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Jun 20, 2022
Artificial intelligence has reached a threshold. And physics can help it break new ground
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: information science, physics, robotics/AI
For years, physicists have been making major advances and breakthroughs in the field using their minds as their primary tools. But what if artificial intelligence could help with these discoveries?
Last month, researchers at Duke University demonstrated that incorporating known physics into machine learning algorithms could result in new levels of discoveries into material properties, according to a press release by the institution. They undertook a first-of-its-kind project where they constructed a machine-learning algorithm to deduce the properties of a class of engineered materials known as metamaterials and to determine how they interact with electromagnetic fields.
Jun 20, 2022
Arizona wildfire near Kitt Peak observatory 40% contained
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: climatology
A lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson is 40% contained, authorities said.
More than 300 firefighters were working the wildfire Saturday. If all goes as planned, authorities said the blaze could be fully contained by next Sunday.
The wind-whipped fire started June 11 on a remote ridge on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) southeast of Kitt Peak.
Jun 20, 2022
Rune Labs secures FDA clearance to use Apple Watch to track Parkinson’s symptoms
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, neuroscience, wearables
Rune Labs, a precision neurology company, has announced its StrivePD software ecosystem for Parkinson’s disease has been granted 510(k) clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect patient symptom data through measurements made by Apple Watch.
By combining powerful wearable technology and self-reported symptom information with brain imaging, electrophysiology, genetic and other clinical data, StrivePD enables a data-driven approach to care management and clinical trial design for Parkinson’s.
Longevity. Technology: With this clearance, the Rune Labs’ StrivePD app enables precision clinical care and trial participation for tens of thousands of Parkinson’s patients who already use these devices in their daily lives.
Jun 20, 2022
More Versatile Quantum Sensors
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: nuclear energy, quantum physics
Quantum sensors can now detect signals of arbitrary frequencies thanks to a quantum version of frequency mixing—a widely used technique in electronics.
Monitoring the fissile material aboard nuclear-powered submarines is notoriously difficult. Researchers may now have a way to safeguard this weapons-grade substance.
Jun 20, 2022
Tracking Nuclear Material Aboard Submarines
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: military, nuclear energy, particle physics
Monitoring the fissile material aboard nuclear-powered submarines is notoriously difficult. Researchers may now have a way to safeguard this weapons-grade substance.
Last year, the United Kingdom and the United States agreed to transfer some of their nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, a country that, at that time, possessed none. On hearing the announcement, Bernadette Cogswell and Patrick Huber of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg say that they were immediately concerned as there is currently no easy way to safeguard a nuclear reactor aboard a submarine. Now, the duo has come up with a technique that could solve that problem [1]. They say that the method could be used to confirm the presence of a submarine’s nuclear core without the need for onboard monitoring.
Most naval nuclear reactors employ uranium that is highly enriched fissile uranium-235 (235U 2 3 5 U 235U), a material also used to make nuclear weapons. For land-based reactors, inspectors keep track of 235U 2 3 5 U 235U using neutrino detectors placed close to an operating core (see Feature: Neutrino Detectors for National Security). But this technique doesn’t work for the water-submerged cores in submarines at sea. It also fails for the weak signals from powered-down cores, allowing operators to subvert checks of docked submarines.
Jun 20, 2022
A Synthetic Lattice in a Cold Atomic Cloud
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: cybercrime/malcode, particle physics
Defining a fermionic lattice using spin and momentum instead of spatial coordinates opens the door for interacting-fermion simulations with more complex lattice geometries.
Amazon Linux server can be hacked easily. Critical Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Log4j Hotpatch released to fix Log4j vulnerabilities — Vulnerabilities — Information Security Newspaper | Hacking News.
Jun 20, 2022
Amazon Linux server can be hacked easily. Critical Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Log4j Hotpatch released to fix Log4j vulnerabilities
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: cybercrime/malcode
Vulnerabilities — information security newspaper | hacking news.
Jun 20, 2022
BRATA Android Malware Gains Advanced Mobile Threat Capabilities
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: cybercrime/malcode, finance, robotics/AI
Cybercriminals behind BRATA have added more APT capabilities to the Android mobile malware to make their attacks on financial apps even more stealthy.