Two astronauts will perform a spacewalk from the International Space Station, collecting samples from the station’s exterior to use in scientific research.
An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence of the largest solar storm ever identified by studying ancient tree rings.
The evidence points to a colossal spike in radiocarbon levels from 14,300 years ago, found in tree rings from the French Alps.
The colossal storm discovered by the scientists originated from the Sun and was so powerful that a similar event would be catastrophic with modern technology.
Explore the transformative journey from fear to boundless opportunity with John Hagel. Dive deep into the ‘passion of the Explorer,’ collaborative problem-solving, and the power of scalable learning. Discover narratives that fuel Silicon Valley’s growth and learn to embrace the ‘Explorer Mindset.’ Listen to this episode and embark on a journey from threat to opportunity, unlocking your potential and embracing transformative learning experiences that empower your personal and professional growth.
In this post you will learn about the transformer architecture, which is at the core of the architecture of nearly all cutting-edge large language models. We’ll start with a brief chronology of some relevant natural language processing concepts, then we’ll go through the transformer step by step and uncover how it works.
Who is this useful for? Anyone interested in natural language processing (NLP).
How advanced is this post? This is not a complex post, but there are a lot of concepts, so it might be daunting to less experienced data scientists.
The M5Dial features a 1.28-inch round TFT touchscreen, a rotary encoder, an RFID detection module, an RTC circuit, a buzzer, and under-screen buttons, enabling users to easily implement a wide range of creative projects.
The main controller of M5Dial is M5StampS3, a micro module based on the ESP32-S3 chip known for its high performance and low power consumption. It supports Wi-Fi, as well as various peripheral interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, and more. M5StampS3 also comes with 8MB of built-in Flash, providing sufficient storage space for users.
With support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research initiative, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will partner with outside institutions to improve diversity in the #STEM workforce and provide training to underrepresented students and researchers.
A breakthrough technique developed by University of Oxford researchers could one day provide tailored repairs for those who suffer brain injuries. The researchers have demonstrated for the first time that neural cells can be 3D-printed to mimic the architecture of the cerebral cortex. The results have been published in the journal Nature Communications.
Brain injuries, including those caused by trauma, stroke, and surgery for brain tumors, typically result in significant damage to the cerebral cortex (the outer layer of the human brain), leading to difficulties in cognition, movement and communication. For example, each year, around 70 million people globally suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), with 5 million of these cases being severe or fatal. Currently, there are no effective treatments for severe brain injuries, leading to serious impacts on quality of life.
Tissue regenerative therapies, especially those in which patients are given implants derived from their own stem cells, could be a promising route to treat brain injuries in the future. Up to now, however, there has been no method to ensure that implanted stem cells mimic the architecture of the brain.
Multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in ConnectedIO’s ER2000 edge routers and the cloud-based management platform that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute malicious code and access sensitive data.
“An attacker could have leveraged these flaws to fully compromise the cloud infrastructure, remotely execute code, and leak all customer and device information,” Claroty’s Noam Moshe said in an analysis published last week.
Vulnerabilities in 3G/4G routers could expose thousands of internal networks to severe threats, enabling bad actors to seize control, intercept traffic, and even infiltrate Extended Internet of Things (XIoT) things.
SpaceX is set to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Monday night (Oct. 9).
The Starlink spacecraft are scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday at 8:42 p.m. EDT (0042 GMT on Oct. 10). Four backup opportunities are available as well, from 9:32 p.m. EDT until 12:10 a.m. EDT (0132 to 410 GMT on Oct. 10).
US biotech Immunis has developed an “immunomodulatory secretome” technology targeting age-related immune decline. With preclinical studies showing benefit in muscular atrophy, metabolic and vascular function, tissue inflammation, and immune cell function in a range of age-related disease indications, the Californian company is currently engaged in its first in-human clinical trial for muscle atrophy.
Longevity. Technology: The secretome refers to the substances that are secreted (released) by cells – exosomes, micro-vesicles, proteins, growth factors, hormones, cytokines, and other substances. The secretome is known to play a role in helping repair and regenerate our bodies, but these beneficial secreted factors decline with age. Immunis has developed a novel method to isolate secreted cellular factors that benefit immune system development, modulation, and health – and replenish them. To find out more about the company and its technology, we spoke to its Chairman, Dr Hans Keirstead.
Keirstead is a renowned stem cell expert and serial entrepreneur, founding and successfully exiting several biotech companies in the stem cell space. Back in the early days of the field, he became the first neuroscientist in the world to work with human stem cells.
