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NASA discovered a new outer planet HD 20794 d, a new super-Earth likely to be inhabited by humans: 29th of January 2025, HD 20794 d, an orbiting extrasolar planet with the potential of extraterrestrial life, was discovered in space approximately 20 light years away from Earth.; Science & Technology 2025-02-08 08:55 Jimin Jun

DeepSeek scare is yet another example how AI technology affects chipmakers: As Nvidia, a major U.S. chip designer, recently experienced record-high stock market losses following the release of DeepSeek, a Chinese chatbot, Dr. Kim, a science director at one of the world’s top semiconductor companies, explains that it is only one example of how AI technology is shaping the future of the chipmaking industry.; Science & Technology 2025-02-07 17:52 Nayeon Kim

At CES keynote speech Nvidia ceo calls robots multi-trillion dollar opportunity: At the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, announced that the company is on the brink of revolutionizing robotics through artificial intelligence, forecasting a multi-trillion dollar opportunity.; Science & Technology 2025-01-31 07:48 Stella Kim

Hydrothermal vents unlock new area of drug discovery for conquering cancer: Natural anticancer substances capable of triggering cancer cell death have been discovered in organisms living around deep-sea hydrothermal vents.; Science & Technology 2025-01-30 15:29 Bomi Han

Bats ride the storm fronts during their continental migration: Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, University of Konstanz, have discovered that common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) “surf” storm fronts during migration, enabling them to cover vast distances with minimal energy expenditure.; Science & Technology 2025-01-23 20:58 Daniel Pi

NYU Langone achieves milestone in Xenotransplantation with first gene-edited pig kidney surgery: This past April, NYU Langone Health made headlines by successfully performing a procedure involving the first gene-edited pig kidney, marking a significant leap forward in xenotransplantation.; Science & Technology 2025-01-22 15:36 Seunghyun Kim

3rd pig kidney transplant in the US is successful: The third successful kidney transplant in the United States using a kidney taken from a genetically modified pig was performed on a 53-year-old lady from Alabama who suffered from renal failure.; Science & Technology 2025-01-22 15:13 Chloe Kim

AlphaFold leads to Nobel chemistry: Solving a 50-Year Protein Puzzle with AI: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, AI researcher John Jumper, and biochemist David Baker for their groundbreaking work on AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence (AI) system that predicts the structure of proteins.; Science & Technology 2025-01-22 13:07 Seunghyun Kim

Around 800 pharmacies close in England due to low funding: According to the most recent National Health Service (NHS) data, nearly 800 pharmacies in England have permanently closed over the past four years, with pharmacists attributing the closures to the NHS for not increasing funding in real terms in ten years.; Science & Technology 2025-01-22 05:10 Siyoon Kim

A former electronics engineer highlights heat pump systems as environmentally-friendly home heating technology to fight winter cold: As the winter cold intensifies, Dr. Kim, a former research engineer from Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world’s leading home appliance manufacturers, advocates for heat pump systems with significantly-reduced amount of carbon production as an alternative source of home heating technology to more traditional heating devices like fossil fuel boilers.; Science & Technology 2025-01-15 23:01 Nayeon Kim