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Serving multiple useful purposes, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) usually incorporate scalp-applied or even brain-implanted electrodes. A new less-invasive BCI, however, can simply be stuck in the patient's ear canal as needed.Developed by a team of scientists from China's Tsinghua University, the experimental device is known as the SpiralE.Measuring just 50 mm long by 3 mm wide, it takes the form of a thin multilayered rectangular strip made up of two shape-memory polymer layers, one electrothermal actuation layer, and…

Once trained, the model could reconstruct music from an fMRI employing the use of MusicLM. Since MusicLM generates music from text, it was conditioned to create music similar to the original music stimuli on a semantic level. When put to the test, the generated music resembled the musical stimuli that the participant initially listened to in features such as  genre, instrumentation, mood, and more. On the research page's site, you can listen to several clips of the original music stimuli and compare them to the…

By Walter Beckwith, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) July 22, 2023Micro-endovascular (MEV) probe selectively implanted into a curved branch for neural recording across the blood vessel wall. The MEV probe (yellow), which is designed to curve into branched (vs. straight) blood vessels, is selectively injected into the branched vessel by saline flow through the microcatheter (cyan) in which it was preloaded. Credit: Anqi Zhang, Stanford UniversityA new study presents a minimally invasive,…

An analysis of 10,000+ adults in Norway showed that those who were physically active had a greater tolerance for pain, suggesting that increasing physical activity could help alleviate chronic pain.A large study in Norway indicates the potential effectiveness of increasing physical activity as a treatment approach for chronic pain.A new analysis of data gathered from over 10,000 adults reveals a correlation between physical activity and increased pain tolerance. Those who led an active lifestyle demonstrated a higher…

Maritime trade at-risk. a, Cross-border downtime risk for import flows of countries. b, Same as a but for exports. c, Top 30 countries in terms of maritime trade at-risk (in value terms), including a breakdown between domestic and cross-border downtime risk. Basemaps in a,b from GADM (gadm.org). The country codes refer to country ISO-alpha3 code. Credit: Nature Climate Change (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01754-w More than…

The news: Meta is going all in on open-source AI. The company has unveiled LLaMA 2, its first large language model that’s available for anyone to use—for free. It’s also releasing a version of the AI model that people can build into ChatGPT-style chatbots. Why it matters: The idea is that by releasing the model into the wild and letting developers and companies tinker with it, Meta will learn important lessons about how to make its models safer, less biased, and more efficient.But… Many caveats still remain. Meta is not…

Russian scientists have predicted ‘powerful’ solar flare activity that may affect communication protocols. According to a report by Reuters, scientists observed three flares on the Sun which can affect short-wave radio conditions on Earth. The Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics in Moscow said class X flares along with proton flares are expected. These conditions may even deteriorate short-wave radio communication which is used by military, maritime and emergency operators. One of the solar flares observed by the…

Cover of Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (July issue). Credit: BAMS A publication on early results from the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) on climate change in the Arctic appears in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The CRC Transregio, led by the meteorologist Professor Manfred Wendisch from…

Experts are talking about the Sun's solar cycles and how they can create powerful solar storms that might disrupt communications on Earth. The Washington Post recently reported that in 2025, the Sun will enter a phase called "solar maximum," which is a period of increased activity. Unfortunately, our modern digital world might not be ready for it. This news has sparked interest on social media, with some even calling it the "internet apocalypse." However, it's important to note that NASA, the American space agency,…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 13, 2023, 12:28 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: IANS)Private Equity trend experienced a decline of 20 percent in deal volumes and an 81 per cent decline in values in Q3 compared to Q2 2022India Inc saw just 16 deals amounting to $98 million in the second quarter (Q2) this year in the auto sector, registering a substantial decline in overall deal activity, with a 92 percent drop in values and 36 percent decrease in volumes, a report showed on Wednesday.Primarily…