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Computer Sciences
A method to mitigate hallucinations in large language models
Large language models (LLMs), artificial neural networks-based architectures that can process, generate and manipulate texts in various human languages, have recently become increasingly widespread. These models are now being ...
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A potential new design for spacecraft shields: Study finds under extreme impacts, metals get stronger when heated
Metals get softer when they are heated, which is how blacksmiths can form iron into complex shapes by heating it red hot. And anyone who compares a copper wire with a steel coat hanger will quickly discern that copper is ...
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Cement recycling method could help solve one of the world's biggest climate challenges
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low emission concrete at scale—an innovation that could be transformative in the transition to net zero.
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Meta introduces Chameleon, an early-fusion multimodal model
AI researchers at Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and many other products, have designed and built a multimodal model to compete with the likes of Google's Gemini.
Hi Tech & Innovation
New flexible film detects eyelash proximity in blink-tracking glasses
When another person's finger hovers over your skin, you may get the sense that they're touching you, feeling not necessarily contact, but their proximity. Similarly, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ...
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Engineering
Gamma-ray method monitors nuclear reactors safely and quickly
Scientists at EPFL have devised and tested out a new, gamma-noise method for monitoring nuclear reactors non-invasively and from a distance. The new method, tested out on EPFL's CROCUS nuclear reactor, can improve nuclear ...
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Computer Sciences
Researchers use 'smart' rubber structures to carry out computational tasks
Without electronics carrying out computational tasks, our daily lives would look very different. Devices such as elevators, vending machines, turnstiles, washing machines and even traffic lights use a simple form of electronic ...
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Engineering
Research team develops aluminum alloy that may reduce the risk of electric vehicle fires
Dr. Hyeon-woo Son and his research team from the Department of Aluminum in the Advanced Metals Division at KIMS have successfully developed an aluminum alloy for electric vehicles that dramatically improves thermal stability. ...
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Engineering
'Fossilizing' cracks in infrastructure creates sealing that can even survive earthquakes
Various forms of underground activity, such as deep wells or the disposal of hazardous materials, require the long-term sealing of rocks. A team of researchers has developed an innovative method based on fossilization processes ...
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Business
AI-enhanced collective bargaining tools could help gig workers solve problems
Researchers at Northeastern University have created artificial intelligence tools to help gig workers organize, collect their own job-related data, analyze their work problems and come up with a strategy to implement solutions.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Cybersecurity labeling for smart devices aims to help people choose items less likely to be hacked
Consumer labels designed to help Americans pick smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking could begin appearing on products before the holiday shopping season, federal officials said Wednesday.
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Security
Tackling long-range malware detection tasks using holographic global convolutional networks
Over the past few decades, cyber-attackers have devised increasingly sophisticated malware that can disrupt the functioning of computer systems or grant them access to sensitive data. The development of techniques that can ...
Robotics
3D printing robot uses AI machine learning to create a shock-absorbing shape no human ever could
Inside a lab in Boston University's College of Engineering, a robot arm drops small, plastic objects into a box placed perfectly on the floor to catch them as they fall. One by one, these tiny structures—feather-light, ...
May 21, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Two types of LLMs found able to equal or outperform humans on theory of mind tests
An international team of psychologists and neurobiologists has found via experimentation that two types of LLMs are able to equal or outperform humans on theory of mind tests. In their study reported in the journal Nature ...
Engineering
New electrochromic structure with tri-band optimization developed for energy-saving smart windows in buildings
A research team led by Prof. Cao Xun from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, has developed a new type of ...
May 21, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Machine learning method generates circuit synthesis for quantum computing
Researchers from the University of Innsbruck have unveiled a novel method to prepare quantum operations on a given quantum computer, using a machine learning generative model to find the appropriate sequence of quantum gates ...
May 21, 2024
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