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May 18, 2024

Biology beyond the genome | Denis Noble

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Denis Noble discusses common misconceptions in genetics. Are our genes really as deterministic as we think they are?Watch the full talk] at https://iai.tv/vid

May 18, 2024

What If the Universe had No Beginning?

Posted by in categories: cosmology, quantum physics

In this episode, we’ve embarked on an exciting journey into the heart of quantum cosmology, exploring Stephen Hawking’s revolutionary \.

May 18, 2024

In a first, humanoid robot Sophia delivers commencement speech

Posted by in categories: education, robotics/AI

AI humanoid robot Sophia delivers a historic commencement speech at D’Youville University, marking a new era in education and technology.

May 18, 2024

Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later

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

In good news for future animation figureheads, there might be a new way to revive frozen brains without damaging them. Scientists in China have developed a new chemical concoction that lets brain tissue function again after being frozen.

Freezing is effective at keeping organic material from decomposing, but it still causes damage. As the water inside turns to ice, the crystals tear apart the cells. That’s why frozen meat or fruit goes a bit mushy after it’s defrosted – but a bigger problem is that it also happens with organs or tissues chilled for transplant or research.

For the new study, scientists at Fudan University in China experimented with various chemical compounds to see which ones might work to preserve living brain tissue during freezing. They started by testing out promising chemicals on brain organoids – small, lab-grown lumps of brain tissue that develop into different types of related cells.

May 18, 2024

Swedish researchers develop eco-friendly and affordable battery for low-income countries

Posted by in categories: materials, sustainability

A battery made from zinc and lignin that can be used over 8,000 times has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, with a vision to provide a cheap and sustainable battery solution for countries where access to electricity is limited. The study has been published in the journal Energy & Environmental Materials.

May 18, 2024

A promising three-terminal diode for wireless communication and optically driven computing

Posted by in category: computing

Two-terminal devices are electronic components connected to electrical circuits via two electrical terminals. Although these components are the key building blocks of most existing devices, they can limit a system’s performance and functions.

May 18, 2024

Researchers find LLMs are easy to manipulate into giving harmful information

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

A team of AI researchers at AWS AI Labs, Amazon, has found that most, if not all, publicly available Large Language Models (LLMs) can be easily tricked into revealing dangerous or unethical information.

May 18, 2024

The tentacles of retracted science reach deep into social media: A simple button could change that

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

In 1998, a paper linking childhood vaccines with autism was published in the journal, The Lancet, only to be retracted in 2010 when the science was debunked.

May 18, 2024

New browser extension empowers users to fight online misinformation

Posted by in category: futurism

Most people agree that the spread of online misinformation is a serious problem. But there is much less consensus on what to do about it.

May 18, 2024

Researchers realize multiphoton electron emission with non-classical light

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

Strong field quantum optics is a rapidly emerging research topic, which merges elements of non-linear photoemission rooted in strong field physics with the well-established realm of quantum optics. While the distribution of light particles (i.e., photons) has been widely documented both in classical and non-classical light sources, the impact of such distributions on photoemission processes remains poorly understood.

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