Almost half of the 10 million tons of food waste could help protect the environment

The peels and seeds of fruits and vegetables that are typically thrown away are full of fiber, according to a new study from King’s College London. Researchers put 12 of the most common fruits and vegetables to the test: pineapple, watermelon, butternut squash, broccoli and peppers. What they found was “striking.” Peels, peels, seeds and … Read more

Sam Altman says it’s “terrible” when RAM sits in PCs instead of data centers

The big picture: The AI ​​boom has consumed most of the tech industry’s RAM supply, driving up prices and making consumer electronics less affordable. Recent comments from Sam Altman, arguably the man most responsible for sparking the boom, portray the situation as a conflict between cloud and local computing, and he clearly favors the cloud. … Read more

China is making progress in using sound waves to stimulate damaged brains

Chinese researchers are testing whether focused ultrasound can help restore consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries, adding to growing international efforts to use sound waves to stimulate deep brain structures without surgery. A team including the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology has used targeted ultrasound pulses to stimulate brain regions … Read more

Starship Flight 15 Explained: Launch Plans, Recovery Goals and Important Tests

SpaceX is targeting the 15th integrated flight test of its Starship rocket in November 2026. The mission is expected to reach a key milestone: capturing the spacecraft’s upper stage on its launch tower after returning from space. The company is also preparing to recover the Super Heavy booster and potentially return both stages of its … Read more

Google X co-founder Sebastian Thrun raises $130 million for AI engineering startup Dulo

Dulo Inc., a startup co-founded by noted artificial intelligence researcher Sebastian Thrun, has raised $130 million in funding. The information broke news of the investment on Thursday. Dulo co-founder Adrian Aoun confirmed the report in a post on X Before Aoun launched Dulo with Thrun (pictured) earlier this year sold an early natural language processing … Read more

MIT’s viral nanofiber could help develop personalized cancer vaccines

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have converted a harmless virus into a nanoscale delivery platform that could help develop personalized cancer vaccines. By controlling how densely cancer-targeting proteins are presented on the virus, the team developed vaccine particles that significantly reduced tumor development in mice. The platform uses a modified bacteriophage called … Read more