Future News: 16 August 2025 - 19 August 2025

Pig Neurons in Human Brains? The 2025 Reality Check on Neuron Xenotransplantation—Breakthroughs, Risks, and What Happens Next
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Pig Neurons in Human Brains? The 2025 Reality Check on Neuron Xenotransplantation—Breakthroughs, Risks, and What Happens Next

What exactly is neuron xenotransplantation? Neuron xenotransplantation is the transplantation of neurons or their precursors between species, most realistically from genetically engineered pigs to human patients. It’s distinct from allografts (human‑to‑human) and from organoid research that places human cells into animals for
August 18, 2025
Rewinding the Clock: How Yamanaka Factors Are Resetting Aging Cells
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Rewinding the Clock: How Yamanaka Factors Are Resetting Aging Cells

Shinya Yamanaka discovered the OSKM factors—Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc—in 2006 to reprogram mature cells into pluripotent stem cells. In 2016, Izpisúa Belmonte and colleagues showed partial in vivo reprogramming in progeria mice by cycling OSKM for 2–4 days with rest, yielding
August 18, 2025
IBM’s 4,000-Qubit Quantum Supercomputer Could Change Computing Foreve
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IBM’s 4,000-Qubit Quantum Supercomputer Could Change Computing Foreve

IBM plans a 4,000+ qubit quantum supercomputer by 2025, achieved by interconnecting three 1,386-qubit Kookaburra chips to form a 4,158-qubit system. The Quantum System Two modular platform, debuted in 2023, is designed to host multiple chips and features a cryogenic refrigerator and
August 17, 2025
Asteroid Minerals: Mining C-Type, S-Type & M-Type Space Rocks Worth Trillions
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Asteroid Minerals: Mining C-Type, S-Type & M-Type Space Rocks Worth Trillions

C-type asteroids make up over 75% of known asteroids and are rich in water bound in clay minerals and organics, enabling in-space fuel and life-support resources. S-type asteroids account for about 17% of known asteroids and contain iron, nickel, cobalt, plus trace
August 17, 2025
The Secret “Zombie Cell” Killers: Niche Senolytic Drugs Fighting Aging’s Clock
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The Secret “Zombie Cell” Killers: Niche Senolytic Drugs Fighting Aging’s Clock

In 2015, a Mayo Clinic and Scripps Research team showed that a combination of dasatinib and quercetin selectively kills senescent cells in aged mice, improving frailty and heart function. The first-generation senolytics include dasatinib and quercetin and entered human safety testing for
August 17, 2025
Asteroid Gold Rush: Inside the Race to Scout and Mine Space’s Richest Rocks
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Asteroid Gold Rush: Inside the Race to Scout and Mine Space’s Richest Rocks

OSIRIS-REx, the NASA asteroid-sample-return mission (2016–2023), delivered a ~250-gram Bennu soil sample to Utah in September 2023, with early analysis showing carbon-rich material around 5% by weight and water-bearing clays. The Psyche mission, launched in October 2023, targets the metal-rich asteroid 16
August 16, 2025
Deep-Water Wind Revolution: Floating Turbines Set to Transform Offshore Energy
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Deep-Water Wind Revolution: Floating Turbines Set to Transform Offshore Energy

Floating wind turbines are offshore wind generators mounted on buoyant platforms tethered to the seabed with mooring lines, allowing deployment in waters far deeper than 60 meters where fixed-bottom foundations aren’t feasible. About 80% of the world’s offshore wind potential lies in
August 16, 2025
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