Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study. In a first, the team precisely replicated the complex geometry of these particles, called brochosomes, and elucidated a better understanding [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Source Science Daily
Imagine yourself glancing at a busy street for a few moments, then trying to sketch the scene you saw from memory. Most people could draw the rough positions of the major objects like cars, people, and crosswalks, but almost no one can draw every detail with pixel-perfect accuracy. The same [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Source MIT – AI
Breakthrough in photoluminescence: Achieving >99% PLQY in gold-copper nanoclusters at room temperature, enabling advances in biomedical imaging. [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Source Nanowerk
New research suggests that there might be other ways to generate solar energy than just trying to make individual solar cells super-efficient. [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Source Nanowerk
Performing a new task based solely on verbal or written instructions, and then describing it to others so that they can reproduce it, is a cornerstone of human communication that still resists artificial intelligence (AI). A team has succeeded in modelling an artificial neural network capable of this cognitive prowess. [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Source Science Daily – Cybernetics
Cancer Grand Challenges recently announced five winning teams for 2024, which included five researchers from MIT: Michael Birnbaum, Regina Barzilay, Brandon DeKosky, Seychelle Vos, and Ömer Yilmaz. Each team is made up of interdisciplinary cancer researchers from across the globe and will be awarded $25 million over five years.  Birnbaum, an [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Source MIT – AI
If you’ve watched Boston Dynamics’ slick videos of robots running, jumping and doing parkour, you might have the impression robots have learned to be amazingly agile. In fact, these robots are still coded by hand, and would struggle to deal with new obstacles they haven’t encountered before. However, a new method [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2024
Source Technology Review – AI
Exploring gate metal work function impact on nanoscale transistor performance for advanced electronics innovation and efficiency. [...]
Sun, Mar 17, 2024
Source Nanowerk
Audio deepfakes have had a recent bout of bad press after an artificial intelligence-generated robocall purporting to be the voice of Joe Biden hit up New Hampshire residents, urging them not to cast ballots. Meanwhile, spear-phishers — phishing campaigns that target a specific person or group, especially using information known [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
Source MIT – AI
Bioengineers have invented a thin, flexible device that adheres to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx into audible speech. The device is trained through machine learning to recognize which muscle movements correspond to which words. The self-powered technology could serve as a non-invasive tool for people [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
Source Science Daily
Physicists achieve major leap in precision and accuracy at extremely low light levels. [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
Source Science Daily
Automated insulin dosing systems combine low-cost blood-glucose monitors with insulin pumps that use precision dosing to continuously regulate blood-sugar and hold it steady. Synthetic biologists have found a way to piggyback on the technology and make it universally applicable for the precision dosing of virtually any drug. [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
Source Science Daily
Engineers have invented a soft, thin, stretchy device measuring just over 1 square inch that can be attached to the skin outside the throat to help people with dysfunctional vocal cords regain their voice function. [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
Source Nanowerk
A diptych view of the same image via camera and LiDAR.
Self-driving company Waabi is using a generative AI model to help predict the movement of vehicles, it announced today. The new system, called Copilot4D, was trained on troves of data from lidar sensors, which use light to sense how far away objects are. If you prompt the model with a situation, [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2024
Source Technology Review – AI
Advanced killer robots are more likely to blamed for civilian deaths than military machines, new research has revealed. The study shows that high-tech bots will be held more responsible for fatalities in identical incidents. [...]
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
Source Science Daily – Cybernetics
The quadrupedal robot ANYmal went back to school and has learned a lot. Researchers used machine learning to teach it new skills: the robot can now climb over obstacles and successfully negotiate pitfalls. [...]
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
Source Science Daily – Cybernetics
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A groundbreaking AI language model is illuminating the complex relationship between clinical symptoms and brain tissue abnormalities. By analyzing medical summaries and tissue samples from the Netherlands Brain Bank, the model provides new insights into disease progression and the challenge of diagnosing brain diseases accurately. [...]
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
Source Neuroscience News – Deep Learning
Fly, goat, fly! A new AI agent from Google DeepMind can play different games, including ones it has never seen before such as Goat Simulator 3, a fun action game with exaggerated physics. Researchers were able to get it to follow text commands to play seven different games and move [...]
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
Source Technology Review – AI
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A new study examines the potential of artificial intelligence to shift chronic pain treatment from opioids to mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Utilizing machine learning to analyze extensive patient data, the study aims to predict which patients will benefit most from MBSR, a critical step towards personalized medicine. [...]
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
Source Neuroscience News – Deep Learning
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. I remember the first time I tried on a VR headset. It was the first Oculus Rift, and I nearly fainted after experiencing an intense but visually [...]
Tue, Mar 12, 2024
Source Technology Review – AI
Researchers have developed a haptic device capable of reproducing the softness of various materials, from a marshmallow to a beating heart, overcoming a deceptively complex challenge that has previously eluded roboticists. [...]
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
Source Science Daily – Cybernetics
Peripheral vision enables humans to see shapes that aren’t directly in our line of sight, albeit with less detail. This ability expands our field of vision and can be helpful in many situations, such as detecting a vehicle approaching our car from the side. Unlike humans, AI does not have peripheral [...]
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
Source MIT – AI
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Researchers mapped disease trajectories from birth to death, analyzing over 44 million hospital stays in Austria to uncover patterns of multimorbidity across different age groups. Their groundbreaking study identified 1,260 distinct disease trajectories, revealing critical moments where early and personalized prevention could alter a patient's health outcome significantly. [...]
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
Source Neuroscience News – Deep Learning
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A new study reveals a significant challenge in distinguishing real from AI-generated images, with only 61% of participants accurately identifying them—far below the anticipated 85%. The study involved 260 people evaluating 20 photos, half sourced from Google and half produced by AI programs like Stable Diffusion or DALL-E, focusing on [...]
Wed, Mar 06, 2024
Source Neuroscience News – Deep Learning
Economic theory is known to be constrained by a number of inefficiencies in its modeling. Salesforce researchers claim AI can help address that, leading to more robust economic policies. [...]
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
Source ZDNet – Big Data
Weather forecasts, too, are all about data and models these days. But balancing accuracy and viability is a fine act, especially on a global scale and when the stakes are high. [...]
Thu, Jun 30, 2022
Source ZDNet – Big Data