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Mar 29, 2024

Scientists are closer to solving the mystery of the most expensive substance in the world

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Antimatter — The most expensive substance in the world — remains a mystery, and scientists are working tirelessly to fully understand it.

Mar 29, 2024

Scientists Put Tardigrade Proteins Into Human Cells. Here’s What Happened

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Can anyone think of a good use for this protein in our cells in the future? Perhaps in space travel? 😁


Freeze ‘em, heat ‘em, blast them into empty space; with survival skills unlike any other organism on the planet, those hardy critters known as tardigrades will only come back for more.

While it’s clear their ability to withstand stress is in part due to their ability to turn their insides into gel, the mechanisms behind this act of metabolic preservation haven’t yet been made clear.

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Mar 29, 2024

Light-powered computer chip can train AI much faster than components powered by electricity

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New chip design uses photons rather than electrons to perform calculations, and scientists hope to integrate the technology into future graphics cards to train AI.

Mar 28, 2024

Study unveils a spontaneous toroidal polar topology in the helielectric nematic state

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Magnetic and electric dipoles, objects with two oppositely charged ends, have a similar symmetrical structure. One might thus assume that they exhibit similar internal structures and physical states.

Mar 28, 2024

Paper page — Mini-Gemini: Mining the Potential of Multi-modality Vision Language Models

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Mini-Gemini.

Mining the potential of multi-modality vision language models.

In this work, we introduce Mini-Gemini, a simple and effective framework enhancing multi-modality Vision Language Models (VLMs).

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Mar 28, 2024

Research upends dogma on ribosomes’ cell development role

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Once believed to be indiscriminate gene translators, ribosomes have been found to play critical roles in cell development and function.

Mar 28, 2024

Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge

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Researchers find large language models use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge when they respond to a user prompt. These mechanisms can be leveraged to see what the model knows about different subjects and possibly to correct false information it has stored.

Mar 28, 2024

Chandelier Cities

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While we sometimes imagine vast structures rising above the sky, it is possible to have equally vast structures hang down from the sky, and on world’s whose atmospheres are far larger than earth’s, this may be where people choose to live.

Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik, Katie Byrne

Mar 28, 2024

Experimental wireless EV charger is just as fast as a superfast wired plug, scientists say

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This 14-inch wireless charging device works at a rate of 100 kW, scientists claim, meaning it’s up to 10 times as fast as some of the best commercially available alternatives.

Mar 28, 2024

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defends his $193 million compensation following backlash from unpaid moderators

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Now, Huffman has defended his pay packet in a Q&A video on the platform.

“Look, I’m glad this question was asked because there’s been a lot of commentary on this topic,” he began, adding that his compensation—which is made up of salary and stock—is set by Reddit’s board depending on his performance.

“If the company does well, I will do well,” the CEO added. “If the company does not do well, I don’t either.”

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