‘Unprecedented’ Artificial Neurons Are Part Biological, Part Electrical—Work More Like the Real Thing

‘Unprecedented’ Artificial Neurons Are Part Biological, Part Electrical—Work More Like the Real Thing
Most people wouldn’t give Geobacter sulfurreducens a second look. The bacteria was first discovered in a ditch in rural Oklahoma. ...
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Scientists Say New Air Filter Transforms Any Building Into a Carbon-Capture Machine

Scientists Say New Air Filter Transforms Any Building Into a Carbon-Capture Machine
As carbon emissions continue to rise there’s growing recognition we need to find ways to reverse them. Researchers have now ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 18)

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 18)
Artificial Intelligence Self-Improving Language Models Are Becoming Reality With MIT’s Updated SEAL TechniqueCarl Franzen | VentureBeat “Researchers at [MIT] are ...
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Investors Have Poured Nearly $10 Billion Into Fusion Power. Will Their Bet Pay Off?

Investors Have Poured Nearly  Billion Into Fusion Power. Will Their Bet Pay Off?
Over the past five years, private-sector funding for fusion energy has exploded. The total invested is approaching $10 billion, from ...
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ChatGPT-Like AI Unveils 1,300 Regions in the Mouse Brain—Some Uncharted

ChatGPT-Like AI Unveils 1,300 Regions in the Mouse Brain—Some Uncharted
At the turn of the 20th century, Korbinian Brodmann released one of the most consequential brain maps ever. By studying ...
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Chips Just 10 Atoms Thick Could Bring Computers With Extremely Compact Memory

Chips Just 10 Atoms Thick Could Bring Computers With Extremely Compact Memory
The relentless shrinking of silicon components has led to exponential improvements in chip performance, but we’re starting to hit physical ...
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A Nanoparticle Drug Triggered the Brain to Rapidly Flush Out Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins in Mice

A Nanoparticle Drug Triggered the Brain to Rapidly Flush Out Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins in Mice
The brain is like a city within a fortress. Its cellular inhabitants normally hum along in their daily routines. Neurons ...
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 11)

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 11)
Artificial Intelligence Nvidia Researchers Boost LLM Reasoning Skills by Getting Them to ‘Think’ During Pre-trainingBen Dickson | VentureBeat “This approach ...
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An AI Council Just Aced the US Medical Licensing Exam

An AI Council Just Aced the US Medical Licensing Exam
Despite their usefulness, large language models still have a reliability problem. A new study shows that a team of AIs ...
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Information Could Be a Fundamental Part of the Universe—and May Explain Dark Energy and Dark Matter

Information Could Be a Fundamental Part of the Universe—and May Explain Dark Energy and Dark Matter
For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the ...
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