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Oct 6, 2024

Intel unveils glass-based chips

Posted by in category: computing

Wants to put 1 trillion transistors on a processor by 2030.

Oct 6, 2024

Scientists reveal how the brain responds to six different types of love

Posted by in category: neuroscience

The researchers also gathered behavioral data, asking participants how strongly they felt the emotions described in each story and how similar these feelings were across different objects of love. This helped the team link subjective emotional experiences to the observed brain activity.

“We use state-of-the-art technology to measure what happens in the brain when a person feels love,” Rinne told PsyPost. “We studied many different types of love and were able to show how different types of love activate the brain in different ways. Our results help explain why the word ‘love’ is used in so many different contexts. Our research also offers insights into why we feel stronger affection for those we are close to compared to strangers, even though the underlying brain processes of affection are the same for all types of interpersonal relationships.”

The study found that different types of love engage both shared and distinct regions of the brain. At a general level, all types of love activated areas associated with social cognition, including the medial prefrontal cortex, the temporoparietal junction, and the precuneus. These regions are involved in understanding others’ thoughts and emotions, a process known as theory of mind. This suggests that even when we experience love for non-human objects, like nature, our brain still engages these neural pathways.

Oct 6, 2024

China claims breakthrough that could clear chip-design hurdle

Posted by in categories: computing, innovation

Chip war: China claims breakthrough in silicon photonics that could clear technical hurdle.


A Wuhan-based lab has announced a ‘milestone’ that could help China overcome restraints imposed by traditional chip-design technology.

Oct 6, 2024

China Telecom say AI model with 1 trillion parameters trained with Chinese chips

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The state-owned telecoms operator did not reveal what chips it used for its 1 trillion-parameter model, but it has a partnership with Huawei.

Oct 5, 2024

How music therapy benefits the autistic brain

Posted by in categories: media & arts, neuroscience

While the benefits of music therapy are well known, more in-depth research explores how music benefits children with autism.

Oct 5, 2024

Engineers develop a bendable, programmable, non-silicon microprocessor that requires only 6 mW of power

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing

A team of microchip engineers at Pragmatic Semiconductor, working with a pair of colleagues from Harvard University and another from Qamcom, has developed a bendable, programmable, non-silicon 32-bit RISC-V microprocessor. Their research is published in the journal Nature.

Over the past several years, hardware manufacturers have been developing bendable microprocessors for use in . A bendable device with bendable components would allow for the creation of 24-hour sensors that could be applied to any part of the body.

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Oct 5, 2024

Confirmado: somos muy malos detectando deepfakes

Posted by in category: futurism

Confirmed: We are very bad at detecting deepfakes.


No se nos da bien detectar los vídeos e imágenes imitando la apariencia de una persona.

Oct 5, 2024

This 3D printer can figure out how to print with an unknown material

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, energy

While 3D printing has exploded in popularity, many of the plastic materials these printers use to create objects cannot be easily recycled.


The automatically generated parameters can replace about half of the parameters that typically must be tuned by hand. In a series of test prints with unique materials, including several renewable materials, the researchers showed that their method can consistently produce viable parameters.

This research could help to reduce the environmental impact of additive manufacturing, which typically relies on nonrecyclable polymers and resins derived from fossil fuels.

Oct 5, 2024

AI agent promotes itself to sysadmin, breaks boot sequence

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Fun experiment, but yeah, don’t pipe an LLM raw into /bin/bash.

Oct 5, 2024

Neuroscience Game-Changer: Entire Fruit Fly Brain Mapped in Stunning Detail for the First Time

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

A Princeton-led team of scientists has created the first detailed connectome of an adult fruit fly brain, a complex network with almost 140,000 neurons. This significant step in neuroscience was featured in Nature and involved contributions from various global institutions, highlighting both the complexity of the fly’s brain and the potential insights it offers into human neurological diseases.

Groundbreaking Brain Mapping: A Connectome for the Adult Fruit Fly

Researchers led by Princeton University have constructed the first detailed neuron-by-neuron and synapse-by-synapse roadmap through the brain of an adult fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), achieving a major milestone in brain research. This study is the flagship article in the October 2 special issue of Nature, which is devoted to the new fruit fly “connectome.”

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