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🧠 AI-powered ring translates sign language in real-time!

Researchers at Cornell University have created SpellRing, a tiny wearable device that uses micro-sonar and AI to track finger movements in American Sign Language (ASL). The ring, no bigger than a U.S. quarter, translates fingerspelled words with an impressive accuracy of up to 92%.

This breakthrough could revolutionize digital communication for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, making interactions with smartphones and computers smoother and more inclusive.

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🚨 Science Podcast Alert! 🎙️

Tune in this Friday for our exciting weekly @science podcast! We’re uncovering this week’s most amazing scientific breakthroughs:

🔹 Dark Energy is Changing? New observations from the DESI telescope hint that dark energy—responsible for the universe’s accelerated expansion—might be weakening, potentially reshaping cosmology as we know it!

🐶 Decoding Dogs’ Noses: Scientists developed an optical sensor to read canine brain activity, revealing precisely how dogs distinguish smells. This breakthrough could revolutionize scent detection, from drug sniffing to medical diagnostics!

🌌 AI Unlocks Cosmic Secrets: Artificial intelligence helped astrophysicists identify that Earth’s most energetic cosmic radiation comes predominantly from heavy nuclei like iron—not protons as previously thought. A huge leap in understanding cosmic rays!

🌎 Electricity from Earth’s Spin: Physicists propose a groundbreaking method to generate electricity using Earth’s rotational energy and magnetic field—opening a new avenue toward sustainable energy production!

🧬 Watching DNA Unwind: Researchers captured, for the first time ever, the exact moment DNA begins to unravel—an essential step in life itself. A profound leap forward in understanding DNA replication and cell biology!

🧠 Light-Powered Artificial Neurons: Cutting-edge semiconductor devices powered by light now mimic the brain’s oscillations, paving the way for ultra-fast, energy-efficient neuromorphic computing.

🛰️ Stable Dyson Spheres and Ringworlds: Surprisingly, scientists confirmed that certain Dyson spheres and ringworlds—once thought purely fictional—could actually be gravitationally stable, reigniting excitement about engineering on cosmic scales.

🔭 Neutrinos and Quantum Gravity: The Mediterranean neutrino observatory (KM3NeT) sets unprecedented limits on quantum gravity effects, deepening our understanding of the universe’s fundamental forces.

Stay curious, stay informed, and join us for more incredible discoveries! 🚀🌌


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Terrifying "Sounds" of the Sun

Our Sun regularly emits powerful streams of high-energy electrons. When these electrons collide with other charged particles, they release radio emissions.

These emissions are captured by the RPW (Radio and Plasma Waves) instrument onboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. In this video, data from the RPW instrument has been converted into audible sounds, allowing us to experience the Sun's eerie "voice."

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Scientists at Zhejiang University have unveiled a groundbreaking facial mask that can transform the wearer’s appearance in real time. Designed to potentially deceive facial recognition systems, the mask is composed of multiple elastic layers with distinct functions.
Dynamic Appearance Change: The outer layer utilizes built-in heating elements to change color, while the inner layers adjust facial proportions, offering a total of eight preset facial configurations.
Transformation Speed: The complete metamorphosis takes roughly 100 seconds, providing a swift and effective disguise.
Current Limitations and Future Directions: Although the prototype cannot yet mimic facial expressions, ongoing developments aim to refine the technology. Engineers plan to replace the current ammonia-based chemical activation with a safer, less toxic alternative.
Broader Implications: Beyond espionage applications, this innovative technology holds promise for the development of lifelike humanoid robots, opening up exciting new avenues in robotics and dynamic material science.

For further details, you can read more in the original publication in Science Advances.

#robots #science


Is Humanity Getting Dumber? @Science Says Yes

A recent study confirms a concerning trend: global intelligence levels have been declining since 2010. Researchers have found that many people struggle to focus on a single task, lose logical thinking skills, and spend excessive time on their smartphones.

Here are some key findings:

🔢 25% of adults in developed countries cannot solve basic math problems, with this figure rising to 35% in the U.S.
🧑‍🎓 Since 2015, there has been a sharp increase in 18-year-olds struggling to concentrate on a single topic.
📖 In 2022, half of those surveyed read no more than one book, while 45% of teenagers did not read at all.

The culprit? The way we consume information has changed. Social media, with its endless feeds and algorithm-driven content, overloads the brain, making it harder to seek out and process valuable information. Instead, people get stuck in an endless loop of low-value content consumption.

💡 The good news?
The brain remains highly adaptable—with effort, it’s possible to regain focus and sharpen critical thinking skills.

Time to take control of our attention!


🚨 Science Update Alert! 🎙️

Discover today’s hottest breakthroughs from the frontiers of science:

🌀 White Holes: A New Cosmic Beginning? Researchers from the University of Sheffield propose that black holes might not be the end of everything. Using quantum mechanics, they suggest the existence of “white holes,” cosmic regions spewing matter, energy, and time back into the universe, potentially changing how we perceive space and time itself.

🤖 AI’s Impact on Wealth Equality: A groundbreaking study from Changzhou University explores how artificial intelligence could reshape global wealth distribution. While AI-driven automation is predicted to significantly boost economic output, it might also widen the wealth gap. Policymakers are advised to support neutral AI technologies that promote balanced economic growth.

🦈 Greenland Shark’s Longevity Secrets Unveiled: Scientists decoded the genome of Greenland sharks, Earth’s longest-living vertebrates (up to 400 years old!). Unique genetic traits associated with exceptional immune response and cancer resistance could inspire future breakthroughs in human aging research.

🔄 Twisted Light Powers Next-Gen Electronics: Cambridge researchers created a revolutionary organic semiconductor emitting circularly polarized “twisted” light, potentially transforming displays, quantum computing, and spintronics. This discovery promises ultra-efficient and powerful electronics, possibly revolutionizing technology as we know it.

🧬 East Asian Lactase Genes: A Neanderthal Legacy: Fascinating genetic research reveals that approximately 25% of East Asians inherited unique lactase genes from Neanderthals. These genes allow the digestion of milk sugars, pointing to ancient interspecies interactions shaping human evolution.

♻️ Breaking Down Plastic—With Air! A groundbreaking study from Northwestern University demonstrates a simple, affordable way to recycle PET plastics using nothing but an inexpensive catalyst and moisture from the air. This revolutionary technique might pave the way toward a cleaner and sustainable circular plastic economy.

Stay curious, stay updated, and stay tuned for more discoveries! 🚀🔬

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Olivia Farnsworth: The Girl Who Feels No Pain, Hunger, or Fatigue

Olivia Farnsworth from the UK is a unique medical case—she doesn’t feel pain, hunger, or fatigue. This rare condition is caused by a deletion in her 6th chromosome, meaning a segment of the chromosome is missing. She is believed to be the only person in the world exhibiting all three symptoms simultaneously.

The inability to feel pain is the most dangerous aspect of her condition, as she could sustain serious injuries without realizing it. Her family must constantly monitor and protect her. Additionally, her mother ensures she eats regularly, as Olivia doesn’t experience hunger signals and could easily forget to eat.

Sleep is an even greater challenge. Without medication, Olivia cannot fall asleep naturally and can stay awake for up to three days in a row. To manage this, she follows a strict regimen of sleeping aids.

Olivia’s case remains a fascinating and rare example of how genetic anomalies can dramatically alter human perception and biology.

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🧠 Engineers at MIT have developed a magnetic robotic thread designed to remove blood clots from the brain.


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The IM-2 Athena lunar lander, developed by Intuitive Machines, has completed its mission in the Moon’s southern polar region. However, it did so ahead of schedule—because it tipped over upon landing. This mishap echoes last year’s incident with the company’s first lander, IM-1 Odysseus. That one, despite ending up on its side, managed to function for some time since its solar panels could still charge the batteries.

Unfortunately, IM-2 fared worse. The designated landing ellipse was just 50 meters across near Malapert Massif, but the actual deviation was much larger—250 meters, according to the company, and up to 400 meters, per NASA. Engineers noted issues with the clarity of data from the laser altimeter, and an image sent from the lander confirmed that it had come to rest on its side inside a crater. Given that this region receives only slanted sunlight, combined with the extreme cold of the lunar night and the poor orientation of the solar panels, IM-2 has no chance of waking up again.

As a result, the two small rovers and the drill meant to extract regolith from nearly a meter deep were unable to fulfill their primary missions—though at least they managed to prove they were functional.

#space #moon #science


🔬 BREAKTHROUGH IN AI-POWERED HEALTHCARE

Google Research has unveiled significant advancements in AMIE (Artificial Medical Intelligence Engine), a cutting-edge AI system designed for longitudinal disease management.

🔹 What makes this important?Unlike traditional diagnostic tools, AMIE follows patients throughout their entire treatment journey, continuously adapting and personalizing care plans based on patient progress.

🔹 Key innovations:
• Multi-modal data integration combining medical images, clinical notes, and lab results
• Temporal neural networks that detect subtle changes in patient condition over time
• Interpretable AI models that explain recommendations to physicians

🔹 Clinical results are impressive:
• 94% accuracy in detecting cancer recurrence
• 12% improvement in survival rates in oncology applications
• Early detection of neurodegenerative disease progression by 7 months compared to standard monitoring

This represents a paradigm shift from reactive to proactive healthcare, where AI doesn't just diagnose but becomes an integral part of the entire treatment process.

The research team emphasizes their commitment to ethical AI development with strong privacy protections and transparency principles built into the system.

Full research paper: https://research.google/blog/from-diagnosis-to-treatment-advancing-amie-for-longitudinal-disease-management/

#AIinHealthcare #MedicalAI #GoogleResearch #AMIE #FutureOfMedicine




🚨 Science Podcast Alert! 🎙️

Tune in every Friday for our weekly @science podcast! Today, we're diving deep into the latest groundbreaking discoveries:

🔹 Mars Reveals Secrets: NASA’s Perseverance rover found unexpected minerals on Mars, hinting at ancient life-friendly conditions. Unusual deposits of kaolinite suggest Mars once had a warm, wet environment ideal for microbial life.

🌌 Ultra-Hot Nova Surprise: Gemini South telescope captured a recurrent nova eruption in a nearby galaxy with unprecedented chemical signatures, including extremely ionized silicon shining nearly 100 times brighter than our sun.

🦴 Walking Upright 2 Million Years Ago: A newly discovered fossil from South Africa confirms that our ancient relative, Paranthropus robustus, walked upright like humans and was surprisingly small, highlighting new insights into early human evolution.

🚬 Smoking Fuels Antibiotic Resistance: New research reveals cigarette waste promotes the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in water bodies and even human lungs, highlighting yet another hidden health hazard of smoking.

🧬 Nanoparticles vs. Cancer: Breakthrough research at UCLA uses innovative nanoparticle technology to stop pancreatic cancer from spreading. This method combines immune therapy and mRNA to create personalized cancer treatments.

🛰️ Voyager's Final Chapter: NASA is carefully powering down instruments on Voyager spacecraft to extend their missions as long as possible. These probes continue to send back data from beyond our solar system, over 15 billion miles from Earth.

Join us today as we explore these groundbreaking stories and more!

Stay curious, stay informed, and see you in the podcast! 🚀🌍


Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden have developed a collective of disk-shaped autonomous robots that mimic the adaptive behaviors of biological tissues. Inspired by how embryonic cells transition between fluid and solid states to form structures, these robots can rearrange themselves to act either as a rigid material or flow into new configurations. This advancement opens new possibilities for adaptable robotic systems capable of self-healing and dynamic reconfiguration.


By the end of 2025, a lawyer’s caliber will be determined 90% by the quality of their AI assistant.

Reasoning models have made a breakthrough in legal skill qualification and practice efficiency.

The first randomized controlled study assessed how senior law students performed six legal tasks using:
• A RAG-based AI legal tool (Vincent AI),
• An AI reasoning model (O1-preview OpenAI),
• Or no AI at all (as lawyers worldwide still commonly work today).

The study revealed:

Both AI tools significantly improved legal work quality.
AI assistance boosted performance in five out of six tested legal tasks, with:
Vincent AI delivering a statistically significant improvement of 38% to 115%,
O1-preview increasing performance by 34% to 140%, showing particularly strong results in complex tasks like drafting persuasive legal letters and analyzing legal complaints.

Reasoning models enhance not just clarity, organization, and professionalism but also the depth and rigor of legal analysis.

Hallucinations were minimal.
Notably, Vincent AI exhibited about the same error rate as law students working without AI (humans, after all, are also prone to confabulations).

The findings sharply contrast with previous studies on older large language models like GPT-4.
In other words, a breakthrough has occurred—the emergence of AI models capable of genuine reasoning.

Two Key Takeaways
1. The study convincingly demonstrates that integrating domain-specific RAG capabilities with reasoning models creates a breakthrough synergy in legal competence and productivity.
2. These results not only herald the imminent arrival of next-generation AI legal tools but will also fundamentally reshape the future of the legal profession.

#LLM


🌍🚀 A “Seed Pyramid” on the Moon – Humanity’s Backup Plan

Alongside a suite of scientific instruments, the Blue Ghost lunar lander has delivered something truly unique to the Moon: a pyramid containing life’s seeds and Wikipedia encoded in DNA.

This project was developed by the biotech company LifeShip in collaboration with the Arch Mission Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving human knowledge for future generations—or perhaps even extraterrestrials. If life on Earth were to face extinction, these seeds could potentially help revive it.

This is the third lunar library sent by Arch Mission Foundation, adding to their efforts to safeguard humanity’s legacy beyond Earth.

🔬 What’s inside the pyramid?

🌾 100 types of plant seeds & DNA from 500 plant species
🪴 Essential crops, iconic ornamental plants, and sacred medicinal herbs
🌲 The tallest trees on Earth – coastal redwoods
📀 Images of 100 plants preserved on ceramic plates by Cerabyte, designed to last for billions of years

A small step for @science, a giant leap for planetary backup. 🌱🌕✨


A view of Earth from the first privately-owned spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon in history.
On March 2, 2025, the Blue Ghost lander, developed by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed in the Moon’s Mare Crisium region. This marks the first time a private spacecraft has achieved a fully successful lunar landing.

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