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Nov 1, 2024

How AI And Blockchain Are Solving Each Other’s Biggest Challenges

Posted by in categories: blockchains, robotics/AI

Discover how AI and blockchain are joining forces to tackle challenges in transparency, scalability, and trust. Explore 3 projects leading decentralized AI innovation.

Nov 1, 2024

Two distinct descriptions of nuclei unified for the first time

Posted by in categories: innovation, particle physics

In a new study, an international team of physicists has unified two distinct descriptions of atomic nuclei, taking a major step forward in our understanding of nuclear structure and strong interactions. For the first time, the particle physics perspective – where nuclei are seen as made up of quarks and gluons – has been combined with the traditional nuclear physics view that treats nuclei as collections of interacting nucleons (protons and neutrons). This innovative hybrid approach provides fresh insights into short-range correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs – which are fleeting interactions where two nucleons come exceptionally close and engage in strong interactions for mere femtoseconds. Although these interactions play a crucial role in the structure of nuclei, they have been notoriously difficult to describe theoretically.

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“Nuclei (such as gold and lead) are not just a ‘bag of non-interacting protons and neutrons’,” explains Fredrick Olness at Southern Methodist University in the US, who is part of the international team. “When we put 208 protons and neutrons together to make a lead nucleus, they interact via the strong interaction force with their nearest neighbours; specifically, those neighbours within a ‘short range.’ These short-range interactions/correlations modify the composition of the nucleus and are a manifestation of the strong interaction force. An improved understanding of these correlations can provide new insights into both the properties of nuclei and the strong interaction force.”

Nov 1, 2024

Why Artificial Superintelligence Could Be Humanity’s Final Invention

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

This in-depth analysis explores the implications of artificial superintelligence and why we must act now to ensure its development benefits humanity.

Nov 1, 2024

Why Do We Have Consciousness?

Posted by in category: neuroscience

In his most recent book, neuroscientist and psychoanalyst Mark Solms tackles a philosophical puzzle: Why should we have consciousness? Why does life feel like something at all?

Nov 1, 2024

Ultra-low power neuromorphic hardware show promise for energy-efficient AI computation

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

A team including researchers from Seoul National University College of Engineering has developed neuromorphic hardware capable of performing artificial intelligence (AI) computations with ultra-low power consumption. The research, published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, addresses fundamental issues in existing intelligent semiconductor materials and devices while demonstrating potential for array-level technology.

Currently, vast amounts of power are consumed in parallel computing for processing big data in various fields such as the Internet of Things (IoT), user data analytics, generative AI, large language models (LLM), and autonomous driving. However, the conventional silicon-based CMOS semiconductor computing used for parallel computation faces problems such as high energy consumption, slower memory and processor speeds, and the physical limitations of high-density processes. This results in energy and carbon emission issues, despite AI’s positive contributions to daily life.

To address these challenges, it’s necessary to overcome the limitations of digital-based Von Neumann architecture computing. As such, the development of next-generation intelligent semiconductor-based neuromorphic hardware that mimics the working principles of the human brain has emerged as a critical task.

Nov 1, 2024

String theory provides a new take on the expansion of the Universe

Posted by in categories: alien life, quantum physics

String theory could reshape our understanding of the Universe’s accelerating expansion and unlock the mysteries of dark energy.

The accelerating expansion of the Universe might not be just an unexplained phenomenon — according to a new proposal by theoretical physicists, it could be a fundamental feature woven into the very fabric of reality.

The researchers suggest that space is not an empty vacuum but that instead our whole Universe is a complex quantum object called the Glauber-Sudarshan state, where countless interacting strings are constantly born and disappear. This hypothesis breathes new life into string theory, which has long aimed to unify all the fundamental forces of nature.

Nov 1, 2024

Exosomes Break Rat Lifespan Record

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

This has to do with E5, but last I checked they were only doing skin rejuvenation treatments in people.


In Aging Cell, researchers have published their findings that exosomes, which we have previously reported to extend the lives of mice, also extend the lives of rats.

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Nov 1, 2024

Cloud-inspired method of guiding light: Waveguiding mechanism could provide new ways to look inside the human body

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Scientists have taken inspiration from the way sunlight passes through clouds to discover an entirely new way of controlling and guiding light.

Nov 1, 2024

Sam Altman and OpenAI executives outline future plans in Reddit AMA

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

OpenAI’s senior leaders recently participated in a Reddit AMA session, revealing their future plans and other insights. The session featured Sam Altman (CEO), Kevin Weil (Chief Product Officer), Mark Chen (SVP of Research), Srinivas Narayanan (VP of Engineering), and Jakub Pachocki (Chief Scientist).

Model Development & Releases:

Q: Is there a plan to continue to release models in the “o” series from now on? Will you continue to improve on the “regular” models (e.g., GPT-3, 4, 4o, 5)? Both, or a combination of those?

Nov 1, 2024

The Next Planet Parade Will See Six Planets Align, and Then Eventually Seven

Posted by in category: space

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

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