Year: 2024
Hala Point neuromorphic computer is powered by Intel’s Loihi 2 chipIntel Corporation Intel has developed the world’s largest neuromorphic computer, a device that aims to mimic…
Changing the color of crops may make it easier to distinguish between target plants and weedsJohn Martin – Photography/Alamy Common crops such as wheat and corn…
Tesla is seeking shareholders’ re-approval for CEO Elon Musk’s hefty $56 billion compensation plan from 2018, which was previously rejected by a Delaware judge in January…
Pessimism is a dirty word in climate policy circles. There are good reasons for this. Especially because while optimism can encourage positive change, assuming the worst…
Forget about megalodons being scary, there’s a new prehistoric creature in town with jaws that may rival Meg’s in power, making it the largest marine reptile…
With more than 5,500 exoplanets detected, the search for life is entering a new era. Astrobiologists from Cornell University and the University of Minnesota have used…
Physicist from CMS cooperation at CERN just published the combination of CMS measurements that helped establish the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012. CMS event…
The EU has given TikTok 24 hours to conduct a risk assessment of a new service it has launched over concerns it could encourage children to…
Brown dwarfs, often referred to as “failed stars,” are a fascinating type of celestial object. They are too large to be considered planets, yet too small…
Zug, Switzerland, April 17, 2024, Chainwire abnormalityannounced the launch of the first AI-powered zero-gas layer 3 gaming platform leveraging play-to-airdrop mechanics to reach Telegram's 900 million…
Red, yellow, and green are now the colors of traffic lights, but that wasn’t always the case. The first (and disastrous) attempt to install a traffic…
Bumblebees may be more resilient than previously thoughtAaron Bastin/Alamy A lab error has revealed that hibernating bumblebees can survive for at least seven days even when…
A rogue wave is a single swell that is much higher than nearby waves and can cause damage to ships and coastal infrastructure. Ocean waves are…
An international team of scientists has generated the highest quality reference genome to date for coffee arabica, the world's most popular coffee species (arabica coffee tree).…
Tardigrades can withstand amazing amounts of ionizing radiation, about 1,000 times more lethal than humans. How they do so is not fully understood. In a new…
Pluto's surface is dominated by Sputnik Planitia, a giant pear-shaped basin. Although it appears to be of impact origin, modeling has not yet accounted for its…
Parts of the Middle East were hit by heavy rains on Tuesday, leading to school closures in the United Arab Emirates and flooding at Dubai International…
Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers discovered a nearby binary system of massive stars orbiting a dormant star-derived black hole over a period of 11.6…
Child sexual exploitation is increasing online, with artificial intelligence generating new forms such as images and videos related to child sexual abuse. Reports of online child…
We are witnessing the emergence of AI, a development that was unexpected by many. Let’s explore this further. If you’ve interacted with an AI assistant extensively,…
This artist's impression shows the orbits of both a massive stellar black hole and its companion starESO/L. Calzada Astronomers have discovered Gaia-BH3, the largest stellar black…
The Ministry of Justice has declared that the creation of sexually explicit “deepfake” images will soon be considered a criminal offense under new legislation. Those found…
TTick, tick. In the dripping confines of Fedora 1, an aquatic space colony with an exquisite retro-futuristic design, it is time, not water, that exerts undeniable…
Numerous companies, including a national leisure center chain, are reassessing or discontinuing the use of facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning for monitoring employee attendance in…
Three new species belong to the extinct genus Kangaroo Protemnodon was a common member of Cenozoic communities in Australia and New Guinea until extinction in the…
Archaeologists from Necmettin Erbakan University have announced the discovery of the world’s oldest known bread, dating from 6600 BC, at the famous Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük…
Invertebrates are highly sensitive to heat stress, so coral health is closely linked to seawater temperature. Corals turn whitish when stressed. release symbiotic algae They live…
Huge mouth of a small nematode Sarah Wiggard and Ralf Sommer / Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen Tiny soil insects called nematodes usually feed on…
Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, is reducing its global workforce by more than 10%, which is approximately 14,000 jobs, in response to decreased demand and pricing…
Ryan’s will.Klaus Wedfeld/Getty Images Have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a hole? Newsflash: Yes, you are. Astronomers call it a “local hole,” but that’s…
Bull sharks may be vulnerable to cold upwellingMartin Prohaskatz/Shutterstock The upwelling of cold water from the deep ocean to the surface can be deadly to marine…
Aggregates of protein α-synuclein (brown) and antibody (green) Biolution GMBH/Science Photo Library Drugs that target protein accumulations associated with Parkinson's disease may slow the progression of…
Former President Donald Trump’s social media company saw a 12% drop in shares on Monday due to a regulatory filing stating the potential sale of millions…
○On April 6, Maryland passed the first “Kids Code” bill in the US. The bill is designed to protect children from predatory data collection and harmful…
In August 2021, ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft bound for Mercury Performed a second flyby of Venus, providing short-term observations of its guided magnetosphere. The spacecraft detected cold…
IIf you were to ask director Jonathan Nolan what his favorite movie of the year was from the late 2000s, he would most likely name a…
During sleep, we can sporadically find patterns of neural activity in areas of the bird's brain that are activated during song production. Recently, it was found…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken photos of NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. This Hubble image shows…
Research led by Liangxue Lai from China’s Guangzhou Institute of Biomedical and Health Research has successfully extended the survival time of human stem cells in animal…
VIDEO gaming conventions are usually noisy as thousands of attendees line up under the screens for a chance to play one of the hundreds of unreleased…