Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 29) appeared first on SingularityHub.
Behavior can be deceptive. What matters for consciousness is not what you do, but how you do it. The post Are Animals and AI Conscious? Scientists Devise New Theories for How to Test This appeared first on SingularityHub.
A range of CRISPR gene therapies are taking aim at chronically high cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease. The post CRISPR Slashes ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Levels by 95 Percent in Early Results appeared first on SingularityHub.
The tiny chips hitch a ride on immune cells to target inflammation in the brain. Scientists hope to kick off clinical trials within three years. The post These Brain Implants Are Smaller Than Cells and Can Be Injected Into Veins appeared first on SingularityHub.
Called 3D necroprinting, the sustainable system can print extremely intricate structures at high resolution. The post Super Precise 3D Printer Uses a Mosquito’s Needle-Like Mouth as a Nozzle appeared first on SingularityHub.
Artificial Intelligence There Is Only One AI Company. Welcome to the BlobSteven Levy | Wired ($) “Even the most panicked Cassandra of a decade ago likely didn’t imagine that advanced... The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 22) appeared first on SingularityHub.
If dazzling potential doesn’t translate quickly into steady, profitable demand, the excitement can slip away surprisingly fast. The post Is the AI Bubble About to Burst? What to Watch for as the Markets Wobble appeared first on SingularityHub.
Commercial-scale fusion edges closer with record plasma pressure. The post Startup Zap Energy Just Set a Fusion Power Record With Its Latest Reactor appeared first on SingularityHub.
Gene editors usually take years to test and perfect. KJ Muldoon’s treatment took only six months. Now his doctors want to go even faster. The post Scientists Race to Deliver Custom Gene Therapies for Incurable Diseases in Weeks—Not Years appeared first on SingularityHub.
It uses light to record and transmit brain signals and worked for a year with minimal scarring in mice. The post This Wireless Brain Implant Is Smaller Than a Grain of Salt appeared first on SingularityHub.
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 15) appeared first on SingularityHub.
The transatlantic procedure, carried out on a human cadaver in Scotland, suggests future stroke surgeries could be completed remotely. The post In Wild Experiment, Surgeon Uses Robot to Remove Blood Clot in Brain 4,000 Miles Away appeared first on SingularityHub.
A growing digital afterlife industry promises to make memory interactive and, in some cases, eternal. The post Can You Really Talk to the Dead Using AI? We Tried Out ‘Deathbots’ So You Don’t Have To appeared first on SingularityHub.
The qubits are similar enough to those used by the likes of Google and IBM that they could slot into existing processors in the future. The post Record-Breaking Qubits Are Stable for 15 Times Longer Than Google and IBM’s Designs appeared first on SingularityHub.
This herculean effort could help scientists unravel the causes of autism, schizophrenia, and even a deadly form of cancer. The post Scientists Map the Brain’s Construction From Stem Cells to Early Adolescence appeared first on SingularityHub.
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 8) appeared first on SingularityHub.
The new radio portrait of the Milky Way is the most sensitive, widest-area map at these frequencies to date. The post New Images Reveal the Milky Way’s Stunning Galactic Plane in More Detail Than Ever Before appeared first on SingularityHub.
The technology unleashes self-replicating viruses called phages on food bacteria to continuously hunt down and destroy bad bugs. The post Scientists Unveil a ‘Living Vaccine’ That Kills Bad Bacteria in Food to Make It Last Longer appeared first on SingularityHub.
A bioprinter with a printhead the size of a sesame seed could deliver hydrogels to surgical sites. The post A Tiny 3D Printer Could Mend Vocal Cords in Real Time During Surgery appeared first on SingularityHub.
A new study suggests orbital data centers could be carbon neutral, but steep technical challenges remain. The post Future Data Centers Could Orbit Earth, Powered by the Sun and Cooled by the Vacuum of Space appeared first on SingularityHub.
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 1) appeared first on SingularityHub.
What would a machine actually have to do to persuade us it's conscious? The post The Hardest Part of Creating Conscious AI Might Be Convincing Ourselves It’s Real appeared first on SingularityHub.
The lenses could give soft robots the ability to ‘see’ without electronics. The post A Squishy New Robotic ‘Eye’ Automatically Focuses Like Our Own appeared first on SingularityHub.
Patients regained the ability to read books, food labels, and subway signs. The post These High-Tech Glasses and an Eye Implant Restored Sight in People With Severe Vision Loss appeared first on SingularityHub.
Boosting protective immune cells healed blood vessels and improved the skin's ability to repair damage. The post This Shot Gave Elderly Mice’s Skin a Glow Up. It Could Do the Same for Other Organs Too. appeared first on SingularityHub.
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 25) appeared first on SingularityHub.
As AI shopping goes mainstream, will people keep any real control over what they buy and why? The post OpenAI Slipped Shopping Into 800 Million ChatGPT Users’ Chats—Here’s Why That Matters appeared first on SingularityHub.
It sounds like science fiction, but the system could help people with brain or spinal cord injuries regain lost abilities. The post One Mind, Two Bodies: Man With Brain Implant Controls Another Person’s Hand—and Feels What She Feels appeared first on SingularityHub.
Bacterial nanowires and memristors combine in artificial neurons that can control living cells. The post ‘Unprecedented’ Artificial Neurons Are Part Biological, Part Electrical—Work More Like the Real Thing appeared first on SingularityHub.
Like rooftop solar panels, the approach would use existing infrastructure to lower the cost and widen the reach of carbon-capture efforts. The post Scientists Say New Air Filter Transforms Any Building Into a Carbon-Capture Machine appeared first on SingularityHub.
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 18) appeared first on SingularityHub.
Some companies claim they'll be supplying power commercially within a decade. How likely is that? The post Investors Have Poured Nearly $10 Billion Into Fusion Power. Will Their Bet Pay Off? appeared first on SingularityHub.
The algorithm identified known regions as well as mysterious domains with yet unknown functions. The post ChatGPT-Like AI Unveils 1,300 Regions in the Mouse Brain—Some Uncharted appeared first on SingularityHub.
To kickstart Moore's law, maybe we should focus on ever-thinner chips instead of smaller transistors. The post Chips Just 10 Atoms Thick Could Bring Computers With Extremely Compact Memory appeared first on SingularityHub.
The drug also boosted cognition. More study is needed to show a similar approach might work in humans. The post A Nanoparticle Drug Triggered the Brain to Rapidly Flush Out Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins in Mice appeared first on SingularityHub.
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. These are our latest picks. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 11) appeared first on SingularityHub.
Two heads are better than one—even when those heads aren’t human. The post An AI Council Just Aced the US Medical Licensing Exam appeared first on SingularityHub.
The universe may not only be geometry and energy—but also memory. And in that memory, every moment of cosmic history may still be written. The post Information Could Be a Fundamental Part of the Universe—and May Explain Dark Energy and Dark Matter appeared first on SingularityHub.
The ‘fourth pillar’ of brain communication potentially impacts Alzheimer’s and other diseases. The post A Mysterious Web of Tunnels Connects Brain Cells—Like the Network of Trees in a Forest appeared first on SingularityHub.
In a ‘red teaming’ effort led by Microsoft researchers, biosecurity programs struggled to flag AI-generated toxins. The post Dangerous AI-Designed Proteins Could Evade Today’s Biosecurity Software appeared first on SingularityHub.
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. These are our latest picks. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 4) appeared first on SingularityHub.
Scientists hope to make atomic qubits compatible with the existing architecture of standard silicon chips. The post Entanglement Breakthrough Linking Cores of Atoms Could Scale Up Quantum Computers appeared first on SingularityHub.
She won the genetic lottery, but a healthy lifestyle also contributed to her extreme lifespan. The post This Spanish Woman Lived to 117. Here’s a Deep Dive Into Her Genetics and Habits. appeared first on SingularityHub.
In a small trial, a gene therapy injected into the brain slowed the disease by 75 percent over three years. The post A New Approach Could Transform Huntington’s Disease Treatment appeared first on SingularityHub.
Researchers created extremely realistic voice clones with just four minutes of recordings. The post People Can’t Distinguish AI Voice Clones From Actual Humans Anymore appeared first on SingularityHub.
Tech OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B AI Plan Will Require Power Equal to 10 Nuclear ReactorsBenj Edwards | Ars Technica “Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC that the planned 10 gigawatts... The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through September 27) appeared first on SingularityHub.
A review of over 100 years of neuroscience research asks if some brain regions are more important than others for consciousness. The post Major Theories of Consciousness May Have Been Focusing on the Wrong Part of the Brain appeared first on SingularityHub.
It's a first step toward AI-generated life forms. The post AI-Designed Viruses Are Replicating and Killing Bacteria appeared first on SingularityHub.
The AI is designed from the bottom up to prevent privacy breaches. The post Google’s VaultGemma AI Hoovers Up Your Data—Without Memorizing It appeared first on SingularityHub.
Trained on over 400,000 patient records, the AI predicts health trajectories for up to 20 years. The post ‘Astonishing’ AI Predicts Over 1,000 Diseases Decades in Advance appeared first on SingularityHub.