David Lin

1 month ago | outlooknewspapers.com | David Lin

Over modern U.S. history, we’ve hardly gone a moment without hearing predictions of America’s imminent decline. During his 1960 presidential campaign, JFK painted a scary picture of a Russian enemy on its way to world domination as the U.S. risked entering a “long, slow afternoon.” That gave way to the 1970s when generational revolt and setbacks in world affairs stoked new predictions of America’s collapse.

Nov 11, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Mandy Meijer |Sarah Merrill |David Lin |Meingold Hiu-Ming Chan

AbstractSaliva is a widely used sample in epigenetic research with children due to its non-invasive nature. Since DNA methylation (DNAm) profile is cell type (CT) specific, salivary DNAm associations with exposures may be influenced by CT compositions, which is highly variable in saliva as it contains immune and buccal epithelial cells (BEC). Reference-based CT deconvolution and statistically adjusting estimated CT in DNAm analyses have become an increasingly common practice.

Jun 10, 2024 | medium.com | David Lin

Since the expectations were very high for Apple to pull some new magical features they just rebranded AI to Apple Intelligence. Funny, nice, but let us dive deeper into the AI magic 🪄Even if your reading this on an Apple device you propably won't be able to use Apple Intelligence as even the newest iPhone 15 Plus for $999 or the Apple Vision Pro rocking an M2 Chip for $3499 is not eligible for AI.

Nov 20, 2023 | jamestown.org | Katherine Kurata |David Lin

On the morning of November 2, 2023, the Gobi Desert’s silence was shattered: From a remote launchpad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (中国酒泉卫 星发射中心), the Hyperbola-2 (双曲线二号), a slender rocket bearing the iSpace emblem (星际荣耀), surged upwards, before gracefully alighting back on Earth (iSpace WeChat, November 2; CNSA, November 2). This suborbital hop marked a major achievement for iSpace as the company progresses towards developing reusable medium-lift rockets.

Sep 11, 2023 | fenews.co.uk | David Lin |Tom Bilyeu |Eric Kimberling

On World EV day, City & Guilds is gearing up to help the UK meet its Electric Vehicle (EV) targets by training and reskilling a new generation of electrical engineers to install EV charge points and fill skills gaps in the workforce.