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(Left) Humanoid robot Alter3 equipped with a Society of Mind architecture based on LLMs for communication and operation of weakly coupled internal modules (photo by Luc Steels). (Right) The robot expands its repertoire of physical behaviors by converting high-level descriptions into operable code.
New findings suggest AI may soon evolve like living systems, bringing major opportunities and serious risks.
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NASA tested a lithium-fed electric thruster at 120 kilowatts, a step toward faster deep-space and Mars missions.
SpaceNASA’s lithium-fed electric thruster could carry humans to Mars and beyondJoshua Shavit
New KIST composite blocks EMI and neutron radiation in a thin, flexible, 3D-printable film built for extreme environments.
SpaceUltra-thin new material shields spacecraft from electromagnetic waves and radiationJoshua Shavit
Texas A&M researchers built HIPPO, a password tool that creates site-specific logins without storing a password vault.
InnovationsNew password tool creates secure, site-specific logins that you don’t have to rememberJoshua Shavit
Lead scientist Rifath Shaarook with KalamSat which flew aboard a NASA Terrier Orion sounding rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on June 22, 2017.
SpaceSpace Kidz India students are building satellites, turning space education into real missionsJoseph Shavit
Wanyi Nie, associate professor of physics, and Dave Tsai, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, use a home-built optical microscope to probe the chiral properties of chiral perovskite crystals.
InnovationsMolecular add-on helps chiral perovskite semiconductors detect visible lightRebecca Shavit
Under the right conditions, a chaotic mess of laser light can spontaneously self-organize into a highly focused “pencil beam.” This schematic shows the pencil beam formation mechanism.
HealthMIT’s self-organizing laser revolutionizes 3D imaging of the brain’s protective barrierMac Oliveau
As part of the project, the team used a novel bacterial strain to upgrade the biogas in a reactor, converting carbon dioxide with hydrogen into methane or renewable natural gas.
Green ImpactWSU scientists convert sewage sludge into 99% pure natural gas sharply boosting energy recoveryRebecca Shavit
Texas A&M engineers used lasers to lift and steer tiny metajets, pointing to a new path for fuel-free propulsion.
SpaceLaser-powered, ‘metajets’ could be the future of interstellar flightShy Cohen
A lab-engineered bean gum from Henry Daniell at Penn Dental Medicine nearly wipes out three microbes tied to head and neck squamous cell cancer—while leaving healthy oral bacteria untouched.
HealthUPenn researchers develop bioengineered chewing gum to fight head and neck cancersMac Oliveau
Physicists found evidence that hidden quark pairs in the vacuum may shape how matter forms in high-energy collisions.
SpaceFor the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty spaceShy Cohen
University of Rochester optics professor Nick Vamivakas and physics Ph.D. candidate Levi Neukich perform experiments with optically levitated nanodiamonds in Wilmott Hall June 14, 2013. The process allows researchers to test fundamental physics questions related to quantum mechanics as well as provide a tool to perform high sensitivity nanoscale force sensing.
InnovationsQuantum researchers created a new kind of laser built from soundShy Cohen
New AI wearable reads throat muscle movements and turns silent speech into a synthesized voice.
AINew wearable uses light and AI to turn silent throat movements into audible speechShy Cohen
Tabletop fusion reactor boosts deuterium-deuterium fusion rates by 15% using electrochemical loading in palladium.
InnovationsThunderbird Reactor: New room-temperature fusion reactor that fits on a tabletopJoshua Shavit
Illustrative image. New artificial muscle changes shape in real time, heals damage, and can be reused for future soft robotic systems.
HealthReprogrammable artificial muscle can change its shape, recover from damage, and even be reusedRebecca Shavit
Salama (left) and Akgümüs (right) with the experimental apparatus.
SpaceUndergraduate students built a cavity detector to search for axion dark matterJoshua Shavit
Dougal Main and Beth Nichol working on the distributed quantum computer.
InnovationsOxford scientists achieve quantum gate teleportation between two quantum supercomputersShy Cohen