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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.

Mar 28, 2024

The Gemstone Cyborg: How Diamond Films Are Creating New Platforms for Cell Regeneration and Biointerfacing

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience

Diamond is a promising material for the biomedical field, mainly due to its set of characteristics such as biocompatibility, strength, and electrical conductivity. Diamond can be synthesised in the laboratory by different methods, is available in the form of plates or films deposited on foreign substrates, and its morphology varies from microcrystalline diamond to ultrananocrystalline diamond. In this review, we summarise some of the most relevant studies regarding the adhesion of cells onto diamond surfaces, the consequent cell growth, and, in some very interesting cases, the differentiation of cells into neurons and oligodendrocytes. We discuss how different morphologies can affect cell adhesion and how surface termination can influence the surface hydrophilicity and consequent attachment of adherent proteins.

Mar 28, 2024

A large black hole that “hiccups,” giving off plumes of gas

Posted by in category: cosmology

Persistent “hiccups” in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior.

Mar 28, 2024

Two Revolutionary AI Chips Can Control Robots Through Thought

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

These two chips might be the key to developing sophisticated brain-computer interfacing.

Scientists from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China claim to have developed the world’s most energy-efficient artificial intelligence AI microchips that are small enough to fit inside smart devices and could open doors for innovative offline functions like voice and even mind control.

Generally, AI chips that are designed for heavy tasks often require significant power because of high computational demands, which limits their use in real-world scenarios. Professor Zhou Jun and his team managed to significantly reduce power consumption through algorithm and architectural optimization.

Mar 28, 2024

Researchers find first experimental evidence for a graviton-like particle in a quantum material

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

A team of scientists from Columbia, Nanjing University, Princeton, and the University of Munster, writing in the journal Nature, have presented the first experimental evidence of collective excitations with spin called chiral graviton modes (CGMs) in a semiconducting material.

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