Summary: A new study proposes that human culture’s unique power lies not in its ability to accumulate knowledge, as once thought, but in its “open-endedness.” Unlike animal cultures that reach…
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Childhood Stress Disrupts Attention, Sleep, and Dopamine Balance in Adults
Summary: New research links childhood adversity with later attention deficits, sleep disruptions, and specific dopamine imbalances in the brain. Focusing on critical developmental windows, scientists found that disrupted care early…
50 countries warn UN of ransomware attacks on hospitals
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The World Health Organization and some 50 countries issued a warning Friday at the United Nations about the rise of ransomware attacks against hospitals, with the…
Wide-incident-angle wideband radio-wave absorbers boost 5G and beyond 5G applications
Fabricated radio-wave absorber and measurement setup (a) at 30 GHz and (b) at 150 GHz. Measurement results at 30 GHz and (d) at 150 GHz. Credit: Science Tokyo 5G wireless…
Washbasin-cleaning robot can imitate human motions and adapt its knowledge flexibly to different situations
Helper in the bathroom: a robot arm at TU Wien. Credit: TU Wien Robots are supposed to do boring or unpleasant jobs for us. However, tedious tasks such as cleaning…
‘Artificial intelligence is not a threat to music,’ says researcher
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many artists and creative professionals are concerned that artificial intelligence (AI) will take over more and more tasks. For instance, several major players have already used…
One-step electrochemical regeneration of CO₂ from (bi)carbonates enhances carbon capture efficiency
Comparison between thermal and electrochemical CO2 regeneration in the CO2–carbonate carbon capture loop. a, Schematic illustration of the pilot-scale CO2 capture process via calcium carbonate looping. The CO2 regeneration step…
A software tool could help fix that
Credit: Rachel Voigt, Michigan Engineering. A less wasteful way to train large language models, such as the GPT series, finishes in the same amount of time for up to 30%…
