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Aug 25, 2024

The testing of AI in medicine is a mess. Here’s how it should be done

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, information science, robotics/AI

Hundreds of medical algorithms have been approved on basis of limited clinical data. Scientists are debating who should test these tools and how best to do it.

Aug 25, 2024

Neuralink’s second patient is using his brain implant to design 3D objects. Here’s how it works

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

Neuralink says it has successfully implanted another brain chip in a human patient.

According to a study update shared by the company, the patient, identified by his first name, Alex, has been improving his ability to play video games and has started learning how to use design software to create 3D objects.

The company said the procedure “went well,” and Alex’s recovery “has been smooth.”

Aug 25, 2024

Skyfire launches to let autonomous AI agents spend money on your behalf

Posted by in categories: economics, robotics/AI

Skyfire claims it is offering the world’s first payment network designed to support fully autonomous transactions across AI agents, large language models (LLMs), data platforms and various service providers.

This development marks a significant step toward creating a new global economy where AI agents can function as independent economic actors, capable of making and receiving payments without human intervention.

“We really see that next million users for a lot of these [vendor] companies coming from AI agents being the customer,” said Sarhangi.

Aug 24, 2024

Beyond gene-edited babies: the possible paths for tinkering with human evolution

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, evolution, genetics

CRISPR will get easier and easier to administer. What does that mean for the future of our species?

Aug 24, 2024

Cancer-killing nanorobots ‘armed with lethal weapon’ developed by scientists

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Researchers at a Swedish university have developed tiny robots that can kill cancerous tumours with deadly precision.

Aug 24, 2024

Creature found in lake of cyanide can unlock animal origin secrets

Posted by in category: futurism

The creature is a kind of choanoflagellate, a microorganism closely related to animals:


Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered an unusual creature in Eastern Sierra Nevada’s Mono Lake. This organism could provide insights into the complex animal life that originated on Earth over 650 million years ago.

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Aug 24, 2024

The Universe May Be Inside A Quantum Object — What Just Happened

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Seeing the universe as one quantum object changes how we think about reality. It suggests that the separations we see are just an illusion—a useful one for everyday life, but an illusion nonetheless. At the deepest level, there’s no true division, no separate objects or events. Everything is part of one continuous, interconnected whole.

Aug 24, 2024

World’s Fastest Microscope Freezes Time To Capture Moving Electrons

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, chemistry, physics

University of Arizona researchers have developed an ‘attomicroscopy’ technique using a novel ultrafast electron microscope that captures moving electrons in unprecedented detail, paving the way for significant scientific breakthroughs in physics and other fields.

Imagine having a camera so advanced that it can capture freeze-frame images of a moving electron—an object so fast it could orbit the Earth multiple times in just a second. Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed the world’s fastest electron microscope capable of this remarkable feat.

They believe their work will lead to groundbreaking advancements in physics, chemistry, bioengineering, materials sciences, and more.

Aug 24, 2024

Test of a prototype quantum internet runs under New York City for half a month

Posted by in categories: internet, quantum physics

To introduce quantum networks into the marketplace, engineers must overcome the fragility of entangled states in a fiber cable and ensure the efficiency of signal delivery. Now, scientists at Qunnect Inc. in Brooklyn, New York, have taken a large step forward by operating just such a network under the streets of New York City.

Aug 24, 2024

Researcher explores how you can stretch your mind to grasp quantum entanglement

Posted by in category: quantum physics

My new article, “Quantum Entanglement of Optical Photons: The First Experiment, 1964–67,” is intended to convey the spirit of a small research project that reaches into uncharted territory. The article breaks with tradition, as it offers a first-person account of the strategy and challenges of the experiment, as well as an interpretation of the final result and its significance. In this guest editorial, I will introduce the subject and also attempt to illuminate the question “What is a paradox?”

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