Saturday - October 14 2023, 05:29 UTC - 1 year ago

A collaborative effort of researchers from Italy, Australia, Sweden, and the US developed a bionic arm which can fuse with the bones and work with the neurons in the body to deliver high functionality and reduce phantom limb pain. Despite challenges, Karin became the first recipient of the bionic hand, which allows her to carry out 80 percent of the activities of daily life and has significantly reduced her pain, thus enhancing her quality of life.

Saturday - October 14 2023, 00:29 UTC - 1 year ago

Three researchers won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for discovering attosecond-long flashes of light that can be used to study electrons. Attosecond pulses are 1000 times faster than femtosecond pulses and are being used to better understand physical and chemical processes on the electron scale.

Friday - October 13 2023, 19:26 UTC - 1 year ago

A recent study presented on Friday 9th October at the ECNP Conference in Barcelona has revealed that the delayed onset of mental health benefits of SSRI antidepressants may be due to physical changes in the brain leading to greater brain plasticity over the first few weeks of intake. This is due to increased synaptic density, which could also offer a potential target for novel drugs against depression.

Friday - October 13 2023, 14:45 UTC - 1 year ago

Google has unveiled its AI-generated Search Generative Engine (SGE) which gives users the ability to create images through textual prompts and create AI-drafted documents such as emails, research articles or essays. The AI-created documents and images will be watermarked and labeled to avoid false attributions. Google is also soon launching a tool ‘About this image’ which will give users insights about the origin and spread of an image from their search.

Friday - October 13 2023, 10:19 UTC - 1 year ago

As the Earth battles with climate change, researchers have discovered that 71 of the 162 ice shelves surrounding Antarctica have reduced in volume over a span of 25 years, resulting in a net loss of 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater into the oceans. Factors contributing to this have been attributed to human activities driving global warming and changes in the ocean current towards the western side of the planet. The reduction of ice shelves affects Earth's gravity and reduces Antarctica's sea ice cover, resulting in the albedo effect.

Friday - October 13 2023, 05:53 UTC - 1 year ago

Modern neuroscience offers unprecedented resolution of the human and non-human brain with more than 3,000 cell types. The Human brain is the most complex organ with over 100 Billion neurons, and the research has so far identified over 3,300 cell types which show how the brain functions. The study relies on techniques such as single-cell sequencing and helps in understanding neurological disorders.

Friday - October 13 2023, 01:17 UTC - 1 year ago

A new quantum algorithm has been developed to factor n-bit integers. It requires orders of magnitude fewer qubits than the Classical Shor Algorithm. If it were to be verified, all current internet and financial encryption would be rendered vulnerable, requiring new quantum-proof encryption, likely taking a decade to implement.

Thursday - October 12 2023, 20:20 UTC - 1 year ago

AI is being used to improve health, privacy and safety in many different ways. AI-powered fitness assistants, content labeling, propaganda control and digital privacy tools can all help in this regard. However, it is important to remember the importance of labels on AI-generated content, and to not take AI-generated content at face value.

Thursday - October 12 2023, 15:34 UTC - 1 year ago

IBM has designed an AI chip that encodes up to 45 million parameters and can perform matrix-vector multiplications in parallel on 'memory tiles' for better energy efficiency. It has 34 tiles, and can achieve up to 12.4 TOPS/W chip-sustained performance. Experiments have been conducted that demonstrate software-equivalent accuracy for a keyword-spotting network, and near-software-equivalent accuracy on a much larger MLPerf8 RNNT.

Thursday - October 12 2023, 10:50 UTC - 1 year ago

EVEscape is an artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of Oxford that predicts future variants of concern for SARS-CoV-2 based on a model of evolutionary sequences and detailed biological and structural information about the virus.

Thursday - October 12 2023, 05:43 UTC - 1 year ago

This study by scientists from Shibaura Institute of Technology, led by Professor Chinthaka Premachandra, developed a precise, horizontal wide-range angle detection approach (with k > 5) for facial direction estimation. The scientists gathered point cloud data from various orientations using a depth sensor integrated with a gyro sensor and employed a deep learning-based classification model to estimate the orientation. The proposed classification method, designed for more than seven classes, achieved remarkable performance and classification accuracy rates of over 98%, 95%, and 91% for 7, 9, and 11 classes, respectively.

Thursday - October 12 2023, 01:08 UTC - 1 year ago

The 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample was recently carried to Earth by NASA and showcased. NASA researchers have confirmed the sample contained the basic building blocks for life. The mission's science team will continue characterizing the samples and performing the analyses required to achieve the mission's scientific objectives.

Wednesday - October 11 2023, 20:29 UTC - 1 year ago

Introducing aquaculture to Delaware Inland Bays is a great opportunity to both reduce water pollution and to create local economic opportunity. The full success of this project in Delaware can be informed by the success of a similar aquaculture movement in the Chesapeake Bay, which has seen a $30 million industry grow, as well as improved water quality.

Wednesday - October 11 2023, 15:52 UTC - 1 year ago

Immediately Expand Research on Extending Healthy Human Lifespans is an urgent call for the scientific community to invest in research resources and develop a common understanding for unlocking the vast potential of extending healthy lifespans.By gathering together experts from diverse fields, we should examine strategies to target aging processes, aging-related diseases, and identify novel approaches for altering the course of age-associated decline to extend healthy lifespans.

Wednesday - October 11 2023, 10:58 UTC - 1 year ago

Scientists have unexpectedly discovered a novel species of protist that has an unlikely change in its DNA code. This rare variation suggests the need for further research into this group of diverse organisms and gives insight into the genetic code of ciliates, a type of protist found almost anywhere there is water.

Wednesday - October 11 2023, 05:50 UTC - 1 year ago

Deirdre Loughridge, an associate music professor at Northeastern University, has seen an attitude shift in her students around music technology over the years. In her upcoming book, "Sounding Human", she explores the debate over AI and music, and how humans and machines have been intertwined in music history since 1740 up till present day. The book provides greater context to conversations around opinions on machine learning in music being either “good” or “bad”.

Wednesday - October 11 2023, 00:58 UTC - 1 year ago

Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams & Robin Thicke's lawsuits raised the question of whether automated algorithms can replace judges in music copyright cases. A study showed algorithms and humans came to similar decisions, but non-musical factors could still be a limitation. Going forward, using objective data in combination with legal judgments could have the potential to help artists protect themselves from copyright infringements and help use legal funds more efficiently.

Tuesday - October 10 2023, 20:21 UTC - 1 year ago

Microsoft is putting together a road map to power their Artificial Intelligence computations with small nuclear reactors. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW(e) per unit and have superior safety features compared to larger plants, plus lower fuel costs and far lower emissions. Microsoft’s vision is an example of a highly advanced energy future, where clean, reliable and widely available power makes it easier for companies to develop the latest technologies and help accelerate the fight against climate change.

Tuesday - October 10 2023, 15:58 UTC - 1 year ago

The first study comparing the effects of antidepressants vs. running exercises on mental and physical health shows equal benefits for mental health, but 16-week running has higher physical health improvement and a higher drop-out rate. Initial preference was still for running, however adherence to protocol was lower in the running group.