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Researchers at TU Graz demonstrate a new design method for particularly energy-saving artificial neural networks that get by with extremely few signals and - similar to Morse code - also assign meaning to the pauses between the signals.

An international team of scientists performed theoretical and experimental research on a new high-temperature superconductor, yttrium hydride (YH6). Until 2015, 138 K (or 166 K under pressure) was the record of high-temperature superconductivity. Room-temperature superconductivity, which would have been laughable five years ago, has become a reality. Right now, the whole point is to attain room-temperature superconductivity at lower pressures. Scientists reported that YH6 displays a superconducting transition at ?224 K at 166 GPa.

The researchers have developed a novel connection which can help in the design of more efficient multi-agent AI systems.

University of Tokyo scientists studied the adaptive immune system as a kind of artificial intelligence that can be trained to produce the correct response to invasion by pathogens. This work may lead to more effective vaccines and immune boosting therapies.

Researchers have developed a new quantum version of a 150-year-old thermodynamical thought experiment that could pave the way for the development of quantum heat engines.

With the help of about 200 human puzzle-takers, a computer model and functional MRI images, University of Washington researchers have learned more about the processes of reasoning and decision making, pinpointing the brain pathway that springs into action when problem-solving goes south.