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May 25, 2024
Scientists Found a Paradox in Evolution—and It May Become the Next Rule of Biology
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biological, evolution
May 25, 2024
Scientist Proposes a New Universal Law of Biology That May Explain Aging
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biological, life extension, mathematics, physics
Life appears to require at least some instability. This fact should be considered a biological universality, proposes University of Southern California molecular biologist John Tower.
Biological laws are thought to be rare and describe patterns or organizing principles that appear to be generally ubiquitous. While they can be squishier than the absolutes of math or physics, such rules in biology nevertheless help us better understand the complex processes that govern life.
Most examples we’ve found so far seem to concern themselves with the conservation of materials or energy, and therefore life’s tendency towards stability.
May 25, 2024
Why physicists now question the fate of the Universe
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: physics, space
For nearly 25 years, we thought we knew how the Universe would end. Now, new measurements point to a profoundly different conclusion.
May 25, 2024
Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: governance, robotics/AI
Preparation requires technical research and development, as well as adaptive, proactive governance.
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May 25, 2024
AI could solve our ‘hardest problems,’ says Amazon CTO Werner Vogels
Posted by Roman Kam in category: robotics/AI
Amazon’s Chief Technology Officer discusses how the company is using artificial intelligence (AI).
May 25, 2024
Science Experiments That Will Change The World — Rupert Sheldrake, PhD
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, education, life extension, neuroscience, science
I love the first line.
In this video I spoke with Rupert Sheldrake about the science experiments that will change the world, taking us from morphic resonance, telepathy to aging research.
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May 25, 2024
Aberdeen’s soft robotic arm could help people recovering from stroke
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Device aids stroke, physio patients:
The ‘robotic arm’ is a lightweight equipment that uses flexible, inflatable material to give support as the arm makes basic movements.
May 25, 2024
Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: existential risks, robotics/AI
Max Tegmark argues that the downplaying is not accidental and threatens to delay, until it’s too late, the strict regulations needed.
May 25, 2024
Physicists Uncover Unusual New Quantum State Known As “Dirac Spin Liquid”
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong discovered Dirac spinons in the material YCu3-Br, providing evidence of a quantum spin liquid state and potentially advancing applications in quantum computing and high-temperature superconductivity.
Quasiparticles are fascinating entities that arise from collective behavior within materials and can be treated as a group of particles. Specifically, Dirac spinons are anticipated to exhibit unique characteristics similar to Dirac particles in high-energy physics and Dirac electrons in graphene and quantum moiré materials, such as a linear dispersion relation between energy and momentum. However, spin-½ charge-neutral quasiparticles had not been observed in quantum magnets until this work.
‘“To find Dirac spinons in quantum magnets has been the dream of generations of condensed matter physicists; now that we have seen the evidence of them, one can start to think about the countless potential applications of such highly entangled quantum material. Who knows, maybe one-day people will build quantum computers with it, just as people have been doing in the past half-century with silicon,’” said Professor Meng, HKU physicist and one of the corresponding authors of the paper.
