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Passive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations – MIT News

As the world gets warmer, the use of power-hungry air conditioning systems is projected to increase significantly, putting a strain on existing power grids and bypassing many locations with little or no reliable electric power. Now, an innovative system developed at MIT offers a way to use passive cooling to preserve food crops and supplement conventional air conditioners in buildings, with no need for power and only a small need for water.

The system, which combines radiative cooling, evaporative cooling, and thermal insulation in a slim package that could resemble existing solar panels, can provide up to about 19 degrees Fahrenheit (9.3 degrees Celsius) of cooling from the ambient temperature, enough to permit safe food storage for about 40 percent longer under very humid conditions. It could triple the safe storage time under dryer conditions.

The findings are reported today in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, in a paper by MIT postdoc Zhengmao Lu, Arny Leroy PhD 21, professors Jeffrey Grossman and Evelyn Wang, and two others. While more research is needed in order to bring down the cost of one key component of the system, the researchers say that eventually such a system could play a significant role in meeting the cooling needs of many parts of the world where a lack of electricity or water limits the use of conventional cooling systems.

The system cleverly combines previous standalone cooling designs that each provide limited amounts of cooling power, in order to produce significantly more cooling overall enough to help reduce food losses from spoilage in parts of the world that are already suffering from limited food supplies. In recognition of that potential, the research team has been partly supported by MITs Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab.

This technology combines some of the good features of previous technologies such as evaporative cooling and radiative cooling, Lu says. By using this combination, he says, we show that you can achieve significant food life extension, even in areas where you have high humidity, which limits the capabilities of conventional evaporative or radiative cooling systems.

In places that do have existing air conditioning systems in buildings, the new system could be used to significantly reduce the load on these systems by sending cool water to the hottest part of the system, the condenser. By lowering the condenser temperature, you can effectively increase the air conditioner efficiency, so that way you can potentially save energy, Lu says.

Other groups have also been pursuing passive cooling technologies, he says, but by combining those features in a synergistic way, we are now able to achieve high cooling performance, even in high-humidity areas where previous technology generally cannot perform well.

The system consists of three layers of material, which together provide cooling as water and heat pass through the device. In practice, the device could resemble a conventional solar panel, but instead of putting out electricity, it would directly provide cooling, for example by acting as the roof of a food storage container. Or, it could be used to send chilled water through pipes to cool parts of an existing air conditioning system and improve its efficiency. The only maintenance required is adding water for the evaporation, but the consumption is so low that this need only be done about once every four days in the hottest, driest areas, and only once a month in wetter areas.

The top layer is an aerogel, a material consisting mostly of air enclosed in the cavities of a sponge-like structure made of polyethylene. The material is highly insulating but freely allows both water vapor and infrared radiation to pass through. The evaporation of water (rising up from the layer below) provides some of the cooling power, while the infrared radiation, taking advantage of the extreme transparency of Earths atmosphere at those wavelengths, radiates some of the heat straight up through the air and into space unlike air conditioners, which spew hot air into the immediate surrounding environment.

Below the aerogel is a layer of hydrogel another sponge-like material, but one whose pore spaces filled with water rather than air. Its similar to material currently used commercially for products such as cooling pads or wound dressings. This provides the water source for evaporative cooling, as water vapor forms at its surface and the vapor passes up right through the aerogel layer and out to the environment.

Below that, a mirror-like layer reflects any incoming sunlight that has reached it, sending it back up through the device rather than letting it heat up the materials and thus reducing their thermal load. And the top layer of aerogel, being a good insulator, is also highly solar-reflecting, limiting the amount of solar heating of the device, even under strong direct sunlight.

The novelty here is really just bringing together the radiative cooling feature, the evaporative cooling feature, and also the thermal insulation feature all together in one architecture, Lu explains. The system was tested, using a small version, just 4 inches across, on the rooftop of a building at MIT, proving its effectiveness even during suboptimal weather conditions, Lu says, and achieving 9.3 C of cooling (18.7 F).

The challenge previously was that evaporative materials often do not deal with solar absorption well, Lu says. With these other materials, usually when theyre under the sun, they get heated, so they are unable to get to high cooling power at the ambient temperature.

The aerogel materials properties are a key to the systems overall efficiency, but that material at present is expensive to produce, as it requires special equipment for critical point drying (CPD) to remove solvents slowly from the delicate porous structure without damaging it. The key characteristic that needs to be controlled to provide the desired characteristics is the size of the pores in the aerogel, which is made by mixing the polyethylene material with solvents, allowing it to set like a bowl of Jell-O, and then getting the solvents out of it. The research team is currently exploring ways of either making this drying process more inexpensive, such as by using freeze-drying, or finding alternative materials that can provide the same insulating function at lower cost, such as membranes separated by an air gap.

While the other materials used in the system are readily available and relatively inexpensive, Lu says, the aerogel is the only material thats a product from the lab that requires further development in terms of mass production. And its impossible to predict how long that development might take before this system can be made practical for widespread use, he says.

This work "represents a very interesting and novel system integration approach of passive cooling technologies," says Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, who was not associated with this research. Ruan adds, "By combining evaporative cooling, radiative cooling, and insulation, it has a better cooling performance and can be effective in a wider range of climates than evaporative cooling or radiative cooling alone. The work could attract significant practical applications, such as in food preservation, if the system can be made at reasonable cost."

The research team included Lenan Zhang of MITs Department of Mechanical Engineering and Jatin Patil of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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JZZ Technologies, Inc. Adds 28 Million Healthcare Products Consumer Records to Its Active Lifestyle Media Marketing Database – Yahoo Finance

Anderson, South Carolina--(Newsfile Corp. - September 20, 2022) - JZZ Technologies Inc.'s (OTC Pink: JZZI) ("JZZ" or the "Company")newly created digital marketing division has added 28 million new records to its database for marketing to U.S. healthcare products consumers.

JZZ Technologies, Inc. has acquired marketing data for more than 28 million U.S. healthcare product consumer records as part of its ongoing data acquisition efforts. These new records will be offered to Active Lifestyle Marketing customers as part of the Company's emerging marketing suite of products that includes 30+ million seniors, medical professionals, B2B contacts, 17 million metaverse users and now, 28 million healthcare products consumers.

The deal with a third-party provider requires that JZZ Technologies participate in a structured data sharing plan whereby JZZ and the data provider exchange records.

Email direct marketing is still considered among the most effective forms of digital advertising and the medical consumer segment offers one of the best yields in the industry. According to the digital marketing analysis group Wordstream, healthcare advertisers pay an average cost per click of $3.17 for ads through digital platforms. That compares to the average across all industries which is just $2.32 per click.

Using the comparable models for pricing, JZZ expects that its new record set can potentially generate up to an average of $315,000 per send. That is based on delivering a .5% click rate utilizing the entire new database with a 75% in-box delivery rate. The click rate may be higher or lower depending on individual marketing messages and other factors.

Charles Cardona, CEO of JZZ technologies, Inc. stated, "We will continue to broaden our product selection for Active Lifestyle Digital Media products as possible. The medical products consumers segment is naturally aligned with our audience of adults 55+ and it's a great source for digital income. We plan to focus on this segment as much as possible to maximize our potential for revenue."

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"We are beginning to generate revenue from our database with major digital service providers and that will start to really bear fruit in the next quarter," Cardona adds.

JZZ currently holds data sets for active adults age 55+, medical professionals, veterans, B2B contacts and many other segments. The total database of records owned and/or licensed by JZZ Technologies now equals roughly 70 million records. The Active Lifestyle Marketing division is continuing to segment the targeted data to include specific verticals such as individuals with diabetes, aging issues, and insurance consumers, among others.

About JZZ Technologies, Inc.

JZZ Technologies, Inc. is a diversified technology company engaged in digital media business which includes online media and apps (activelifestylemedia.com), content creation, and digital marketing, targeted to active adults 55+, strategic biotechnology and bioscience related to Human Life Extension and quality of life businesses that support improved quality of life for the aging population. For more information, please visit http://www.jzztechnologies.com.

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Astroscale and NorthStar Partner to Develop In-Space Technology to Support Space Sustainability – Space Ref

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NorthStar Earth & Space (NorthStar) and Astroscale announce today, at the 2022 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris, that they are forming a strategic partnership to further support space sustainability by combining NorthStars precise space-based resident space object tracking with Astroscales enhanced spacecraft navigation and capture capability for on-orbit servicing.

Under this agreement, Astroscale and NorthStar will leverage their respective know-how, expertise, and unique services to highlight their shared commitment to space sustainability. Together, NorthStar and Astroscale will cooperate to demonstrate the benefits of combining precise In-Space Situational Awareness (ISSA) services to support reliable on-orbit servicing in low Earth orbit.

In 2023, NorthStar will launch the first commercial Space Situational Awareness service to deliver higher precision detection, tracking, and coverage for all near-Earth orbital regimes. NorthStars Space Information and Intelligence (Si2) services will serve all satellite operators to better manage their fleets, enhance spaceflight safety, and ensure space sustainability.

Astroscale is advancing its End-of-Life Services, most recently tested during its ELSA-d mission, which successfully magnetically captured its demonstration client spacecraft in August 2021. The latest ELSA-M servicer is in rapid development for launch in 2024 in partnership with OneWeb, the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency. The state-of-the-art ELSA-M servicer will capture and retire multiple client spacecraft during a single mission. This collaboration will advance specific ISSA services required to support the tracking and capture of the Client spacecraft, as well as provide essential space-safety information about other space objects in orbit. Astroscale will endeavour to partner with NorthStar as a supplier of SSA services for future Astroscale missions.

NorthStar is proud to join forces with Astroscale as part of an essential community that is committed to advancing innovation and commercial services for space sustainability, said Stewart Bain, CEO & Founder of NorthStar Earth & Space. Combining NorthStars space-based coverage with Astroscales impressive on-orbit servicing capabilities is a very powerful response to immediate challenges in all near-Earth orbits

Were delighted to announce this partnership with NorthStar to develop our in-space situational awareness technology and data, said Nick Shave, Managing Director of Astroscale Ltd. We see an opportunity to enhance our spacecraft servicer and client satellite navigation & tracking capability with support from Northstars Space Information and Intelligence Services. Were keen to leverage our Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) and satellite capture expertise and advance our commercial on-orbit debris removal services with the benefit of both ground derived and in-space data. This is a great partnership that we look forward to harnessing with our forthcoming ELSA-M mission to clean up space and protect our orbital environment for future generations.

About NorthStarNorthStar seeks to empower humanity to preserve our planet through a unique Space and Earth information & intelligence platform using space-based sensors. NorthStar strives to help transform the way governments, industry and institutions assess risk, enforce regulations and make decisions to foster the sustainable development of our earth and space environment.

NorthStars unique space-based commercial Space Situational Awareness services address many of the critical and immediate challenges facing all satellite operators. Striving to see every object in every orbit, NorthStar will deliver more frequent and precise observations of resident space objects than any current system. Through a suite of high-speed decision quality information services derived from its unparalleled coverage, object custody, and enhanced predictive analytics NorthStar generates its Space Information & Intelligence services.

NorthStars investors comprise a global coalition of strategic partners, including Telesystem Space (a co-enterprise of the Sirois family office, Telesystem and the Rogers Family Trust of Canada), the Space Alliance of Europe (Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio), the Government of Quebec, the Government of Canada and the Luxembourg Future Fund. NorthStar Earth & Space head offices are located in Montral, Canada, its U.S. subsidiary, NorthStar Earth & Space Systems, Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Virginia and its European subsidiary, NorthStar Earth & Space Europe S. r.l. is headquartered in Luxembourg.

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About AstroscaleAstroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the leading company dedicated to on-orbit servicing across all orbits.

Founded in 2013, Astroscale is developing innovative and scalable solutions across the spectrum of on-orbit servicing, including in-space situational awareness, end-of-life, and active debris removal and life extension, to create sustainable space systems and mitigate the growing and hazardous build-up of debris in space. Astroscale is also defining business cases and working with government and commercial stakeholders to develop norms, regulations, and incentives for the responsible use of space.

Headquartered in Japan, Astroscale has an international presence with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Israel, and Singapore.

Astroscale is a rapidly expanding venture company, working to advance safe and sustainable growth in space and solve a growing environmental concern.

Find out more at http://www.astroscale.com

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Proactive news headlines including EQ Resources, Radiopharm Theranostics, West Wits Mining and SenSen Networks – Yahoo Finance

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Sydney, Sept. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proactive, provider of real-time news and video interviews on growth companies listed in Australia, has covered the following companies:

EQ Resources Ltd (ASX:EQR) has delivered a significant increase in its Mt Carbine ore reserve and a substantial decrease in strip ratio, which improves mine life extension potential for Australias only primary tungsten producer.Click here

Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd (ASX:RAD) shares were trading 9% higher intra-day, at 18 cents, after securing a rare paediatric disease (RPD) designation for its DUNP19 technology for treating osteosarcoma by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA).Click here

West Wits Mining Ltd (ASX:WWI)s preliminary trade-off studies as part of the Witwatersrand Basin Project (WBP) Project 200 initiative have confirmed the merits of progressing to a further scoping study.Click here

SenSen Networks Ltd (ASX:SNS, OTCQB:SNNSF) has delivered accelerating growth over the 2022 financial year, with operating results reflecting continued investments to support the companys rapid, ongoing vertical and geographic expansion, according to a report by Edison Research.Click here

Anson Resources Ltd (ASX:ASN) has added $50 million to the coffer for its Paradox Lithium Project in Utah, USA after securing binding commitments from institutional and sophisticated investors for a single tranche placement.Click here

Nova Minerals Ltd (ASX:NVA, OTCQB:NVAAF) and its 37%-owned affiliate Snow Lake Lithium have completed a further 20,000 metres of drilling at the Snow Lake Lithium Project in Manitoba, Canada, tripling the amount of drilling data that can be leveraged for an upcoming resource upgrade.Click here

New Century Resources Ltd (ASX:NCZ) has enhanced its board and management skillset with the appointment of senior resource industry professional Robert Cooper as its new managing director and CEO.Click here

Ora Banda Mining Ltd (ASX:OBM) will lose Keith Jones as a member of its board of directors as he plans to retire at the end of the month after more than three years with the company.Click here

Galena Mining Ltd (ASX:G1A) has achieved 83% construction progress as of August 31, 2022 at its Abra Base Metals Mine, situated in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.Click here

Antipa Minerals Ltd (ASX:AZY) will receive a further $1 million boost to its capital-raising exercise as major shareholder Newcrest Mining Ltd intends to exercise its top-up right to maintain its 9.9% shareholding in the mineral exploration company.Click here

Lanthanein Resources Ltd (ASX:LNR)'s maiden drill campaign at the Lyons rare earths project, which started this week, is partially complete.Click here

ioneer Ltd (ASX:INR, OTC:GSCCF) has successfully completed a Technology System Supply Agreement with Caterpillar, the worlds largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment and a leader in developing autonomous technology.Click here

Euro Manganese Ltd (ASX:EMN, TSX-V:EMN, OTCQX:EUMNF) has now filed two important instruments in the development of its Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic.Click here

Strickland Metals Ltd (ASX:STK) has secured $1.225 million in funding in this latest share purchase plan (SPP), taking the company a step closer to its capital raising goal of $7 million.Click here

Duke Exploration Ltd (ASX:DEX) has received final assays from the reverse circulation (RC) drilling program it started in February at its flagship Bundarra Project.Click here

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Teck and Agnico Eagle Announce Agreement on the San Nicols Copper-Zinc Project located in Zacatecas, Mexico – PR Newswire

VANCOUVER, BCandTORONTO, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM) (NYSE: AEM) ("Agnico Eagle") and Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A) (TSX: TECK.B) (NYSE: TECK) ("Teck") announced today that Agnico Eagle has agreed to subscribe for a 50% interest in Minas de San Nicols, S.A.P.I. de C.V. ("MSN"), a wholly-owned Teck subsidiary which owns the San Nicols copper-zinc development project located in Zacatecas, Mexico (the "Transaction"). As a result of the Transaction, Teck and Agnico Eagle will become 50/50 joint venture partners at San Nicols.

"San Nicols is a high-quality project, located in a leading mining jurisdiction, with high grades, extremely competitive capital intensity, and first quartile costs," said Don Lindsay, President and CEO of Teck. "The opportunity to add the operating and development experience of Agnico Eagle should generate substantial benefits for the project including for all stakeholders throughout the project life cycle."

"This is a unique opportunity to create a long-term partnership between two high quality mining companies working together to de-risk and optimize a world class VMS deposit in a premier mining jurisdiction," added Ammar Al-Joundi, President and CEO of Agnico Eagle. "Agnico Eagle's project development, permitting and construction experience in Mexico, combined with Teck's base metals expertise, operating excellence and marketing leadership, are complementary skillsets and will contribute to the timely and successful development and operation of San Nicols."

Transaction Highlights

San Nicols Project Highlights

San Nicols Study Status

A detailed plan to complete a feasibility study, permitting, and community engagement has been developed, with initial work underway since January 2022. Further, an environmental and social baseline survey, including in-depth archaeological surveys and clearances, was carried out by Teck from 2018 to 2021. Well-developed community engagement and investment programs have resulted in strong support for development from stakeholders near the project and more broadly in Zacatecas.

The feasibility study is expected to be completed early in 2024 with project sanction thereafter subject to receipt of permits.

About the Transaction

Agnico Eagle will subscribe for US$580 million in MSN shares, through a wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary of Agnico Eagle, giving Agnico Eagle a 50% interest in MSN. The subscription proceeds received from Agnico Eagle will be used by MSN to fund the first US$580million of post-closing costs with subsequent funding to be contributed according to each partner's ownership percentage. Agnico Eagle's contributions will be made as study and development costs are incurred there is no up-front payment from Agnico Eagle. The US$580million share subscription implies a notional US$290million acquisition cost to Agnico Eagle for 50% of the San Nicols project plus the contribution by Agnico Eagle of 50% of the first US$580million of project costs for its own account.

Funding requirements beyond this initial subscription amount will be funded by Teck and Agnico Eagle in proportion to their shareholdings in MSN. The shareholders' agreement will include provisions typical in a transaction of this nature, as well as remedies for material breach that include accelerated dilution and forced sale of a defaulting shareholder's ownership interest. For governance purposes, Agnico Eagle will be deemed a 50% shareholder of MSN from closing, regardless of the number of shares that have been issued to Agnico Eagle.

Closing of the Transaction is subject to customary conditions precedent, including receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, and is expected to occur in the first half of 2023.

Additional Information on the San Nicols Project

For further details on the San Nicols project, please refer to the Supplemental Information slides in the Investors section of Teck's website (https://www.teck.com/investors/events-&-presentations/presentations-webcasts/supplemental-information-for-investors).

About Teck

As one of Canada's leading mining companies, Teck is committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, zinc, and steelmaking coal, as well as investments in energy assets. Copper, zinc, and high-quality steelmaking coal are required for the transition to a low-carbon world. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Teck's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK. Learn more about Teck atwww.teck.comor follow@TeckResources.

About Agnico Eagle

Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company, producing precious metals from operations in Canada, Australia, Finland, and Mexico. It has a pipeline of high-quality exploration and development projects in these countries as well as in the United States and Colombia. Agnico Eagle is a partner of choice within the mining industry, recognized globally for its leading environmental, social and governance practices. The Company was founded in 1957 and has consistently created value for its shareholders, declaring a cash dividend every year since 1983.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario). Forward-looking statements and information can be identified by statements that certain actions, events or results "could", "may", "might", "should", "will" or "would" be taken, occur or achieved. Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the expectation that the Transaction will close and the timing of closing; the expectation that the San Nicols project will be developed into production; the expected timing of first production; the estimated mine life; the expectation that there is meaningful mine life extension and regional exploration potential; the expected ownership interests of Teck and Agnico Eagle in the joint venture at any time; the expected production over the first five years of operation; all San Nicols project economics included in this news release, including head grades, average C1 operating costs, development capital cost estimate, payback period and IRR; the expectations as to results of the feasibility study, including development capital cost estimate, payback period and IRR; the statement that the project has been de-risked; and timing of project sanction decision.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Teck, Agnico Eagle or the joint venture to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to vary include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic conditions or commodity prices, unanticipated permitting, development or construction issues including delays in receiving permits or other regulatory approvals, or withdrawal or suspension of permits, unanticipated geotechnical conditions or other factors affecting construction plans and budgets including supplier, transportation, logistics or labour issues, adverse weather or natural disaster, community unrest, access issues, failure of plant and equipment, disruption of financial markets, the accuracy of our mineral estimates (including with respect to size, grade and recoverability) and the geological, operations and price assumptions on which these are based, other circumstances interfering with the closing of the Transaction, including an inability to satisfy the conditions to closing, including receipt of any regulatory approvals and failure by Teck or Agnico Eagle to fund as required by the agreements. Economic projections for the San Nicols project are presented on a 100% basis and, except as otherwise noted, assume US$3.50/lbcopper, US$1.15/lbzinc, US$1,550/oz gold, and US$20/oz silver.

Teck and Agnico Eagle caution you that the foregoing list of important factors and assumptions is not exhaustive. Other events or circumstances could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated or implied by these forward-looking statements. Certain of these risks are described in more detail in the Annual Information Form of Teck and/or Agnico Eagle and in their respective subsequent quarterly report filings with Canadian securities administrators and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Neither Teck nor Agnico Eagle assumes the obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements after the date of this news release or to revise them to reflect the occurrence of future unanticipated events, except as maybe required under applicable securities laws.

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Russias MiG-31 Fighter That Fired Hypersonic Missiles On Ukraine Conducted Drills In The Stratosphere – EurAsian Times

Russias cutting-edge war machine, the MiG-31, capable of firing deadly hypersonic missiles, demonstrated its firing capabilities in the upper reaches of the atmosphere.

Russian Su-35 Fighter Demolished Ukrainian Air Defense Radar By Firing Anti-Radiation Missile, Moscow Says

Officials in the Russian Navys Baltic Fleet recently announced that Russian MiG-31 fighter jets practiced missile attacks during maneuvers in the stratosphere on September 13, Russian media Pravda reported. The Baltic fleet is headquartered at Kaliningrad.

The pilots of MiG-31 aircraft practiced flight maneuvers in the stratosphere, trained their skills to escape attacks from mock enemy aircraft and relocate to operational airfields of the region, said the statement from the Baltic Fleet.

In February, EurAsian Times reported that Russia had reportedly stationed a MiG-31K Foxhound fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic land-attack missile in Kaliningrad along the Baltic Coast. The deployment was made days before the Russian troops launched their so-called special military operations.

Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on August 18 the deployment of three MiG-31 fighters armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to Chkalovsk airfield in the Kaliningrad Region as part of additional strategic deterrence measures.

According to reports, the three aircraft were moved to the Kaliningrad area for the exercises, where they simulated strikes on mock-up enemy command centers as part of training flights. The flights of the MiG-31 aircraft took place under the cover of Su-27 fighters.

It is pertinent to note that the Baltic region in Eastern Europe has seen hyper-vigilance from Moscow and the West in the aftermath of the invasion. When the Russian invasion began, the US sent its fighter jets to the Baltic for NATOs air policing missions.

MiG-31s are not frequently stationed at Russias Kaliningrad location. Some of the 50 aircraft stationed at the facility are older Su-27 and Su-24 fighters, with some newer Su-30SM and Su-35S jets on the way. According to reports, Iskander missiles are also housed in the enclave.

Besides the MiG-31 fighter jet, Russian reports indicated that the crews of the Eleron and Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Baltic Fleet practiced the tactics to overcome the air defense zone of a mock enemy at the Kaliningrad enclave.

While the MiG-31 drills are significant as they come during a surprising counter-offensive by Ukraine, it is not the first time this mighty warplane conducted exercises in the stratosphere. The MiG-31 had practiced in the stratosphere as early as 2017.

Further, in August 2019, the crews of upgraded MiG-31BM fighter jets held their first-ever dogfight in the stratosphere at an altitude of over 20 kilometers, as previously reported by TASS.

The two-seat MiG-31, known as the Foxhound under its NATO designation, is Russias primary fighter-interceptor aircraft. It has two D-30F6 engines, which help the aircraft have a base range of 1900 miles and a top speed of Mach 3 at high altitudes.

The MiG-31 is equipped with the SBI-16 Zaslon fixed phased array antenna radar, one of the most advanced in the world, to support its long-range and high-altitude air defense duty. The MiG-31 can engage air targets with various long and short-range missile combinations in addition to its Gsh-6-23 23mm gun.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced its plans to fund a MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor modernization and life extension program in July 2020. The MiG-31 can fly at high speeds and low altitudes, thanks to its sleek and aerodynamic body. The aircraft is built to track several targets at high altitudes simultaneously.

Despite Russias claims that it is developing the MiG-41 to replace the MiG-31, there is little evidence that the plane will be operational soon. Therefore, Russia has decided to develop several updated MiG-31 variants that will enable the Foxhound to continue service for many years. The MiG-31BM is the most notable of these.

The MiG-31BM is one of the MiG-31s most potent variants. It is a multipurpose, fast, long-range fighter with the power to destroy air and ground targets.

The MiG-31BM includes upgraded avionics, hands-on-throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) controls, liquid-crystal color multifunction displays (MFDs), a robust onboard computer system, digital data linkages, and phased array radar. It has the capability of intercepting 24 targets at once.

The MiG-31BM was initially intended to carry Kinzhal hypersonic missile, but MiG-31K was later selected as the carrier, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. MiG-31Ks were used to strike targets early in Russias 2022 invasion of Ukraine with Kinzhals. Only 10 to 20 MiG-31Ks have beenupgradedto fire Kinzhals.

These Russian interceptor fighters have also intercepted NATO spy planes and fighter jets and will potentially continue to be deployed for a long time. In January,China-based Sohu publication had referred to the Russian MiG-31 interceptor fighter as a mysterious killer.

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Space In-Orbit Refueling Market – A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Application, End User, Capability, and Country – Analysis and Forecast,…

New York, Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Space In-Orbit Refueling Market - A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Application, End User, Capability, and Country - Analysis and Forecast, 2022-2032" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06317753/?utm_source=GNW 8 million by 2032 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 103.85% during the forecast period 2022-2032 (CAGR:2026-2032). The major factor driving the market growth is expected to be the increase in demand for sustainable and reusable space systems.

With the increasing number of satellites going into space, the demand for satellite servicing has been rising.In the future years, refueling capabilities are expected to become a need rather than an option for satellite operators.

Several market players have already started demonstrations and some have been successful. Commercial players are expected to extract the maximum benefit of the space in-orbit refueling technologies.

Market Lifecycle Stage

Space in-orbit refueling has been on the wishlist of satellite operators for decades, however, even though the concepts existed, no company was able to materialize the technology.However, in the past 5 years, multiple established players and startups have entered the market and are now full-fledged working on the refueling capabilities.

Massive amounts of investments are pouring into the industry and multiple collaborations are happening in order to co-develop new technologies.

Over 15 years of research and development on satellite refueling technologies have bought us to a stage where key players are performing successful demonstrations of in-orbit refueling and services in-orbit.Additionally, commercial players with large constellation sizes or heavy communication satellites are expected to adopt the market first.

Following this, government agencies like NASA and ESA are also stepping forward to develop technologies and fund startups in the in-orbit refueling industry.

Applications, such as site earth observation, communication, and navigation, are some of the areas where satellites are expected to be refueled in the coming years. Moreover, newer technologies, such as advanced docking systems, fueling ports, and artificial intelligence software are expected to support the growth of the space in-orbit refueling market over the 2022-2032 forecast period.

Market Segmentation:Segmentation 1: by Application Earth Observation Communication Navigation

Based on application, the space in-orbit refueling market is expected to be dominated by the communication segment owing to its technological and economic feasibility. Communication and Earth observation applications are expected to see the first initial missions for refueling.

Segmentation 2: by End-User Commercial Other End Users

Based on end-user, the space in-orbit refueling market is expected to be dominated by commercial end-users.Commercial end-users are expected to garner significant share and growth due to their priority requirement and economic feasibility.

Commercial satellite operators with large satellite constellations and heavy communication satellites are expected to adopt the technologies faster compared to any other segment.

Segmentation 3: by Region North America Europe Asia-Pacific

During the forecast period, North America is expected to dominate the space in-orbit refueling market (by region).The significant presence of key companies engaged in developing space in-orbit refueling services is a major factor responsible for the regions growth.

A higher number of collaborations between various service providers, satellite operators, and enabling technology providers is another factor driving the market growth. An increasing number of start-ups and emerging players and successful demonstrations and increasing investments by key players in the market are also contributing to the market growth.

Recent Developments in the Space In-Orbit Refueling Market

In January 2022, Astroscale Holdings Inc. and Orbit Fab, Inc signed a commercial agreement for refueling LEXI in the GEO orbit. LEXI is the first satellite that is designed to be refueled. As per the agreement, Orbit Fab, Inc will refuel Astroscales fleet of LEXI Servicers with up to 1000 kgs of Xenon Propellant. To develop technologies for cryogenic propellant storage and transfer, with these awards, NASA is investing in technologies for the storage and transfer of cryogenic propellants in space. Four awards worth more than $250 million went to companies working on cryogenic fluid management. To demonstrate refueling a GEO satellite, Northrop Grummans Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) docked with Intelsat 901 on 25th February 2020 and pushed the satellite back to its normal orbit. Northrop Grummans MEVs are expected to give more than 15 years of life extension to these satellites along with providing spacecraft inspections, inclination changes, and orbit repair. In April 2022, Washingtons Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is planning to provide commercial refilling services in near the prime space real estate of Geosynchronous Orbit, commonly referred to as GEO. Its also planning on creating a bulk fuel depot in the orbits. DIU is looking for companies with the capability for bulk liquid and gas propellant storage (>5,000 kg) in orbit. Two of the propellants include hydrazine and liquid oxygen. In April 2022, Orbit Fab, Inc and Neutron Star Systems have announced a partnership for the co-development of sustainable propulsion capability and satellite refueling technologies. The agreement will help to increase the range of refuellable propellants by combining NSS propellant-agnostic electric propulsion technology with Orbit Fabs refueling interfaces and tankers.

Demand - Drivers and Limitations

Following are the drivers for the Space In-Orbit Refueling market: Increase in Demand for Sustainable and Reusable Space Systems Life Extension Services to Enable Other In-Orbit Services in Future

Following are the challenges for the Space In-Orbit Refueling market: High Operational Cost of Refueling Interface and Docking Regulatory Challenges Spacecraft Design Compatibility for Refueling Operations Storage and Transfer of Cryogenic Propellants in Space

Following are the opportunities for the Space In-Orbit Refueling market: Increase in Investments for Startups Rise in Demand for In-Space Services Advancement of New Space Technologies for Storage, Refueling, and Receiving Propellants

How can this report add value to an organization?

Product/Innovation Strategy: The product section will help the reader understand the different solutions for the space in-orbit refueling and services market, such as the type of capabilities and emerging technologies.It will also help readers understand the potential of the services at a global level and learn about their progress.

The players operating in these markets are developing innovative offerings and are deeply engaged in long-term agreements and contracts with commercial and government agencies. Moreover, the study also examines the investment scenario in the space in-orbit refueling and services market.

Growth/Marketing Strategy: The players operating in the space in-orbit refueling market are engaged in several strategies, including strategic partnerships, contracts, agreements, and business expansion. The marketing strategies will help the readers understand the revenue-generating strategies adopted by the in-orbit service providers operating in the space in-orbit refueling market.

For instance, Orbit Fab, Inc and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory have signed a technology-sharing agreement to share details regarding RAFTI. The company markets its products to all different layers of the military, intelligence, and commercial satellite community. The Air Force will help Orbit Fab review some of the technologies that aided in developing them. More specifically, they are going to advise on requirements and design elements, as well as provide testing and qualification access at several governmental facilities throughout the country.

In February 2022, Northrop Grumman-owned SpaceLogictics has signed a launch agreement with SpaceX and a contract with Optus for the sale of its Mission extension pod. Under the agreement, SpaceX will be responsible for providing launch services for the 2024 MRV and MEP launches.

Competitive Strategy: The study has analyzed and profiled the key service providers, start-ups, and emerging players in the space in-orbit refueling market.These companies capture the maximum share in the global space in-orbit refueling market.

Additionally, a detailed competitive benchmarking of the companies and organizations operating in the space in-orbit refueling market has been carried out, which will help the reader to understand the performance of the players, exhibiting a clear market landscape. In addition to this, comprehensive competitive strategies such as partnerships, agreements, and collaborations will aid the reader in understanding the potential revenue opportunities in the market.

Key Market Players and Competition Synopsis

The companies profiled in the study have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysis of the companies product portfolios, key developments, and market penetration.

Space in-orbit refueling as a technology is still in the development and demonstration phase.However, there are several established players and startups that have entered the market and have made considerable progress.

Considering the present market scenario and future forecasts, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 103.85% by 2032.

Some prominent established names in this market are: Astroscale Holdings Inc. Altius Space Machines, Inc. D-Orbit SpA Lockheed Martin Corporation LMO Space Maxar Technologies Inc. Momentus Space Orbit Fab, Inc. Obruta Space Solutions Orbit Recycling SpaceX SpaceLogistics (a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation) Space Machines Company Starfish Space Inc. Tethers Unlimited, Inc.

Countries Covered North America U.S. Canada Europe Germany Russia France U.K. Rest-of-Europe Asia-Pacific India Japan Rest-of-Asia-PacificRead the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p06317753/?utm_source=GNW

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Build to Deter: The Navy Needs More Ships to Take on China – The National Interest Online

On August 28, the United States sent two Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers through the Taiwan Strait, the first such freedom-of-navigation mission since House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to Taiwan was met by a large-scale show of force by China. Beijing, of course, protested the sailing. On June 13, the Chinese foreign ministry declared, There is no such thing as international waters in international maritime law. Beijing claims that Taiwan is a renegade province, thus making all the waters between it and the mainland an internal waterway.

The United States usually only sends one warship at a time, a destroyer. Sending both the USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville, the largest surface warships in the fleet except for aircraft carriers was meant to be a strong demonstration of resolve in the wake of Beijings live-fire exercises around the self-governing island. Chinas state media, however, tried to downplay this, arguing the US is fully aware of and fear of the PLA's capability so that it needs two warships to accompany with each other to embolden themselves But the Ticonderoga-class cruiser is a very old warship, and the PLA's Type 055 is much more advanced. Beijing is also aware that nine Ticonderoga-class ships are slated to be decommissioned. The USS Vella Gulf was in fact taken out of service three weeks before its sister ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait. It had served only twenty-nine years out of its designed thirty-five-year lifespan.

The Navy has tried to justify retiring the cruiser force early because it costs more to maintain older ships, putting a strain on maintenance funding and the capacity of the ship repair industry. Seven of the cruisers are in some phase of a service-life extension and modernization program, which is requiring significant manpower at repair yards, running years late, and costing more than the service budgeted for. Theyre eating us alive in terms of our ability to get maintenance back on track, which is where we need to be, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told a recent conference.

So, the real problem is an inadequate naval industrial base to support a fleet large enough to carry out its global missions and meet the challenge of a fast-growing Chinese navy that seeks to control the Pacific Rim. At risk are the territories and trade of every nation in the region, not just Taiwan. The collapse of the American commercial shipbuilding industry decades ago denies the U.S. Navy mobilization capacity, whereas China has created the largest shipbuilding industry in the world.

The most cited target number for the size of the Navy comes from its 2016 goal of 355 manned ships. Of these, only 104 were Large surface combatants (cruisers and destroyers), which at the time included the Ticonderoga-class cruisers. The Navy currently has 300 battle force ships (up from a low of 279 in 2007, which was less than half as many as at the end of the Cold War). In April, the Navy issued a new plan with alternatives based on funding. Under Alternative 1, the Navy would have 300 manned ships in 2035 and grow to 316 manned ships by fiscal year (FY) 2052. Under Alternative 2, the Navy would have 300 manned ships in 2035 and grow to 327 manned ships by FY2052. These two options assume no real increase in funding. Under Alternative 3, which hopes for a very modest 3-5 percent real growth in funding, the Navy would still have 300 manned ships in 2033 but would grow to 367 manned ships by FY2052. These figures do not provide much solace for those who believe there will be crises in the Indo-Pacific involving China well before 2035.

According to the recently released Chief of Naval Operations Naval Plan 2022, To simultaneously modernize and grow the capacity of our fleet, the Navy will require 3-5% sustained budget growth above actual inflation. Short of that, we will prioritize modernization over preserving force structure. This will decrease the size of the fleet until we can deploy smaller, more cost-effective, and more autonomous force packages at scale. The Nation cannot afford to cede influence to China or Russia. Nor can it afford to lose combat credibility. And that decrease already calls for decommissioning of twenty-four ships in the FY2023 budget, more than just the cruisers. The autonomous force packages will be unmanned vehicles, some with significant firepower, but they will not begin to join the fleet until after 2027.

The Navy has estimated to Congress that expanding the fleet even at the modest pace of Alternative 3, would require an additional $13 billion per year to build, man, and operate a larger fleet. When President Biden issues an Executive Order canceling $300 billion or more in student loans, after enacting a series of spending bills amounting to some $3.8 trillion in additional spending for pandemic recovery, infrastructure, green industry development, and other projects, the Navys request seems hardly noticeable. Yet its legislative prospects are uncertain despite the bipartisan consensus on the China threat.

Warships are not just procured; they need to be built, which brings the industrial base back to the center of discussion. In 2019, I wrote a piece for the U.S. Naval Institute that went beyond concern for backlogs in repair and maintenance to point out that there was no excess capacity to handle battle damage if the Navy actually had to engage in sea battles for the first time since World War II. None of these problems have been remedied in the years since and there is even now a question of whether a larger fleet can be built, let alone maintained.

On August 25, Admiral Gilday stated that We have an industrial capacity thats limited. In other words, we can only get so many ships off the production line a year. My goal would be to optimize those production lines for destroyers, for frigates, for amphibious ships, for the light amphibious ships, for supply ships. Gilday noted that he wanted to produce three destroyers and two or three submarines a year, but there are doubts that there is room for a third destroyer or submarine at U.S. shipyards. This is not a new problem. Much work was done in 2017 calling for new investment in shipyard capacity for construction and maintenance. Human capital is also needed as the shipyard workforce is aging. Shortages in skilled labor are an economy-wide problem but deserve special public attention when it impacts national security.

Newport News Shipbuilding and Virginia Peninsula Community College have teamed up to offer a program to foster solid careers in a strategic field that can provide satisfaction beyond a paycheck. More such programs should follow across the country as the supply chains for the defense industry are national. Yet, even if the needed increases in training, innovation, and funding are forthcoming, it will take years to send more warships to sea.

This is why it seems so risky to decommission major warships when short-term dangers loom. Beijing is watching closely for a moment when the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific shifts enough to offer an opportunity to strike. Peace depends on deterrence and deterrence depends on the capabilities that exist each day, not a decade or two from now. The Ticonderoga-class cruisers may not be the most modern warships but they still pack a punch with 122 missile cells plus additional launchers for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and torpedoes. Its Aegis radar needs an upgrade but is still better than most of what anyone else has afloat. Best of all, it exists and can hold the line until something better comes along to take its place rather than leave a void the Chinese will try to exploit.

William R. Hawkins is a former economics professor who served on the professional staff of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee. He has written widely on international economics and national security issues for both professional and popular publications.

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Startup wants to build a space station that refuels satellites by 2025 – The Register

Spacecraft running low on fuel could get a refill from an orbital station by the year 2025, according to a startup named Orbit Fab that reckons it can charge $20 million to top up your tank.

The American upstart believes there's a market for its planned service because the growing number of companies launching satellites want their hardware to have longer working lives. One way to achieve lengthier missions is orbital refueling.

Orbit Fab is therefore hoping to build, for want of a better word, a depot 300 km from Earth in geostationary orbit that can send out shuttles each containing, say, 100kg of hydrazine to visiting satellites and potentially other spacecraft that need a refill and can plug into the tanks.

And suitably capable spacecraft could dock with the depot to pick up fuel for themselves or to take to satellites and other craft, SpaceNews reported.

Orbit Fab's rendering of its refueling station ... Click to enlarge

Co-founder and chief development officer Jeremy Schiel said government agencies and private operators have "expressed explicit interest to get refueled in the next three to five years." He also said that the design of the fuel depot system is "basically done," and that the company is now working on designing its fuel shuttles.

"It's much easier to come up with a price for GEO [geostationary orbits] because it's one orbit," Schiel explained. "You're going to have to have a different price point on each different orbit in low earth orbit because of how you're going to get there. We're tackling the easy commercial price of GEO first and then we'll start working our way down."

Astroscale, an orbital debris removal biz, is the only customer that has publicly signed up for the satellite refueling service. Orbit Fab has committed to supplying 1,000 kilograms of xenon propellant to top up Astroscale's Life Extension In-Orbit (LEXI) satellites, which are capable of being refueled in space and are scheduled to launch in 2026 into geostationary orbit.

These satellites, and other future craft, need to include Orbit Fab's Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface (RAFTI) ports that the fuel shuttles will use to top up visiting craft.

Spacecraft in geostationary orbits today won't have RAFTI ports, and Orbit Fab will need to come up with another method of refueling them. Schiel said the startup will have to rely on third-party vehicles that are compatible with what's already in space as well as Orbit Fab's hardware, such servicing spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman or Astroscale.

"They can go service the legacy satellites and we can service the servicing vehicles that are coming online," Schiel said. "Eventually, when everyone's flying a RAFTI fueling port, we can start going directly to them."

The Register has sought further comment from Orbit Fab.

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Dunball Sluice to get 25 year life extension – GOV.UK

A 4.2 million refurbishment scheme will refurbish or renew mechanical and electrical components in Dunball Sluice. This sluice controls flood flows in the Kings Sedgemoor Drain (KSD) and the River Sowy, which is also known as the River Parrett Flood Relief Channel.

Dunball Sluice is a critical structure in the defence of the Somerset Levels and Moors and became operational in 1971. It sits at the location where the Kings Sedgemoor Drain (KSD) meets the tidal River Parrett. 4 gated culverts control water levels by releasing water into the Parrett when the tide permits while preventing the tide from bringing saltwater into the KSD. This would impact nationally and internationally designated freshwater habitats.

The refurbishment will also make environmental improvements to encourage the migration of eels and improve access for otters between the KSD and the River Parrett. Health and safety improvements for Environment Agency staff and contractors who operate and maintain the sluice will also be completed as part of the scheme.

Rachel Burden of the Environment Agency said:

The project will extend the life of Dunball Sluice. Reducing the potential for failure and mitigate the risk of flooding to properties and internationally and nationally important freshwater habitats.

The scheme, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) with 650,000 partnership funding provided by Somerset Rivers Authority. The scheme will begin at the end of July 2022 and is programmed to be completed by 2024.

Work begins on creating Dunball Sluice which opened in 1971

Cllr Mike Stanton, Chair of Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA), said:

Im delighted that the SRA is helping to make this work possible. Dunball Sluice is a crucial facility. Refurbishing it boosts the SRAs own major scheme to increase the floodwater-carrying capacity of the River Sowy and Kings Sedgemoor Drain.

Sowy-KSD works are being delivered for the SRA by the Environment Agency up until the end of October. As partners were working together to reduce flood risks across a large part of the Somerset Levels and Moors.

The work will not have an impact on the continuing operation of the sluice and all refurbishment works will be undertaken within the compound area.

If there is a need to move water out of the system into the Parrett but the tidal gates cant be used due to the state of the tide. Then temporary pumps can be set up at the sluice to pump water over the structure and into the river. This was last done in 2014 and upgrades have been made since to better accommodate temporary pumps deployed from the nearby Bradney depot.

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Old Blood Found to Contain Factors That Induce Aging in Young Animals – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Researchers report that when young and old mice were surgically joined such that they shared blood circulation for three months the old mice did not significantly benefit in terms of lifespan. In contrast, the young mice that were exposed to blood from old animals had significantly decreased lifespan compared to mice that shared blood with other young mice.

The study Three Month Heterochronic Parabiosis Has a Deleterious Effect on the Lifespan of Young Animals, Without a Positive Effect for Old Animals appears in Rejuvenation Research, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Our previous study showed that an exchange of blood between heterochronic parabionts for 3 months did not rejuvenate the immune system of the old partners. Moreover, the young immune system became more aged and began to function according to the old principle. Does this forced aging affect all systems of the organism in this model, write the investigators.

We checked the levels of corticosterone, testosterone, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), insulin, and thyroxine in the blood of heterochronic parabionts, but did not find significant changes compared with age-related controls. Since numerous data support the possibility of rejuvenation of the brain, muscles, and other tissues using the model of heterochronic parabiosis, as well as opposite data, we planned to assess the overall effect of this long-term blood exchange on the rate of organism aging.

We measured the life span of animals whose blood was exchanged for 3 months and then were disconnected. Median and maximum life expectancy decreased in young heterochronic parabionts compared with the isochronic control. Old heterochronic parabionts showed only a small trend toward an increase in the median life span, but it was not statistically significant, and the maximum life span did not change compared with the isochronic parabionts.

These data support our assumption that old blood contains factors capable of inducing aging in young animals. The mechanism of selective suppression of aging factor production in the organism could be a key research field for life extension.

Heterochronic parabiosis is a research tool used to assess the effect of organs and of blood-borne factors on young and old animals. Less controlled than direct blood exchange, parabiosis is a model of blood sharing between two surgically connected animals.

Iryna Pishel, from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and Bienta Ltd. in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she serves as head of laboratory applied pharmacology, and coauthors used heterochronic parabiosis between young and old mice and the isochronic controls for three months. They then disconnected the animals and studied the effects of being joined on the blood plasma and animal lifespan.

The most robust and interesting result of this study is the fact of a significant decrease in the lifespan of young mice from heterochronic parabiotic pairs, say the scientists. These data support our assumption that old blood contains factors capable of inducing aging in young animals. Finding and selective suppression of aging factor production in the organism could be the key research field for life extension.

This work clarifies the question whether the young blood or old blood controls longevity, which has been debated [for some time]. Are there lasting effects of heterochronic parabiosis and if so, is it a rejuvenation or aging? The work by the Pishel group established that thelifespanof the old mice does not increase after being parabiosed to young mice. In contrast, the young animals that were joined with the old mice suffer a shortened lifespan, even after being disconnected, noted Irina Conboy, PhD, professor, college of engineering, University of California, Berkeley, and editor-in-chief of Rejuvenation Research.

This discovery is important in establishing the accurate direction for clinical anti-aging approaches and in providing key scientific evidence against the potency of the young blood factors in an aged organism. This work neatly follows the previously published by this group report that infusions of young blood plasma into mice, does not increase their lifespan.

On an important note, Pishel conducted these seminal studies as the head of the department at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, yet composed the paper as a refugee, from data collected before the outbreak of war. Such important studies were interrupted by the war, and it is hoped that they will soon continue and yield more breakthroughs.

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RESA Power Bolsters Its Presence in Canada With the Acquisition of Advanced Electrical Services, Ltd. – Yahoo Finance

HOUSTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RESA Power, LLC, a market leader in power systems electrical testing, transformer services and life extension solutions for power distribution equipment, has announced the acquisition of Advanced Electrical Services, Ltd.

Based in Alberta, Canada, Advanced Electrical Services (AES) is a NETA accredited company that has two locations in Calgary and Edmonton from which it has been providing electrical testing services since 2008 throughout Western Canada. AES specializes in providing medium and high voltage services and products into the renewable energy, mining, commercial, utility, and oil & gas market segments in Western Canada. RESA Power was acquired by Investcorp, a leading global alternative investment firm, in December 2021 and this marks the first add-on acquisition under their ownership.

Mark Angus, Chief Growth Officer at RESA Power, commented on the acquisition, "RESA Power has worked closely with the team at AES for several years and successfully collaborated on many projects, both in the USA and Canada. This long history of teamwork has deepened the relationship between RESA and AES to the point where this was the next logical step for both companies. Kevin Noonan, Zak Houk, Mark MacHattie, and the rest of the AES team have built a high-quality business that has earned the trust and respect of many customers who operate in the Western Canada marketplace. We view this alliance as providing a robust platform, along with our existing RESA business in Vancouver, to broaden our reach into the Canadian marketplace as well as adding an impressive roster of 30+ highly skilled technicians to the 200+ field technicians already in the RESA Power family."

Kevin Noonan, President, and co-owner of Advanced Electrical Services, added, "We are delighted to formally partner with RESA Power, and feel that our combined expertise and resources will enable us to provide our existing customers not only an enhanced portfolio of products and services, but also broaden our geographic reach, enabling us to meet our customers' requests to service more of their locations from a local base of operations. Additionally, we look forward to partnering with RESA Power on larger projects in both Canada and the USA."

About RESA Power, LLC

RESA Power, a portfolio company of Investcorp, a global alternative investment firm, is a market leader in power systems services and life extension solutions for power distribution equipment used in mission critical environments. With locations across the United States and Canada, RESA Power is uniquely capable of ensuring our customers' critical power systems are safe, reliable, and operating at peak efficiency. The technicians and engineers at RESA Power are experts in testing and servicing transformers, relays, breakers and other key components of power distribution and control systems. RESA Power also provides quick turn-around custom manufactured or retrofit switchgear and breaker solutions and maintains an extensive inventory of obsolete and hard-to-find components. For more information about how to join the RESA Power group, visit http://www.resapower.com or follow us @RESAPower on LinkedIn

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Why 80 is the new 60: ‘It’s the triumph of aging’ but not for everyone – National Post

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Much of the anti-aging focus isnt about radical life extension or ageless bodies, but rather about dodging the bad stuff until the final years of life

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Aging is getting so old.

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Paul McCartney, who turned 80 in June, likes to cap his workouts by balancing on his head, feet in the air, for five minutes and credits yoga ocular exercises (look up, centre, down, diagonally, and then around and around) for keeping his eyesight sharp.

Gloria Steinem, 88, is offering American women seeking abortions the guest room in her Manhattan home. Dont agonize. Organize, the feminist icon told pro-choice supporters after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Harrison Ford, who turned 80 in July, has a fifth Indiana Jones film scheduled for release next year. Beloved British actor Patrick Stewart, 82, who shares a birthday with Ford, recently wrapped up shooting season three of his series Star Trek: Picard and was still rocking a toned midsection and biceps at 75. I dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden (91 in August) does resistance training and eats like a carnivore. I like steak.

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In Canada, Jean Chrtien, 88, is funny and sharp as ever and recently scored as the most popular prime minister in modern Canadian history. Gordon Lightfoot, 83, who has a piece of steel and 10 pins in his right wrist after fracturing the joint last fall is among the scheduled headliners at this summers Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. None of us is getting any younger, the legendary octogenarian singer-songwriter told the Toronto Sun last fall. Were all aware of that. And if we can be doing it, we might as well be doing it.

And, yeah, theyre doing it. Eighty is the new 60, or so the buzzy trope goes. The extension of life is one of the great medical and social miracles of the last century. Life expectancy in Canada in the year 1900 was 51. When parliament passed the Medical Care Act in 1966, men could expect to see their high 60s, women 75. Were now sitting at just under 80 for men, and 84 for women. Nearly one in five of us are 65 or older. Centenarians, the 100 and older, are the fastest-growing age demographic in the country.

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Its the triumph of aging, said Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network hospitals in Toronto. Were seeing lots more people, an incredible number, who are living at much older ages and surviving to those ages in relatively good health.

Its true that people who make it to 100 and beyond dont necessarily make it there in perfect health; half will be living with some form of cognitive impairment, though they do manage problems like heart troubles or stroke remarkably well. And yes, people are living longer, but not universally or uniformly so.

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Its largely a benefit of the rich and the middle class, said bioethicist Arthur Caplan. In some countries, if you make it to 50 youre lucky. The poor do not live longer, said Caplan, head of medical ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Almost eight million adults in Canada are obese. Moderate obesity takes, on average, three years off a persons life. Severe obesity, 10 years.

Women generally outlive men. Those kinds of demographics get lost in the 80 is the new 60 buzz, Caplan said. Are you getting first-rate health care? Do you have access to a good, varied, nutritious diet? Do you exercise? Are you in a situation where theres not a lot of stress and worry?

There are hints about whats going on diet, decent health care, more healthy habits, more years in school, it helps to be rich that dont involve any big mysteries.

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Fewer children dying from infant infections and diseases, more women surviving childbirth, sanitation, vaccines, antibiotics, surgeries, earlier and better management of high blood pressure and coronary artery disease and strides in cancer care also brought us here. In the 60s and 70s we started realizing smoking was really bad for you, said Dr. Thomas Perls, director of the large and long-running New England Centenarian Study. Make it to 65 in Canada today, and you can expect about 20 years of life expectancy ahead of you, Sinha said. The good news is fewer numbers of those extra years are going to be spent in poor health. Things that would have killed us decades ago like a heart attack or stroke now Ive had people whove had multiple heart attacks and strokes and are still ticking along and youre like, wow, because of the advent of medical science.

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Dementia is among the most dreaded diseases of the old. But because of efforts to identify and modify risk factors like high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol we actually have fewer people living with dementia today than we thought wed have 10 or 20 years ago, Sinha said.

Much of the anti-aging focus isnt about radical life extension or ageless bodies envisioned by immortalists, but rather about compressing morbidity, dodging the bad stuff until the final years of life and slowing the onset of age-related dysfunction, so that people live well, and then die suddenly. Youre here, and then youre not.

The oldest human on record is Jeanne Calment, a French woman who died at age 122 in 1997 and who was still riding a bike at 100 and chain-smoking until the age of 117. A Japanese woman, Kana Tanaka, died in April, aged 119. She was chatty, liked soft drinks and board games and worked until she was 103.

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In the aging and longevity spheres, many millions are being sunk into regenerative medicine using cell-based therapies to reprogram cells and wind them back to more youthful states to repair or replace damaged tissue, from battered joint cartilage to scarred heart muscle. Researchers are testing the potential of metformin, the most widely prescribed anti-diabetes drug in the world, and other senolytic drugs to clear out undead senescent cells, so-called zombie cells that are haggard and old and have stopped proliferating but that refuse to die off. Instead, they loiter, oozing inflammatory molecules that drive age-related damage to tissues throughout the body.

Another movement is to push out the lifespan through genetic enhancement, finding ways to manipulate or mimic survival genes that increase longevity. Forget the free radicals and lets all pop antioxidants theory, says Harvard molecular biologist David Sinclair. We have the technology, Im telling you today, to be able to go into our hundreds without worrying about getting cancer in your 70s, heart disease in your 80s, and Alzheimers in your 90s, Sinclair told a recent 2022 Life Itself conference. This is the world thats coming. Its not really a question of if. Its literally a question of when. And for most of us, its gonna happen in our lifetime.

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Why do we even age? Sinclair uses an analogy about a nicked compact disc to explain what he calls his information theory of aging. Were not so much losing the digital music in the cell, the genes, he said, but the epigenetic information, the systems in the body that read the DNA, and tell genes whether to switch on or off. A skin cell doesnt want to turn on the same genes as a brain cell. That would be a problem. Genes that arent needed are bundled up. But, like a scratched up CD, the epigenome get messed up over time from DNA damage, and those bundles start to unravel. Genes that should be switched on get turned off, and vice versa. Cells lose their identity and function, Sinclair told his audience. That is why we age, why we get sick and why most of us die. His team is working on a way to polish the CD to get cells working properly again and reverse age-related diseases like glaucoma. In one experiment, they made blind mice see again.

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Inflammaging, or inflamm-aging, a chronic, low-grade inflammation that accumulates over time through diet, infections and environmental exposures, has also been implicated. Still, theres no one, tidy biological mechanism to explain biological aging, said Parminder Raina, a professor at McMaster University and lead principal investigator of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. His team has a new paper, not yet published but under review, that found people with early childhood adversity sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, parental conflicts age faster. They have faster epigenetic clocks than kids who werent exposed to those traumas.

We need to understand what normal aging looks like. Once we understand that, it might give us some sense of what early interventions might help, said Raina who, at 62, is in better physical shape than he was in his 30s.

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He jogs, runs, walks, swims, eats healthy, plays golf. Social engagement is important to him. But he doesnt like the 80 is the new fill in the blank. It implies a certain level of ageism. Theres a tremendous amount of heterogeneity in the way we age, he says. Some age well, despite challenges, others, free of disease, not so well. Having a sense of purpose is critical. Loss of purpose is a deadly phenomenon, Raina said. Above everything else if we can get people to think about how they live, how they engage, how they participate in their communities, what creates purpose, that will take us a longer way on the healthy lifespan path than any drug or medication or biological pathway discoveries will ever do.

The human body is like any machine. It has wear and tear with time, no matter what we do. And that is going to catch up.

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Our life expectancy isnt increasing as fast as it once did. There are more centenarians. But, on average, we arent becoming 90-year-olds as rapidly as we saw earlier in the last 20, 30 years, Raina said. COVID-19 already has cut the life expectancy in dozens of countries. In Canada, deaths due to COVID reduced life expectancy at birth by about half a year in 2020, dropping it to what it was six years earlier.

Without some form of physiological or genetic engineering, Caplan pegs the upper limit at about 110 to 115 years max. But one recent paper set the fundamental or absolute limit of the human lifespan at 120 to 150 years, at which point the body simply runs out of resilience. For now, how to live longer and healthier comes down to the basics. The biggest contributor to a rather aptly named molecule known as GrimAge acceleration thought to drive a range of age-related disease is smoking, while a healthy diet has an inverse effect.

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In a recent virtual chat, Perls appealed to his centenarians and their families to send his team samples of their feces. Perls thinks its a pretty sure bet that different populations of bacteria in the gut and the substances those bacteria produce are playing a role in slowing or accelerating aging.

Some of his centenarians are also being asked if they might be willing to donate their brains upon death. Perls explained that the brain is removed at the funeral home, then quickly transported to a brain pathology lab at UCLA where a huge amount of study is performed to try to understand, for example, why the person, when alive, had zero signs of cognitive impairment, but had evidence of Alzheimers disease at autopsy. We call those people resistant, and we want to find out how resistance happens. Understand those biological mechanisms, and it may be possible to develop a strategy or drug to slow down the progression of the big ones, like Alzheimers, stroke, heart disease, diabetes and even some cancers.

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With age the brain shrinks in volume by one to two per cent a year. Others are showing how exercise reduces inflammation in the brain and induces the birth of new neurons in the hippocampus, the area involved in memory. Resistance training seems to have the biggest impact on cognitive function for older adults.

Why isnt entirely clear, but it seems resistance training is more mentally taxing. It includes a cognitive component, said Lindsay Nagamatsu an assistant professor at Western University. Learning to use new machines and the proper form, keeping track of weight loads and reps. Its more of a mentally stimulating activity compared to aerobic training.

On average, we arent becoming 90-year-olds as rapidly as we saw earlier in the last 20, 30 years

What else is good for the brain? A Mediterranean style diet, Nagamatsu said, so a lot of fish and nuts. Alcohol in moderation. Anything that increases inflammation obesity, heart disease, diabetes will affect the brain and increase the risk of dementia. Humans have evolved to the point that, rather remarkably, most of us should be able to live to about age 90, provided we dont squander our bodies, Pearls said in an interview with National Post. Average life expectancies are less than 90 years, and I think thats because people are taking their bodies for granted and can do some pretty harmful things, whether that be smoking or being obese or not getting enough sleep.

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Pearls also thinks avoiding, or at least limiting, red meat is a good idea. Sinclairs tips for keeping body and mind in optimal shape include exercising between 10 to 30 minutes three times a week at an intensity that causes you to pant, a little fasting (he eats one main meal a day) and good sleep. Personality traits also seem to matter. Centenarians tend not to be neurotic they tend not to worry about things they cant change, which presumably translates to lower stress, Boston University centenarian researcher Stacy Andersen said on the virtual update with Perls and high in extroversion.

Most, about 90 per cent, are disability free up to their early to mid-90s. It doesnt mean no diseases, ever, along the way, he said. But they have a history of managing these problems much, much better. The goal is about how to age better, which is different from aging longer, Caplan said. For many, their worst nightmare would be living a lot longer but with a devastating brain disease like Alzheimers or Lewy body dementia.

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But neither should older people be considered dependent beings past their due dates. Older workers could be one solution to Canadas labour shortage. We are starting to realize, why are we pushing people out the door at 65? We can probably get another five, 10 good years out of people, Sinha said.

There are some grumblings about inter-generational tensions, that younger people will be denied jobs or advancements if they have to wait for older people to get out of the way. But countries with aging populations like Canada have low unemployment rates relative to younger populations, Raina said, because older people create wealth.

He and others said we need new ways of thinking about policies and social programs, like old age pensions. We assume everybody over 65 is declining. Thats not the case. It is a way more heterogeneous population than their kids.

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But how old is too old to keep working? U.S. President Joe Biden, who turns 80 in November, is showing signs of frailty and loss of energy, said Caplan, even though hes not cognitively limited, and people, I think, politically want a dynamic leader. Part of Donald Trumps magic was that he could come off as dynamic, energetic, and tireless, Caplan said, even though he was obese and taking a nap all the time.

Age is going to hurt Biden, Caplan said. My prediction is he wont run again. Trump may fall to the same problem.

Brain processes like attention, memory, executive function, decision making, planning and judgment are critical core functions in high-risk activities or jobs like flying a plane, or leading a country, Nagamatsu, of Western U, said.

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But its an individual, case-by-case thing. The degree and rate of decline varies widely and isnt just determined by age, she said. Theres no magical age that says time to stop. Im sure that you know some individuals who are much younger that would not be fit to lead a country.

The market is responding to aging consumers with devices to help them stay healthy and independent longer. Some of Sinhas patients refuse to wear the clunky pendants that come with some personal emergency response systems, or PERS. I dont want to wear that cowbell, one told him. But bundle a PERS in a sleek smart watch, and there you have it. We have to remember that older people, like younger people theyre vain, Sinha said.

Why wear something that makes you feel old?

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COVID infection numbers are slightly rising – The Nome Nugget

By Peter LoewiThe Nome Census Area returned to the CDCs high community transmission level last week after a small infection surge was detected in Nome and five surrounding villages.As of press time on Tuesday, there are 19 active cases in the region: Twelve in Nome, three in Elim, two in Wales, one in Golovin and one in Unalakleet.While statewide hospital capacity remains available, the case rates have been among the highest in the nation. Also last week, Alaska reached the unfortunate distinction of being the state with the highest per-capita rates of COVID-19 overall since the start of the pandemic.Current hospitalizations in Alaska are the highest they have been since mid-February.The City of Nome continues to provide masks and at-home tests free of charge. They can be picked up at the City Hall, the Nome Recreation Center and the Richard Foster Building at the Kegoayah Kozga Public Library.The original batches of at-home tests distributed by the City list an expiration date of June, but in July, the Food and Drug Administration granted a three-month shelf-life extension to both the iHealth Antigen Rapid Tests and the AccessBio Antigen Home Tests. As the tests are under Emergency Use Authorization, the actual efficacy over time is still being studied. According to a FDA factsheet, Once the test manufacturer has more stability testing results, such as 12 or 18 months, the test manufacturer can contact the FDA to request that the FDA authorize a longer shelf-life. When a longer shelf-life is authorized, the expiration dates will be extended and the test manufacturer may send a notice to customers to provide the new authorized expiration dates, so the customers know how long they can use the tests they already have.Of the 22 authorized at-home over-the-counter diagnostics tests listed on the FDA website, nine have had their original expiration dates extended by several months.On Saturday, President Joe Biden again tested positive for COVID-19, in what is being called a COVID rebound case. In late May, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about people testing positive a second time shortly after receiving a course of Pfizers antiviral drug Paxlovid. Rebounds do not appear to lead to serious illness, and after mild symptoms the first time, the president is said to be asymptomatic.As cases rose across the country, the FDA had debated allowing younger adults to get a second booster, as the immunity granted by the shots wane. However, as even the single booster provides robust protection against hospitalization and death, the plan for summer boosters has been delayed until the fall, by which point an Omicron-specific booster is expected to be available.

The week in numbers:On Tuesday, July 26, Norton Sound Health Corporation identified 12 new cases of COVID-19 in the region. Seven cases were in Nome, two were in Elim. Brevig Mission, Shishmaref and Unalakleet each had one case.This meant that the number of active cases in the region reached 42. Twenty-four of the active cases were in Nome, seven were in Unalakleet, five in Elim, three in Brevig Mission, two in Wales and one in Shishmaref.On Wednesday, July 27, NSHC identified six new cases of COVID-19 in the region. Three of the new cases were in Nome. Brevig Mission, Shaktoolik and Shishmaref each had one.The number of active cases across the region dropped to 37. There were 24 in Nome, five in Unalakleet, three in Brevig Mission, and one in each of Shaktoolik, Shishmaref and Wales.On Thursday, July 28, NSHC identified eight new cases of COVID-19: Five in Unalakleet, two in Nome, and one in Brevig.On Friday, July 29, NSHC identified three new cases: One in each of Golovin, Nome and Wales.On Saturday, July 30, NSHC identified two new cases: One in each of Nome and Wales.On Sunday, July 31, NSHC identified four new cases all in Nome.The weekend releases brought the number of active cases in the region down to 16. There were nine active cases in Nome, four in Unalakleet, two in Wales, and one in Golovin.On Monday, August 1, NSHC identified seven new cases. Four of them were in Nome and three were in Elim. There are 19 active cases in the region: 12 in Nome, three in Elim, two in Wales, one in Golovin, and one in Unalakleet.Since the start of the pandemic the USA has had 91,485 officially reported cases of COVID-19 and 1,030,564 associated deaths.Alaska has had at least 271,101 cases of COVID-19, 3,826 hospitalizations and 1,275 deaths. There are currently 83 people hospitalized due to COVID-19.Nome, the Bering Strait and Norton Sound region has had at least 6,235 cases, 46 hospitalizations and six deaths.

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Food Science Researcher job with Department of Defence | 304261 – Times Higher Education

The Role

Do you seek a tree change or an opportunity to earn a big city salary and live the country life? Our ideal candidate will be suited to working on a relatively small Defence site located in Scottsdale, Tasmania. A small rural community - where the air is cleaner, the grass is greener, the food is fresher and nature abounds with serenity and adventure. We will cover all reasonable relocation costs.

We provide opportunities for a long standing career where you can be supported to grow your expertise through on-going formal and informal learning and development activities.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and resourceful food scientist to join our niche team of food scientists, in partnering with academia, Government and industry, to conduct world-class collaborative research and development on shelf-stable foods. You will find creative solutions for complex technical problems across a range of food science and technology fieldsinvestigating, interpreting and transforming knowledge and technology into Defence capabilities. You will have the opportunity to understand challenges, analyse problems and deliver food and feeding solutions with immediate and enduring positive impact to Defence; as well as opportunity for further training and career development.

In this your role as a Food Science Researcher you will:

At times, the role may require significant hands-on effort at the laboratory bench and in the food research pilot plant, including preparation, experiment execution and clean-up activities. At times, the role may involve significant desk-based effort to review the literature, analyse data and write reports, and to perform other computer-based tasks. The role also includes experimentation and data collection in military environments, for example during field training exercises.

About The Food & Nutrition (F&N) Team

Our team consists of a diverse team of Defence scientists who come together to provide impartial food and nutrition-related advice and innovative solutions to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Our mission is to ensure that the nutritional status of ADF personnel is optimal for the achievement of their military tasks across a range of challenging training and operational environments. Our work involves a broad range of F&N science activities, including food processing, food safety systems, new product development, specification writing, food chemistry, microbiology, packaging, supply chain/logistics, sensory and consumer science, nutrition and dietetics.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate will be an optimistic, proactive and highly motivated person who is comfortable working within an agile environment with continually evolving requirements. You will have relevant technical knowledge and/or experience in one or more food science capabilities, which may include food formulation, processing (e.g. retorting) and packaging, food safety, shelf life extension (of shelf-stable foods), nutrient stabilisation and fortification, test and evaluation of food safety and quality, and sensory and consumer science.

You will be able to work productively both as an individual and as a team member. You will be confident in investigating and addressing issues impacting achievement of outcomes. You value strong trust-based relationships and stakeholder engagement and are willing to share and receive learnings and support of/to others. You will be a proven communicator at a technical and non-technical level. To be successful you will require academic qualifications in one or more relevant areas of food science and/or equivalent demonstrated research skills and work experience appropriate to the duties of this position.

Application Closing Date: Thursday 18 August, 2022

For further information please review the job information pack, reference DSTG/03985/22 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=AE17B89F-7958-AA00-216C-C8BB62DAD497

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Viridian Therapeutics to Report Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on August – Benzinga

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. VRDN, a biotechnology company advancing new treatments for patients suffering from serious diseases underserved by current therapies, today announced it will report its financial results from the second quarter ended June 30, 2022, before the financial markets open onMonday, August 15, 2022.

The Company's management team is scheduled to host a conference call at8:00 a.m. ETonMonday, August 15, 2022. To access the call, please dial 1-877-407-0789 in theU.S.or 1-201-689-8562 outside theU.S.and ask for the Viridian call. To access the live webcast, please visit the "Events" page in the Investors section of the Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. website. Following the live webcast, an archived version of the call will be available on the website.

Monday,August 15@8:00 a.m. ET

About Viridian Therapeutics

Viridian Therapeuticsis a biotechnology company advancing new treatments for patients suffering from serious diseases but underserved by today's therapies. Viridian's most advanced program, VRDN-001, is a differentiated monoclonal antibody targeting insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R), a clinically and commercially validated target for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED). Viridian's second product candidate, VRDN-002, is a distinct anti-IGF-1R antibody that incorporates half-life extension technology and is designed to support administration as a convenient, low-volume, subcutaneous injection.TED is a debilitating autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and fibrosis within the orbit of the eye which can cause double vision, pain, and potential blindness. Patients with severe disease often require multiple remedial surgeries to the orbit, eye muscles and eyelids. Viridian is based inWaltham, Massachusetts.

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U.S. Air Force Releases Photos Of Mock B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Test Loaded On B-2A Bomber – The Aviationist

A non-nuclear mock B61-12 Joint Test Assembly (JTA) being prepared for test loading inside the B-2A Spirit stealth bombers bombs bay. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devan Halstead)

The U.S. Air Force recently released on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) website a series of interesting photos from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The photos, taken on June 13, 2022, show a high-fidelity, non-nuclear mock B61-12 Joint Test Assembly (JTA) being prepared for test loading inside the B-2A Spirit stealth bombers bombs bay. To our knowledge, these should be the first public photos of the weapon with the Spirit since testing aboard the aircraft has begun few years ago.

The Air Force did not provide many details and did not even mention the name of the bomb, simply stating the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron test loads a new nuclear-capable weapons delivery system for the B-2 Spirit bomber. The 72nd TES, a geographically separated unit of Eglin AFBs 53rd Wing based at Whiteman, is in charge of all testing and evaluation of new equipment, software and weapons systems for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.

It is not clear what the caption refers to with the term nuclear-capable weapons delivery system. The unofficial Nuclear Matters Handbook of the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, gives us the following definition:

A nuclear weapon delivery system is the military platform and delivery vehicle by which a nuclear weapon is delivered to its intended target in the event of authorized use (by the President of the United States, who retains sole authority to employ nuclear weapons). Most nuclear weapons have been designed for a specific delivery system, making interoperability potentially challenging.

In addition to the mix of silo-based Minuteman III (MMIII) ICBMs, Trident II D5 Life Extension (LE) SLBMs carried on Ohio-class SSBNs, and B-2A and B-52H nuclear-capable heavy bombers, the U.S. nuclear force includes dual-capable aircraft (DCA), that can carry conventional or nuclear weapons.

Judging by this definition, the weapon delivery system in question should be the B-2A bomber, however the fact that the caption mentions the test loading aboard the aircraft might mean that this system is a new weapon rack inside the bombs bay designed to work with the new B61-12. Available public info states that the Spirit was designed to employ a Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA) for conventional munitions and a Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA) for the delivery of conventional or nuclear weapons.

The BRA was later upgraded between 2003 and 2006 and became a Smart Bomb Rack Assembly capable of carrying as many as 80 independently targeted, JDAM GPS-guided weapons. So, since the new B61-12 in equipped with a guidance kit, it is possible that also the RLA is now being upgraded to use the new bomb. The new bomb variant will replace the B61-7 and B61-11 currently available for the B-2 fleet.

As we already reported, The B61 entered service 50 years ago and has undergone a Life-Extention Program (LEP) to consolidate and replace four legacy bomb variants, the B61 -3, -4, -7, and -11 mods, into the B61-12. The refurbished B61-12 will allow the retirement of the larger B83, becoming the only remaining gravity delivered nuke in the inventory. The bomb will carry a low-yield nuclear warhead with four yield options, reportedly 0.3 kilotons, 1.5 kilotons, 10 kilotons and 50 kilotons, instead of larger warheads like the models it is replacing (which can reach 400 kilotons depending on the variants).

The 12-foot, 825-pound bomb is designed to be delivered from the air in either ballistic or guided-gravity drop modes, thanks to a new Boeing-built tail assembly that includes an Inertial Navigation System (INS) precision-guidance package and two spin rocket motors that improve the bombs stability on its longitudinal axis during the descent. The LEP is said to be increasing the B61s accuracy so much (with a reported 30 m Circular Error Probability instead of the original 100 m) that it will have the same capability against hardened targets as the much more powerful weapons it is replacing.

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SOCOM is working on a new and improved Navy SEAL Delivery Vehicle – Business Insider

To remain effective in an era of near-peer warfare and to counter China's growing military, US Special Operations Command and the Navy SEALs are working on two new and improved mini-submarines that are expected to enter service soon.

The two new special-operations mini-subs the Mark 11 Shallow Water Combat Submersible and the Dry Combat Submersible will be the backbone of Naval Special Warfare's submersible fleet for decades to come.

The Mark 11 will replace the Mark 8 Mod 1 mini-sub. The new mini-sub comes with an increased operational range and payload, more advanced sensors, improved navigation systems, and a new command-and-control structure that will allow new technologies to be introduced more efficiently.

At 23 feet long, the Mark 11 will be able to carry six Navy SEALs: two crew and four combat divers. The mini-sub will be to dive to about 165 feet and will be flooded while in use, meaning the SEAL operators will be exposed to the elements and will have to use dry suits and oxygen tanks. (The British Special Boat Service has also ordered the Mark 11.)

SOCOM expects the Mark 11 to hit initial operating capability this summer. Should everything go according to plan, the new SEAL Delivery Vehicle will begin to phase out the Mark 8, which has been in service since the 1980s.

The Dry Combat Submersible is much larger and heavier. The 40-foot mini-submarine will have a vastly longer operational range and greater payload capacity than the Mark 11 and be more comfortable for the 10 commandos two crew and eight combat divers it will be able to carry.

At a recent industry conference, Cmdr. John Conway, SOCOM's program manager for special-operations forces undersea systems, likened the Dry Combat Submersible to "an electric truck" that can do a lot of things at the same time and can be adapted and improved with new sensors and systems in response to future threats and operational environments.

Naval Special Warfare is also looking at "other nontraditional ways to launch" the Mark 11, such as "a containerized solution" off of "some vessel of opportunity or things like that," Navy Cmdr. James Hanlon, SOCOM's program manager for special-operations maritime systems, said at the conference, according to Defense News.

In addition to the new Mark 11 and Dry Combat Submersible, Naval Special Warfare is working on a service-life extension program for the Dry Deck Shelter, which is attached to a submarine's hull and allows SEALs and other combat divers to exit and enter the submarine while underway.

The Navy's six Dry Deck Shelters were built between 1982 and 1991 and were expected to have service lives of 40 years. The planned extension would allow them to operate until the 2050s

The Navy SEAL teams are most well known for their direct-action capabilities. High-profile operations over the last 20 years, including the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, have fostered a belief that all that SEALs do is kick down doors and go after bad guys.

But SEAL teams have other capabilities and are proficient in many skill sets. The SEAL Delivery Vehicles are perhaps one of their most exotic capabilities, and the two SEAL Delivery Vehicle teams specialize in three mission sets: underwater insertion and extraction of special operations troops, underwater special reconnaissance, and underwater special operations.

In addition, SEAL Delivery Vehicle teams can support maritime counterterrorism operations by stealthily moving special operators close to a target that is in or near the water.

Generally, SEAL operators avoid an assignment to a SEAL Delivery Vehicle team because of the extremely difficult mission set. Although all Navy SEALs are combat divers, SEAL Delivery Vehicle team members take combat diving to the next level. Eight- to 10-hour dives are not uncommon.

Naval Special Warfare Command, which oversees the SEALs, has two delivery vehicle teams, which were first stood up in the early 1980s.

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, now based in Hawaii, is dedicated to the West Coast and operations in the Pacific. SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two was deactivated in 2008 but reestablished in 2019 amid the shift toward great-power competition. SDVT-2 is based in Little Creek, Virginia, and is the dedicated delivery vehicle unit for the East Coast and operations in Europe.

The delivery vehicle teams are now part of Naval Special Warfare Group 8, which was created in 2020 through the consolidation of two other special warfare groups. The officer who led the group with the delivery vehicle teams was selected to lead Group 8 when it was formed, suggesting SDVs will have an important role going forward.

SEAL Delivery Vehicles are SOCOM's only special-operations submersible capability. In a conflict with China, mini-subs paired with the Navy's attack submarines would be ideal for getting SEALs into tough spots and denied areas, which will be essential for countering China's anti-access/area-denial umbrellaover the Western Pacific.

"Our relationship with our submarine force has never been closer," Rear Adm. Hugh Howard III, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, told senators in May. "We see the undersea as absolutely critical to deterrence. I think that it is a place that we maintain advantage, and it is a place where we must maintain advantage to critically deter our peer adversaries."

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How to live forever – Financial Times

This is an audio transcript of the FT Weekend podcast episode: How to live forever

Lilah RaptopoulosHello FT Weekend listeners, its Lilah. Im away on vacation this week so weve reached into the vault to bring you one of our favourite episodes. My team and I talk about this episode a lot. Its about living forever and the ethics of radical life extension. Its also about defying death on this outrageous family summer vacation, which feels relevant for the season. One quick note: this episode first published in November. So in the beginning, when I say last year, I mean March of 2020. Okay, enjoy the show.

Did I ever tell you about the time Ira Glass almost gave me coronavirus? It was the last day of going about our normal lives in March of 2020, and everything was starting to shut down and my office was closing, so I packed up my laptop and my keyboard and some of my notebooks into these kind of unwieldy tote bags and I slung them over my shoulder and headed home. But my last stop was this one final interview with the iconic radio host in the studios of This American Life. So Ira and I sat together in the small audio booth for an hour, and we talked about the art of storytelling, and then I left. The next day his assistant emailed me to say that I might have coronavirus because Ira might have coronavirus because he had shaken hands with someone who had coronavirus. And I remember thinking, this cannot be how I go. And that was my first brush with mortality during the pandemic and the first of many. For the next few months, mortality and I became friends. We, like, encountered each other very regularly, going to the grocery store, passing a neighbour in the hallway, taking a walk. We all encountered it, all the time. There are some people who come face to face with death early because theyve had loved ones get sick and pass. And it happens more often to us as we get older. But these past 18 months, its been different. We have a new relationship with death. Weve had to face it either as a reality or as a real possibility.

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Lilah RaptopoulosThis is FT Weekend, the podcast. Im Lilah Raptopoulous. This weekend, were thinking about mortality. Do we look death in the face or do we avoid it altogether? Were going to the extreme ends. One of the worlds top climbers defies death by scaling treacherous mountains with his kids. And FT science writer Anjana Ahuja takes us through the science of living for hundreds of years.

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Leo HouldingWhat did you do today, Jackson?

Jackson HouldingWe climbed up the Pingora Peak.

Leo HouldingWhich ones that? You point to it.

Jackson HouldingThat one.

Lilah RaptopoulosThats Leo Houlding, an outdoor adventurer and a guest writer for FT weekend, chatting with his four-year-old son, Jackson.

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Leo HouldingWas it hard?

Jackson HouldingUmm, not very, but a bit.

Leo HouldingWas it were you scared at all?

Jackson HouldingNo.

Lilah RaptopoulosLeo recently took his family on a vacation that would leave most of us fearing for our lives. Thats them climbing up Pingora Peak, a mountain described by the first Europeans who saw it as impossible. It was a 14-day trek deep in Wind River Country in the wilderness of Wyoming. He and his wife, Jessica, took their two kids scrambling up isolated technical terrain. Theyre four and eight. Heres Leo with his daughter, Freya, climbing Wolfs Head, a 12,000-foot summit that would be hard for most adults.

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Leo HouldingWhats happening, Freya?

Freya HouldingAh, well, Ive just gone up that ridge and Im, whoo! That ridge.

Leo HouldingAwesome. [Freya making sounds while climbing] There goes Freya, heading up that east ridge of the Wolfs Head. Pretty epic. One of the more epic features youre ever likely to see anywhere in the world.

Lilah RaptopoulosOn this trip, there was no cell service. They slept in tents and they brought all their food. Some of the climbing was almost vertical roped climbing and full harnesses. Leo talks about all of this in his piece, which Ive linked to in the show notes, but it sounded so outrageous that I wanted to talk to him about it.

Leo HouldingI think discomfort is underrated and our lives are so comfortable these days. Were all kind of obsessed with making everything as comfortable as possible, whereas actually a good dose of discomfort just makes you appreciate a little bit of comfort so much more.

Lilah RaptopoulosIt should be said that Leo is sort of a climbing celebrity. Hes considered one of the best in the world. You may have seen him. Hes been in documentaries like The Wildest Dream, an Imax film that documents a climb up Everest. And hes been on TV shows like Top Gear. Hes been to Antarctica twice to climb some of the most secluded mountains in the world. So it isnt just that he wants to torture his kids. He believes in this stuff for himself, too. So off they went into the wilderness, the whole family, and two unexpected hired hands.

Leo HouldingThe problem is to do that as a family of four, you need quite a lot of stuff. Aside from the climbing gear, you need all the camping gear, sleeping gear, cooking gear and, most of all, you need food for 14 days. Total was about 100 kilos of equipment. And thats where the llamas came in. (Laughter)

Lilah Raptopoulos(Laughter) Right. Okay. So in your story, youre talking about your van getting stuck and your kids being kind of like unsure about it and youre waiting for someone to help you out. And then this groan comes from the trailer behind you.

Leo HouldingNot many people know that llama trekking is a thing in the western states. There are a couple of outfitters who rent you llamas unguided. Theyre extremely easy animals to look after, unlike horses, which, you know, you kind of have to know stuff to handle horses.

Lilah RaptopoulosSo Leo, his wife, two kids, two llamas, 14 days worth of food and gear. They avoid a moose almost immediately as they get into the backwoods. And at this point, theyre going upwards, but not climbing just yet. On the walk to their camping spot, they meet a hiker who shows them an edible mushroom the size of a football. So they take that with them. And then when they set up camp, Leos wife, Jessica, casts her fishing rod out and immediately pulls back a perfect fish. Like in the movies.

At that stage, what were you thinking? Were you thinking, okay, were good. This is going to be an easy trip?

Leo HouldingI knew it wasnt going to be an easy trip because going into the backcountry is never easy. In fact, its very hard, but its simple. You know, you dont have all the complications of modern life. Its much more about shelter and food and looking after each other. I mean, we went into the Wind Rivers with a couple of objectives in mind, some big cliffs. But for most people that go there, they go there simply to experience the wilderness. Thats something that I would recommend to absolutely everyone.

Lilah RaptopoulosBut Leo and his family arent everyone. Jessica is also an experienced mountain climber, so on that third day, they take their kids out to climb some serious, bare-faced rocks.

Leo HouldingWe did this peak called Pingora, the east ledges of Pingora, which is Jacksons first big climb where he didnt get carried. And I mean, it is a big climb. Its 1,000 feet of climbing, but the face is 2,000 feet high. You kind of come in from the side. So its, its incredibly spectacular.

Lilah RaptopoulosThe following day, Leo takes Freya on a climb thats too hard for Jackson, so they go with one of his climbing buddies.

Leo HouldingIts definitely one of the best kind of easier climbs in North America, if not the world. Its this knife-edge ridge, you know, no more than a metre wide with pretty much 300m drops on both sides, outrageously exposed. Its quite complicated terrain. You have to squirm through chimneys and you have to rappel a bit and you have to go sideways. Going sideways in climbing is actually more difficult to protect than going straight up, and watching my little girl, she got scared, you know. Of course she got scared. But she faced her fear, she controlled her breathing and she absolutely loved it. She was just grinning from ear to ear the whole day.

Lilah RaptopoulosYeah, I have to say, as you tell the story, my heart is beating fast. I imagine that, like a lot of it. And tell me if Im wrong, that a lot of it is just deciding kind of not to be scared.

Leo HouldingThats a big part of it for sure. You know, kids, whatever you introduce them to is normal for them. So Jackson, whos only five, he was only four this summer when when we did some big climbs out in America. Hes just picking his nose, eating his sweets, looking at the birds, wittering away like any other four-year-old would in any other situation. Freya is extremely confident. Shes grown up in the mountains so shes way better than most adults in that terrain. In fact, we actually overtook a couple of adult teams and they were polite about it. But it must have been a little disheartening seeing a cute little eight-year-old skipping past you (laughter) on your big adventure.

Lilah RaptopoulosAll along, Leo had planned to go on an even more serious climb right at the end of their two weeks. Just him and his climbing partner. Theyre gone for just 24 hours. And when they get back nursing cramps and muscle spasms, they find out that the rest of his family had to fend off a bear. Did I not mention? The story also includes a bear.

Leo HouldingShe tried the old banging pans together to scare it off. She did have a kind of bear spray and a hiking pole, but it was snuffling around for, you know, a few hours through the night. And then she realised there was still some food in the pots, in one of these stuff sacks. So she gingerly pushed it out from underneath the tent and ironically, the noise of that scared it off.

Lilah RaptopoulosIf you have kids at this point, you might be asking yourself, is this a little too dangerous? Why is this guy putting his kids at risk? Going into the backcountry with two little kids is one thing, but treacherous climbs, foraged food, bears?

Leo HouldingI mean, theres no question that going into the mountains, going into the backcountry is dangerous. But sometimes people think of me as a professional climber, as an adventurer, as a risk-taker. But the truth is, its very much about risk management. Its about reducing the risks as much as possible. Any idiot can roll the dice a couple of times and get away with it. But when you do it professionally and you do high-risk stuff all the time, you have to do it with a very high degree of safety. But, you know, risk is an inherent part of all life, not just lives of adventure and life in the mountains. You kind of have to accept risk in life to be able to go out and make the most of it.

Lilah RaptopoulosBut Leo says thats the point.

Leo HouldingYou know, we had a couple of pretty serious storms and there was a lot of tears and screaming, as there is in many situations with kids. But actually, sometimes its the, its the low points, its the negative experiences which are the most memorable and most formative. Now, when you get to the top of the mountain, its all smiles and high fives and sunshine. Thats great. But when youre being pelted by hail, thats kind of leaving bruises. And, you know, my wife and I were literally stooped over the kids protecting them from this vicious hail storm. And thats when they learn, as we do, that, you know, you can survive, you can endure, you can push on through, dont give up. And you just have to kind of stay on top of the situation. And then when the sun does come out, you can dry off and live to fight another day.

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Lilah RaptopoulosAnd from looking death in the eye to trying to delay it forever. If you had the chance to undergo a therapy that would let you live for 200 years in your prime body, would you do it? Im talking 200 years in the body of a 35-year-old. Not just a longer life, but a longer life thats actually good. There are scientists working hard on making that possible right now, thanks in part to funding from billionaires like Jeff Bezos. But if Bezoss space launch was criticised for wasting money, how do we feel about his quest for eternal life? Should we consider it urgent medical research? Or is this just rich mans folly? Do we really want a hacker biology to live to 200? Think about it.

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Anjana AhujaYou know, if a woman could reset her biology and have the biology of a, you know, perpetually of a 30-year-old, then what happens to the concept of generations? Are we all going to be living you know, when we talk about multigenerational households, are we talking about instead of the three at the moment, maybe four, five, six?

Lilah RaptopoulosThats Anjana Ahuja, a contributing science writer for the FT. Anjana recently wrote the cover story for Life & Arts on this radical idea. It was called, Can we defeat death? And it asks just that. Can we actually live for hundreds of years or forever? And yeah, thats a real headline from a real newspaper, not a sci-fi novel, written by a real, distinguished journalist who actually has a PhD in space physics. So heres where we are. We arent close yet to making humans age in reverse. But scientists have been able to de-age cells in living organisms. There are mice that go blind from ageing. And we can manipulate their genes so that they can see again. Were close enough to a Benjamin Button situation that philosophers are now publishing books about the morality of extending the human lifespan.

So I cant stop thinking about your piece. (Laughter) Im just like, yeah, and Im wondering, like, where this started for you. Where did you start reporting it?

Anjana AhujaBack in September, I wrote a column about Altos Labs. I found out that it was being set up, it was being funded by Jeff Bezos. And to me, it seemed like a really serious outfit in terms of the money that was going into it, the people they were recruiting. And Ive always thought this, that actually somebody, sooner or later, is going to look at ageing as a technological problem because there is so much research into kind of interfering, trying to hack the ageing process.

Lilah RaptopoulosAltos is a Silicon Valley start-up and Anjana says it expands on the work of Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize-winning physiologist who heads Altoss scientific board. In 2006, Yamanaka made a discovery that some people consider even more important than the discovery of the DNAs double helix.

News clipThe Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2012 to Shinya Yamanaka.

Lilah RaptopoulosHis research showed that if you take an adult mouse cell and bathed in a mixture of four proteins, you can reset that cells age back to its embryonic state. In 2007, he proved that it could be done with human skin cells. Let me say that again. If you dunk individual cells in this particular cocktail of proteins, you can make those cells not just stop ageing. You can make them younger. And we, of course, are made entirely of cells.

Im curious what, like, the practical implications would be of these findings? Like, would it be just that individual parts of your body, those cells, could kind of Benjamin Button themselves backwards and yet you still would look old? Like, is there is there a way to sort of make the entire body young? Thats a very dumb question. But is there a way to make the whole body younger?

Anjana AhujaNo, its not a dumb question at all. I think thats really what these billionaires are hoping for, isnt it, to kind of freeze themselves in some kind of eternally youthful state? I think thats a very good question. The key is how you translate from individual cells up to whole organisms.

Lilah RaptopoulosThe name for what happens when you bathe cells in the Yamanaka Factor proteins is cellular reprogramming. Scientists try to reprogramme the cells of an entire body on mice, but when they did, the mice grew these horrible malignant tumours. Anjana put it like this. She said once you bring the cells back to their embryonic state, they lose their life plan. They dont know what to do next, so they grow into cancers. But there are companies right now working to see if you can apply these factors incrementally to de-age cells as far as you can without them developing cancer and then to do it again.

Anjana AhujaI suspect people will be quicker to apply it to individual organs first, individual tissues. You know, when you think about the number of people whose organs just wear out, they need transplants. So that might be an option.

Lilah RaptopoulosThis research, it isnt the only path to reverse ageing. A California scientist has been giving a small group of middle-aged men this cocktail of drugs that includes diabetes medication. Its made their thymus glands, which is a key part of the immune system, younger by two-and-a-half years. David Sinclair, a Harvard geneticist and one of the biggest names in anti-ageing. Hes doing a lot to experiment on his own body, including only eating one or two meals a day to put his body into survival mode. But Yamanakas discovery and where its going, thats whats really changing the game for longevity research. And to tell you the truth, thinking about it really pushed me on my assumptions about scientific progress, especially progress driven by Jeff Bezos.

These stories can look a little like the stories of men with too much money in Silicon Valley (laughter) just trying to like, kind of like, still be young and cool, right? Like, kind of suspend reality and like, isnt there something, even if its hard, comforting about the fact that we understand that, like, theres a limit to our lives and we understand the arc of it and, and we all die.

Anjana AhujaYeah, I mean, why dont these billionaires put their money to solving climate change and starvation and, you know, giving us clean drinking water and that kind of thing? You know, whats really interesting to me, I think, is when you think about what healthcare is.

Lilah RaptopoulosMmhmm.

Anjana AhujaIts about postponing death.

Lilah RaptopoulosYeah.

Anjana AhujaYou know, if you say to someone, you know, if you could not have cancer, not have heart disease, not have Alzheimers, not have dementia, if you could find a therapy that did that, would you take it? And I think there would be a lot of people that would say yes.

Lilah RaptopoulosMmhmm.

Anjana AhujaAnd what the scientists are saying, well, actually, you know, ageing is the common factor in lots of these diseases.

Lilah RaptopoulosMmhmm.

Anjana AhujaSo instead of, you know, kind of waiting till Alzheimers or heart disease or diabetes hits, why dont we make an upstream intervention and stop the root cause, or one root cause, which is ageing?

Lilah RaptopoulosAt the moment, though, most people seem to be sceptical of radical life extension. Anjana quotes the survey in her piece that only four per cent of Americans recently said theyd want to live past 120. Statistically, thats pretty close to no Americans wanting to live past 120. And Anjanas right! Part of that scepticism is that we cant imagine our world without Alzheimers, cancer and heart disease because the image we have is of old age as we know it now, one that is inextricably linked to disease and frailty and loneliness. But even if we could get rid of the negative consequences of ageing, if we can have lives that arent just longer but good till the end, should we? Have we really thought this through? What about the climate crisis and overpopulation and burning through our limited resources? What about marriage? Can you stay married to one person for 150 years? How many careers should we have over 200 years? What about dictators who dont ever die? Supreme Court justices? What about the House of Lords?

Anjana AhujaWhat do you do in the judicial system? You know, what does a life sentence mean, if youre living for 150, 200 years?

Lilah RaptopoulosYeah.

Anjana AhujaAnd just this idea that kind of a lot of institutions in society are set up with finite life spans in mind.

Lilah RaptopoulosAs we ended this conversation, I held two opposing feelings at once. One is, if this discovery happened today, it would be a nightmare on a macro scale, and we are not ready for it. And the other is, if I could give someone I love whos suffering from degenerative disease a pill to stop their pain or to reverse the damage, I would in a heartbeat, no question. And to not feel that way is kind of to be against progress.

Anjana AhujaI think there are some really important issues that may well become more important in the decades ahead. I dont know how close any of this is to fruition, this work about, you know, radical life extending. Could I live to 200? I dont know. And Im not sure that I would necessarily be able to make that decision today.

Lilah RaptopoulosYeah.

Anjana AhujaI think I would want to see what state the science was in, what state the research was in, what state I was in, and what kind of life I felt I could have, how I felt psychologically about it, what my family feel about it. You know, do they want me hanging around for a hundred years (laughter)?

Lilah RaptopoulosWould the people around you also be hanging around for an extra 100 years?

Anjana AhujaExactly. You know, we are going to get horribly bored with each other. So who knows? I mean, these are really big issues, but I hope that the piece is open to debate and we should talk about these things. Theyre always good because you never know how fast science is going to progress. Yeah. And sometimes, as weve seen with, you know, gene editing and CRISPR, sometimes these things hit before weve had a chance to think about them.

Lilah RaptopoulosMmhmm.

Anjana AhujaAnd I think its always really useful for us to just take a step back and reflect on how we live, how science might change things, and on what we feel comfortable with and, and, you know, the future of our species and our society.

Lilah RaptopoulosAnjana, youve given me so much to think about and probably our listeners too. Thank you so much for being on the show.

Anjana AhujaOh, its been my pleasure, Lilah. Thank you for having me!

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Lilah RaptopoulosAnd a final thought. We may be doing some of this life extension work already. We do live in a world of optimisation. We have apps to help us meditate. Our phones count our steps. We have strange little tools we attach to the back of our necks to help our posture. My watch tells me to stand up and breathe. My friends have a bed that heats up and cools down according to their optimal body temperature. There are start-ups that make vitamins specifically for your personal constitution. This isnt just scientists in a lab testing proteins on mice. This is kind of already happening.

Tiffany DarkeSo actually, what these tools, all the good tools for longevity that are coming into the market do is they help increase your health span as opposed to your life span.

Lilah RaptopoulosThats Tiffany Darke. Shes a regular contributor to the FTs luxury magazine, How to Spend It. She just wrote a piece on what the really rich are doing now to optimise their health. And shes pretty into it.

Tiffany DarkeIm a bit of a luxury junkie. Ive always, like, appreciated fashion. And I think that the science and the thought leadership around the luxury wellness industry has sort of increased exponentially in recent years.

Lilah RaptopoulosLets be clear. Living long is a luxury. The difference between being wealthy and poor can translate to living 10 or 20 years longer or shorter. And living long well, thats an even bigger luxury. In the UK, 20 per cent of mens lives are spent in poor health, a number thats increasing. And for women, thats even higher. Its 23 per cent. But for those that can afford it, there are a lot of new options. Were going to take you through a few of them here. The first is called RoseBar. Its a destination longevity programme and its marketing offers you a pretty bold promise.

Tiffany DarkeIt says a year from now, you can be younger. So they are promising reversal of ageing.

Lilah RaptopoulosThe RoseBar programme is a year-long programme. First they run longevity diagnostics and your bloodwork to see if youre on any negative health trajectories. And if you are, they put you on antidotes, which could be plasma treatments or even stem cell manipulation. From there, they give you fitness and diet advice and monthly check-ins. And the first programme launches this month at a resort in Ibiza. Its got a hyperbaric chamber, cryotherapy and IV facilities and literal shamans. Its like buying a souped-up life coach.

Tiffany DarkeYes, yes, life coach but with lots of kind of doctors and clinicians and all the sort of fun toys that surround the longevity industry as well.

Lilah RaptopoulosThe cost is, base, 15,000.

Tiffany DarkePlus the actual residential costs, plus getting there, plus the cost of the nutraceuticals, plus all the treatments.

Lilah RaptopoulosIf thats a bit too steep for you, theres a start-up called Thriva. Its an app that sends you a blood sample kit. The cost starts around $30 and can go as high as almost $200 per test, depending on your add-ons.

Tiffany DarkeIm warning you, its totally addictive. So you download this app on to your phone and then they send you a blood test and you do your blood test every three months. And its really easy at home, pinprick in the end of your finger.

Lilah RaptopoulosThey test what your doctor does at a normal check-up: your cholesterol, kidney and liver function, testosterone, vitamin levels. But they test it way more frequently and they put the results in an app, gamified. Next are the supplements. Lima sells supplements with nine scientifically backed ingredients: D3, keratin, ashwagandha, turmeric, stuff like that, but branded to look cool. You may have heard them referred to as the supermodel supplements: four pills a day, $300 a month, and you even get a luxe copper vessel to store them in.

Tiffany DarkeTheres a lot of hocus-pocus in the supplement market and, you know, a lot of good marketing, but actually there are supplements out there that do use good, patented adaptive medicines and at the dosages that your body needs to really thrive.

Lilah RaptopoulosWhich begs the question, are these just high-tech tools reminding us to do the obvious? Eat vegetables, avoid processed foods, take your vitamins, drink water, get sleep, exercise. Its all advice thats as old as time, but its a lot easier to follow when you can afford to get real-time data. And it doesnt hurt to have a shaman reminding you on a beach in Ibiza.

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Lilah RaptopoulosThats it for this week. Youve been listening to FT Weekend, the podcast from the Financial Times. Please keep in touch, say hi, tell me what you like, what issues you want to hear us explore. You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. Were on Twitter @FTWeekendPod and Im on Instagram and Twitter @LilahRap. Ill put some photos of Leos family adventure on my feeds and, really, reach out. We love to put listeners on the show. In our show notes, as always, are links to everything mentioned. Theres also a special discount there on an FT Weekend subscription or even an FT.com trial. Weve got the best discounts collected for you in that link, which you can also get to at ft.com/weekendpodcast. Please leave us a review and share the show on your Twitter or Instagram story or with a few friends. This really is the best way you can help support the show.

Im Lilah Raptopoulos. Katya Kumkova and George Drake Jr are our senior producers. Lulu Smyth and Josh Gabert Doyan are our assistant producers, and Breen Turner is our sound engineer, with original music by Metaphor Music. Cheryl Brumley and Manuela Saragosa are our executive producers, and we have editorial direction from ReneKaplan. Well find each other again next week.

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Is the metaverse the next Zoom or the next 3D TV? Look beyond the hype – iNews

This is Geek Week, my newsletter about whatever nerdy things have happened to catch my eye over the past seven days. Heres me, musing about something I dont fully understand in an attempt to get my head around it: I imagine thats how most editions will be. If youd like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week,you can sign up here.

As is my right and privilege, I want to write an entire newsletter off the back of a single sentence I read in a BBC Futures article several months ago.

The article was this one: Apparently, its the next big thing. What is the metaverse? Its about (obviously) the metaverse: the idea of a virtual-reality internet where we all walk around inside a 3D world and have meetings and so on.

And the line that caught my interest was: Hype about digital worlds and augmented reality pops up every few years, but usually dies away.

This is the sort of thing that might end me up in Pseuds Corner, but: Scottish philosopher David Hume would have loved that sentence.

Hume pointed out (Im writing this from dusty memories of philosophy seminars in the early 2000s, so it wont be perfect, but I think its basically about right) that we never see one thing cause another thing. We see a thing, and then we see the next thing, and we infer cause. We see a billiard ball hit another billiard ball, and we see the other billiard ball move, but we never see one thing cause the other.

So how do we decide what causes what? For Hume, we have to use induction: if every time we see Event A, it is followed by Event B, but if we dont see Event A we dont see Event B, then we can start to think that A causes B.

But theres a problem with induction. Philosophers loved to prove stuff. All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; ergo Socrates is mortal, that sort of thing. All bachelors are unmarried. No power of two is divisible by three. These things are logical truths: If you accept the premises, you cant help but accept the conclusion.

That doesnt work with induction, though. You see the sun rise a thousand times, but you can never logically prove that it will rise tomorrow. The turkey notices that the farmer feeds him 364 days in a row, and is thus taken entirely by surprise on the 365th, when the farmer slaughters him and roasts him for Christmas.

Hume points out that you can only think of inductive reasoning in terms of probability. I think its likely that the sun will come up tomorrow: but I cant prove it, in mathematical/formal Aristotelian logic terms.

OK, so the metaverse. Hype about digital worlds and augmented reality pops up every few years, but usually dies away.

Every time you have seen the sun rise in the past, its risen the next day too. Every time the farmer fed the turkey, he fed it the next day too. Every time hype about virtual reality pops up, it dies away. But can you actually draw any conclusions from those things? After all, if you said The sun has always come up before, ergo I predict it will come up tomorrow, youd be making a correct prediction. If you said The farmer has always fed me before, ergo hell feed me tomorrow, youd be wrong (eventually, but importantly). Is Tech hype has always faded away before, ergo itll fade away again like the sun, or like the turkey?

Well, lets look at some other things. Video-calling technology is the obvious example. There was hype about that every few years. I learn from Wikipedia that it was first mooted in the 1870s, basically immediately after the invention of the telephone. The German Reich had closed-circuit television technology which allowed video calls in 1936. In the 70s AT&T released the Picturephone to great fanfare. In the 90s it started to work over the internet.

There have been various waves of hype about it. And each one died away, because the tech wasnt quite there, or it was too expensive, or not enough people had the kit to make it work. And you could reasonably have drawn the conclusion Hype about video-telephones pops up every few years, but usually dies away. And then the pandemic happened and suddenly a large percentage of us are doing it every day. No one is ever going to talk about video-calling hype again, because its just something we do and itd be weird to hype it in the same way itd be weird to hype, I dunno, bookshelves. Its just a technology that we have and that works and that is useful.

On the other hand, 3D glasses. Everyone thought that was the future of cinema, and then it died away, and then it came back (Avatar!) and then there was that brief 3D television thing, and that died away. And I dont think thats a product of the tech not being there polarised glasses are cheap, using two cameras instead of one isnt exactly ground-breaking stuff I think its that its basically a novelty, and the inconvenience and discomfort of having to wear the silly glasses outweigh the gains to your Viewing Experience of seeing things in 3D. Sometimes hype cycles really are just hype cycles.

Whats the difference between video-conferencing and 3D glasses? Whats the difference between the sun rising and the farmer killing the turkey?

The fundamental difference is one of theory. We have a really good theory to explain why we should predict the sun to rise tomorrow: Newtonian physics (we can do even better if we use relativity, but Newtons laws are fine). You predict that the sun will rise tomorrow because your theory says that the Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours. That theory predicts lots of previous data, makes sense in the light of other theories, and generally seems pretty sound. Predicting that the sun wont rise tomorrow would mean rewriting a lot of what we think we know about the universe.

Whereas whats the turkeys theory for why the farmer is feeding him? Because he loves me and wants me to be happy, maybe, which is nice, but there are lots of equally plausible theories that could explain the data just as well.

The point is that you cant just look at the fact that there have been hype cycles and say from that that the thing will never happen. There have been AI winters before times when AI research stopped being fashionable, and funding into it slowed but I dont think there will be any more, because now AI is making people money. Theres a current hype cycle around fusion power, and maybe itll die away like the last several (fusion is 30 years away and always will be), but maybe one day itll just become profitable. [This thing] is coming and itll change the world will always be wrong every single time until its right.

So you need to look at the theory behind it and decide as best you can, not just on the hype cycle, whether you think its likely.

This isnt just true of new technology, by the way. Its true of disasters as well (every warning of an apocalypse will be false apart from one). Experts told us swine flu/bird flu/SARS/MERS would be a devastating global pandemic, and they were wrong every time, so we dont need to worry about this novel coronavirus.

There are various up-and-coming technologies that get repeatedly hyped and then die away again. Artificial general intelligence: people have thought that was on its way many times. Fusion energy. Life extension. Space colonies. Virtual reality.

For what its worth, I think true artificial intelligence and fusion energy probably will happen in the next few decades nature has proved theyre both possible (you can make an intelligent being out of neurons, you can make a fusion reactor in a star), obvious progress has been made towards them, and crucially people will be able to make lots of money out of both of them.

(Cheap energy is obviously valuable; really, really clever machines that can do exactly what you ask of them will have an incredibly wide array of uses if we manage to stop them from killing us all.)

Life extension seems to be plausible and, lets face it, rich people will pay for it once its available but super expensive, so I suspect theres a good chance of that happening. Space colonies are not likely to be profitable, but the worlds two richest people are interested in them and keep pushing money into technology that could make it happen, so I can see how that might happen.

And the metaverse I dont know. It always seems like a pain in the arse to me. The headsets are uncomfortable and I dont know if most of the use cases (conferencing etc) are so much better than a Zoom call that itd make it worthwhile. Maybe theyll get less clunky over time, but its pretty unlikely theyll ever get less clunky than a pair of 3D glasses. But Mark Zuckerberg obviously thinks its worth betting heavily on, and hes probably looked into it more closely than me.

But you cant know any of that just from looking at whether the hype has come and gone in the past. We do that too often. The climate has always changed! [So we shouldnt worry about it changing now.] Fusion is 30 years away and always will be! [So its not coming soon.]

Instead you have to actually look at the details. Its not enough to say that the farmer feeds you every day, so he always will. Sometimes Christmas happens.

Why do so many people believe things that are patently untrue? The point of believing things, surely, is to help us navigate the world: if there is a big hole in the ground in front of us, it is useful to believe that there is a big hole in the ground in front of us, so that we dont fall into it and break our legs. But lots of us all of us, probably believe things that are clearly untrue. A few that are probably relatively uncontroversial among Geek Week readers: astrology can predict your future; vaccines cause autism; there was a paedophile conspiracy involving Hillary Clinton run out of a Washington pizza restaurant.

(I dont know which of my beliefs are clearly untrue if I did Id stop believing them but it seems overwhelmingly likely that some of them are.)

Kevin Simler makes the case that beliefs have several roles. Some beliefs help us navigate the world. But others help us maintain social standing. Whether or not I believe in climate change will have very little effect on the actual outcomes of climate change, but it will have a huge effect on my ability to enjoy nice dinner parties in north London (or chats with rural Republicans in the American Midwest). He compares it to employees in a company in a corrupt, nepotistic town:

Consider the case of Acme Corp, a property development firm in a small town called Nepotsville. The unwritten rule of doing business in Nepotsville is that companies are expected to hire the city councils friends and family members. Companies that make these strategic hires end up getting their permits approved and winning contracts from the city. Meanwhile, companies that refuse to play ball find themselves getting sued, smeared in the local papers, and shut out of new business.

In this environment, Acme faces two kinds of incentives, one pragmatic and one political. First, like any business, it needs to complete projects on time and under budget. And in order to do that, it needs to act like a meritocracy, that is, by hiring qualified workers, monitoring their performance, and firing those who dont pull their weight. But at the same time, Acme also needs to appease the city council. And thus it needs to engage in a little cronyism, that is, by hiring workers who happen to be well-connected to the city council (even if theyre unqualified) and preventing those crony workers from being fired (even when they do shoddy work).

It might make sense to hire the mayors useless nephew, even though you know he wont pull his weight, because it will make your companys life easier. By comparison, it might make sense to believe things that arent true, as a signal that youre part of Team We Believe That Stuff. Sometimes those beliefs will actually be true.

Ive used relatively uncontroversial examples above. But I bet you could think of more mainstream beliefs that are clearly untrue (I cant face the row). And the real trick is to try to work out which of your own beliefs are held at least partly for crony reasons, because its just not plausible that there arent any.

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The global bone & joint health supplements market is estimated to be valued at USD 11.7 billion in 2022. It is projected to reach USD 17.6 billion…

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during the forecast period. Rising incomes have prompted households to increase their budgets and spend more on health and nutrition in addition to necessities such as food. Nutrition bars, in addition to protein supplements, are gaining popularity, particularly in urban areas.

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North America is projected to witness the growth of 7.9% during the forecast period.The bone & joint health supplements market in North America is growing at a CAGR of 7.9% due to the rising awareness related to health trends, the popularity of bone & joint health supplements is witnessing a surge in the region. Insufficient exercise, low vitamin D levels, and inadequate calcium are becoming more widely recognized in modern life. Vitamin D deficiency affects around 70% of children in the United States. Adults have been shown to have a similar level of vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is found in oily fish such as salmon and swordfish, as well as smaller amounts in tuna and other seafood. Vitamin D is difficult to obtain in sufficient amounts through diet alone. Along with that, insufficient exercise, low vitamin D levels, and inadequate calcium are becoming more widely recognized in modern life. Vitamin D deficiency affects around 70% of children in the United States. Adults have been shown to have a similar level of vitamin D deficiency. More than three-quarters of Americans take nutritional supplements each year, a clear trend that demonstrates the importance of supplementation in their overall health and wellness routines.

The elderly people segment dominated the bone & joint health supplements market by target consumers. It is estimated at USD 5,410.2 million in 2022.It is projected that the elderly people segment by target consumers will witness the highest growth during the forecast period, owing to the increasing aging populations associated with it.Aging gracefully, adopting a healthy lifestyle, staying active are some of the key goals of the majority of the aging population.

As one ages, it becomes a challenge to get the right amount of vitamins and minerals for the body.Fortunately, consumption of bone and joint health supplement fills the gap for such deficiencies.

Many older adults in the United States take one or more bone and joint supplements either as a pill or drink.Popular supplements include some nutrients that are under consumed among older adults, including calcium and vitamins D and calcium.

Among all other vitamins, vitamin D has been consumed at a higher rate. In older adults, vitamin D helps to support skeletal health by building and protecting bones.

Other distributions channels is fastest growing segment. It is projected to grow at 9.2% during forecast period.Others distribution channels includes speciality food stores, convenience stores, direct-to-consumer, fitness institutes, and E-commerce.Many companies and retailers offer online services to facilitate consumers in terms of placing an order as well as delivering the same.

Several one-stop shops are present on the web in easing the purchasing process of the consumers.These online retails also offer a variety of options for a particular bone and joint health supplement product at discounted rates than traditional retail prices to attract more customers.

Since the last decade, the increased frequency of online shopping had created opportunities to enhance the product sales of leading online players as well as for regional domestic e-retailers, such as Wheafree in India and Healthy Supplies Ltd. in the UK.

Break-up of Primaries: By Value chain side: Supply side-59%, Demand side-41% By Designation: CXOs- 31%, Managers- 24%, Executives 45% By Region: Europe - 29%, Asia Pacific 32%, North America - 24%, RoW 15%

Leading players profiled in this report: Bayer AG(Germany) Procter & Gamble (US) Amway (US) Basf SE (Germany) Archer Daniels Midland (US) Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Pfizer (US) Vita Life Sciences Ltd (Australia) Arazo Nutrition (US) Natures Sunshine Products, Inc (US) (France) Glanbia Plc (Ireland) Vitawin(India) Nutramax Laboratories Consumer Care, Inc(US) Simply Supplements(UK) Love Life Supplements(UK) Now Foods(US) Bellavita Healthcare Pvt Ltd(India) Vitaco(New Zealand) Nutravita(UK) Life Extension(US) Pure Encapsulations, LLC (US) Herbs Nutriproducts Pvt. Ltd. (India) Millennium Herbal Care (India)

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Magnesium is a mineral that is vital for human health and is available in many foods. People who need magnesium supplementation can purchase supplements online and in stores.

Research suggests that as many as two-thirds of people living in Western countries do not consume adequate amounts of magnesium. Magnesium deficiency can lead to symptoms such as arrhythmia, depression, and tremors.

This article discusses what magnesium is, the benefits of this mineral, and where to buy magnesium supplements online.

Magnesium is vital for many important bodily functions, such as:

It is widely available in many different kinds of food, such as leafy greens and whole grains. Manufacturers may add the mineral to fortified foods such as cereals.

People should always aim to consume enough magnesium through food, as food also contains a variety of other nutrients essential to health, including vitamins, protein, and other minerals. However, many people do not eat enough magnesium-rich foods and may benefit from taking a supplement.

Learn more about which foods are high in magnesium here.

There are several factors a person may look for in a magnesium supplement:

Magnesium supplements are available in different forms, such as:

Some types of magnesium are not as easy for the body to absorb, such as:

People may wish to purchase supplements that have magnesium citrate, aspartate, chloride, or lactate, as these are the more absorbable forms.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) states that the daily magnesium needs of people of different age groups are as follows:

Those who are pregnant or breastfeeding will need different amounts of magnesium:

Medical News Today chooses products that meet the following criteria where possible:

The following table indicates how MNT chooses to rank the products within this article:

Please note that the writer of this article has not tried these products. All information presented is purely research-based and correct at the time of publication.

Medical News Today follows a strict product selection and vetting process. Learn more here.

The following are some magnesium supplements available to purchase online.

Life Extension states that the proprietary magnesium in this product is highly absorbable and does not have a laxative effect. Additionally, this product is suitable for vegetarians and does not contain GMO ingredients or gluten.

The company uses third-party labs to test each batch for safety. Additionally, people can call the companys toll-free number to receive the products certificate of analysis.

Life Extension recommends taking three capsules per day.

This product is third-party tested, and people can receive the products certificate of analysis from the company.

However, those who left more negative reviews say that they found it difficult to digest this supplement. Additionally, this product requires people to swallow three capsules.

Nature Made states that U.S Pharmacopeia tests all of its products for quality and safety. Additionally, the supplement does not contain gluten or artificial colors or flavors.

The company recommends taking one tablet per day with meals and water.

This supplement is gluten-free and third-party lab tested, which means it does not contain any ingredients that are harmful to human health.

However, this supplement may not be suitable for use on an empty stomach. The company recommends taking the tablets with meals and water.

Additionally, this product contains magnesium oxide. The body does not absorb this type of magnesium well.

This supplement offers 500 mg of magnesium per serving. It does not contain GMO ingredients and is free from many common allergens, such as soy, gluten, dairy, and fish.

The company recommends taking one tablet per day.

Each tablet is coated, which may make them easier for a person to swallow.

However, this supplement contains a high amount of magnesium and may not be suitable for everyone. Additionally, the supplement contains magnesium oxide, which the body cannot absorb easily.

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The manufacturer states that this product is vegan and does not contain any GMO ingredients. The active ingredient is magnesium bisglycinate. Additionally, it does not contain any calcium.

Nested Naturals recommends taking two capsules per day.

This supplement is suitable for vegans and does not contain any soy, gluten, or GMO ingredients.

However, This magnesium supplement is more expensive than some other options.

This supplement is free from artificial colors and sweeteners, binders, fillers, and preservatives.

Pure Encapsulations states that it manufacturers products that are suitable for people with allergies. This supplement does not contain:

The company recommends taking 1 to 4 capsules a day with food.

This product is free from most common allergens, which may make it more suitable for those with allergies and sensitivities than other products.

However, people who require four capsules of this supplement may prefer to purchase a product that contains a similar amount of magnesium in fewer capsules.

Naturelo states that this product combines magnesium glycinate chelate with a blend of organic, magnesium-rich, vegetables and seeds.

The blend includes spinach, okra, quinoa, pumpkin seed, sunflower seeds, and flaxseed.

The company recommends taking one capsule per day.

This product has third-party testing. However, the capsules may be too large for some people to swallow easily.

Live Conscious states that this supplement may help support the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, nervous, and immune systems. Each bottle contains three different types of magnesium alongside zinc and vitamin D3.

This supplement is free from soy, gluten, dairy, and preservatives.

The company recommends taking two capsules with 8 ounces of water once per day.

Customers state that these supplements have helped improve their sleep and bowel function.

However, this product also contains zinc and vitamin D3. A person who is taking other vitamin and mineral supplements may wish to ensure that they do not exceed the daily recommended intake of zinc and vitamin D3.

This product combines magnesium with glycine, an amino acid that the manufacturer states may make the supplement easier for the body to tolerate and absorb.

The company recommends taking one capsule, 1 to 3 times per day.

These supplements are vegetarian and free from most common allergens, such as shellfish, yeast, and eggs.

Klaire Labs does not state whether its supplements are third-party lab tests. Additionally, this supplement provides a lower dose of magnesium per serving than some other products.

Rainbow Light states that this supplement has a 2:1 ratio of magnesium to calcium. The company states that it may help support healthy muscle function and recovery.

Additional ingredients include an herbal muscular support blend, a digestive support complex, and vitamins C, D3, and B6.

Rainbow Light recommends taking one tablet per day.

Some customers state that these tablets are easy to swallow and do not upset the stomach.

However, Rainbow Light does not state whether its supplements are third-party lab tested. Additionally, it contains other vitamins, and a person may wish to ensure they do not exceed their recommended daily intake if they also have multivitamins.

People may wish to consider the following factors when choosing a magnesium supplement:

Magnesium is generally safe to consume. The NIH states that the upper tolerable limit of magnesium is 350 mg per day for people aged 9 and over.

Studies show that higher doses are safe to consume. For example, 500 mg of magnesium may help improve sleep quality and reduce insomnia.

The NIH also says that consuming too much magnesium through food does not pose a health risk to most people as the kidney filters the excess mineral in the urine.

However, the main side effects of having too much magnesium supplementation include diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal cramping.

Very high doses of magnesium, often in the form of antacids, can cause magnesium toxicity. This is more common in people who consume around 5000 mg of magnesium with antacids. Symptoms of magnesium toxicity include:

If a person does not receive treatment for magnesium toxicity, they will experience:

People with kidney failure are more likely to develop magnesium toxicity as their kidneys cannot filter the excess magnesium in the urine.

Learn more about magnesium toxicity here.

Below are some common questions about magnesium.

Research on the effects of magnesium on sleep is limited.

However, one study found that taking a 500 mg magnesium supplement led to an improvement in insomnia.

People should try to take any supplements at the same time each day, as this may help form a habit and make it less likely for a person to forget to take the supplement.

However, the NIH warns that people should not take a magnesium supplement within 2 hours of oral bisphosphonates, such as Fosamax.

Additionally, people should take a magnesium supplement at least 4 to 6 hours before taking tetracycline or quinolone antibiotics, or at least 2 hours afterward.

As with any supplement, a person should consult with a healthcare professional before taking magnesium. People with kidney conditions face a higher risk of side effects.

A healthcare professional will advise whether it is safe to take magnesium after checking a persons health conditions and any medications they take.

Magnesium is a vital mineral for human health. However, many people do not consume enough of this mineral through food and may need supplementation. There are several magnesium supplements available to purchase online.

However, taking too much magnesium may lead to nausea, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. People should always consult with a healthcare professional before deciding to take magnesium supplements.

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Executive SummaryChapter 1 Industry OverviewChapter 2 Industry Competition by ManufacturersChapter 3 Industry Production Market Share by RegionsChapter 4 Industry Consumption by RegionsChapter 5 Industry Production, Revenue, Price Trend by TypeChapter 6 Industry Analysis by ApplicationsChapter 7 Company Profiles and Key Figures in Industry BusinessChapter 8 Industry Manufacturing Cost AnalysisChapter 9 Marketing Channel, Distributors and CustomersChapter 10 Market DynamicsChapter 11 Industry ForecastChapter 12 Research Findings and ConclusionChapter 13 Methodology and Data Source

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Hospitals bound to patient safety rules that aren’t all backed by evidence – EurekAlert

CHICAGO --- If health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes dont follow patient safety rules set by The Joint Commission (TJC) the independent organization responsible for accrediting health care facilities they may lose their accreditation, and consequently, lose patients and millions of dollars every year in funding.

But what if those rules arent supported by evidence?

A new Northwestern Medicine study found of the new rules issued during a one-year period by the TJC, many did not appear to be supported by published evidence. The study showed only six of 20 rules were directly supported by references cited by TJC, six were partly supported and eight were not supported at all.

This paper is among the first to show that TJC may issue rules or standards for hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities that are not backed by evidence showing these are necessary or important for patient safety or health.

While this study only reviewed new rules during a one-year period, the implication is that many rules issued in the past may similarly not be supported by published evidence, the study authors said.

The study will be published June 23 in the British Medical Journal.

Why does it matter?

Following the rules or standards set by TJC can be expensive and use hospital resources and staff time, said lead study author Dr. Murad Alam, vice chair and professor of dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine physician. "In fact, we started this study because we were approached by colleagues frustrated by TJC rules. As an example, TJC requires hospitals to discard drugs past their printed expiration dates, which results in billions wasted every year, even though the FDA's own Self Life Extension Program has shown that most of the drugs tested were perfectly safe and effective for many years longer.

Because TJC rules are so influential and impactful, it is important that these rules really improve patient care and safety. Our finding is concerning because unhelpful rules can waste money in the health care system and take attention from more important activities.

A common way to justify a rule is to show that evidence, including previous medical studies, improve the quality or safety of care. TJC, when issuing new standards and rules, often lists citations, or the names of medical articles it believes show the value of these rules, Alam said.

However, when the study authors went back to read these articles listed in support of the new rules, they found, in many cases, the articles provided little to no convincing information that the particular standards or rules being recommended by TJC would improve safety or quality of care.

Hundreds of millions of patients, hospital employees, staff affected by TJC rules

Potentially hundreds of millions of patients and millions of hospital employees and staff are affected by TJC rules and standards since the vast majority of U.S. hospitals are accredited by the Joint Commission.

We all pay the cost, in terms of insurance premiums and out-of-pocket health expenses, to ensure that hospitals are safe and high quality, with some of this going to make sure that TJC standards are followed, Alam said.

Given that money for health care is limited, we want to make sure that our dollars are being used to truly ensure safety and quality and not just to do busy work that sounds important but doesnt really make a difference in how patients fare, Alam said.

When TJC standards are not supported by evidence, if TJC still believes these are important, they should provide patients, doctors and administrators with other reasons why these standards should be implemented, he said.

In medicine, evidence is often the basis of what we do or dont do, and doctors, researchers and regulators are expected to be transparent in sharing the evidence that influences their behavior, Alam said.

Alam stressed the paper is not critical of TJC's mission, motives or importance.

TJC standards are important and often extremely helpful in making health care very safe and in reducing medical errors, Alam said. We must give a great deal of credit to TJC for being at the forefront of protecting patients in the U.S. We also admire TJC for constantly striving to improve health care safety and quality by considering new standards that may further reduce medical errors. This is an outstanding organization, which we are fortunate to have.

The authors suggest:

The article is titled: The evidence base for US joint commission hospital accreditation standards: cross sectional study.

This study was funded by Feinbergs department of dermatology, section of cutaneous surgery.

Data/statistical analysis

Not applicable

The evidence base for US joint commission hospital accreditation standards: cross sectional study.

23-Jun-2022

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