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Ensuring AI works with the right dose of curiosity

“Researchers make headway in solving a longstanding problem of balancing curious “exploration” versus “exploitation” of known pathways in reinforcement learning. It’s a dilemma as old as time. Friday night has rolled around, and you’re trying to pick a …

Faster and more Efficient Computer Chips Thanks to Germanium

“TU Wien (Vienna) has succeeded in making a new type of material usable for chip technology. This enables faster, more efficient computers and new types of quantum devices. Our current chip technology is largely based on silicon. Only in very …

First Run 3 physics result by CMS

“On 5 July, the LHC roared to life for its third run after three years of continual improvements to the machine as well as to the experiments’ detectors and analysis tools, and immediately reached a record energy of 13.6 …

How MIRI became Webb’s coolest instrument

“The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is widely referred to as the successor to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. In reality, it is the successor to a lot more than that. With the inclusion of the Mid-InfraRed …

IBM Unveils 400 Qubit-Plus Quantum Processor and Next-Generation IBM Quantum System Two

“IBM (NYSE: IBM) today kicked off the IBM Quantum Summit 2022, announcing new breakthrough advancements in quantum hardware and software and outlining its pioneering vision for quantum-centric supercomputing. The annual IBM Quantum Summit showcases the company’s broad quantum ecosystem …

Integrating Robotics, Materials Science to Capture Solar Energy

“Solar energy is key to combating climate change, but harnessing it is difficult. In current solar panels, only 20% of available energy is typically transformed into electricity. An NC State professor is leading the development of more effective solar panels …

Intel NUC 13 Extreme Sets New Standard for Gaming Performance

“Today, Intel launched the new Intel® NUC 13 Extreme Kit (code-named Raptor Canyon) and Intel NUC 13 Extreme Compute Element, which combine to make the most powerful Intel NUC ever built1. The NUC 13 Extreme features unlocked2 13th Gen Intel …

IR Remote Tester and Decoder

“In this tutorial, I am going to show you guys how to create a simple InfraRed Receiver / Tester Circuit using TSOP4838 Intro What do you generally do when your remote controls starts playing up? - Do you generally use a multimeter …

Magnetic Quantum Fluid: Extremely Fluid In Two Ways

“HEIDELBERG PHYSICISTS DEMONSTRATE THE COEXISTENCE OF SUPERFLUIDS IN ULTRACOLD ATOMIC CLOUDS Two superfluids can exist at the same time in ultracold atomic clouds. Until now, their coexistence could not be observed experimentally. Now, however, physicists from Heidelberg University have demonstrated …

Max Planck spin-off develops more efficient batteries

“An invention by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research could make batteries much more energy dense, efficient and safer. The research team has found a way to produce very fine metal fleeces, the batene fleece, that can …