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Annabella_W

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About Annabella_W

I write a Substack called - the Potential Surface - that gives insights into the latest most transformative areas of science, tech, and AI

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    How the Outdated Space Treaty Is Not Equipped for the New Lunar World

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    A new amplifier design that overcomes a fundamental engineering trade off, creating a palm-sized laser that could move imaging from the workbench to the bedside

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    How the Outdated Space Treaty Is Not Equipped for the New Lunar World

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    I really enjoyed this post! Thanks for sharing

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    This week was full of bold claims that need bringing down to earth. This newsletter covers: Google’s new “quantum advantage” claim and why the 2019 precedent makes me skeptical. St…

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    New treatments are needed for the millions of people with drug-resistant epilepsy. This article explores how neural networks are now able to simulate the complex quantum mechanical…

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    The thing I’m most excited about this new method is that it introduces a new prototyping stage. Having the hydrogel as the starting point means structures can be rapidly printed an…

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    Today’s newsletter covers: The Nobel prize winning ‘molecular sponges’ and their surprising uses in biosecurity. A 200% safer AI-designed car bumper that may never materialise. Vir…

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    As the risk of engineered pandemics and biological weapons continues to increase, experts now estimate there is a 1 in 8 chance of a pandemic killing over 90 million people by 2050…

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    Now that really would be science fiction haha!

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    Thanks for sharing!