A lithium-ion battery made from three droplets of hydrogel is the smallest soft battery of its kind – and it could be used in biocompatible and biodegradable implants.
Microscopic magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive means of providing deep brain stimulation, a new study says.
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Animals and humans understand the physical world, have common sense, possess a persistent memory, can reason, and can plan complex sequences of subgoals and actions. These essential characteristics of intelligent behavior are still beyond the capabilities of today’s most powerful AI architectures, such as Auto-Regressive LLMs.
I will present a cognitive architecture that may constitute a path towards human-level AI. The centerpiece of the architecture is a predictive world model that allows the system to predict the consequences of its actions. and to plan sequences of actions that that fulfill a set of objectives. The objectives may include guardrails that guarantee the system’s controllability and safety. The world model employs a Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) trained with self-supervised learning, largely by observation.
In a laboratory set-up simulating the human stomach and intestine, researchers at the University of Amsterdam have explored the fate of plastic nanoparticles during gastrointestinal digestion. In their paper published in the October issue of Chemosphere, they report how a range of model plastic nanoparticles interact with digestive enzymes and form agglomerates.
The BASE experiment aims to answer this question by precisely measuring the properties of antiprotons, such as their intrinsic magnetic moment, and then comparing these measurements with those taken with protons. However, the precision the experiment can achieve is limited by its location.
“The accelerator equipment in the AD hall generates magnetic field fluctuations that limit how far we can push our precision measurements,” said BASE spokesperson Stefan Ulmer. “If we want to get an even deeper understanding of the fundamental properties of antiprotons, we need to move out.”
This is where BASE-STEP comes in. The goal is to trap antiprotons and then transfer them to a facility where scientists can study them with a greater precision. To be able to do this, they need a device that is small enough to be loaded onto a truck and can resist the bumps and vibrations that are inevitable during ground transport.
The future of therapeutic apheresis & transfusion medicine — dr. tina ipe, MD, MPH — CEO, regen med clinic.
Dr. Tina Ipe, MD, MPH is Chief Executive Officer at Regen Med Clinic (https://www.regenmed.vip/), a medical practice which provides multi-specialty infusions, cutting-edge treatments such as therapeutic apheresis (plasmapheresis and collections), as well as novel aesthetic treatments, for patients with a variety chronic illnesses.
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A recent breakthrough in frequency conversion has achieved substantial bandwidth, opening new possibilities for more efficient quantum information transfer and advanced integrated photonic systems.
Advancements in quantum information technology are enabling faster and more efficient data transfer. A major challenge, however, lies in transferring qubits—the fundamental units of quantum information—across different wavelengths while preserving their crucial properties, such as coherence and entanglement.
As reported in Advanced Photonics, researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) recently made significant strides in this area by developing a novel method for broadband frequency conversion, a crucial step for future quantum networks.
A new camera system is making it possible for humans to see colors in the way animals do, opening up a vivid new perspective on the natural world.
Led by researcher Vera Vasas, who has spent years studying animal vision, this innovative project is changing how we understand what animals actually see.
In collaboration with colleagues from the Hanley Color Lab at George Mason University, Vasas has developed a tool that lets us experience the world through the eyes of different species.
How much light do we really need at night for urban traffic, life? are we more secure with more light? or have we put too much?
Street lights across the country, particularly in rural areas, may be replaced with cleaner alternatives to cut a £3bn bill.
