Menu

Blog

Page 1977

Nov 6, 2023

A quasicrystal from nanoparticles using DNA

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

The breakthrough opens the way for designing and building more complex structures.

Nov 6, 2023

Scientists get rare glimpse of ‘nesting doll’ isotope nitrogen-9

Posted by in category: futurism

With five more protons than should be stable, the newly discovered nitrogen-9 isotope sits right on the borderline of physical possibility.

Nov 6, 2023

Apple Spent $1 Billion on the M3 Tape-Out, Says Analyst

Posted by in category: futurism

Apple paid a king’s ransom to be the first company with a 3nm processor.

Nov 6, 2023

PROJECT HYPERION: THE HOLLOW ASTEROID STARSHIP — DISSEMINATION OF AN IDEA

Posted by in categories: materials, space

A large space mirror heats up an asteroid, slowly melting it. Water, which was injected into the center of the body expands, blows up the melted material, creating the shape of a balloon. After cooling down, rotation is induced into the hollow body creating artificial gravity. An artificial fusion Sun brings daylight to the dark interior. A team of bio-life-support system experts, urban planners, and ecologists starts to create an artificial world inside the balloon, preparing it for the first settlers. The small world is then provided with a propulsion system and launched to one of the next stars or used as a space colony.

Nov 6, 2023

StoreDot Says Its Silicon Batteries Don’t Degrade When Charged Extremely Fast

Posted by in category: futurism

The startup did 1,000 consecutive extreme fast charging cycles and compared them to slow charging scenarios.

Nov 6, 2023

The Evolution of Mammalian Brain Folding Has Been Revealed

Posted by in categories: evolution, neuroscience

Scientists have characterized the folding of the cerebellar cortex using data from a sample of 56 mammalian species, allowing them to study the diversity and evolution of cerebellar folding.

Nov 6, 2023

Maths problem solved after stumping the world for nearly a century

Posted by in category: mathematics

Forget politics; if you want to divide a crowd, ask if anyone enjoys mathematics. But even the most maths-averse people may still be impressed by two researchers who have solved a problem that has been stuck in the same puzzling place since 1937.

Nov 6, 2023

Tata to use JLR’s EMA platform for premium electric cars

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Electric SUV platform – to be used by next Discovery Sport and Evoque – will underpin new brand Avinya’s EVs.

Nov 6, 2023

Tesla to integrate Elon Musk’s new AI assistant in its vehicles

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, space, sustainability

Tesla is going to integrate Elon Musk’s newly launched Grok AI assistant in its electric vehicles, according to the CEO.

Earlier this year, Musk launched a new AI startup, xAI, and said that it will work closely with Tesla.

The company’s mission is “to understand the true nature of the universe”, but in practice, its first project is to build a chatbot or AI assistant à la ChatGPT.

Nov 6, 2023

Rats have an imagination, new research finds

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, virtual reality

As humans, we live in our thoughts: from pondering what to make for dinner to daydreaming about our last beach vacation. Now, researchers at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus have found that animals also possess an imagination.

A team from the Lee and Harris labs developed a novel system combining and a to probe a rat’s inner thoughts.

They found that, like humans, animals can think about places and objects that aren’t right in front of them, using their thoughts to imagine walking to a or moving a remote object to a specific spot.