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Dec 14, 2024

What Schrödinger Meant by ‘Consciousness is a Singular Entity

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, quantum physics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DSpRCKGCb4b

We will examine physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s view that consciousness is one unified entity shared by all beings and its implications for spirituality.

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A Quantum Pioneer Contemplates Consciousness.

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Dec 14, 2024

Classiq Researchers Report on a Quantum Software Development Approach to Increase Efficiency and Scalability

Posted by in category: quantum physics

In a study, Classiq scientists show how EDA-inspired method reduces qubit and two-qubit gate requirements by orders of magnitude.

Dec 14, 2024

‘Velcro’ DNA origami helps build nanorobotic Meccano

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology, robotics/AI

Researchers at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have made a significant advance in the field of molecular robotics by developing custom-designed and programmable nanostructures using DNA origami.

This innovative approach has potential across a range of applications, from targeted drug delivery systems to responsive materials and energy-efficient optical signal processing. The method uses ‘DNA origami’, so-called as it uses the natural folding power of DNA, the building blocks of human life, to create new and useful biological structures.

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Dec 14, 2024

Husker scientists exploring hydrogen energy potential from underground rift

Posted by in category: energy

Husker researchers Seunghee Kim, Karrie Weber and Hyun-Seob Song are studying the Midcontinent Rift — which runs from beneath Lake Superior through parts of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas — to determine how best to access a potential store of natural hydrogen that could yield vast amounts of clean energy.

Dec 14, 2024

Synthetic Data Generation with Language Models: A Practical Guide

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Originally published on Towards AI.

In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, data remains the fuel that powers innovation. But what happens when acquiring real-world data becomes challenging, expensive, or even impossible?

Enter synthetic data generation — a groundbreaking technique that leverages language models to create high-quality, realistic datasets. Consider training a language model on medical records without breaching privacy laws, or developing a customer interaction model without access to private conversation logs, or designing autonomous driving systems where collecting data on rare edge cases is nearly impossible. Synthetic data bridges gaps in data availability while maintaining the realism needed for effective AI training.

Dec 14, 2024

Physicists Find Particle That Only Has Mass When Moving in One Direction

Posted by in categories: materials, particle physics

Scientists have made a satisfying and intriguing physics discovery some 16 years after it was first predicted to be a possibility: a quasiparticle (a group of particles behaving as one) that only has an effective mass when moving in one direction.

In physics, mass generally refers to a property of particles that relates to things like their energy and resistance to movement. Yet not all mass is built the same – some describes the energy of a particle at rest, for example, while mass may also take into account the energy of a particle’s motion.

In this case, the effective mass describes the quasiparticle’s response to forces, which varies depending on whether the movement through the material is up and down, or back and forth.

Dec 14, 2024

Warning of ‘Unprecedented Risks,’ Scientists Say Mirror Bacteria ‘Should Not Be Created’

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

“So when we’re talking about mirror-image life, it’s kind of like a ‘what if’ experiment: What if we constructed life with right-handed proteins instead of left-handed proteins? Something that would be very, very similar to natural life, but doesn’t exist in nature. We call this mirror-image life or mirror life,” explained to Michael Kay, a professor of biochemistry at University of Utah’s medical school.

Some scientists like Kay are interested in the medical possibilities of mirror-image therapeutics—which Kay says holds potential for treating chronic illness in a more cost-effective way—but both he and the authors of the recently published commentary are concerned about the potential threats posed by mirror bacteria.

“Our analysis suggests that mirror bacteria could broadly evade many immune defenses of humans, animals, and plants. Chiral interactions, which are central to immune recognition and activation in multicellular organisms, would be impaired with mirror bacteria,” according to the scientists.

Dec 14, 2024

Scientists achieve major milestone with levitating, virtually limitless energy device: ‘A feat in and of itself’

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

A New Zealand-based company just took one step closer to creating a working nuclear fusion reactor, Interesting Engineering reported.

Dec 14, 2024

AI framework automatically discovers experimental designs in microscopy

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

It performs optimizations 10,000 times faster than well-established methods.

Dec 14, 2024

Dust & Dust Mite Allergies

Posted by in category: health

When you’re allergic to dust and dust mites, it can feel like having an endless cold or even asthma. WebMD has tips to help prevent and ease your symptoms.

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