Sunday - August 20 2023, 18:49 UTC - 1 year ago

Surgical robots that can assist in medical procedures are increasingly gaining traction as they help doctors perform better and allow patients to heal faster. Now, a report from the BBC is revealing that a UK robot has been used in over 280 surgeries and has been receiving rave reviews from patients. The new robot showcases the power of machines to make our lives better without replacing humans as they complement the work of skilled surgeons allowing them to operate with greater efficacy which helps patients reduce their recovery time.

Sunday - August 20 2023, 14:06 UTC - 1 year ago

Ancient Greek mathematical found Euclid derived scissors congruence to calculate the areas of various shapes and the notion of geometric area. This inspired German mathematician David Hilbert to propose the third problem to cut and paste 3D objects back together without losing the original volume. Modern mathematicians use Euclid's notion of area to compute the area of shapes even today.

Sunday - August 20 2023, 09:41 UTC - 1 year ago

An international group of researchers led by Minghao Hu and Zongliang Wu conducted experiments in which they compare classic snapshot compressive imaging systems with their proposed system, PAT, which involves multiscale manifold sampling and neural decompression. They found that their method achieves comparable image quality, and holds strong promise due to expected advancements in artificial neural network processing capabilities.

Sunday - August 20 2023, 05:07 UTC - 1 year ago

A new study has discovered that teeth can preserve antibodies for centuries, potentially allowing experts to analyze how human antibody responses developed through history. Scientists from the University of Nottingham and University College London have identified proteins from infections 800 years ago, as well as 6.5 million years ago. This opens up a new field of study, with modern technology allowing them to identify antibodies in teeth from centuries ago and gain valuable insight into the immune system's journey.

Sunday - August 20 2023, 00:15 UTC - 1 year ago

MindBank Ai is a company of entrepreneurs that are creating digital twins of users, replicating their personalities, ways of thinking, and speaking, which allows one to have a conversation with the digital twin of a lost loved one. Emil Jimenez, MindBank Ai’s founder, believes this tool allows us to digitize humanity and gives us control of our data.

Saturday - August 19 2023, 19:42 UTC - 1 year ago

On August 16th, 2023, Taiwanese armed forces test fired a domestically produced land attack cruise missile that has reportedly been in service for around 10 years. This missile may have been the extended-range Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E). UDN reported that the missile achieved all its mission objectives after flying for over an hour. The Air Force's main fighter jets, including Mirage-2000s, IDFs, and F-16Vs, also fired various missiles during the exercise. The HF-2E is GPS-assisted inertial navigation system guided with terrain contour matching for improved precision, and with an imaging infrared seeker similar to other land attack cruise missiles. Taiwan will be able to produce 131 HF-2 and HF-2E annually starting 2024.

Saturday - August 19 2023, 15:08 UTC - 1 year ago

HADAR is a machine perception technology that combines thermal physics, infrared imaging and machine learning to enable smart devices to perceive objects in darkness and bad weather. HADAR TeX vision has the potential to increase the accuracy of autonomous vehicles and robots, as well as to be used in geosciences, health care and wildlife monitoring applications.

Saturday - August 19 2023, 10:09 UTC - 1 year ago

Neptune's cloud cover is decreasing due to the waxing and waning of the Sun's magnetic fields. This has been observed due to thirty years of archived data from the Hubble, Keck and Lick Observatories since 1972 and was confirmed by a University of California Berkeley team in 2019. Currently, the planet's cloud cover is sparse with clouds hovering mainly at the south pole.

Saturday - August 19 2023, 05:33 UTC - 1 year ago

Since 2007, researchers have been studying the open question of the P vs NP problem. Despite decades of effort, a resolution to the P versus NP question has remained elusive. By studying inward-looking questions, researchers have developed the field of meta-complexity which helps them understand the fundamental difficulty of computational problems. This trail has been long and winding, with many false turns and roadblocks, but researchers have seen the rewards in the form of newfound insight into computability and the potential to approach a seemingly unapproachable problem.

Saturday - August 19 2023, 01:08 UTC - 1 year ago

Energy Northwest and X-Energy Reactor Company have a joint development agreement for up to 12 Xe-100 advanced small modular reactors in central Washington, capable of generating up to 960 megawatts of carbon-free electricity. X-energy has also received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2021 under the ARDP to develop and build an operational advanced reactor, with their first deployment of the Xe-100 at the UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site on the Texas Gulf Coast. The Xe-100 technology is expected to be more efficient and compatible with larger industrial manufacturing systems, and is designed to provide up to 200 megawatts of high-temperature steam.

Friday - August 18 2023, 20:13 UTC - 1 year ago

Tackling the global waste crisis requires more than recycling, and a recent U.S. survey found that people often overlook the most sustainable options. The U.N. is currently working on a legally binding pact to reduce plastic waste, and many U.S. cities and states have banned or restricted single-use plastic items. Experts recommend prioritizing source reduction strategies and emphasizing the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” hierarchy of waste management strategies.

Friday - August 18 2023, 15:23 UTC - 1 year ago

A large-scale international collaborative study has pinpointed new genes correlated with breast cancer, potentially opening up the possibility to new treatments and more effective breast screening methods. 4 new genes have been identified, and a comprehensive risk assessment tool is being developed to integrate this information to aid in shared decision-making for high-risk women.

Friday - August 18 2023, 10:28 UTC - 1 year ago

The U.S. Department of Energy's INFUSE project is partnering with HB11 Energy to research novel hydrogen-boron fuel targets in order to develop clean and safe fusion energy. It is the first of the public-private-partnership programs aiming to achieve a fusion power plant on a decadal time-scale. This method could produce a low-carbon, abundant source of clean energy without the financial and environmental costs associated with other approaches.

Friday - August 18 2023, 06:21 UTC - 1 year ago

Aerospace manufacturers Marshall, GKN Aerospace, and Parker Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate liquid hydrogen fuel system technologies for the next generation of zero-emission aircraft. Such a system may accommodate a wide range of aircraft, including commuter flights, business jets, and regional planes. According to International Energy Agency, aviation contributed to two percent of worldwide energy-related CO2 emissions in 2022.

Friday - August 18 2023, 01:20 UTC - 1 year ago

Tech companies that were previously against regulation now embrace government regulation for AI as a handbrake on innovation. The need for increased regulation has been highlighted by tragic events and the potential risks associated with AI. This is because existing laws already apply to AI, although they are not being enforced consistently. In response, the Human Rights Law Centre and RMIT AI legal fellow James Williams have drafted principles for ethical AI regulation for the governmen's AI Red Tape Review.

Thursday - August 17 2023, 21:01 UTC - 1 year ago

Large language models (LLMs) are the new wave of artificial intelligence that combines neural networks and large amounts of text data to produce new information. LLMs are now being used to develop AI chatbots with the promise of providing more accurate and important answers; however, AI chatbots cannot tell true from false and their output is not perfectly accurate. LLMs have the potential to revolutionize the way AI-based applications are built and used, but ethical considerations and accuracy issues must be addressed first.

Thursday - August 17 2023, 16:46 UTC - 1 year ago

Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska has been retreating for nearly 3 centuries, and has lost 10% of its area between the years 2005 and 2019 due to rising temperatures in the region. Melting has caused outburst floods annually since 2011, and on August 5, 2023 a record-high lake level caused destruction and displacement of residents in the area.

Thursday - August 17 2023, 12:05 UTC - 1 year ago

This work is a survey into knowledge mining across disciplines such as natural language processing (NLP), data mining (DM), and machine learning (ML). The aim of the survey is to analyze and compare the representational traits and evaluation methods of knowledge bases constructed in different fields for the purpose of presenting a cross-disciplinary review to build bridges among different fields to stimulate ideas for further research.

Thursday - August 17 2023, 07:31 UTC - 1 year ago

The first gene mapping study on human scalp hair whorls uncovers multiple genes that influence hair whorl direction. Four associated genetic variants are identified, and it is proposed that they influence the direction by regulating the cell polarity of hair follicles and cranial neural tube closure and growth. Previous work also proposed the hypothesis of associations between hair whorl patterns and abnormal neurological development, but no significant genetic associations were observed.