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Jun 10, 2018
Rutgers physicists create new class of 2D artificial materials
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: materials, physics
In 1965, a renowned Princeton University physicist theorized that ferroelectric metals could conduct electricity despite not existing in nature.
For decades, scientists thought it would be impossible to prove the theory by Philip W. Anderson, who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in physics. It was like trying to blend fire and water, but a Rutgers-led international team of scientists has verified the theory and their findings are published online in Nature Communications.
“It’s exciting,” said Jak Chakhalian, a team leader of the study and Professor Claud Lovelace Endowed Chair in Experimental Physics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. “We created a new class of two-dimensional artificial materials with ferroelectric-like properties at room temperature that don’t exist in nature yet can conduct electricity. It’s an important link between a theory and an experiment.”
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Jun 10, 2018
AI cancer detectors
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Researchers suggest artificial intelligence is now better and faster at detecting cancer than clinicians.
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Jun 10, 2018
20 Years of Earth Data Now at Your Fingertips
Posted by Michael Lance in category: satellites
Powerful Earth-observing instruments aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, launched in 1999 and 2002, respectively, have observed nearly two decades of planetary change. Now, for the first time, all that imagery — from the first operational image to imagery acquired today — is available for exploration in Worldview.
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Jun 10, 2018
Isaac Launches New Era of Autonomous Machines
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: food, robotics/AI
Computex—NVIDIA today announced the availability of NVIDIA® Isaac™, a new platform to power the next generation of autonomous machines, bringing artificial intelligence capabilities to robots for manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, construction and many other industries.
Launched at Computex 2018 by NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Isaac includes new hardware, software and a virtual-world robot simulator.
“AI is the most powerful technology force of our time,” said Huang. “Its first phase will enable new levels of software automation that boost productivity in many industries. Next, AI, in combination with sensors and actuators, will be the brain of a new generation of autonomous machines. Someday, there will be billions of intelligent machines in manufacturing, home delivery, warehouse logistics and much more.”
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Jun 10, 2018
Researchers Have Invented an Awesome And Scary Nuclear Battery Pack
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: materials, nuclear energy
Are we ready?
Batteries powered by radioactive materials have been around for more than a century, but what they promise in power they usually lose in bulk.
Not so with a new kind of power source, which combines a novel structure with a nickel isotope to pack ten times more power than an electrochemical cell of the same size. The only question is, are we ready to go nuclear?
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Jun 10, 2018
Another “missing” component could revolutionize electronics
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: business, computing
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Another “missing” component could revolutionize electronics.
A new theory predicts the existence of an electronic device that works like an inverse transistor. It could make circuits, smaller, faster, and less power hungry.
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Jun 10, 2018
Playing piano with a mind-controlled robotic arm
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI
The arm/hand probably intended for the ATLAS robot. I’d be curious if they are already playing with attaching it on to the robot.
The first person to live with a mind-controlled robotic arm is teaching himself piano. Johnny Matheny has spent the last five months with an advanced prosthetic, designed to replace the human hand and arm.
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Jun 10, 2018
Nucleus of the cell mapped in 3D
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
For the first time, researchers have mapped the cell nucleus in 3D, revealing the packaging and organization of a cell’s DNA in unprecedented detail.
June 8 (UPI) — The nucleus of the cell is where the action happens, but it’s not easy to analyze the behavior of a massive genome inside an area 50 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
Now, for the first time, researchers have mapped the cell nucleus in 3D, revealing the packaging and organization of a cell’s DNA in unprecedented detail.
Jun 10, 2018
Jurassic World: Can we really resurrect a dinosaur?
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, entertainment
This summer, the fifth instalment of the Jurassic Park franchise will be on the big screen, reinforcing a love of dinosaurs that has been with many of us since childhood. There is something awe inspiring about the biggest, fiercest, and “deadest” creatures that have ever walked the planet. But the films have had an additional benefit – they have sparked an interest in dinosaur DNA.
The “Mr DNA” sequence in the original movie is a great piece of science communication and the concept of extracting DNA from the bodies of “dino” blood-engorged mosquitoes is an outstanding piece of fiction. It is, however, just fiction.
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