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St. Peter’s Basilica, a major pilgrimage site, receives around 15 million visitors annually. It is renowned for its Renaissance and Baroque architecture, with contributions from famous artists like Michelangelo and Bernini.

The Fabbrica di San Pietro, a Catholic institution responsible for the conservation and maintenance of St. Peter’s Basilica, has partnered with Microsoft to create a “digital twin” of the Basilica. This ultra-precise virtual reconstruction allows pilgrims and visitors to explore the structure virtually.

To execute this project, Microsoft collaborated with Iconem, a leader in digital preservation known for creating 3D replicas of the world’s most famous historical landmarks and archaeological sites. Microsoft used Azure, photogrammetry, and AI to create an ultra-precise virtual reconstruction of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Technion Researchers have developed a software package that enables computers to perform processing operations directly in memory, bypassing the CPU. This is a significant step toward developing computers that perform calculations in memory, avoiding time-consuming and energy-intensive data transfers between hardware components.

A new and exciting field has emerged in the hardware domain in recent years: in-memory computing. The in-memory computing approach introduces a significant change from the way computers typically operate.

While traditionally the CPU runs calculations based on information stored in the computer’s memory, with this innovative approach, some operations are performed directly within the memory, reducing data transfers between the memory and the CPU.As transferring data between computer units is time-and energy-intensive, this change leads to significant savings in both.

C round was co-led by Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Adobe Ventures, B Capital, Citi Ventures, IBM Ventures, and Workday Ventures.

The Higgs boson is often referred to as the “God particle” due to its crucial role in our understanding of the mass of elementary particles. Discovered in 2012, it remains at the forefront of many research endeavors in physics. Recently, researchers at the Max Planck Institute have made significant advances in measuring its interactions with other particles, opening up thrilling new possibilities for the future of science.

In the Standard Model of particle physics, the Higgs boson plays a key role in giving mass to particles. To fully grasp how this occurs, it’s important to revisit the concepts of the Higgs field and mechanism.

Think of the Higgs field as a sort of invisible network or mud that fills the entire universe. This field, teeming with Higgs bosons, is present everywhere, even in a vacuum. When a particle moves through this field, it interacts with it. The Higgs mechanism essentially explains how this interaction with the field endows particles with mass.

The approach presented in the paper involves calculating the fraction of ordinary matter converted into stars over the entire history of the universe, for different dark energy densities.

The model predicts this fraction would be approximately 27% in a universe that is most efficient at forming stars, compared to 23% in our own universe.

This means we don’t live in the hypothetical universe with the highest odds of forming intelligent life forms. Or in other words, the value of dark energy density we observe in our universe is not the one that would maximize the chances of life, according to the model.

The researchers used simulations to see how these cells might adapt over time.

Cervera, J., Levin, M. & Mafe, S. Multicellular adaptation to electrophysiological perturbations analyzed by deterministic and stochastic bioelectrical models. Sci Rep 14, 27,608 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79087-7

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Glaciers that are within three miles of a volcano move nearly 50% quicker than average, a new study has found, which could help create early warning of future eruptions.

Arnav Kapur, a former MIT Media Lab researcher. He created a headset called AlterEgo that translates silent thoughts into words or internet searches.

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501 likes, — growasentrepreneurs on September 13, 2024: Nvidia’s Blackwell chip is an engineering marvel, crafted from two of the largest chips ever made using TSMC’s 4-nanometer process. It took $10 billion and 3 years to develop, supported by high-speed networking, software, and incredible I/O capabilities.

This chip powers AI factories in data centers, designed to emulate human intelligence—specifically how we read, finish sentences, and summarize information.

Jensen Huang compares it to the intelligence of thousands of people, showcasing Blackwell’s potential to revolutionize AI in an unprecedented way.