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Jun 19, 2024
Researchers discover mechanism for carbonaceous particle formation
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: particle physics
A research team led by Prof. Wang Zhandong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), observed a series of covalent cluster intermediates in resonantly stabilized free radical gas-phase reactions with a synchrotron radiation vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry experimental platform, revealing the role of resonantly stabilized free radicals in the growth of particulate matter mass.
Jun 19, 2024
Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula With NASA’s Webb
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cosmology
New data revises our view of this unusual supernova explosion. A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. With the telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), the team gathered data that is […].
Jun 19, 2024
Paper page — OlympicArena: Benchmarking Multi-discipline Cognitive Reasoning for Superintelligent AI
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in category: robotics/AI
From Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Artificial IntelligenceLaboratory, & Generative AI Research Lab (GAIR)
From Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, & Generative AI Research Lab (GAIR)
OlympicArena: Benchmarking Multi-discipline Cognitive Reasoning for Superintelligent AI https://huggingface.co/papers/2406.
Jun 19, 2024
Double-record-breaking merging quasars found at “Cosmic Dawn”
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: cosmology
Astronomers discovered the first pair of merging quasars from the Cosmic Dawn, 900 million years after the Big Bang.
Jun 19, 2024
HumanPlus: Robot that learns boxing, playing piano by watching people
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
The researchers state that HumanPlus needs 40 hours of human movement data to learn a task and then carry it out step by step. Moreover, it can shadow humans using its camera and then reproduce the actions in real-time.
The humanoid has been built with Unitree’s H1 robot as a base with hands from Inspire-Robots and wrists from another company. The final specimen is five feet nine inches tall.
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Jun 19, 2024
Scientists Squeezed Infrared Light Down to 10% of Its Wavelength. That’s Simply Incredible
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Jun 19, 2024
Mathematicians find odd shapes that roll like a wheel in any dimension
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: mathematics
Not content with shapes in two or three dimensions, mathematicians like to explore objects in any number of spatial dimensions. Now they have discovered shapes of constant width in any dimension, which roll like a wheel despite not being round.
By Alex Wilkins
Jun 19, 2024
A Radical New Magnet Without Rare-Earth Metals Is About to Change Motors Forever
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability
Jun 19, 2024
Baidu Self-Driving Taxi Launches in China
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
The launch of the RT6 was announced at the company’s Apollo Day, held in Wuhan, in Hubei province.
The vehicle, which is made by strategic partner Jiangling Motors, was first unveiled in 2022 but is now finally ready to be put into service. Around 1,000 are expected to be deployed in Wuhan alone by the end of 2024.
The all-electric model measures 15.7 feet long – very similar to a Tesla Model 3 – and comes with a spacious cabin for four passengers.
