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Senescent cells, or “zombie cells,” are unique in that they ultimately cease multiplying but do not die off as expected.Researchers have found a new pathway for the buildup of “zombie cells,” which promote aging.Senescent cells, or cells that have lost their ability to divide, increase with age and are major contributors to age-related illnesses such as cancer, dementia, and cardiovascular disease. In a new study, a team led by the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center researchers discovered a method…

The world is moving fast to Web 3.0 — a fundamental transition from the current centralized Web 2.0 to one that is decentralized and backed by blockchain technology, a distributed digital ledger or database where encrypted blocks of data are stored and chained together. 2021 was a defining year for Web 3.0 that witnessed rapid adoption of cryptocurrencies, DeFI, NFTs, and the metaverse. India has been an early proponent of Web 3.0 in terms of adoption with the potential of becoming a leader in the emerging economy as…

If carbon dioxide is an oven steadily roasting our planet, methane is a blast from the broiler: a more potent but shorter lived greenhouse gas that’s responsible for roughly one-third of the 1.2°C of warming since preindustrial times. Atmospheric methane levels have risen nearly 7% since 2006, and the past 2 years saw the biggest jumps yet, even though the pandemic slowed oil and gas production, presumably reducing methane leaks. Now, researchers are homing in on the source of the…

Accelerating inflation is rippling through the Asia-Pacific, stoking expectations that policy makers will need to keep ratcheting up borrowing costs to cool climbing prices.Cautioning that inflation was yet to peak, Australia’s central bank on Tuesday raised its interest rate by half a percentage point for the second straight month. The Reserve Bank of Australia increased the official cash rate to 1.35% from 0.85%—adding to June’s 0.50 percentage-point hike and a 0.25 percentage-point increase in May—as Gov. Philip Lowe…

On top of intensifying algal blooms and depleting oxygen, a new study reveals Earth's bodies of freshwater are also evaporating at a greater rate than we realized.What's more, "lake evaporation plays a larger role in the hydrological cycle than previously thought," says ecologist Gang Zhao who was at Texas A&M University during the study. This process thus has a substantial impact on our climate and weather modeling.  With their shimmering waters, natural and artificial lakes adorn around 5 million square kilometers…

Since joining Intel in 2010, Kelly has specialized in systems software, primarily in Linux and Linux-based operating systems, including Chrome and Android. She has led teams developing products ranging from Android phones, Ultrabook sensor based applications, and pathfinding work with artificial intelligence for thermal solutions. Career highlights include achieving the most performant Linux OS with Clear Linux, growing the robot operating system (ROS2) ecosystem for industrial applications, and teaching the 'Outside In'…

Scaling GNNsThe suitability of standard hardware for Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) is an often overlooked issue in the Graph ML community. In this post, we explore the implementation of Temporal GNNs on a new hardware architecture developed by Graphcore that is tailored to graph-structured workloads.Graphcore Bow IPU machine. Image: GraphcoreThis post was co-authored with Emanuele Rossi and Daniel Justus and is based on a collaboration with the British semiconductor company Graphcore.Graph-structured data arise in many…

Everyone knows about recycling, from when you throw boxes in the paper bin to taking bottles back to the store in exchange for a deposit. But a growing movement now throws recycling on its head: circular design.  Circular design completely reimagines product design from the original blueprints to various product lifecycle stages and what happens to each product after it has fulfilled its original purpose. It’s a big deal in mobility and part of a broader circular economy. But I want to…