers say
A leading group of scientists has said research aimed at developing synthetic 'mirror' bacteria should be halted because it could pose an existential threat to humanity. The coalition of 38 ...
Observer20d
Adele Felt
Binghamton –Adele M. Felt, 94, of Binghamton, NY and formerly of Dunkirk and Fredonia, NY passed away at home on December 12. She was born on December 15, 1929 in Dunkirk to Adelbert (George ...
ABC News23d
What is Captagon, the synthetic stimulant that earned billions for the Assad regime in Syria?
Other close watchers of Syria have also pointed to another key factor: a tiny white pill with a pair of interlocking half-moons on one side -- a synthetic and amphetamine that is wildly popular in ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
Scientists Warn of an ‘Unprecedented Risk’ From Synthetic ‘Mirror Life,’ Built With a Reverse Version of Natural Proteins and Sugars
“Mirror cells,” as they are known, could one day compose “mirror life,” a type of synthetic organism that, on the molecular level, is the complete reverse of the life forms we kno ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists25d
Scientists urge halt to research on creating synthetic “mirror” bacteria that could evade human immunity, disrupt ecosystems
At the same time, researchers are making progress in creating cells completely from synthetic material—technology that would also make it possible to create synthetic mirror cells. “[A]lthough ...
SiliconANGLE27d
Databricks introduces new API for generating synthetic datasets
Databricks Inc. today introduced an application programming interface that customers can use to generate synthetic data for their machine learning projects. The API is available in Mosaic AI Agent ...
Forbes27d
The Future Of AI In Healthcare And The Need For Synthetic Data
How do we make AI autonomous? Should we? The answer isn’t simple, but one thing is clear: We need synthetic data to get started. The COVID pandemic made obvious waves across the healthcare ...