Not bot, not beast: Scientists create first ever living, programmable organism
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world's first "living robots".
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world's first "living robots".
Biotechnology
Jan 20, 2020
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The popular Pattern Lock system used to secure millions of Android phones can be cracked within just five attempts – and more complicated patterns are the easiest to crack, security experts reveal.
Security
Jan 23, 2017
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An astrophysicist at the University of Bologna and a neurosurgeon at the University of Verona compared the network of neuronal cells in the human brain with the cosmic network of galaxies... and surprising similarities emerged
General Physics
Nov 16, 2020
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Scientists may need to rethink their estimates for how many planets outside our solar system could host a rich diversity of life.
Astronomy
Jun 10, 2019
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One of the most basic things we are taught in school science classes is that water can exist in three different states, either as solid ice, liquid water, or vapour gas. But an international team of scientists have recently ...
Nanophysics
Dec 22, 2016
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Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe. Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions more suitable for life than our own. Some of these orbit stars that ...
Astronomy
Oct 5, 2020
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Atomic interactions in everyday solids and liquids are so complex that some of these materials' properties continue to elude physicists' understanding. Solving the problems mathematically is beyond the capabilities of modern ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 12, 2019
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Having a memory of past events enables us to take smarter decisions about the future. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS) and Technical University of Munich (TUM) identify ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2021
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The quantum superposition principle has been tested on a scale as never before in a new study by scientists at the University of Vienna in collaboration with the University of Basel. Hot, complex molecules composed of nearly ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 24, 2019
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Information and gravity may seem like completely different things, but one thing they have in common is that they can both be described in the framework of geometry. Building on this connection, a new paper suggests that ...