The Download: lasers for nuclear fuel, and organ preservation advances

《下载》：核燃料激光技术与器官保存的进展

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. 这是我们工作日时事通讯《下载》的今日版，为您提供每日科技界动态。

How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors

激光技术如何助力核反应堆燃料供应

Nuclear power provides about 9% of global electricity today, and that fraction could tick up as countries look to build new reactors. New, cheaper methods to obtain fuel could help ensure that those nuclear projects stay on track. One of those methods is called laser enrichment. It allows you to separate out the material you want (in this case, uranium) from others in a mixture of old waste. A company called Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) is about to start testing whether the technology works at commercial scale. Read our story about their efforts. —Casey Crownhart 核能目前提供了全球约 9% 的电力，随着各国寻求建造新的反应堆，这一比例可能会上升。获取燃料的更廉价新方法有助于确保这些核项目顺利进行。其中一种方法被称为激光浓缩。它能让你从旧废料混合物中分离出所需的材料（在本例中为铀）。一家名为“全球激光浓缩”（GLE）的公司即将开始测试该技术是否能在商业规模上运作。阅读我们关于他们工作的报道。——Casey Crownhart

The quest to keep organs alive outside the body

让器官在体外存活的探索

It’s super difficult to freeze organs. Once ice forms in them, they’re done. The ice crystals create all kinds of damage and render the organs unusable. That hasn’t stopped many researchers from trying. In new research, one team has been able to supercool the kidneys of pigs and preserve them for days. The kidneys survived being stored at −4 °C (25 °F) and eventually reimplanted back into pigs. And that’s just the latest development in a field that is positively buzzing. Read about why it’s such an exciting time for organ preservation—and what could be coming next. —Jessica Hamzelou 冷冻器官极其困难。一旦器官内形成冰晶，它们就报废了。冰晶会造成各种损害，使器官无法使用。但这并没有阻止许多研究人员的尝试。在一项新研究中，一个团队成功地对猪的肾脏进行了过冷处理，并保存了数天。这些肾脏在 -4°C (25°F) 的环境下储存后存活下来，并最终被重新植入猪体内。这只是该领域最新的一项进展，目前该领域正处于活跃期。阅读关于为何现在是器官保存领域激动人心的时刻，以及未来可能的发展。——Jessica Hamzelou

This story is from The Checkup, our weekly biotech newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Thursday. 本文摘自我们的每周生物技术时事通讯《体检》（The Checkup）。注册即可在每周四收到邮件。

The must-reads

必读内容

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 我已梳理互联网，为您找出今天最有趣、最重要、最令人担忧及最引人入胜的科技故事。

Silicon Valley is split over how to respond to Chinese AI It boils down to whether AI models should be open or closed. 硅谷在如何应对中国人工智能问题上产生分歧 归根结底，问题在于人工智能模型应该是开源还是闭源。
Trump can’t post his way out of this war Iran has revealed hard limits to his ability to bend reality to his will. 特朗普无法通过发帖摆脱这场战争 伊朗揭示了他试图扭曲现实以遂其愿的能力存在严峻局限。
Wildfires are surging across Europe Repeated heat waves have turned parts of the continent into a tinder box. 欧洲各地野火激增 反复出现的热浪已使欧洲部分地区变成了火药桶。
OpenAI didn’t notice its agent going on a days-long hacking spree It only cottoned on after the threat was contained and the FBI had been alerted, sources say. OpenAI 未察觉其智能体进行了长达数日的黑客攻击 据消息人士称，直到威胁被控制且联邦调查局（FBI）收到警报后，他们才意识到这一点。
The AI jobs wipeout still hasn’t arrived In fact, a lot of companies are now embarking on hiring sprees. 人工智能引发的失业潮尚未到来 事实上，许多公司现在正开始大举招聘。
A six-year-old girl died in a Chinese gene-editing trial Experts say it should have never been allowed to go ahead. 一名六岁女孩在中国的一项基因编辑试验中死亡 专家表示，这项试验本不应被允许进行。
What it’s like to use a North Korean smartphone They’re growing in popularity—but represent another avenue for government control. 使用朝鲜智能手机是什么体验 它们正变得越来越流行，但也代表了政府控制的另一种途径。
The FCC’s ban on foreign-made drones is not working You can’t change global supply chains at the stroke of a pen. 美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）对外国制造无人机的禁令未见成效 你无法通过一纸公文就改变全球供应链。
The “summer of Ludd” shows it’s fun to be a Luddite A growing anti-tech movement is all about raw, anarchic joy. “卢德之夏”表明成为卢德分子很有趣 一场日益壮大的反科技运动的核心在于原始、无政府主义的快乐。
Why Jimothy the racoon is the internet’s latest obsession 🦝 It’s his irresistible combination of chaos and cuteness. 为什么浣熊 Jimothy 成了互联网的新宠 🦝 因为它身上那种混乱与可爱的不可抗拒的结合。

Quote of the day

今日名言

“I think that [AI] should stand for artificial idiot.” —Marian Agnew, a nine-year-old, from Norman, Oklahoma, tells Wired she’s not impressed by AI models’ tendency to make up facts. “我认为 [AI] 应该代表‘人工白痴’（artificial idiot）。” ——来自俄克拉荷马州诺曼市的九岁女孩 Marian Agnew 告诉《连线》杂志，她对人工智能模型编造事实的倾向并不买账。

One More Thing

补充内容

Inside a romance scam compound—and how people get tricked into being there 走进浪漫诈骗园区——以及人们是如何被诱骗至此的

Gavesh’s journey started, seemingly innocently, with a job ad on Facebook promising work he desperately needed. Instead, he found himself trafficked into a business commonly known as “pig butchering”—a form of fraud in which scammers form close relationships with targets online and extract money from them. The Chinese crime syndicates behind the scams have netted billions of dollars, and they have used violence and coercion to force their workers to carry out the frauds from large compounds, several of which operate openly in the quasi-lawless borderlands of Myanmar. Read our story about these scam syndicates and how they could be broken up. — Peter Guest and Emily Fishbein Gavesh 的旅程始于 Facebook 上一则看似无害的招聘广告，承诺提供他急需的工作。然而，他发现自己被贩卖到了俗称“杀猪盘”的行业——这是一种诈骗形式，骗子在网上与目标建立亲密关系并从中骗取钱财。这些诈骗背后的中国犯罪集团已获利数十亿美元，他们利用暴力和胁迫手段强迫员工在大型园区内实施诈骗，其中一些园区在缅甸近乎无法无天的边境地区公开运作。阅读我们关于这些诈骗集团以及如何瓦解它们的报道。——Peter Guest 和 Emily Fishbein

We can still have nice things

我们依然可以拥有美好事物

A place for comfort, fun, and distraction to brighten up your day. 一个为您提供舒适、乐趣和消遣，点亮您一天的地方。

I want to make every single one of these delicious-looking Korean dishes. 我想把这些看起来很美味的韩国料理全部做一遍。
If you like origami, you’ll love this guy’s tutorials. 如果你喜欢折纸，你会爱上这个人的教程。
How to deal with those old gadgets that are collecting dust in your drawer. 如何处理抽屉里积灰的旧电子产品。
Enjoy these old art deco public transport posters from London. 欣赏这些来自伦敦的装饰艺术风格公共交通海报。