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Nov 24, 2022

Novel Yeast-Assembly Technique Yields Living Materials

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, materials

Researchers say structures made of the cells could potentially be used to clean up uranium from oceans, heal wounds, and more.

Nov 24, 2022

Introducing Unimon: A new superconducting qubit for quantum computers

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications.

Nov 24, 2022

Neuroscience Says Maintaining Lifelong Intelligence, Focus and Mental Agility Comes Down to the Rule of 3

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Your brain naturally ‘rewires’ itself as you age. But it doesn’t have to, at least not as quickly.

Nov 24, 2022

Machine learning tools autonomously classify 1,000 supernovae

Posted by in categories: cosmology, information science, robotics/AI

Astronomers at Caltech have used a machine learning algorithm to classify 1,000 supernovae completely autonomously. The algorithm was applied to data captured by the Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, a sky survey instrument based at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory.

“We needed a helping hand, and we knew that once we trained our computers to do the job, they would take a big load off our backs,” says Christoffer Fremling, a staff at Caltech and the mastermind behind the , dubbed SNIascore. “SNIascore classified its first supernova in April 2021, and, a year and a half later, we are hitting a nice milestone of 1,000 supernovae.”

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Nov 24, 2022

“Robot rooms” could be the future of homes and offices

Posted by in categories: habitats, robotics/AI

Integrating robots into walls, ceilings, furniture, and appliances could radically change our indoor spaces.

Nov 24, 2022

Elon Musk LAUGHS at a Silly Question and Then Gives a BRUTAL but BRILLIANT Answer!

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

This is how you do it.

Nov 24, 2022

A wave-powered prototype device is aiming to produce drinking water from the ocean

Posted by in category: sustainability

With the above in mind, projects looking to desalinate water in a more sustainable way will become increasingly important in the years ahead.

The idea of using waves to power desalination is not unique to the project being undertaken in the Canaries. In April, for example, the U.S. Department of Energy revealed the winners of the last stage of a competition focused on wave-powered desalination.

Back on the Canary Islands, Ocean Oasis said it would be looking to construct a second installation after testing at the PLOCAN facility had taken place. “In this phase, the prototype will be scaled with the capacity to produce water for consumption,” the company said.

Nov 24, 2022

Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future

Posted by in categories: futurism, information science

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Nov 24, 2022

Dynamic molecular switches with hysteretic negative differential conductance emulating synaptic behaviour

Posted by in category: neuroscience

To realize electronic operations beyond the von Neumann bottleneck, a new type of switch that can mimic self-learning is needed. Here, the authors demonstrate all-in-one-place logic and memory operations based on dynamic molecular switch that can emulate brain-like synaptic and Pavlovian response, bringing the field a step closer to molecular-scale hardware.

Nov 24, 2022

CRISPR tools found in thousands of viruses could boost gene editing

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

Phages probably picked up DNA-cutting systems from microbial hosts, and might use them to fight other viruses.