Scientists were amazed when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal yellow sulfur crystals. Since October 2023, the rover has been exploring a region of Mars rich with sulfates, but this is the first time it has found pure sulfur. The discovery was unexpected because elemental sulfur doesn’t usually … Read more
Ultra-light electrostatic VTOL drone flies indefinitely in sunlight Researchers at China’s Beihang University have developed CouloumbFly, a palm-sized miniature rotorcraft that weighs just 4.21 g, or about as much as four paperclips. The drone can fly all day if the sun is shining, lifting its own mass without any power besides sunlight. The key to … Read more
Researchers have developed a framework that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and human intelligence to improve process safety. Artificial intelligence has greatly improved efficiency in various industries, but its integration with human intelligence is crucial for ensuring safe operations. The researchers’ goal is to develop a comprehensive framework that integrates AI and Human Intelligence (HI) into … Read more
July 18, 2024 Mistral AI team We’re excited to introduce Mistral NeMo, a 12 billion-parameter model developed with NVIDIA. This powerful language model features a context window of up to 128k tokens and demonstrates state-of-the-art reasoning, world knowledge, and coding accuracy in its size category. To facilitate adoption, we’ve released pre-trained base and instruction-tuned checkpoints … Read more
Measurements from the LHCb collaboration show how individual quarks come together to form observable matter, challenging previous understanding. Quarks are the building blocks of visible matter and never found alone. Instead, they combine into composite particles like protons. Nuclear physicists use powerful particle accelerators to study quark behavior and formation of particles. The LHCb experiment … Read more
Psychology The Psychology of Lateness Why you should be eight minutes late, but not one more. Key points: There are some perfidious reasons for being late than mere mediocrity. Some involve anger and aggression, others self-deception. Being late can be a way to tell yourself something important. When Is Late Late? Being just five minutes … Read more
Mindfulness training can lead to altered states of consciousness, such as disembodiment and unity. Researchers from the University of Cambridge found that participants were twice as likely to experience these states compared to a control group. These experiences can be positive, but they may also be startling or unpleasant. Mindfulness teachers and students should discuss … Read more