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Jun 20, 2019
Researchers develop ‘vaccine’ against attacks on machine learning
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, information science, robotics/AI
Researchers from CSIRO’s Data61, the data and digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, have developed a world-first set of techniques to effectively ‘vaccinate’ algorithms against adversarial attacks, a significant advancement in machine learning research.
Jun 20, 2019
Serotonin linked to somatic awareness, a condition long thought to be imaginary
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in category: biotech/medical
International team spearheaded by researchers at McGill University has discovered a biological mechanism that could explain heightened somatic awareness, a condition where patients experience physical discomforts for which there is no physiological explanation.
Jun 20, 2019
Walmart is using AI-powered cameras to prevent theft at checkout lanes
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Jun 20, 2019
Mimicking black hole event horizons in atomic and solid-state systems
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: cosmology
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Holographic quantum matter exhibits an intriguing connection between quantum black holes and more conventional (albeit strongly interacting) quantum many-body systems. This connection is manifested in the study of their thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and many-body quantum chaos. In this Review, we discuss these connections, focusing on the most promising example of holographic quantum systems to date – the family of Sachdev–Ye–Kitaev (SYK) models. The SYK models are simple quantum mechanical models that have the potential to holographically realize quantum black holes. We examine various proposals for the experimental realizations of SYK models, including ultracold gases, graphene flakes, semiconductor quantum wires and 3D topological insulators. These approaches offer the exciting prospect of accessing black hole physics and thus addressing many important questions regarding quantum gravity in the laboratory.
Jun 20, 2019
Scientists 3D-print biological tissue without using scaffolds
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: 3D printing, biological
Though it may be hard to believe that there is already an “established” method of doing something such as 3D-printing biological tissue, there does indeed seem to be one. It utilizes microscale scaffolds – which a newly-developed technique does away with the need for.
Jun 20, 2019
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin fires up moon landing engine in successful first test
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
Jun 20, 2019
This company invented a way of dyeing clothes without using water or chemicals
Posted by Fyodor Rouge in category: futurism
Jun 20, 2019
Black Mirror IRL: Five Scary Ways Billionaires are Investing in Immortality
Posted by Paul Battista in category: transportation
While we all know that billionaires control a substantial amount of the world’s wealth – in fact, current projections see the richest 1% controlling 2/3 of it by 2030. But, did you know that when they aren’t investing in space shuttles, underground Hyperloops and sprawling tech campuses, the super-rich are looking at a range of mind-blowing methods to increase their lifespan?
