Sunday - May 14 2023, 07:26 UTC - 1 year ago

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin completed their sixth and fourth spacewalks on May 12, respectively, to successfully deploy a ‘smart’ radiator system on the International Space Station's Nauka module, in the 263rd spacewalk for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 05:36 UTC - 1 year ago

Experts in the United Kingdom demonstrated a new strategy for safely removing sludge from nuclear fuel ponds using a Bulk Sludge Retrieval Tool (BSRT). Successful test trials were carried out at one of the UK's largest facilities, reducing the risk posed by nuclear waste. The tool is efficient, cost-effective, and has the potential to be a "game changer" for nuclear industry.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 03:50 UTC - 1 year ago

NASA's Game Changing Development program funded the development of copper-based alloys known as Glenn Research Copper (GRCop). GRCop is designed for high-performance rocket engines, can tolerate temperatures up to 40% higher than traditional copper alloys, and the most recent iteration, GRCop-42, uses advanced 3D computer models and Additive Manufacturing methods to improve performance and reduce weight and costs.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 02:12 UTC - 1 year ago

New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed a legislation to be adopted by state legislators called Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency, and Oversight (CRPTO) that is designed to strengthen regulations in the cryptocurrency industry to prevent fraud and market manipulation and to protect the investments of people of all incomes and backgrounds.

Sunday - May 14 2023, 00:46 UTC - 1 year ago

Ray Kurzweil, co-founder and member of the board of the Singularity Group, responded to the Future of Life Institute's open letter by stating that the criteria used is too vague to be practical and the coordinating problem of agreeing to a pause versus those who disagree exists. Kurzweil believes that the signers' safety concerns should be addressed in a way that does not compromise the vital lines of research.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 23:06 UTC - 1 year ago

This article is about a distant and loney galaxy called 3C 297 located about 9.2 billion light-years from Earth which is lonelier than expected. X-ray and radio data show that 3C 297 appears to have pulled-in and absorbed its former companion galaxies. If it is a 'fossil group' rather than a galaxy cluster, it represents the most distant fossil group ever found, and spends billions of years essentially alone.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 22:04 UTC - 1 year ago

Two researchers at PeopleTec, a technology company based in Alabama, developed a computational model that can create complex recipes containing ingredients that users have available, after analyzing images of what is inside their fridge. They used image analysis and the GPT-4 language model when generating the recipes, and tested their approach with more than 2,000 images, developing a 100-page recipe book with novel recipes.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 20:14 UTC - 1 year ago

As Dr. Jimo Borjigin of the University of Michigan led a new study consisting of 4 comatose patients, electrical signals in the brain suggested death may explain near-death experiences and other forms of consciousness as a surge of activity in the dying brain. This neurobiological paradox may be based on individual neurochemicals and brainwave patterns.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 19:00 UTC - 1 year ago

MIT researchers have discovered a new material that combines aspects of electronics and photonics, which could lead to more efficient computer chips and room-temperature quantum computing. The findings, based on perovskite materials, offer the benefits of electronics and photonics systems and could open doors to new kinds of devices.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 17:11 UTC - 1 year ago

JPL robot has created the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) 1.0, an upgraded version of the previous snake-like robot. EELS 1.0 is self-propelled, weighs 220 pounds, and has twelve actuators, allowing it to traverse extreme terrain. It was tested in various terrains on Earth, and demonstrated its autonomous abilities, detection skills and 3D map creation. This is considered a breakthrough as it is a versatile and risk-aware robot, equipped with features necessary to travel to extreme locations.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 15:49 UTC - 1 year ago

Phages, viruses that can kill bacteria, can potentially be used to treat a whole host of bacterial infections; however, while scientists work on finding and understanding the exact right phage for the right bug, there is still another challenge to overcome - the idea of intentionally putting viruses into one’s body is not a particularly appealing one for most people.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 14:45 UTC - 1 year ago

University of Southampton led team of astronomers discovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed, with an emission of energy of more than ten times that of any supernova, resulting from a supermassive black hole violently disrupting a massive gas cloud at a distance of 8 billion light years.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 13:33 UTC - 1 year ago

A scientist has developed a new way of understanding soundwaves and its potential for space exploration. This could be used to aid SETI's mission of uncovering alien life, through soundwaves travelling through planets and ice sheets. Understanding the different types of atmospheres and soundwave speeds on different planets is essential for continued research.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 11:37 UTC - 1 year ago

AI safety has been a heated debate between experts recently. Robin Hanson, an economics professor and AI safety expert and Scott Aaronson, professor of quantum computing have had arguments surrounding the rapidity of technology change and consequences of AI Foom. Hanson has also debated Eliezer Yudkowsky, an AI researcher and author who argued for the importance of preparing for doomer AI studies.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 09:55 UTC - 1 year ago

AI has come a long way since the 19th Century and is now capable of doing things that we don't know how to order it to do. This is because our machines now learn from experience and rely on data-driven decision-making. We can reduce our anxiety by understanding that intelligence is not exclusively a human ability and that AI will not evolve towards some form of consciousness.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 08:11 UTC - 1 year ago

SAIS, a computer-based AI system developed by Caltech and USC, provides objective performance evaluation for surgeons, offering guidance for skill development, and the ability to explain assessments by pointing to video clips. Early tests of the system yielded unintended bias. The goal is to improve patient outcomes and make human surgeons better through AI.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 06:12 UTC - 1 year ago

Videos circulating on social media allegedly show individuals from the 'Freedom of Russia Legion' setting fire to a Russian Su-24 supersonic bomber parked near a poorly guarded airbase. Reports indicate that the 'Freedom of Russia Legion' has been responsible for multiple acts of sabotage in the past, including burning similar bombers and helicopters in Russian territory. The incident, which was likely occurred before the Victory Day holiday in Russia, has caused people to be arrested and imprisoned by Russian authorities over allegations of attempting to join the Legion.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 04:24 UTC - 1 year ago

Nora Kassner suspected her computer wasn’t as smart as people thought when Google released their language model algorithm BERT in October 2018. Many researchers since have found that LLMs had difficulty detecting and flipping negatives, like 'not' and 'no'. However, newer research has been exploring ways to improve computer's ability to detect such words, with solutions such as 'negation augmentation'. Despite progress, it is still unclear when computers will ever truly understand 'no'.

Saturday - May 13 2023, 02:42 UTC - 1 year ago

Using existing fabrication methods, a group of researchers have now demonstrated the capabilities of probabilistic computing employing stochastic nanodevices to solve NP-complete problems efficiently and reliably. This potential alternative to quantum computing is easier to implement and scale, making it feasible and cost-effective.