{"id":922320,"date":"2026-07-25T05:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/the-download-an-organ-transplant-breakthrough-and-homegrown-chinese-chips\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T05:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:12:12","slug":"the-download-an-organ-transplant-breakthrough-and-homegrown-chinese-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/the-download-an-organ-transplant-breakthrough-and-homegrown-chinese-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: an organ transplant breakthrough, and homegrown Chinese chips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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But now, scientists have come up with a device that allows organs to be cooled to -4 \u00b0C (25 \u00b0F) without forming any ice. They\u2019ve tested it with pig organs and shown that kidneys, at least, can be preserved in the device for days then successfully transplanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read our story about their breakthrough, and why it raises hopes for longer-term storage of donated human organs.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014Jessica Hamzelou<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want to read more about this story and its implications for organ preservation and transplantation,\u00a0sign up<\/a>\u00a0to receive The Checkup, our weekly biotech newsletter, later today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1 Inside China\u2019s epic push to replace US chips\u00a0<\/strong>
The gap between their chips\u2019 capabilities remains large\u2014for now. (WSJ<\/a>\u00a0$)
+\u00a0How China is using open source AI as a new form of soft power around the globe.\u00a0<\/em>(NYT<\/a>\u00a0$)
+\u00a0A new bill in the US takes aim at Chinese AI companies\u2019 training practices.<\/em>\u00a0(NBC<\/a>)
+\u00a0US lawmakers are also mulling banning the military from using Chinese humanoid robots.\u00a0<\/em>(SCMP<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2 Space data centers don\u2019t exist yet, but people already oppose them<\/strong>
Environmental experts warn it\u2019ll further pollute the stratosphere. (Guardian<\/a>)
+\u00a0Four things we\u2019d need to put data centers in space.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)
+\u00a0What it\u2019s like inside the data centers powering AI down here on Earth.<\/em>\u00a0(Axios<\/a>)
+\u00a0The left and right are finding common cause with data center protests in the US.\u00a0<\/em>(The Verge<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3 US lawmakers are pushing for an AI \u2018kill switch\u2019<\/strong>
After OpenAI\u2019s models went rogue and hacked Hugging Face. (BBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

4 Peptides seem on the cusp of going mainstream in the US<\/strong>
A lack of scientific evidence didn\u2019t stop the FDA just voting to let some pharmacies to legally dispense them. (Wired<\/a>\u00a0$)
+\u00a0How does Make America Healthy Again hold up to scientific scrutiny?\u00a0<\/em>(Nature<\/a>)
+\u00a0US measles cases are reaching levels not seen for three decades.\u00a0<\/em>(Wired<\/a>\u00a0$)
+\u00a0Peptides are everywhere. Here\u2019s what you need to know.\u00a0<\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5 The EU just fined Google almost $1 billion<\/strong>
For competition breaches over apps and search. (FT<\/a>\u00a0$)
+ It came just a day before Trump renewed tariffs on 60 trading partners, including the EU.\u00a0<\/em>(BBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6 Electric vehicles are selling well in Europe<\/strong>
And the share made by Chinese firms has doubled in the last year. (The Next Web<\/a>)
+\u00a0Hybrids are hot property in the US this summer.\u00a0<\/em>(Wired<\/a>\u00a0$)<\/p>\n

7 There\u2019s a worsening shortage of computer science professors<\/strong>
You can blame AI companies\u2014they keep snapping them up, to our general detriment. (The Atlantic<\/a>\u00a0$)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8 A judge caught a stenographer allowing AI errors into their transcript\u00a0<\/strong>
It\u2019s apparently the first time this has happened, but it certainly won\u2019t be the last. (404 Media<\/a>)
+\u00a0Even judges themselves are falling for AI.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

9 Here\u2019s what new\u00a0tech millionaires will do with their IPO wealth\u00a0<\/strong>\ud83d\udcb8
What a nice problem to have to grapple with! (Quartz<\/a>\u00a0$)<\/p>\n

10 Dating apps\u2019 latest wheeze? In-person events\u00a0<\/strong>
Well well well, it seems we\u2019ve come full circle. (Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0$)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Call us optimists, call us dreamers. Just as we’ve always done, we’re betting on people.”\u00a0<\/h2>\n

\u2014The voiceover from a new\u00a0advert<\/a>\u00a0from Meta, which exhorts us to be more optimistic about AI.<\/p>\n

One More Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"bird<\/p>\n

BELL HUTLEY<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n


AI is changing how we study bird migration <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a warming world increasingly full of human infrastructure that can be deadly to them, like glass skyscrapers and power lines, migratory birds are facing many existential threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scientists rely on a combination of methods to track the timing and location of their migrations, though each has shortcomings. But now, machine-learning tools are unlocking a treasure trove of acoustic data for ecologists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Read More<\/a>
\n Charlotte Jee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But now, scientists have come up with a device that allows organs to be cooled to -4 \u00b0C (25 \u00b0F) without forming any ice. They\u2019ve tested it with pig organs and shown that kidneys, at least, can be preserved in the device for days then successfully transplanted.\u00a0 Read our story about their breakthrough, and why<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":922321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24097,36773,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-922320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-download","category-organ","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}