Monday - May 15 2023, 16:19 UTC - 1 year ago

The European Parliament committee voted to pass the AI Act, a long-awaited proposal to draw up guardrails for artificial intelligence. The act will classify AI systems according to risk, with the highest risk applications needing to be more transparent and use accurate data. The proposal bans 'social scoring' systems, predictive policing and remote facial recognition, save for certain exceptions. It also gave content creators the right to know if their works are used to power algorithms.

Monday - May 15 2023, 14:35 UTC - 1 year ago

This study, conducted by the University of Southampton, looked into the hunting strategies and dietary habits of Neanderthals and other human groups dating back nearly 100 thousand years. By collecting and analyzing strontium isotopes from teeth, the researchers uncovered the Neanderthals' preference in larger animals and the Magdalenian individual's reliance on smaller creatures and seasonal movement. These findings reveal insights into the differences between human groups of the past and their lifestyles.

Monday - May 15 2023, 12:33 UTC - 1 year ago

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered incredible evidence of an ancient river that once ran through Jezero Crater on Mars. The sedimentary rock pile stands approximately 820 feet (250 meters) tall and was formed by a powerful river system. Curving layers and coarse sediment grains and cobbles suggest a deep and fast-moving river. Scientists believe that this evidence could lead to the discovery of ancient microbial life.

Monday - May 15 2023, 10:38 UTC - 1 year ago

The new algorithm, COVAD (Content-based Video Anomaly Detection), has been proposed in a paper published in Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware which combines the content-based attention mechanism and memory-based video anomaly detection algorithm. The algorithm has been tested on the USCD and Avenue datasets and the results show that it can significantly outperform the baseline models.

Monday - May 15 2023, 08:49 UTC - 1 year ago

A new study reveals the racial disparities in exposure to gun violence in the US, with Black and Hispanic communities facing higher rates of victimization. The study also uncovered data about gender and birth year related to these disparities.

Monday - May 15 2023, 06:57 UTC - 1 year ago

Northwestern University engineers have produced a new sponge that can remove toxic heavy metals and critical metals from contaminated water, resulting in safe, drinkable water. Imperial College London engineers have developed another kind of sponge that can absorb 99% of oil from cold water. By analyzing the molecular structure of the sticky oil, these researchers engineered a nanocoating to turn a regular sponge into an oil-sucking machine. In March 2017, engineers developed a sponge that could clean mercury from water in just five seconds.

Monday - May 15 2023, 05:45 UTC - 1 year ago

A research team based in China recently published a paper about a new method of synthesizing lanthanide-based polymetallic nanoclusters with diverse applications in advanced sensors and magnetic cooling. As a result of their findings, the team was able to create a new family of metallic compounds with unique properties.

Monday - May 15 2023, 03:55 UTC - 1 year ago

Chinese company Baidu created AI Mate, a chatbot hosted on its flagship website, powered by Ernie Bot and is currently in its beta phase. Despite certain restrictions on content when answering certain questions, technology companies in China remain confident of their Large Language Models (LLM) surpassing ChatGPT soon.

Monday - May 15 2023, 02:09 UTC - 1 year ago

This article provides an in-depth look into the moons of Saturn. 24 of Saturn's moons have regular orbits around it, while the remaining 100 are irregular with high inclinations and are most likely captured minor planets. Saturn's rings are filled with an unknown number of moonlets, some that have been discovered, and some that haven't. This fragmented firmament is always changing with the possibility of more moons and objects being discovered.

Monday - May 15 2023, 00:31 UTC - 1 year ago

Two student researchers at Georgia Tech have studied how intentional robot deception affects trust and how apologies can help repair trust. The study revealed that the more sincere the apology, the more trust in the robotic system was restored, and trust was restored more if the participant had a high level of precondition trust. This study contributes crucial knowledge to the field of AI deception and could inform technology designers and policymakers who create and regulate AI technology.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 22:53 UTC - 1 year ago

MIT researchers have discovered that a specific training method can help computer vision models learn more perceptually straight representations, like humans do. This can help create more accurate predictions, such as in autonomous vehicles.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 20:59 UTC - 1 year ago

The Max Planck Institute have created a synthetic metabolic pathway that takes carbon dioxide into formaldehyde, offering a carbon-neutral method for producing valuable materials, such as pharmaceuticals and active ingredients. The process is driven by energy, such as electricity from solar modules, and can be used to supply other highly reactive substances with no toxic effects.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 18:54 UTC - 1 year ago

The first working model of Archer Aviation's eVTOL air taxi is now ready for testing. The all-electric aircraft, Midnight, can carry a payload of over 1,000 pounds and is optimized for short-distance trips. Archer has initiated works on six additional cars for FAA conformation process that is slated to begin in early 2024. Moreover, the firm has struck a deal with United Airlines and Stellantis, with a total funding of $400 million injected.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 17:36 UTC - 1 year ago

Spitrobot is a groundbreaking experimental device developed by scientists in Hamburg that simplifies observing protein changes and makes time-resolved crystallography more accessible, enabling non-specialist groups to carry out experiments that could previously only be done by experts.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 15:33 UTC - 1 year ago

A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder researcher Sascha Kempf published in the journal Science Advances provides evidence that Saturn's rings are only about 400 million years old. This study solves a mystery that has been around since the 1800s, brought on by Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell's hypothesize that Saturn's rings could not be solid and must be many small pieces. Kempf and his team used data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft with cosmic dust analyzer to measure how quickly dust builds up on Saturn's rings. They found that Saturn's rings have likely been gathering dust for only a few hundred million years.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 14:05 UTC - 1 year ago

A research team led by Professor Zhiwen Yu from Anhui University proposed a human-machine interactive streaming anomaly detection method, called 'ISPForest', to dynamically adjust anomaly score calculation. Results show that the performance is improved with a small increase in labor costs and can be considered for future studies.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 12:59 UTC - 1 year ago

Episodic ataxia type 6 (EA6) is a rare neurological disorder caused by a mutation that alters a single amino acid in a protein responsible for transporting the neurotransmitter glutamate across neural cell membranes. University of Groningen scientists have uncovered a mechanism by which this mutation causes malfunction in these cells. The mutation changes a proline amino acid in one of the helical transmembrane domains into an arginine with effects such as a reduced transport rate and formation of anion channels.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 11:16 UTC - 1 year ago

Researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery of a new species of deepwater catshark, Apristurus ovicorrugatus, off the coast of northwest Australia. Unique egg cases belonging to an unknown species prompted a detailed examination of the specimens, allowing for the species to be identified. The findings are a significant development for shark biology, highlighting the value of using museum collections to find undiscovered species.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 09:23 UTC - 1 year ago

A new study conducted by researchers from Northeastern University announced that rooftop solar panels could potentially satisfy the electricity needs of up to 35% of American manufacturing industries, with the furniture, textile, and apparel sectors standing to gain the most from this renewable energy source.