AI vs. Parkinson’s, Dark Sun Power, Death Proof Jellyfish

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Ever wonder about the artificial intelligence helping us find and fight Parkinson’s disease? What about the new methods for collecting energy from solar panels at night or how the tiny immortal jellyfish may help us massively extend our lifespans. Tune in to learn more!

Robots that help.

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Uncover Hidden Signatures of Parkinson’s Disease by New York Stem Cell Foundation
- https://neurosciencenews.com/parkinsons-ai-robotics-20259/
Integrating Deep Learning and Unbiased Automated High-Content Screening to Identify Complex Disease Signatures in Human Fibroblasts by Lauren Schiff, et al.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28423-4#Sec10
What is Parkinsons by Ahmad Elkouzi
- https://www.parkinson.org/understanding-parkinsons/what-is-parkinsons
Our Agenda by The Michael J. Fox Foundation
- https://www.michaeljfox.org/our-agenda

Solar but at night.

Stanford Engineers Invent a Solar Panel That Generates Electricity at Night by Grant Currin
- https://interestingengineering.com/stanford-solar-panel-night
Nighttime Electric Power Generation at a Density of 50 mW/m2 Via Radiative Cooling of a Photovoltaic Cell by Sid Assawaworrarit, et al.
- https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0085205
How Do Solar Panels Work by Michael Dhar and Ailsa Harvey
- https://www.livescience.com/41995-how-do-solar-panels-work.html
Solar Panels That Can Generate Electricity at Night Have Been Developed at Stanford by Rina Torchinsky
- https://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091320428/solar-panels-that-can-generate-electricity-at-night-have-been-developed-at-stanf

Jellyfish: the secret to life.

The Secrets of the Immortal Jellyfish, Earth's Longest-Living Animal by Thomas Ling
- https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/immortal-jellyfish/
Turritopsis dohrnii: The Life Cycle of the Immortal Jellyfish by The Real Immortal Jellyfish
- https://therealimmortaljellyfish.com/
Cellular Reprogramming and Immortality: Expression Profiling Reveals Putative Genes Involved in Turritopsis dohrnii’s Life Cycle Reversal by Yui Matsumoto and Maria Pia Miglietta
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab136

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the
0:14.0	first time, welcome to Curiosity, where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:18.7	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back.
0:20.8	Today you'll learn about the artificial intelligence helping us find and fight
0:24.4	Parkinson's disease, new methods for collecting energy from solar panels at night,
0:28.8	and how the tiny immortal jellyfish may help us massively extend our lifespans.
0:34.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:37.0	All right, I have some big news about artificial intelligence changing how we find and fight disease.
0:42.0	AI is fascinating. I know we've talked changing how we find and fight disease.
0:43.0	AI is fascinating.
0:44.4	I know we've talked about it helping us control prosthetic limbs and decoding ancient
0:48.2	techs, but what in the world is it doing now?
0:51.0	Researchers are now using artificial intelligence to both help us diagnose
0:54.9	Parkinson's disease by finding cellular markers and discover new treatments to fight it.
0:59.8	This huge news for the nearly 1 million people in the US living with the disease.
1:04.6	I've heard of the symptoms of Parkinson's, shaking, problem controlling limbs, and balance issues.
1:10.3	But what part of the brain does the disease actually affect?
1:14.0	It's found in the substantial nygra area of your midbrain, where it mostly affects dopamine-producing
1:19.2	neurons.
1:20.2	But the disease affects everyone differently and progression can differ quite a bit from one person to another.
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