A UK-based study involved volunteers allowing scientists to deliberately infect them with SARS-CoV-2, aiming to understand why some individuals naturally avoid contracting COVID-19. This pioneering research could lead to improved vaccines and treatments. Previous studies have examined COVID-19's effects on patients, but none have tracked the disease from the initial entry of the virus to...
A miniaturized imager chip inspired by Superman's X-ray vision can see objects through cardboardUTD Scientists have developed a miniature chip capable of capturing images of objects through cardboard. This technology, intended for integration into smartphones, moves us closer to emulating Superman's ability to see through solid objects, without the need for X-rays. Drawing inspiration from...
Starship sitting atop the launch padspacex Starbase, located in Boca Chica, TX, is undergoing a major upgrade known as Starfactory, set to be operational by this summer with a hefty price tag of $100 million and ambitious objectives. Construction began in February, adding an extra 100,000 square feet (9,290 sq m) of factory space dedicated...
Credit: Pixabay Researchers at Colorado State University have found that elephants respond to being called by name, using name-like calls to address each other. This behavior, observed in wild African elephants, represents a unique ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study in Nature Ecology and Evolution. Researchers from CSU, Save the Elephants, and ElephantVoices...
Kilnam Chon during a conference at the Museum of the Future in Dubai. Research, including the Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024 from Stanford University, shows that AI has surpassed humans in tasks like image classification and English comprehension, but it still lags in areas like advanced mathematics and planning. Kilnam Chon, an 81-year-old computer scientist known...
The MQ9-Reaper – which uses an internal combustion engine currently – at this altitude pictured here simply illustrates the feat that Dr. Ifana Mahbub is trying to overcome with power-beaming technologyGeneral Atomics DARPA has boosted funding for far-field wireless power transfer, or power-beaming, for in-flight drone charging. This eliminates the need for mission interruptions for...
Headphones that use AI to single out one voice in a crowded spaceUniversity of Washington Researchers have integrated AI with standard headphones to isolate the voice of a single speaker in a noisy crowd simply by looking at them. The code for this advanced noise-cancelling system is freely available for anyone interested in building their...
Boston University's autonomous AI robot gingerly discards it's latest plastic pancakeBoston University Construct, weigh, compress, assess, discard, refine, repeat. Around the clock, tirelessly. Boston College's autonomous AI robot MAMA BEAR has achieved a breakthrough after three years and 25,000 trials, discovering the most impact-resistant structure in the world. MAMA BEAR, short for Mechanics of Additively Manufactured...
Shuqi Xu (left) and Professor Juan Felipe Torres with their first prototype of thermodiffusive desalination. Credit: ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics Researchers at The Australian National University have introduced a novel desalination method that mitigates many of the adverse effects associated with traditional techniques and cuts energy consumption by approximately 80%. Freshwater scarcity...
Credit: Pixabay A recent study reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) software analyzing MRI scans can detect differences in the cellular organization of the brains of men and women. Researchers observed these distinctions in the white matter, which primarily resides in the innermost layer of the human brain and facilitates communication between different brain regions. Men and...
