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Mar 28, 2022

Biological physics should be recognised as a major discipline within physics, claims report

Posted by in categories: biological, physics

First “decadal survey” into biological physics says further advances can only emerge in the subject with additional investment.

Mar 28, 2022

A billion of the world’s most climate-vulnerable people live in informal settlements — here’s what they face

Posted by in categories: climatology, habitats

By Vanesa Castán Broto, University of Sheffield; Emmanuel Osuteye, UCL, and Linda Westman, University of Sheffield

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

Flooding is common in informal settlements in Bwaise, a neighbourhood in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Bwaise’s residents are largely excluded from planning and local decision-making processes, and have poor housing and limited access to sanitation and other essential services.

Mar 28, 2022

Printing circuits on rare nanomagnets puts a new spin on computing

Posted by in categories: information science, nanotechnology, physics, robotics/AI

New research artificially creating a rare form of matter known as spin glass could spark a new paradigm in artificial intelligence by allowing algorithms to be directly printed as physical hardware. The unusual properties of spin glass enable a form of AI that can recognize objects from partial images much like the brain does and show promise for low-power computing, among other intriguing capabilities.

“Our work accomplished the first experimental realization of an artificial spin glass consisting of nanomagnets arranged to replicate a neural network,” said Michael Saccone, a post-doctoral researcher in at Los Alamos National Laboratory and lead author of the new paper in Nature Physics. “Our paper lays the groundwork we need to use these practically.”

Spin glasses are a way to think about material structure mathematically. Being free, for the first time, to tweak the interaction within these systems using electron-beam lithography makes it possible to represent a variety of computing problems in spin-glass networks, Saccone said.

Mar 28, 2022

This novel fabric can ‘hear’ your heartbeat

Posted by in categories: engineering, materials

“An engineering team from MIT collaborated with students from Rhode Island School of Design to create a textile that can hear and (eventually) interpret what’s happening on and inside our bodies.”


A new fiber made from a piezoelectric material and a conductor can register sound as mechanical waves and convert it into electrical waves, helping monitor bodies.

Mar 28, 2022

Top 10 Algorithms Helping the Superintelligent AI Growth in 2022

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

Even though the actual concept of superintelligent AI is yet to be materialized, several algorithms are working to help in its growth. Here are such top 10 algorithms that are building a future for the growth of superintelligent AI.

Mar 28, 2022

Hunter Biden helped secure millions for biotech research Ukraine

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing

Hunter Biden DID help secure millions in funding for US contractor in Ukraine specializing in deadly pathogen research, laptop emails reveal, raising more questions about the disgraced son of then vice president. This Biolabs Biden Jr.’s scandal is what the U.S. media try to hush up… but not for long.


Email emails and correspondence obtained by DailyMail.com from Hunter’s abandoned laptop show he helped secure millions for Metabiota.

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Mar 28, 2022

World’s smartest traffic management system launched in Melbourne

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

One of Melbourne’s busiest roads will host a world-leading traffic management system using the latest technology to reduce traffic jams and improve road safety.

The ‘Intelligent Corridor’ at Nicholson Street, Carlton was launched by the University of Melbourne, Austrian technology firm Kapsch TrafficCom and the Victorian Department of Transport.

Covering a 2.5 kilometre stretch of Nicholson Street between Alexandra and Victoria Parades, the Intelligent Corridor will use sensors, cloud-based AI, machine learning algorithms, predictive models and real time-data capture to improve traffic management – easing congestion, improving road safety for cars, pedestrians and cyclists, and reducing emissions from clogged traffic.

Mar 28, 2022

SpaceX drops Starship SN20 from the first orbital flight test for a new prototype

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk drops some key new information about the first Starship orbital flight test timeline and dropping SN20 prototype from this test.


SpaceX has been preparing for the first Starship orbital flight test since the last year. But this experiment is getting delayed due to one reason or another as time elapsed.

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Mar 28, 2022

Phison: Enthusiast PCIe 5.0 SSDs Will Require Active Cooling

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics

Active cooling will be required for high-performance PCIe 5.0 SSDs, as other drives will get hotter.

Mar 27, 2022

Solid-State Batteries Could Pack in Twice as Much Energy Per Pound

Posted by in categories: particle physics, transportation

The secret sauce? An improved manufacturing process that eliminates corrosive carbon dioxide gas.


There’s a better way to build solid-state lithium batteries, scientists say. By studying the battery manufacturing process, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Upton, New York-based Brookhaven National Laboratory have eliminated a tiny (but crucial) contamination issue, which could cut down on the complexity in future battery designs.

Solid-state batteries are widely considered to be the next great thing in rechargeable battery design. With an energy capacity at least two times greater than traditional lithium-ion batteries with flammable liquid electrolytes, solid-state batteries are safer, as well as more efficient—a huge pair of selling points for electric consumer vehicles in particular.

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