Twist Bioscience Highlights White Paper Sizing Future DNA Data Storage Market
Estimates show that:Assuming a 35% annual growth rate in enterprise storage demand, during 2030 the zone of potential insufficiency could be 7.9 million petabytes (7.9 ZB). Dr. Leproust continued, “ Today, the vast majority of enterprise data is stored on hard disk drives, which use a tremendous amount of power. The core of the platform is a proprietary technology that pioneers a new method of manufacturing synthetic DNA by “writing” DNA on a silicon chip. Twist is also pursuing longer-term opportunities in digital data storage in DNA and biologics drug discovery. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTubeLegal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements.
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 18:03 UTC
Chelsea transfer news LIVE: Frenkie De Jong TALKS, Slonina CONFIRMED, Chukwuemeka SIGNS, Marc Cucurella £50m deal close
CHELSEA have entered 'hurried' talks with Barcelona star Frenkie De Jong, according to reports. Elsewhere, the club have agreed a deal for £15m Aston Villa wonderkid Carney Chukwuemeka and they have also confirmed the signing of 18-year-old Chicago Fire goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina. And the Blues are on the verge of agreeing a deal with Brighton for £50m defender Marc Cucurella, according to reports. The West Londoners have hijacked Man City's potential move for the Spaniard as Thomas Tuchel continues to look for defensive reinforcements. Kyle Walker-Peters and Denzel Dumfries are also full-back targets for Chelsea, should a deal for the Brighton star not be done.
Source:The Times
August 02, 2022 17:19 UTC
NATO – der Sammler am 2. August 2022 – Augen geradeaus!
Im anhaltenden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine hat Spanien endgültig klargestellt, dass keine Leopard-Kampfpanzer des Landes an die Ukraine geliefert werden. Bislang hat kein Land Kampf- oder Schützenpanzer aus westlicher Produktion an die Ukraine geliefert. • Die ukrainischen Behörden haben mit der angekündigten Evakuierung der Region Donezk begonnen:Mandatory evacuation from Donetsk region has begun. In the Siversky direction, the enemy shelled the area of the village of Mykhalchyna Sloboda in Chernihiv oblast. In the South Buh direction, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops.
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 17:03 UTC
Rishi Sunak’s tax plan is fantasy, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
Jacob Rees-Mogg is a vocal backer of Liz Truss and one of Boris Johnson’s closest alliesJacob Rees-Mogg has dismissed Rishi Sunak’s plans to cut income tax as the “finest fantasy”. The Brexit opportunities minister, who is supporting Liz Truss in the Tory leadership race, said it was unlikely that Sunak’s tax cuts would ever be enacted. SponsoredSunak has promised to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 16p before the end of the next parliament — effectively as late as 2029. Rishi Sunak has promised the biggest cut to income tax since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister FINNBARR WEBSTER/GETTY IMAGESRees-Mogg said the plans were less realistic than Truss’s promises to immediately cut about £30 billion in tax. “If you’re going to talk about fairytale economics, I think suggesting there will be income tax cuts many, many years into the future is the finest fantasy,” he told Sky News.
Source:The Times
August 02, 2022 17:01 UTC
Tory leadership contest reveals complacency about NHS crisis
Adele Waters The BMJThe cupboard of health policy ideas from the UK’s two prospective prime ministers is worryingly bare, Adele Waters reportsThe recent televised leadership debates told us very little about Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss’s health policies. The two candidates to lead the Conservative Party—and therefore the country—haven’t exactly gone big on how they would solve the fundamental crisis that the NHS is currently grappling with. How about the gridlock in emergency departments and the pressure being felt across the whole system, including social care? Last month every ambulance service in England had been put on the highest level of alert.1 Even trust chief executives have admitted they are “presiding over a failing NHS.”2No, neither candidate had offered any ideas …
Source:The Times
August 02, 2022 16:55 UTC
Juniper Research: EV battery pack shipments to reach 30M units in 2027, up from 10M in 2022; led by commercial vehicles
A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that the volume of electric vehicle battery pack shipments will reach 30 million in 2027 up from 10 million in 2022. Global number of electrified vehicle battery packs shipped in 2027: 30 MillionThe study predicts that this growth will be strongest within the commercial segment, with commercial electric vehicle battery pack shipments growing from 1.4 million in 2022 to more than 7 million by 2027. Mass electrification of fleet vehicles is required for meeting corporate decarbonisation goals and will drive investment into electric vehicles from enterprises. Developing longer range vehicles by leveraging higher capacity battery packs will be critical to meeting expectations that foster commercial vehicle electrification, but will require extensive investment to develop new battery pack technologies. Accordingly, the research recommends that manufacturers must rapidly move to new, higher capacity technologies including solid-state batteries to unlock energy intensive use cases.
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 16:39 UTC
Squid Game season 2: Release date speculation and latest news
So, RadioTimes.com has assembled everything we know so far about the next season of Squid Game, including who could return after all of those Squid Game deaths in season 1. **Spoiler warning for Squid Game season 1**Stop scrolling, start watching. Squid Game season 2 release date speculationLee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game (Netflix)Squid Game is officially returning for a second season, according to creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. Squid Game season 2 plot theoriesSquid Game Lee Jung-Jae NetflixWhile Seung Gi-hun triumphed during the first games, it seems the horror isn't over yet. Unfortunately, there isn't a trailer for Squid Game season 2 yet as it has only just been confirmed, let alone produced.
Source:The Times
August 02, 2022 16:29 UTC
Vlogger eats a great white shark and police investigate
Authorities and local media said Chinese police have opened an investigation after a controversial video blog posted a controversial video showing it tasting a great white shark, which is a protected species. Pictures of the young woman, known as Tizi, show roasting, boiling, and then tasting the meat of a large predator. Police in Nanchong City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, confirmed Sunday that it was indeed a great white shark, according to Chinese media Fengmian. Cut the shark tizzy in half, grill the shark’s tail and boil its head in hot broth. Great white sharks are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s list of “vulnerable” species – just below “critically endangered”.
Source:The Times
August 02, 2022 15:48 UTC
Sunak can win next general election, say Scottish Tory MPs and MSPs
Rishi Sunak can win the next general election and stop a deal between the SNP and Labour, 10 Scottish Tories have said as they announced their support for the former chancellor. Mr Sunak currently trails opponent Liz Truss in the polls for the party’s leadership, but finished the first round with more support among MPs. On Tuesday, 10 MPs and MSPs from north of the border, including former Scottish leader Jackson Carlaw, announced they were backing Mr Sunak. Both Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar have repeatedly rejected the idea of a coalition or agreement with the SNP after the next general election. “If we want to keep our country united, we must win the next election,” the Tories said.
Source:The Times
August 02, 2022 15:47 UTC
Monkeypox in Australia: Should you be worried? And who can get the vaccine?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainOn July 23, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took the unprecedented step and declared the monkeypox outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern"—the highest global alert level for a disease outbreak. Following this and with 45 cases in Australia, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly declared last week that monkeypox is now a "communicable disease incident of national significance." According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, 23,620 cases have been reported since May in 80 countries, with 73 countries that had no previous reported monkeypox cases. They include:those identified as a high risk monkeypox contact in the past 14 daysmen who have sex with men who are at high risk of exposure. The need for vaccine equity and global health leadershipWe can't repeat the "vaccine nationalism" we've seen during COVID with rich countries hoarding vaccine doses, as this will unjustly prolong the outbreak.
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 15:08 UTC
Liz Truss U-turns on public sector pay plan after backlash
Liz Truss has abandoned a plan to bring in regional pay boards less than 48 hours after announcing it, following warnings the move would lead to salary cuts for public sector workers. The Truss campaign had said that £8.8 billion could be saved by having salaries for government employees set by regional pay boards rather than national pay boards. They also indicated that it would first be adopted for the civil service before being expanded to the wider public sector – meaning doctors, teachers and policemen – in a “phased” approach. But the £8.8 billion figure indicated that the policy would have to be adopted for the full public sector, opening the door to lower pay for scores of public sector workers outside of London. “Current levels of public sector pay will absolutely be maintained – anything to suggest otherwise is simply wrong.
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 13:50 UTC
15 Authors With Dark Histories We Wish We Didn't Know
In a small room, in a town, there lived a man. He was not a young man, for his hair had turned from black to grey. The room was not cluttered with things, for the man kept only what he needed and he enjoyed this list of interesting facts. He did not mind his small room. The man enjoyed the list of interesting facts so much that he decided to share it with a friend, though he could not remember having told anyone about the list of interesting facts.
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 13:41 UTC
What is Sarina Wiegman’s net worth, and what is Lionesses manager’s salary?
ENGLAND secured a historic European Championship win - and a lot of that is down to manager Sarina Wiegman. 1 England head coach Sarina Wiegman during a press conference at Bramall Lane Credit: PAThe Lionesses beat Spain in the quarter-finals at Euro 2022 before dismantling Sweden in the semi-finals. What is Sarina Wiegman's net worth? It's been reported that Sarina Wiegman's current net worth is between £1million-£5m. According to The Times, Sarina Wiegman earns around £400,000-a-year as England manager.
Source:The Times
August 02, 2022 13:24 UTC
Truss U-turn on regional pay for public sector workers: how it happened
Liz Truss’s campaign to be the next Conservative Party leader suffered a setback after a U-turn over an £8.8 billion policy pledge. Truss’s plans must refer to the wider public sector. The initial release said: “Truss’s government will save up to £8.8 billion a year by replacing national pay boards with regional pay boards. “Current levels of public sector pay will absolutely be maintained. “Our hard-working frontline staff are the bedrock of society and there will be no proposal taken forward on regional pay boards for civil servants or public sector workers.”– So what next?
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 13:14 UTC
UK eases sanctions on Russia
London has eased some restrictions it imposed on Russia over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, allowing companies to provide insurance and reinsurance to entities linked to Russia. The amendment to the ‘General Trade Licence Russia Sanctions – Vessels’ was announced on Monday by the UK Department for International Trade. Firstly, UK pushed Germany to ban NS2,next – anti-🇷🇺 sanctions were introduced making it 🇷🇺 impossible for to maintain NS1. Then 🇺🇦, that makes billions on 🇷🇺 gas transfer, refused to transit gas from the pipeline located in Lugansk area, and now its Russia turns off the gas? “There is no current UK ban affecting global shipments of Russian oil,” Patrick Davison, underwriting director of the Lloyd’s Market Association, an industry group for insurers at Lloyd’s, has said.
Source:The Guardian
August 02, 2022 13:08 UTC