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Sep 3, 2022

Intel Labs Introduces New Approach to Neural Network-Based Object Learning

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Researchers at Intel Labs, in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology and the Technical University of Munich, have introduced a new approach to neural network-based object learning. The new approach specifically targets future robotics applications like robotic assistants that interact with unconstrained environments, which are present in situations such as logistics and healthcare.

The new research can prove crucial for improving the service or manufacturing capabilities of our future robots.

The research paper titled “Interactive continual learning for robots: a neuromorphic approach” was awarded “Best Paper” at the 2022 International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS) hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Sep 3, 2022

Bizarre new clinical trial will make patients grow tiny livers inside their bodies

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Scientists will soon begin a clinical trial for a new liver disease treatment. The experimental treatment will hopefully help treat end-stage liver disease and reduce liver transplants. To do this, it will harness the natural regenerative power of the liver by growing an entirely new liver within the patient. It won’t just rely on one new liver, either. Instead, patients will grow multiple tiny livers in their bodies.

The process, which has shown success in mice, pigs, and dogs, involves injecting healthy liver cells into the patient’s lymph nodes. The cells then multiply inside the patient’s body, growing into tiny functioning versions of the larger organ. It’s an intriguing treatment for liver disease, and so far, it has improved liver function in animals that have received the treatment.

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Sep 3, 2022

Blood Transfusion of Older Mice into Younger Mice!

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Researchers from the University of California of Berkeley transfused the blood of older mice into younger mice! This caused accelerated aging: Abstract in the youtube description.

Sep 3, 2022

Max Tegmark lecture on Life 3.0 — Being Human in the age of Artificial Intelligence

Posted by in categories: education, robotics/AI

On November 15, 2018, BCG GAMMA and Brahe Education Foundation hosted a lecture with Max Tegmark who spoke of Life 3.0 and the future of Artificial Intelligence including both its possibilities and also risks. What kind of future do we want to live in and how can we steer AI towards it? Max Tegmark is a Professor of Physics at MIT, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, and Scientific Director of the Foundational Questions Institute.

Sep 3, 2022

Uncovering the atomic mechanism underpinning heat transport in thermoelectric materials

Posted by in categories: energy, materials

Thermoelectric devices convert thermal energy into electricity by generating a voltage from the difference in temperature between the hot and cold parts of a device.

To better understand how the conversion process occurs at the atomic scale, researchers used neutrons to study single crystals of tin sulfide and tin selenide. They measured changes that were dependent on temperature.

The measurements revealed a strong correlation between changes in the structure at certain temperatures and the frequency of atomic vibrations (phonons). This relationship affects how the materials conduct heat.

Sep 3, 2022

The World in 2040: Top 20 Future Technologies

Posted by in categories: mathematics, robotics/AI

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Sep 3, 2022

JWST found carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere — and a mystery

Posted by in category: space

The James Webb Space Telescope has made the first clear detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant world, and there is also an unexpected bump in the data.

Sep 3, 2022

Aluminum-gallium powder bubbles hydrogen out of dirty water

Posted by in categories: chemistry, energy, nanotechnology

“We don’t need any energy input, and it bubbles hydrogen like crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said UCSC Professor Scott Oliver, describing a new aluminum-gallium nanoparticle powder that generates H2 when placed in water – even seawater.

Aluminum by itself rapidly oxidizes in water, stripping the O out of H2O and releasing hydrogen as a byproduct. This is a short-lived reaction though, because in most cases the metal quickly attains a microscopically thin coating of aluminum oxide that seals it off and puts an end to the fun.

But chemistry researchers at UC Santa Cruz say they’ve found a cost-effective way to keep the ball rolling. Gallium has long been known to remove the aluminum oxide coating and keep the aluminum in contact with water to continue the reaction, but previous research had found that aluminum-heavy combinations had a limited effect.

Sep 3, 2022

The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole erupted with a violent flare

Posted by in category: cosmology

Our own Milky Way has a relatively calm center, but this wasn’t always the case — just a few million years ago, the galaxy’s black hole flared briefly.

Sep 3, 2022

Dundee researchers hail Parkinson’s breakthrough

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

A team from the University of Dundee has designed a molecule that eliminates a Parkinson’s disease-causing protein.