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Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms On a Smartphone
ieee.org - Charles Q. Choi
Using artificial intelligence, scientists can now rapidly generate photorealistic color 3D holograms even on a smartphone. And according to a new …
Mar 10
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Linux Is Now on Mars, Thanks to NASA's Perseverance Rover - Slashdot
slashdot.org
The tidbit was mentioned in an interview NASA software engineer Tim Canham gave to IEEE Spectrum. The helicopter-like drone on board the Perseverance …
Feb 20
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This company wants to build a time machine of 200 million, with a technical valuation of 5.4 trillion? Chinese Academy of...
6park.news - by 6Park NewsDesk
Alibaba Cloud’s “Warm Cloud” theme event-30 million subsidies help SMEs break through the cold winter The Paper Journalist Yu Hanqi The “Space-time …
Feb 5
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Developing and validating COVID-19 adverse outcome risk prediction models from a bi-national European cohort of 5594 patients
nature.com - Espen Jimenez-Solem, Tonny S. Petersen, Casper Hansen, Christian Hansen, Christina Lioma, Christian Igel, Wouter Boomsma, Oswin Krause, Stephan Lorenzen, Raghavendra Selvan, Janne Petersen, Martin Erik Nyeland, Mikkel Zöllner Ankarfeldt, Gert Mehl Virenfeldt, Matilde Winther-Jensen, Allan Linneberg, Mostafa Mehdipour Ghazi, Nicki Detlefsen, Andreas David Lauritzen, Abraham George Smith, Marleen de Bruijne, Bulat Ibragimov, Jens Petersen, Martin Lillholm, Jon Middleton, Stine Hasling Mogensen, Hans-Christian Thorsen-Meyer, Anders Perner, Marie Helleberg, Benjamin Skov Kaas-Hansen, Mikkel Bonde, Alexander Bonde, Akshay Pai, Mads Nielsen, Martin Sillesen
Patients with severe COVID-19 have overwhelmed healthcare systems worldwide. We hypothesized that machine learning (ML) models could be used to …
Feb 5
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Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook
The New York Times - Daisuke Wakabayashi and Tiffany Hsu
In 2017, Facebook said it was testing a new way of selling online advertising that would threaten Google’s control of the digital ad market. But less than two years later, Facebook did an about-face and...
Jan 18
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Jupiter
Strange FM signal discovered coming from one of Jupiter's moons
Fox News - Chris Ciaccia
NASA recently extended the life of two of its planetary discovery missions, including the Juno mission to Jupiter. Now it's come to light Juno has discovered an FM signal emanating from one of the gas...
Jan 12
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Surveillance
Cory Doctorow: Neofeudalism and the Digital Manor
locusmag.com
As I write this in mid-November 2020, there’s quite a stir over the new version of Apple’s Mac OS, the operating system that runs on its laptops. For …
Feb 9
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Equations
New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations
Quanta Magazine - Max G. Levy
Two teams found different ways for quantum computers to process nonlinear systems by first disguising them as linear ones. Sometimes, it’s easy for a …
Jan 5
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A Harvard professor says an alien visited in 2017 — and more are coming
New York Post - By Reed Tucker
When the first sign of intelligent life visits us from space, it won’t be a giant saucer hovering over New York. More likely, it will be an alien …
Jan 4
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Solves Schrödinger’s Equation, a Fundamental Problem in Quantum Chemistry
scitechdaily.com - Freie Universität Berlin
Central to both quantum chemistry and the Schrödinger equation is the wave function – a mathematical object that completely specifies the behavior of …
Jan 2
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Scientists discover the roots of consciousness in the brain
Inverse - Grace Browne
Consciousness is an elusive realm of science that has confused and incited scientists for decades. But a study published in March of this year …
Dec 30, 2020
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Boston Dynamics robots take over the dance floor in latest video
The Verge - Chaim Gartenberg
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and Spot robots can do a lot of things: sprinting, gymnastic routines, parkour, backflips, opening doors to let in an army of their friends, washing dishes, and (poorly) getting...
Dec 29, 2020
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Technology
Obituary: Edmund M. Clarke, CMU professor who won computer science’s Nobel Prize equivalent
post-gazette.com - Andrew Goldstein
Edmund M. Clarke, a professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University who won computer science's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, died Tuesday of …
Dec 24, 2020
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Kansas
Kansas, FAA Agree To Establish Supersonic Test Corridor
ainonline.com - by Kerry Lynch
The Kansas Department of Transportation signed an agreement with the FAA to establish a Kansas Supersonic Transportation Corridor (SSTC) that would …
Nov 19, 2020
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Evidence of "modified gravity" in 150 galaxies strengthens dark matter alternative
newatlas.com - By Michael Irving
Dark matter is currently the most widely accepted hypothesis for explaining some of the weirdness we see in the cosmos – but it’s not the only …
Dec 21, 2020
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Genetics
Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine - Articles
berthub.eu
Welcome! In this post, we’ll be taking a character-by-character look at the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Update: The …
Dec 25, 2020
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Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days
ucsf.edu - Nicholas Weiler
Rapid Rejuvenation of Mental Faculties in Aged Mice Implicates Reversible Physiological “Blockage” Behind Age-Related Cognitive LossesIn the new …
Dec 1, 2020
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Scientists Reverse the Aging Clock: Restore Age-Related Vision Loss Through Epigenetic Reprogramming
scitechdaily.com - Harvard Medical School
• Proof-of-concept study represents first successful attempt to reverse the aging clock in animals through epigenetic reprogramming. • Scientists turned …
Dec 2, 2020
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Light-Based Quantum Computer Exceeds Fastest Classical Supercomputers
scientificamerican.com - Daniel Garisto
For the first time, a quantum computer made from photons—particles of light—has outperformed even the fastest classical supercomputers. Physicists led …
Dec 3, 2020
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Utah
Police will not investigate disappearance of Utah mystery monolith
Guardian US - Associated Press in Salt Lake City, Utah
Metal monolith drew hundreds of visitors and was illegal as it was placed without permission on public land Police in Utah said they would not open a major investigation into the disappearance of a mysterious...
Nov 30, 2020
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AI solves 50-year-old science problem in ‘stunning advance’ that could change the world
independent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin
A 50-year-old science problem has been solved and could allow for dramatic changes in the fight against diseases, researchers say. For years, …
Nov 30, 2020
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Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears
sciencemag.org - Cathleen O’Grady
Tinnitus—a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears that affects about 15% of people—is difficult to understand and even harder to treat. Now, …
Oct 7, 2020
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Neanderthal genes increase risk of serious Covid-19, study claims
The Guardian - Ian Sample Science editor
Modern humans and Neanderthals could be forgiven for having other issues on their minds when they interbred in the stone age. But according to researchers, those ancient couplings laid a grim foundation...
Sep 30, 2020
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Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers
berkeley.edu - By Robert Sanders, Media relations| September 24, 2020
Scanning tunneling microscope image of wide-band metallic graphene nanoribbon (GNR). Each cluster of protrusions corresponds to a singly-occupied …
Sep 24, 2020
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High blood pressure and diabetes impair brain function, study suggests
The Guardian - Ian Sample Science editor
The conditions appeared to cause structural changes that harmed memory and thinking High blood pressure and diabetes bring about brain changes that impair thinking and memory, research suggests. Doctors...
Sep 7, 2020
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'Who knew people wanted a funny book on punctuation?': Lynne Truss on writing Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Guardian - Lynne Truss
The novelist recalls how some ‘wonderful stuff about commas’ helped her book surpass all expectations to become a No 1 bestseller Looking back to 2003, everyone involved in the publishing of Eats, Shoots...
Sep 5, 2020
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Qualcomm doubles 5G mmWave range to 2.36 miles for broadband modems
VentureBeat - Jeremy Horwitz
As 5G networks have continued to spread across the world, the biggest issue with ultra-fast millimeter wave (mmWave) towers has been their short transmission distance, which is generally measured in city...
Aug 31, 2020
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FDA authorizes Abbott’s fast $5 COVID-19 test
The Verge - Nicole Wetsman
A COVID-19 test that takes 15 minutes and can be run without lab equipment was just granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. It will cost $5, and runs on a simple card uses...
Aug 27, 2020
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Google Pixel
Here are all of the Google AR animals you can see in 3D
androidcentral.com - Christine Persaud
Google believes in the practical side of augmented reality. For the last couple of years, the collection of Google 3D animals and objects has been …
Dec 15, 2020
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UCL engineers set new world record internet speed
ucl.ac.uk - UCL
The world’s fastest data transmission rate has been achieved by a team of UCL engineers who reached an internet speed a fifth faster than the …
Aug 19, 2020