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Embodied Mini-Brains Learn To Navigate A Virtual World By Smell

Further Reading.

Embodied Neurocomputation:
A Framework for Interfacing Biological Neural.
Cultures with Scaled Task-Driven Validation.
https://arxiv.org/html/2605.13315v1
Computing with Living Neurons: Chaos-Controlled Reservoir Computing with Knowledge Transplant.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/202…

Goal-directed learning in cortical organoids.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…

A feedback-driven brain organoid platform enables automated.
maintenance and high-resolution neural activity monitoring.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science…

Human assembloid model of the ascending neural sensory pathway.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158…
Encoding Tactile Stimuli for Braille Recognition with Organoids.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.

Scientists reversed memory loss by recharging the brain’s tiny engines

Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning mitochondria — the cell’s energy generators — may directly cause cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a new tool that temporarily boosts mitochondrial activity in the brain, scientists restored memory performance in mouse models of dementia. The discovery hints that energy failure inside neurons could happen before brain cells die, potentially offering a new target for future Alzheimer’s treatments.

How schizophrenia risk may begin: Gene changes reshape signaling in developing neurons

Researchers at King’s College London have identified the biological nature and timing of changes in human cortical neurons caused by altering activity of a schizophrenia-associated gene in developing human neurons. This discovery links a genetic risk factor to cellular changes in neurons; an essential step for understanding the neurobiology of this mental illness and developing future treatments.

Schizophrenia is estimated to be one of the most heritable psychiatric conditions, with a strong developmental aspect. Large-scale human genomic studies have identified many genetic variants which are thought to increase the likelihood of schizophrenia.

However, the link between these genetic risk variants and the underlying neurobiology of schizophrenia is less well understood. Addressing this knowledge gap provides vital information that could ultimately help develop therapies for the disorder.

Scientists use light to create tiny molecules that could transform medicine

Researchers have developed a light-driven method for creating tiny, high-energy “housane” molecules that are valuable for drug development and materials science. These compact ring-shaped structures are difficult to produce because of the intense internal strain they contain. By using photocatalysis and carefully tuning the starting molecules, the team managed to guide the reaction into a clean and efficient pathway.

The Unambigous Alien Probe and the Von Neumann Cloud

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Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/.… https://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Intermission in D by Miguel Johnson https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/

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Geordie Rose: Machine Learning is Progressing Faster Than You Think

“Machine learning is progressing faster than you think.”

Geordie Rose said that to me in 2013.

Back then, it sounded like the kind of thing a quantum computing CEO says to drum up attention. Today it reads like a weather report.

Thirteen years ago, the D-Wave founder and CTO sat down with me for over two hours and laid out a thesis most observers found extreme: machine learning would become broadly available far faster than anyone hoped, and quantum computers would help us build AI by 2029.

The 2029 date sounded like science fiction.

It does not sound like science fiction anymore.

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