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Mar 28, 2024

Tesla to require supervised FSD V12 test rides during vehicle deliveries: leaked Musk email

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

An apparent leaked email from Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggests that the electric vehicle maker would be updating its vehicle delivery process.

Mar 28, 2024

Realizing clean qubits for quantum computers using electrons on helium

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Future quantum computers could be based on electrons floating above liquid helium, according to study by a RIKEN physicist and collaborators, appearing in Physical Review Applied.

Mar 28, 2024

3D printed shapeshifting nanoparticles

Posted by in categories: materials, nanotechnology

Stanford materials engineers have 3D printed tens of thousands of hard-to-manufacture nanoparticles long predicted to yield promising new materials that change form in an instant.

Mar 28, 2024

Researchers Have Engineered The World’s First Artificial Ribosome

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Researchers in the US have developed a synthetic molecular structure called the Ribo-T, and it can be placed inside a living cell to produce specialised proteins and enzymes at almost the same efficiency as an actual ribosome.

Found inside all living cells, ribosomes are dense, complex structures that catalyse a constant stream of protein chains by linking amino acids together in the order specified by messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. These cellular workhorses are basically in charge of decoding your DNA, and now scientists have manufactured a molecular device that can not only produce protein chains in a test-tube almost as well as a real ribosome, but can also churn out enough protein in bacterial cells without any natural ribosomes to keep them alive.

The team, with researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University, says not only will the Ribo-T help them to better understand how our own ribosomes function, but it could lead to more effective drugs and next-gen biomaterials, with these little protein factors churning out whatever we need.

Mar 28, 2024

Research upends dogma on ribosomes’ cell development role

Posted by in category: futurism

Once believed to be indiscriminate gene translators, ribosomes have been found to play critical roles in cell development and function.

Mar 28, 2024

Humans really can have superpowers—scientists are studying them

Posted by in category: genetics

Whether through genetics or training, scientists say, even mere mortals can develop extraordinary abilities.

Mar 28, 2024

Landmark IBM error correction paper on Nature cover

Posted by in category: quantum physics

IBM has created a quantum error-correcting code about 10 times more efficient than prior methods.

Mar 28, 2024

Eisko Studio

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, virtual reality

Eisko is an expert in 3D scanning, modeling and rigging of Digital Doubles for VFX, Games, AR/VR and more, from Face Replacement to Digital Humans.

Mar 28, 2024

Working With Your Hands Is Good for Your Brain

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Activities like writing, gardening and knitting can improve your cognition and mood. Tapping, typing and scrolling? Less so.

Mar 28, 2024

Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge

Posted by in category: futurism

Researchers find large language models use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge when they respond to a user prompt. These mechanisms can be leveraged to see what the model knows about different subjects and possibly to correct false information it has stored.

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