We hope you enjoy this week's hand-picked selection of essential and exciting stories from the frontiers of tech.
Energy ⇨ National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition
On Dec. 5, a team at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach this milestone, also known as scientific energy breakeven, meaning it produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it. (read)
Portfolio ⇨ Matching magnets with a market
In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations, Kite Magnetics founder and CEO Dr Richard Parsons shares his path from materials engineering researcher to early-stage startup, why he chose the aviation industry, preparing to showcase their first product at the upcoming Avalon Air Show in March, and more. (listen)
AI ⇨ After AlphaFold: protein-folding contest seeks next big breakthrough
Two years after DeepMind’s revolutionary AI swept a competition for predicting protein structures, researchers are building on AlphaFold’s success. (read)
AI ⇨ Generative AI’s potential as ‘infrastructure for humanity.’
Nina Schick’s conversation with Emad Mostaque, the CEO and Founder of Stability AI. Emad and Stability are integral to the story of Generative AI. The open release of Stable Diffusion in August 2022 was a watershed moment, but that doesn’t even scratch the surface of what’s coming next. (watch)
Portfolio ⇨ “I’ve always said that digital collectibles will be 10* bigger than their physical counterparts” — Nicolas Julia
Interesting adjacencies:
Basecamp Research is building a database of all life (link)
Pfizer just made history by becoming the first pharmaceutical company to vote on a DAO proposal! (thread)
ICYMI: OurWorldInData just published a redesign of all their work on the Environmental Impacts of Food (thread)
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