Saturday - October 28 2023, 20:23 UTC - 1 year ago

30 years ago, the Galileo spacecraft flew past Earth and collected data that suggested, but did not prove, that life may exist on Earth. Scientists later examined samples from the Atacama desert and used similar experiments as those used on the NASA Viking spacecraft to see if life could be found in Atacama. They failed to detect signs of life, suggesting that the Viking spacecraft may have missed signs of life on Earth. Galileo's instruments detected Gaseous water, ice, liquid water of oceanic dimensions, high concentrations of Oxygen and Methane, and temperatures ranging from -30°C to +18°C, all of which helped fuel the potential existence of life on Earth.

Saturday - October 28 2023, 15:37 UTC - 1 year ago

PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', are a group of human-made chemically compounds used in many consumer items. They have been linked to increased risks for various cancers and decreased infant birthweight. Researchers have developed new technologies to better understand, monitor, and combat PFAS.

Saturday - October 28 2023, 11:20 UTC - 1 year ago

Ilya Sutskever is the head of OpenAI's cofounder and chief scientist and has a big hand in bringing about the world-tilting technology the company produces. He is now more focused on how to stop an artificial superintelligence from going rogue. With the publication of the surprise hit ChatGPT last November, there has been an enormous buzz about OpenAI.

Saturday - October 28 2023, 06:54 UTC - 1 year ago

Atom Computing has achieved the milestone of having more than 1,000 qubits in a universal gate-based system that is planned for release next year, an important first step for creating fault-tolerant quantum computers. Atom Computing utilizes nuclear spin qubits in arrays of optically-trapped neutral atoms, and have raised $91 million in funding. The fault-tolerant quantum computer will need hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of physical qubits as well as other technological capabilities.

Saturday - October 28 2023, 02:09 UTC - 1 year ago

The increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence and its ability to interact with the legal system poses a challenge to the law and how to regulate it. This article discusses how AI can be held legally responsible for its actions, and the possibility of teaching AI to be law-abiding entities. We also explore the challenges posed by AI, such as the difficulty in detecting violations of the law.

Friday - October 27 2023, 21:23 UTC - 1 year ago

We recently published a study describing the advantages of AI tools to help keep oil and fat samples fresh for longer. Rancidity is caused by exposure to air, heat, or UV light, leading to the formation of negative molecules. It can be countered by antioxidants, which range from natural molecules like Vitamin C to synthetic ones. Finding the right combination of antioxidants requires many experiments and is time-consuming. AI tools can help identify patterns and generate useful data much faster.

Friday - October 27 2023, 16:33 UTC - 1 year ago

Elon Musk has recently lost a staggering $30 billion from his wealth after Tesla reported disappointing earnings in its third-quarter results. This has sent shockwaves through the financial world causing automakers, such as Lucid Motors and General Motors, to scale back production and delay the introduction of EV models. The financial barrier with high interest rates is also hampering customer demand for electric vehicles. Toyota's Akio Toyoda, who has been skeptical about EV hype, is now advocating for investing in hybrids, hydrogen-powered cars, and other alternatives.

Friday - October 27 2023, 11:42 UTC - 1 year ago

The US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation are set to jointly fund the CMB-S4 project, a $800 million project aiming to construct telescopes in Chile & Antarctica to look for gravitational waves that are thought to result from the Big Bang. The National Science Foundation is awarding up to $21.4 million to the University of Chicago next year to develop final designs for the next-generation telescopes.

Friday - October 27 2023, 07:17 UTC - 1 year ago

IBM recently released NorthPole, a fully digital chip that mimics the brain’s structure and efficiency. It can run AI programs using up to 96 percent less energy than GPUs. NorthPole rounds out IBM’s decade-long research into brain-inspired chips, as the company attempts to create faster and more energy efficient chips for AI computing at the edge. This chip creates an open source platform, which allows for more efficient development of AI models that can operate with a lower carbon footprint.

Friday - October 27 2023, 03:09 UTC - 1 year ago

Sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks powered by AI are poised to transform daily lives by combining communication and computing in a hyperconnected world with improved data latency, security, and reliability as well as the ability to process massive volumes of global data in real time. AI will be embedded in the networking equipment, enabling the network to learn and manage itself and make it cheaper to run. 6G could be between 10 times and 100 times faster than 5G and will offer higher security levels.

Thursday - October 26 2023, 22:42 UTC - 1 year ago

Recent research has suggested that alterations in the gut microbiome composition of Alzheimer's patients could be causal in the manifestation of Alzheimer's symptoms. We transplanted the microbial communities of Alzheimer's patients and age-matched healthy controls into microbiota-depleted rats and found impairments in memory behaviors, particularly those that rely on a process called adult hippocampal neurogenesis, and decreases in neurogenesis in human cells in vitro. This confirms a causal role of gut microbiota in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Thursday - October 26 2023, 18:19 UTC - 1 year ago

Alexei Efros has had a long journey from using a Soviet-built personal computer as a teenager to becoming a computer scientist and AI researcher at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab. His current work focuses on understanding the wholly visual patterns left behind by AI and improving computer vision technology. He believes that machines still see differently than people, and that it is important to fill data sets with labels and other information in order to make AI function more accurately.

Thursday - October 26 2023, 13:29 UTC - 1 year ago

Andy Bloch followed a unique career path from electrical engineering to poker after being fired from a startup, and Ann Guo, Praneeth Namburi, and Miray Omurtak have all made major career changes of their own. These career switches have become more and more common, with US Labor Department statistics suggesting that most people will make changes a dozen times during their working lives. With new technology tools available, it's possible to make a living in a niche market.

Thursday - October 26 2023, 08:33 UTC - 1 year ago

Google, Microsoft and other search engines are using generative AI in order to improve search results and make it easier for users. This will likely obsolete the US$68 billion search engine optimization industry, making SEO obsolete and drastically reducing the need for pricy SEO consultants. AI-fueled search could become more popular as the quality of the answers improves.

Thursday - October 26 2023, 03:56 UTC - 1 year ago

In 1950, Alan Turing proposed an experimental method for answering the question: can machines think? Although AI systems have come close to and even passed the Turing test in certain cases, it is not a definitive test of intelligence and is unable to measure the burgeoning number of human-machine hybrid intelligences.

Wednesday - October 25 2023, 23:05 UTC - 1 year ago

Scientists from Singapore have discovered a possible dietary supplement, LPC-DHA, that could improve recovery after Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). The protein Mfsd2a was found to be a key factor influencing the rate of recovery. Preclinical studies showed that when models were treated with LPC-DHA, their kidney function improved and the damage was reduced. The research team plans to initiate clinical testing of LPC supplements to determine their effectiveness.

Wednesday - October 25 2023, 18:07 UTC - 1 year ago

Chloe Dean was considering graduate school when she saw the effects of the Oregon fires and decided to look for a program focused on using her chemistry background to combat climate change. She found the program at Adam Subhas's lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and signed on. Ocean acidification occurs when humans release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and dissolve into the oceans, increasing its acidity. Dean is researching how kelp forests are resistant to acidification since they exist in alkaline minerals, helping offset the acidity of the carbon in the ocean water.

Wednesday - October 25 2023, 13:48 UTC - 1 year ago

In a groundbreaking new study, scientists from MIT have developed a magnetic hydrogel 'sandwich' that controls muscle cell orientation in a lab dish. This model provides insight on the intricate communications between muscle cells that allows them to self-organize and adapt to mechanical forces, with potential applications in muscle-grafting for humans, or in robotic technology.

Wednesday - October 25 2023, 09:05 UTC - 1 year ago

We are part of an international, interdisciplinary team interested in the puzzle of how the geography of climate and the global patterns of species diversity fit together. Our study findings recently published in the journal Nature showed that climate is an important factor in how many species flourish in a location, but the size and relative isolation of the climate pockets also influences the richness and abundance of species that thrive in an area.