Tag: Pocket

日本疫情后资金流向这些初创企业 日经中文网

       资金正在向瞄准后疫情时代的初创企业聚集。在日本经济新闻社（中文版：日经中文网）等汇总的2020年融资额排行中，引领去碳化和数字化转型等新产业的企业排在前列。尽管2020年的经济情况大幅恶化，但初创企业仍 Read more

The CureVac Vaccine, and a brief tour through some of the wonders of nature

In previous posts I described how the two currently approved mRNA vaccines both use ‘modified nucleosides’ to enhance their efficiency. Meanwhile, a company called CureVac has created an mRNA vaccine that uses regular, unmodified, RNA. It is currently being tested in large scale trials. Read more

Stimulating Innovation with Money

Periodically I read about governments or institutions wanting to stimulate innovation, often to achieve a certain (worthy) goal. Frequently, the far larger amounts of money that other countries or continents are spending on innovation are then bandied about as justification. Read more

Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?

For me, while I’m glad I went, I’m shy around strangers so it was extremely lonely. If I did it backpacking and staying in hostels I’m sure I’d have met people in the hostels but in my mid-40s, hostels are no longer in my comfort zone. Further, it was not remotely the same as taking […]

Reprojecting the Perseverance landing footage onto satellite imagery

The landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover last month amazed the world. The stunning footage of the descent shows each stage of the sequence. If you have not seen it already you can watch it here. One thing that I found remarkable was the self-similarity of the martian terrain. Read more