SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 12th, 2025

 

Editing Wikipedia is not a crime!

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Vol II No 38

383 links Curated

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An old heart drug called digoxin may help stop tumors from spreading to other organs.

https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/100-year-old-heart-drug-made-from-foxglove-may-help-dissolve-clumps-of-spreading-cancer-cells

Tags: #Cancer #metastasize #Digoxin #calcium

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DARPA is taking a significant step toward assembling large structures in orbit.

https://thedebrief.org/darpa-program-plans-to-build-massive-structures-in-orbit-with-paradigm-shifting-technology/

Tags: #DARPA #composite #NOM4D #longerons

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Physicists achieve optical readout of superconducting qubits.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250211134910.htm

Tags: #qubits #optical #cryogenic #heat

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Tumblr to join the fediverse

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/

Tags: #ActivityPub #WordPress #ActivityPub #Social

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Thermoelectric system could convert car and helicopter exhaust into energy.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250211190231.htm

Tags: #compact #thermoelectric #bismuth-telluride #heatsink

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