To help AIs understand the world, researchers put them in a robot
Large language models like ChatGPT display conversational skills, but the problem is they don’t really understand the words ...
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The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...
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New laser-based artificial neuron processes enormous data sets at high speed
Scientists have developed a new kind of laser-based artificial neuron that mimics a biological nerve cell. This artificial ...
Human Thought Has a Speed Limit. Scientists Just Found It.
Although the human brain is capable of sifting through a billion bits of information per second, scientists recently found ...
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How the human brain inspired a new computing material
University of Limerick’s Damien Thompson explains the research behind a recent breakthrough that could revolutionise ...
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Cilia's secrets revealed using connectome data
By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.
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First-ever ethics checklist for portable MRI brain researchers
Portable MRI (pMRI) technologies are rapidly transforming the landscape of neuroscience research, allowing neuroscientists to acquire brain data in community settings outside the hospital for the ...
Study finds microplastics in our brains are accumulating, with unknown outcomes on our health
By analyzing the brains of 52 dead patients, scientists were able to visualize how microplastics amass inside us ...