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weiserfireman writes:
The worst fears of engineers has happened. The instrument platform for the Arecibo Observatory has collapsed into the dish before the equipment could be recovered.
"The massive Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed in on itself overnight. The catastrophic failure had been predicted by engineers after the telescope suffered two major cable malfunctions over the last couple of months, risking the integrity of the observatory’s entire structure."
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weiserfireman writes:
A 50-year-old science problem has been solved and could allow for dramatic changes in the fight against diseases, researchers say.
For years, scientists have been struggling with the problem of “protein folding” – mapping the three-dimensional shapes of the proteins that are responsible for diseases from cancer to Covid-19.
Google’s Deepmind claims to have created an artificially intelligent program called “AlphaFold” that is able to solve those problems in a matter of days.
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weiserfireman writes:
Combining MRI and Scanning Electron Microscope technology, scientists have been able to visualize individual titanium atoms
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weiserfireman writes:
For the first time in our company's 60 year history, we are going to be building a new facility from scratch.
We are a CNC Machine shop with 40 employees and 20 CNC machines, crammed into a 12,000 sq foot building. We are going to build a new 30,000 sq foot building.
I am the only IT person. I support all the computer systems, as well as all the fire/security/phone systems. My Boss has asked for my input on what infrastructure to include in the new building to support current and future technology.
1st on my list is a telecommunications equipment room. Our current building doesn't have one.
I have been researching this topic on the Internet, and I have a list of a lot of different things, all of them are nice, but I know I am going to have a limited budget.
If you were in my shoes, what priorities what features would you design into the building?
