IBM’s Project Debater performed live in public debates with humans and it was really impressive. In a debate, it actually convinced 20% people to change their minds in favor of it. The AI works on unscripted reasoning and can argue both sides...
Scientists used 2D boron nitride crystals to build nano-discs that trap light and create polaritons. These nano-discs concentrate light in thousands of times smaller volume than is possible with any other material. The technique could be used to...
Physicists develop a new model to better control an array of square-shaped nanomagnets. The technique could be useful in high capacity data storage, and micro- and nanosurgery. Over the last couple of decades, there has been a keen interest in...
Nvidia develops a new deep learning-based technique that converts a standard video to superior-quality slow-motion video. It’s a variable-length multi-frame interpolation technique for generating any number of intermediate frames. In video...
DNA or Deoxyribonucleic acid is a chain of organic molecules that caries unique genetic code and instructions which are necessary for any organism and even some viruses to evolve. They live in almost every cell of our body. The discovery of DNA, its...
Oceans are the largest source of uranium on Earth and researchers have found a way to extract them. They’ve developed a yarn-like material that attracts and holds uranium from seawater. So far, they’ve made 5 grams of yellowcake from...
A startup named SpinLaunch is developing an alternative rocket-based space delivery system. They employ a rotational acceleration technique, harnessing angular momentum to blast cargo into space. The price of single launch would be reduced to under...
Researchers develop a high-capacity integrated circuit that efficiently operates in the terahertz frequency band. It minimizes the leakage of unnecessary signal between ports of integrated circuits and enhances signal-to-noise ratio. Terahertz...
TopoMS can measure the trajectories of atoms when they form or break any chemical bond. It’s capable of delivering up to 4 times performance gain on a standard laptop. The source code is available on GitHub. To explore the chemical and...
Scientists created a complete image of a tidal disruption event from 10 years of data. The event took place about 150 million-light years from Earth, in a pair of colliding galaxies. They used Spitzer Space Telescope, Nordic Optical Telescope and...
Intel Optane DC persistent memory optimizes the workloads by placing a large volume of data closer to the processor. It leverages 3D Xpoint and offers DIMMs in sizes of 128, 256 and 512 gigabytes. According to the IBM report (2017), 90% of the...
Astronomers created most complete ultraviolet light survey of galaxies in the local universe. The catalogue contains nearly 8,000 young clusters and 39 million stars. They gathered data from Hubble’s ‘Advanced Camera for Surveys’...