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Feb 18, 2024

Making STEM accessible through translation

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Scientific research continuously expands our collective knowledge and pushes innovation forward. But what good is that innovation if it isn’t accessible to large swaths of the global population?

English is the standard language for most scientific communication — nearly 98% of scientific research is published in English. While standardizing scientific publications into a single language can streamline discussion, it is incredibly limiting for populations that don’t speak English.

A UCLA-led project aims to alleviate this issue. A collaboration among the UCLA Brain Research Institute, the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the nonprofit organization Knowing Neurons is translating the informational content on Knowing Neurons’ platform into Spanish. Created by a group of graduate students at UCLA and USC in 2012, Knowing Neurons works to make neuroscience accessible to people interested in learning about the brain.

Feb 18, 2024

Charging Forward: How Calorimetry Drives EV Battery Innovation

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This article discusses how developers are using calorimetry to inform decision-making surrounding battery design and manufacture, and explores how increasing battery size needs to be supported with larger and more comprehensive testing equipment.

Feb 17, 2024

Monumental’s AI-powered robot builders get a massive funding boost

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

Monumental raises $25M to advance construction robotics, addressing labor shortages and boosting productivity with AI-driven innovation.

Feb 17, 2024

Lex Friedman Weighs In On The Future Of AI, Language … And Existential Self-Reflection

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When Lex Friedman visited our MIT AI Venture Studio class to talk about the future of AI, we got into some pretty interesting ideas about the near future.

At the top of Lex’s comments, he talked about disruption – predicting that two new trillion-dollar companies will emerge out of the AI era, and suggesting that Google, Meta and Microsoft will likely not be able to pivot quickly enough to maintain their dominance.

In terms of where we might see this innovation, one of his focus points was on language. Lex pointed out that in America, we take it for granted that everyone speaks English – but around the world, there is an enormous market for real, precise speech translation. People, he said, speak many languages in an “intimate” way – and that requires precision on the part of the technology.

Feb 16, 2024

Cancer breakthrough as doctors celebrate new ‘wonder drug’

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Scientists have welcomed a “truly wonderful” new drug for a hard-to-treat and aggressive form of cancer.

Researchers led by a team at Queen Mary University of London said their new treatment “quadrupled” three-year survival rates and increased average survival by 1.6 months.

Academics said that the new drug, which works by cutting off the tumour ’s food supply, is the first of its type for mesothelioma in 20 years.

Feb 16, 2024

Nuclear Fusion “Spark Plug” Created In New Technical Breakthrough

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A different method for inertial fusion shows promise as it achieves implosion and fusion.

Feb 14, 2024

RTX: Nvidia unveils AI chatbot — can be fed your PC’s docs and videos

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From the groundbreaking RTX 2000 Ada GPU to the exciting Chat with RTX AI app, explore how Nvidia is redefining the digital experience.


If you’re equipped with an RTX 30 or 40 series GPU, embark on an immersive AI journey. Learn how these innovations are poised to set new benchmarks.

Feb 14, 2024

US patent office confirms AI can’t hold patents

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But ‘the use of an AI system by a natural person does not preclude a natural person from qualifying as an inventor.’


AI can help the invention process, though.

Feb 14, 2024

AI Showdown: ChatGPT Vs. Google’s Gemini — Which Reigns Supreme?

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This month, Google unveiled its latest attempt to dethrone ChatGPT from the position it’s held since it launched as king of the generative AI chatbots.

Bard – now renamed Gemini–was released in early 2023 following OpenAI’s groundbreaking LLM-powered chat interface.


Dive into the ultimate AI showdown between ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini to discover which platform claims the crown for superior intelligence, versatility and innovation.

Continue reading “AI Showdown: ChatGPT Vs. Google’s Gemini — Which Reigns Supreme?” »

Feb 13, 2024

Rhodopsin: From Light into Medicine

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Rhodopsin can kill cancer cells keeping the surrounding cells healthy 😤


Considerable time and funding are required in development of new medicines necessary for otherwise untreatable illnesses. Professor Yuki SUDO of Okayama University seeks an innovative form of treatment using rhodopsin, a protein with light-reactive qualities. By extracting it and artificially inserting it into affected cells, it could treat illness simply by exposure to a specific type of light. He has succeeded in using rhodopsin to eliminate cells from cancer, the first such accomplishment ever achieved in the world. In this episode, we introduce the research toward a “light switch” to cure disease.

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