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Dec 20, 2024

Antiviral Medication Use Is Associated With Reduced Dementia Risk: Amy Proal, PhD

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, neuroscience

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Dec 20, 2024

New class of magnets promises to supercharge tech speeds by 1000X

Posted by in category: materials

For the first time, scientists have imaged an entirely new form of magnetism called altermagnetism.

The researchers used cutting-edge x-ray techniques to visualize and fine-tune this novel magnetic material, which is very different from the kind of magnets we know in day-to-day life.

Their findings, published in Nature, demonstrate that altermagnetic materials can be precisely controlled in microscopic devices, marking a major step forward in magnetic and material science.

Dec 20, 2024

Japanese Semiconductor Firm Rapidus To Rival TSMC With Its 2nm Process, Potentially Seeing Adoption From NVIDIA

Posted by in category: electronics

Rapidus becomes the first Japanese firm to announce 2nm trial production and integrate ASML’s EUV equipment, potentially gaining a place in NVIDIA’s supply chain.

Rapidus Announces 2nm Trial Production To Occur By 2025, Commercial Production Slated For 2027, Almost Two Years After TSMC

When you look at the general semiconductor dynamics, it won’t be wrong to say that TSMC has a wide lead, taking in orders from all the big tech giants out there. Competition from the likes of Intel Foundry and Samsung isn’t looking too good, given that both companies are witnessing organizational flaws, which has given TSMC a clear edge. However, Rapidus, which is said to be an emerging semiconductor player, has announced the integration of ASML’s EUV scanners in a facility in Japan and has also revealed that 2nm production is on track, ready to compete with TSMC.

Dec 20, 2024

Firefly, ispace lunar landers to share Falcon 9 launch

Posted by in category: space travel

WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar lander developer ispace has confirmed that its second mission to the moon will launch on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 as Firefly Aerospace’s first lunar lander.

In an online presentation late Dec. 17 to discuss preparations for its Resilience lander, Takeshi Hakamada, founder and chief executive of ispace, said that his company’s mission would launch during a six-day window in mid-January on the same rocket launching Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 mission.

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Dec 20, 2024

Here’s what you need to know about the drug linked to living longer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Groundbreaking studies in mice have sparked a frenzy among longevity enthusiasts—but human trials are still in their infancy.

Dec 20, 2024

Elon Musk hints at building stripped-down Gmail alternative — billionaire first revealed Xmail intentions back in February

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

But a simple plain text DM-style email system might be too basic for the mass market.

Dec 20, 2024

Not To Be Outdone By OpenAI, Google Releases Its Own “Reasoning” AI Model

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is Google’s take on so-called AI reasoning models.

Dec 20, 2024

Novel Physical Reservoir Computing Device Mimics Human Synaptic Behavior for Efficient Edge AI Processing by Tokyo University of Science

Posted by in categories: health, robotics/AI, science

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly useful for the prediction of emergency events such as heart attacks, natural disasters, and pipeline failures. This requires state-of-the-art technologies that can rapidly process data. In this regard, reservoir computing, specially designed for time-series data processing with low power consumption, is a promising option.

It can be implemented in various frameworks, among which physical reservoir computing (PRC) is the most popular. PRC with optoelectronic artificial synapses that mimic human synaptic elements are expected to have unparalleled recognition and real-time processing capabilities akin to the human visual system.

However, PRC based on existing self-powered optoelectronic synaptic devices cannot handle time-series data across multiple timescales, present in signals for monitoring infrastructure, natural environment, and health conditions.

Dec 20, 2024

Mindscape 268 | Matt Strassler on Relativity, Fields, and the Language of Reality

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics, quantum physics

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In the 1860s, James Clerk Maxwell argued that light was a wave of electric and magnetic fields. But it took over four decades for physicists to put together the theory of special relativity, which correctly describes the symmetries underlying Maxwell’s theory. The delay came in part from the difficulty in accepting that light was a wave, but not a wave in any underlying “aether.” Today our most basic view of fundamental physics is found in quantum field theory, which posits that everything around us is a quantum version of a relativistic wave. I talk with physicist Matt Strassler about how we go from these interesting-but-intimidating concepts to the everyday world of tables, chairs, and ourselves.

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Dec 20, 2024

Scientists Have Finally Cracked the Code of Cellular Communication

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, information science

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed SMART, a software package capable of realistically simulating cell-signaling networks.

This tool, tested across various biological systems, enhances the understanding of cellular responses and aids in advancing research in fields like systems biology and pharmacology.

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