Les pays du Golfe dans la tourmente - Conférence par Mathieu Guidère

Publié dans The Global Future College - Actualité/Événements

Conférence à la Maison de la chimie à Paris de M. Mathieu Guidère - Lundi 30 janvier 2017 / 18H00 - 20H00

6 décembre 2021

Why It’s Still a Scientific Mystery How Some Live Past 100—and How to Crack It

A 35-year-old man only has a 1.5 percent chance of dying in the next ten years. But the same man at 75 has a 45 percent chance of dying before he reaches 85. Clearly, aging is bad for our health. On the bright side, we have made unprecedented progress in understanding the fundamental mechanisms that […]

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 4)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI Training Is Outpacing Moore’s Law Samuel K. Moore | IEEE Spectrum “The increase in transistor density would account for a little more than doubling of performance between the early version of the MLPerf benchmarks and those from June 2021. But improvements to software as well as processor and computer architecture produced a […]

A Plane Powered by Cooking Oil Just Flew Across the US

The global aviation industry is responsible for two percent of the world’s total carbon emissions. Some countries are having success convincing people to fly less, but let’s be honest—we’re not going to stop taking planes to far-away places altogether. In fact, the opposite will happen, with demand for air travel increasing; by one estimate, the […]

Up to Half of Earth’s Water May Come From Solar Wind and Space Dust

Water is vital for life on Earth, and some experts say we should all drink around two liters every day as part of a healthy lifestyle. But beyond the tap, where does our water come from? It flows from local rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers. But where has that water originated from? Over geological time, Earth […]

Virtual Land in the Metaverse Is Selling for Millions of Dollars

The trading volume of NFTs reached $10.67 billion in the third quarter of this year, with more people apparently willing to shell out huge sums of money for art that will never actually hang on their walls or adorn their homes in any way (with the exception of artist Beeple’s newest piece, which lives in […]

Decades-Old ‘Water Pill’ Opens New Avenues for Alzheimer’s Treatment

The cause of Alzheimer’s was supposedly simple. Mangled proteins aggregate into tangles and clumps. These clumps overwhelm neurons. Neurons lose their function and eventually die, leading to cognitive troubles that are the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. But this central dogma is only a fraction of the story. This month, two studies broadened the scope, taking […]