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By tweaking materials, scientists create transistors that remember
Graduate student Riley Bond and Professor Howard Katz added voltage to the transistor and observed its ability to retain a charge. Credit: Johns Hopkins University A team of Johns Hopkins…
Can We Program the Brain to Learn Without Teaching?
Summary: Researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique to “write” new learning patterns directly into the brain using real-time neurofeedback from fMRI imaging. Participants in the study learned new visual object…
Older Adults Are Risk-Takers Who Learn and Adapt Quickly
Summary: New research challenges stereotypes about older adults, revealing that they are more willing to take risks than younger individuals and are equally adept at resisting manipulation. Using gambling tasks,…
Citation tool offers a new approach to trustworthy AI-generated content
When users query a model, ContextCite highlights the specific sources from the external context that the AI relied upon for that answer. If the AI generates an inaccurate fact, for…
A network-based method to prevent train delay cascades
Three different layers contribute to the spread of a delay: infrastructure contact, rolling stock contact, and personnel contact. (a) When infrastructure (e.g., tracks or platforms) is occupied, for example, by…
Music Can Change the Emotional Tone of Your Memories
Summary: New research reveals that music can do more than trigger memories—it can alter their emotional tone. When participants recalled neutral stories while listening to emotionally charged music, they later…
Engineers develop device that merges sensing and computing functions for reconfigurable computing platform
Reconfigurable memristor-based in-sensor processing hardware supporting multiple types of visual encoding methods, algorithms, and architectures. Credit: Dang et al. In recent years, engineers have been trying to create hardware systems…
US clean energy, defense to be impacted by China export curbs
The moves, which Beijing said were to safeguard national security, swiftly followed Washington’s own curbs to hobble China’s ability to make advanced computer chips. China’s retaliatory export controls could take…
Why Fidgeting Bothers Some People
Summary: Misokinesia, affecting about one-third of individuals, is an aversion to repetitive bodily movements like fidgeting, causing emotional, cognitive, and physical distress. New research explores its impact on daily life,…
