From a distance, they looked like clouds of dust. Yet, the swarm of microrobots in author Michael Crichton’s bestseller “Prey” was self-organized.
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Neural Networks: Solving The Chemistry Of The Interstellar Medium
Non-equilibrium chemistry is a key process in the study of the InterStellar Medium (ISM), in particular the formation of molecular clouds and thus stars.
Surviving in Ocean Worlds: Experimental Characterization of Fiber Optic Tethers across Europa-like Ice Faults
As an initial step towards in-situ exploration of the interiors of Ocean Worlds to search for life using cryobot architectures, we test how various communication tethers behave under potential Europa-like […]
Lake Untersee, Antarctica Climate Data, Version 1
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Exploring Ocean Worlds: FathomNet: New Open-source Image Database Unlocks The Power Of AI For Ocean Exploration
A new collaborative effort between MBARI and other research institutions is leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to accelerate efforts to study the ocean.
Tricorder Tech: Deep Learning Tool Identifies Bacteria In Micrographs
Omnipose, a deep learning software, is helping to solve the challenge of identifying varied and miniscule bacteria in microscopy images. It has gone beyond this initial goal to identify several […]
On The Salient Limitations Of The Methods Of Assembly Theory And their Classification Of Molecular Biosignatures
A recently introduced approach termed “Assembly Theory”, featuring a computable index based on basic principles of statistical compression has been claimed to be a novel and superior approach to classifying […]
COgITOR, The Liquid Cybernetic System Inspired By Cells
The COgITOR project is aimed at formulating a new concept of artificial cybernetic system, taking its name from Descartes’s maxim “Cogito, ergo sum” and drawing inspiration from the new frontier […]
iGenomics: The World's First DNA 'Tricorder' In Your Pocket
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists developed the world’s first mobile genome sequence analyzer, a new iPhone app called iGenomics.
Analog DNA Circuit Does Math In A Test Tube
Often described as the blueprint of life, DNA contains the instructions for making every living thing from a human to a house fly. But in recent decades, some researchers have […]
