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Looking under the hood at the brain’s language system
As a young girl growing up in the former Soviet Union, Evelina Fedorenko PhD ’07 studied several languages, including English, as her mother hoped that it would give her the chance to eventually move abroad for better opportunities.Her language studies not only helped her establish a new life in the United States as an adult, but also led to a lifelong interest in linguistics and how the brain processes language. Now an associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, Fedorenko studie
New state of matter, dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' could lead to big advances in quantum computing
U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' which unites opposing electron spins in a unique magnet.
Show HN: Crystal, a tool for researching government data via plain English
Hi everyone! Crystal lets you search and analyze 300k+ government datasets using plain English. For example, prompting "Air quality since 2020 in NYC" will find the most relevant datasets and analyze them, providing a short report with key statistics extracted from the data based on your question.We felt like AI is great at web search today, but not so much for actually combing through hard-to-reach data, so Crystal aims to bridge the gap for anyone needing deeper quantitative insights
Show HN: We're building a space elevator with carbon nanotubes (first ride 2041)
After 3 years of quantum-guided molecular assembly research, we're unveiling plans for ASCENSUS-1, the world's first commercially viable space elevator. Our nanotube ribbon (73.5 GPa tensile strength) will eliminate the need for rocket fuel while providing 5-day ascents to geosynchronous orbit.
Qubit Labs Launches Its Free Job Description Generator to Enhance Hiring in IT
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, March 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Qubit Labs has launched its job description generator for IT sector. This tool, designed for HR ...
Pasqal Selected for 140-Qubit Quantum Computer to Be Hosted at CINECA
Pasqal, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, announced the signing of the procurement contract with the European High ...
What to Know about the ‘Qudit’—and How It Could Change Quantum Computing
The rabbit hole of quantum gets weirder the deeper you go—but also has plenty of promise.
A brain drain would impoverish the United States and diminish world science
<p>Nature, Published online: 01 April 2025; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00992-6">doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00992-6</a></p>Europe is advertising itself as a destination for embattled US scientists. It seems many are considering leaving.
Metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light
Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.
Hidden side channels in quantum sources could compromise secure communication
A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering has discovered hidden multi-dimensional side channels in existing quantum communication protocols.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Has Made a Significant Discovery in the Search for Alien Life
It’s an exciting time in the search for life on Mars. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars. This is because, on Earth at least, relatively complex, long-chain carbon molecules are involved in biology. These molecules could actually be fragments of fatty acids, which are found in, for example, the membranes surrou
Diagnosing a dud may lead to a better battery
A team of chemists found a way to see into battery interfaces -- tight, tricky spots buried deep inside the cell have long frustrated battery designers.
We know nanoplastics are a threat -- this new tool can help us figure out just how bad they are
While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an average human hair), are far more reactive, far more mobile and vastly more capable of crossing biological membranes. Yet, because they are so tiny and so mobile, researchers don't yet have an accurate understanding of just how toxic these particles are.
An efficient self-assembly process for advanced self-healing materials
Self-healing coatings are advanced materials that can repair damage, such as scratches and cracks on their own. Researchers have developed an efficient method for preparing self-healing films consisting of alternating layers of highly cross-linked organosiloxane and linear polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Their film is more durable than conventional self-healing PDMS materials, offering superior hardness and greater thermal stability while self-healing at mild temperatures, paving the way for strong
A step toward plant-based gelatin
Researchers present gum tragacanth as a plant-based alternative to gelatin for creating edible films. The team developed films containing different concentrations of gelatin and gum tragacanth and monitored their survivability in water and saline solutions. They found the optimal combination of gum tragacanth and gelatin for maintaining the gelatin's gel-like behavior was a 3-to-1 ratio of the two, respectively. However, gum tragacanth's inclusion leads to a more porous film, making it prone to
The experts that can outsmart optical illusions
Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to new research. The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual illusions, which was previously thought to be near-impossible. The study shows that medical imaging experts are particularly accurate at judging the size of objects in common optical illusions. In other words, they also literally see better in everyday life!
Quantum BioPharma pushes clinical pipeline after rebranding
The company shed its FSD Pharma identity last year as it positions its alcohol metabolism and multiple sclerosis treatments for commercial viability.
AxiomGPT: Programming with LLMs by defining Oracles in natural language
AxiomGPT is an experimental programming model that treats large language models as latent semantic engines.Instead of writing traditional functions, you define Oracles, which are embedded entities described in natural language that behave like callable, composable functions.For example:(defn fibber (Oracle "Return the nth Fibonacci number"))(fibber 123)
; => 22698374052006863956975682LISP isn't required at all, but it helps for composition :-)The model doesn't "execut
Threat protection made simpler – Nordstellar first impressions
My company decided to add Nordstellar to our cybersecurity deck. There are quite a lot of us working in this specific field, but we were especially interested in how NordStellar would help us in everyday life. We have quite a large amount of data traffic that needs constant monitoring, so it made sense to get some automation in place.Basically, NordStellar offers advanced encryption and real-time threat monitoring to secure sensitive information both in the cloud and accessed on-site. We got it
Show HN: A Ghibli Wrapper Powered by GPT4o
This was quite interesting and a hard challenge, as I'm used to clean APIs + deploying on Render. GPT4o text-to-image has no API and hacked this together with a bunch of macros on a Windows server.