When the tokamak is turned on, something magical happens in the confines of its reinforced belly. Plasma born from heavy hydrogen blooms in a bright pink color, spinning and twisting around the doughnut-shaped chamber. Then, tiny grains of lithium fall into the maelstrom, glowing like scarlet fairy dust before bursting into rays of vivid green-yellow … Read more
Son who used AI to help save mum’s life hopes case offers Parkinson’s clues BBC
The United Kingdom has “strong indications” that Iran was involved in the incident in which five men were arrested near a US-run military air base in England late at night, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday. Burnham said UK and US officials are carrying out a “complex and serious” investigation into how and why … Read more
Donald Trump, in a development that could almost come from a Greek tragedy, appears to have invented something that is willing to do what no one in his orbit will: tell him the truth. The president launched America.gov on Tuesday, an artificial intelligence platform that the White House says will make it easier for Americans … Read more
Swiss glaciers suffer ‘disastrous’ year of ice loss, threatening water supply BBC ‘Melt rates explode’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years The Guardian Switzerland’s glaciers are losing a staggering amount of ice. See the collapse. The Washington PostSwiss glaciers lose more than 5% of their ice after record heat wave ReutersSwiss glaciers suffer … Read more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to make it easier for Californians to install plug-in solar panels. Models that meet state standards are expected to go on sale in mid-2027. September 30, 2026 Updated at 5:37 pm PTA cable connected to solar panels plugs into an outlet in Agnes Chan’s backyard in Berkeley, California, on August … Read more
Design of AtaraxosAtaraxos consists of two interdependent self-play reinforcement learning processes, realized by transformer networks for set-up selection and move selection; a belief network trained on self-play games of the final selection networks; and a test-time search procedure that composes the move and belief networks.Interdependent self-play processesThe foundation of Ataraxos is its self-play reinforcement learning … Read more
Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series was deadlocked at 3-3 on Wednesday afternoon before Alec Bohm offered Philadelphia’s biggest swing. His two-out home run in the 10th inning lifted the Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves and forced a winner-take-all third game. The Phillies trailed 3-1 before Kyle Schwarber and … Read more
Peng, C., Trojanowski, J. Q. & Lee, V. M.-Y. Protein transmission in neurodegenerative disease. Nat. Rev. Neurol. 16, 199–212 (2020).Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Collinge, J. & Clarke, A. R. A general model of prion strains and their pathogenicity. Science 318, 930–936 (2007).Article ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar Benestad, S. L. & Telling, … Read more
Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-associated death as outbreak continues The Washington PostPennsylvania confirms fifth measles-associated death as US outbreak grows Al JazeeraFifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths Ars TechnicaPennsylvania records a fifth measles death as the nation endures its worst year since 1991 apnews.comPennsylvania reports fifth measles-associated death of 2026 … Read more