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Nov 16, 2024

Ultrafast lasers enable manipulation of polar order in a charge density wave at room temperature

Posted by in categories: innovation, materials

Addressing the challenge of controlling electronic states in materials, the scientific community has been exploring innovative methods. Recently, researchers from Peking University, led by Professor Nanlin Wang, in collaboration with Professor Qiaomei Liu and Associate Research Scientist Dong Wu, uncovered how ultrafast lasers can manipulate non-volatile, reversible control over the electronic polar states in the charge-density-wave material EuTe4 at room temperature.

Nov 16, 2024

Topological defects can trigger a transformation from insulating to conductive behavior in Mott materials

Posted by in category: materials

Researchers at Università Cattolica, Brescia campus, have discovered that the transition from insulating to conductive behavior in certain materials is driven by topological defects in the structure.

Nov 16, 2024

Silver-silica composite catalyst inspired by geochemical cycling exhibits reversible local pH control

Posted by in category: chemistry

A research team led by Dr. Hyung-Suk Oh and Dr. Woong Hee Lee at the Clean Energy Research Center at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a silver-silica composite catalyst capable of reversible local pH control through a silica-hydroxide cycle, inspired by Earth’s natural cycles.

Nov 16, 2024

ATLAS observes top quarks in lead–lead collisions

Posted by in category: particle physics

At a talk held at CERN this week, the ATLAS collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) reported observing top quarks in collisions between lead ions, marking the first observation of this process in interactions between atomic nuclei.

Nov 15, 2024

Shakespeare or ChatGPT? Study finds people prefer AI over real classic poetry

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Readers are unable to reliably differentiate AI-generated from human-written poetry and are more likely to prefer AI poems, according to new research published in Scientific Reports. This tendency to rate AI poetry positively may be due to readers mistaking the complexity of human-written verse for incoherence created by AI and an underestimation of how human-like generative AI can appear.

Nov 15, 2024

Could We Ever Decipher an Alien Language? Uncovering How AI Communicates May Be Key

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Fortunately, linguists have developed sophisticated tools using information theory to interpret unknown languages.

Just as archaeologists piece together ancient languages from fragments, we use patterns in AI conversations to understand their linguistic structure. Sometimes we find surprising similarities to human languages, and other times we discover entirely novel ways of communication.

These tools help us peek into the “black box” of AI communication, revealing how AI agents develop their own unique ways of sharing information.

Nov 15, 2024

Africa Pulse

Posted by in category: futurism

Africa’s Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook for the region. Each issue also includes a section focusing upon a topic that represents a particular development challenge for the continent.

Nov 15, 2024

Are you using AI yet? How lawyers can use it to their advantage

Posted by in categories: law, robotics/AI

All lawyers, from in-house counsel and law firms, to barristers and judges, need to embrace the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Why? Because it will become an indispensable productivity tool across the legal profession.

Nov 15, 2024

Light-induced rolling of azobenzene polymer thin films for wrapping subcellular neuronal structures

Posted by in category: futurism

Neuron al behavior can be controlled by probing and modulating subcellular regions of the cells; however, developing an interface that can morph into the extreme curvatures of neurites is a major challenge. Here, the authors develop a wireless platform made of an azobenzene polymer that undergoes on-demand light-induced folding with an ultra-low curvature radius and wraps various morphologies of neuronal processes in vitro.

Nov 15, 2024

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science As A Way of Knowing

Posted by in categories: futurism, science

Live Appearances: Worcester & Newark!


Expand your universe with astrophysicist, professor and New York Times best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. In this thought-provoking talk, he’ll discuss the anatomy of science and the scientific process. What exactly is science? How does it work? And why is it so effective at explaining the confusing world around us? Learn how science can help humanity answer our most pressing questions — and why the future of our species depends on it.

NJPAC’s Conversations Series is graciously supported by the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.

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