Researchers at the University of Sydney demonstrated that an AI network made of nanowires is more efficient than computer based AI because it can learn and adapt in real time.
Engineers at MIT have developed a new heating and cooling reactor train that produces clean hydrogen by harnessing 40% of the solar heat it is exposed to. The technology can be scaled up to by adding more reactors to the train.
14 year old Heman Bekele won the America's Top Scientist competition by inventing a soap that can be used to treat skin cancer, which contains compounds that could reactivate dendritic cells to protect the skin.
Big Think published an explainer about how the plasticity of the brain can impact on learning, and how repetition can cause structural changes in the brain to make learning easier.
Scientists at CERN developed an experiment to test if gravity influences anti-matter in the same manner as with matter. The elaborate technical experiment found, using lots of magnets, that anti-matter is indeed influenced by gravity.
University of Limerick graduate Joël Olympio was named the national winner of the James Dyson Award in Ireland for his Oasis visor, which is designed to reduce visual distractions for ADHD sufferers using a film that dims the wearer's mid-to-far peripheral vision
Researchers at North Carolina State University have engineered new bacteria that can break down Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic while in saltwater.
Dr. Melissa Johnston of the University of Tübingen trained crows to test and show how they use statistical inference to select images based on the probability of receiving a treat from experience. The crows got it right every time, even when tested a month later.
Amit Katwala published a riveting story in WIRED about how the myopia epidemic in Taiwan and how researchers and practitioners discovered the causes of myopia, which is lack of sustained sunlight, and developed a preventative regime for children.
