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Researchers in Switzerland invent a new type of pixel

Popular Science

Pixels either control light or analyze it. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The researchers created their university's logo with Fourier pixels. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .


Farewell, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider

Popular Science

More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The LHC was integral in confirming the existence of the Higgs boson particle, aka the God particle. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . It's difficult to overstate just how much the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has helped advance our understanding of the universe.


Why humans find fire so mesmerizing

Popular Science

We're hardwired to stare at flames. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Why do we love staring into a campfire? Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .


What Are Fish Oil Supplements Good For? Here's Your Crash Course

WIRED

A large-scale clinical trial has shown that even long-term consumption of DHA--an omega-3 fatty acid found in abundance in oily fish--may not lead to improvements in cognitive function. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in abundance in oily fish such as mackerel and sardines, is thought to improve cognitive function by supporting connections between brain cells. However, it has never been conclusively demonstrated that DHA taken as a dietary supplement actually reaches the brain or provides measurable benefits against dementia . Against this backdrop, a research team at the USC School of Medicine has published the results of a large, two-year clinical trial involving older adults at elevated risk of developing Alzheimer's disease . The study found that while high-dose DHA supplements do indeed reach the brain, they did not improve memory or cognitive function, nor did they slow brain atrophy.


There's a Global Network of Fungi Under Your Feet. This Is the First Complete Map

WIRED

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our planet's climate. Beneath the Earth's surface lies an extraordinary underground fungal network of almost unimaginable scale. An international team of researchers has, for the first time, produced a global map of this vast mycorrhizal network--the system of fungal filaments that forms mutually beneficial partnerships with plants across the planet. They estimate that the network stretches for roughly 110 quadrillion kilometers in total, nearly 1 billion times the distance between the Earth and the sun. The findings were published in Science. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) form underground networks that support plant life and help regulate the Earth's climate.


How your smartwatch and AI might detect early signs of illness

Engadget

Some features are more clinically useful than others. Smartwatches and other wearables have moved far beyond just tracking your steps and heart rate. Many of today's versions can monitor everything from sleep and skin temperature to respiratory rate, blood oxygen, heart rate variability and even alert you to possible signs of sleep apnea . If you took Big Tech's marketing at face value, you might conclude that your smartwatch is on the verge of becoming a real-life Star Trek Tricorder. But how reliable are wearables for spotting early signs of illnesses or other medical conditions?


America's Greatest Strength

TIME - Tech

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OpenAI proposes handing U.S. government a 5% stake, report says

The Japan Times

OpenAI proposes handing U.S. government a 5% stake, report says OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake as artificial intelligence firms face scrutiny in Washington. OpenAI has discussed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as artificial intelligence firms face scrutiny in Washington over the likely misuse of advanced models and whether Americans would benefit from the industry's massive valuations. The ChatGPT creator has proposed that other U.S. AI firms also give Washington similar stakes, although it is unclear whether they would agree, the report said, citing two people familiar with the talks. The move follows growing public backlash in the U.S. over AI's potential to cause economic upheaval, including layoffs, and could help OpenAI sweeten ties with an administration that is increasingly taking an active role in regulating the technology. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.


'Milestone': Scientists claim to build synthetic cell, raising concerns in step toward artificial life

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Learning Effective Soliton Dynamics from Scattering Data

arXiv.org Machine Learning

In such settings, the inverse scattering transform (IST) of Ablowitz, Kaup, Newell, and Segur [2] has enjoyed a rich and successful history, and is now the standard theoretical framework for deriving reduced-order evolution equations for soliton dynamics. Although these derivations are traditionally of an analytical - rather than data-driven - nature, recent work has employed the IST formalism as a tool for experimental data analysis, using the technique to analyze soliton content from empirical measurements [8, 15, 24]. Moreover, recent approaches using alternative parameterization techniques have demonstrated that the learning of reduced-order, interpretable equations of motion for solitons is tenable in a data-driven setting [6, 26, 27]. Despite the success of this recent work, however, little effort has been devoted to developing a data-driven modeling approach based on the IST itself, most likely due to the fact that the framework is fundamentally problem-specific. In this paper, we address the question of whether effective soliton dynamics can be inferred directly from observed scattering data (as opposed to being derived or approximated analytically).