The scientists from the artificial intelligence company won the chemistry prize
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists on Wednesday for their work around proteins, which the Nobel Prize committee describes as “chemical tools of life”. The scientific applications for the AlphaFold2 include helping researchers to understand antibiotic resistance and developing plastic degrading enzymes, the committee said. The construction of protein is one of the discoveries being recognised.
As it barrels towards Florida, Hurricane Milton is ‘an extremely serious threat’
Hospitals and health care providers in Florida, US have been preparing for Hurricane Milton, which is expected to hit the state’s western coast on Wednesday. “There’s going to be impacts far beyond whatever the eye of the storm is,” Governor Ron DeSantis said. Hurricane Milton is forecast to make landfall along the state’s western coast as early as Wednesday night.
The lifespan and health of genetically diverse mice are impacted by diet restriction
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai found that food deprivation during a fast was associated with shorter lifespan. A total of 960 mice were included in the study and 937 were alive at 6 months of age. They were fasted for 4 h and Glucose was measured using OneTouch Ultra2 glucose meter from LifeScan along with OneTouch Ultra test strips.
Don’t over-estimate the effect of carbon dioxide removal
Probing climate change with probabilistic FaIR-based models has been found to be effective in estimating the second metric (eTCREdown) in REN_NZCO2 scenario, which does not have NNCE by design. We calculate warming outcomes for each of these scenarios applying the same probabilistic FaIR setup and identify the scenario for which all ensemble members are cooling between 2060 and 2100.
Scientists have won a chemistry prize for their work
DeepMind founders Demis Hassabis, David Baker and John Jumper have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work with proteins, the building Blocks of Life. The three created AlphaFold2 model that made it possible to predict the structure of virtually all the 200 million proteins identified. The AlphaFold database was mined by two teams last year.
The windows in the evacuee house are narrow as Hurricane Milton approaches
Thousands of residents in the United States’ Florida state have been told to evacuate their homes ahead of Hurricane Milton. Milton is likely to make landfall on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. “I don’t think we’ve ever seen one like this before,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said.
2 Scientists were awarded the prize for discoveries in machine learning
Two scientists have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics for developing methods that are the basis of today’s “powerful machine learning”. The Nobel committee said the laureates used fundamental concepts from statistical physics to design artificial Neural Networks that function as associative memories and find patterns in large data sets. John Hopfield and Victors Ruvkun were awarded the medicine prize.
Is hurricanes getting worse?
Residents of parts of Florida’s west coast should follow any advice given by local officials and evacuate if told to do so, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The NHC added that tropical storm warnings are in effect for parts of the west coast of the Florida Peninsula, as well as a Hurricane Warning for the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
The boy’s story shows how the violence in the West Bank is having a negative affect on him
Merav Roth, a prominent psychologist and the sister of former Israeli PM Yair Lapid, has counseled the members of the Israeli community near the Gaza border for the past year.Roth also counseled former hostages who returned from Hamas captivity in Gaza, families whose loved ones were killed in captivity, and Israelis who didn’t experience a personal loss but still suffer from anxiety, attacks and depression.
As it bears down on Florida,Milton becomes a Category 3 strength
Florida is preparing for the largest evacuate that they have seen in years, with nearly 6.8 million people likely to leave their homes, Central Emergency Management Director said on Sunday. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has already expanded an emergency declaration to cover 51 of the state’s 67 counties and is warning people across the peninsula to prepare.