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🌀 AI Reinvents Gravitational Wave Detection At Caltech, physicists are pushing the boundaries of how precisely we can measure gravitational waves — tiny ripples in space-time caused by black hole collisions and other cosmic cataclysms. Their tool: the LIGO detector, capable of spotting changes smaller than a billionth of an atom. Yet even LIGO has limits. This year, researchers turned to AI-driven optimization. Instead of conventional symmetric designs, the algorithms proposed bizarre, seemingly chaotic setups — almost like “hallucinations.” After months of testing, one such design boosted LIGO’s sensitivity by 10–15% — a breakthrough that could accelerate discoveries for years to come. Inspired by this success, a team at the Max Planck Institute created an AI named Urania to design new optical configurations. Not only did it find better solutions, it also rediscovered a forgotten Soviet law from the 1970s, impossible to implement back then — but finally realized in 2025, thanks to AI. 🚀 We may truly be entering a new era of physics. 🔗 Read more on WIRED #AI #Physics #GravitationalWaves #LIGO

💊 MIT researchers use AI to fight drug-resistant bacteria Scientists at MIT are turning to generative AI to outsmart one of the greatest medical threats of our time — antibiotic resistance. 🔬 Instead of searching traditional chemical libraries, the team generated over 36 million hypothetical molecules and screened them using graph neural networks, which analyze atoms and bonds as interconnected graphs. ⚡ Key results: • 24 molecules were selected and synthesized • 7 showed strong antibacterial activity • 2 proved so effective they cured infected mice 🧪 The top candidates are NG1 and DN1: • DN1 successfully eliminated MRSA skin infections in mice • NG1 wiped out drug-resistant gonorrhea 💡 What makes this breakthrough unique is how AI opens entirely new “chemical space,” beyond the reach of existing catalogs — giving scientists a way to discover novel compounds faster and more cost-effectively. MIT researchers believe this approach could spark a “second golden age of antibiotics.” 📌 Read more: MIT News @Science #AI #Biotech #Antibiotics #DrugResistance

Neural Network That Predicts Your Reaction to a Video Meta has developed a unique neural network called TRIBE, capable of predicting how your brain will respond to a video — even before you hit the play button, and without any brain scanning! This 1-billion-parameter model analyzes video, audio, and text to precisely determine which areas of the brain will be activated. TRIBE was trained on 80 hours of TV shows and movies, enabling it to correctly predict more than half of brain activity patterns across 1,000 brain regions. It performs especially well with multisensory information — where vision, sound, and language interact — outperforming traditional models by 30%. Interestingly, the system showed high accuracy in the frontal lobes, responsible for attention, decision-making, and emotional reactions to content. This opens new possibilities for developing methods aimed at maximizing viewer engagement at the neural level — which could make “doomscrolling” even more addictive. In short: input — a video; output — information on which brain regions will light up. Multimodality really amplifies the effect! https://github.com/facebookresearch/algonauts-2025 https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22229 @science

Automaker Geely has completed the deployment of its satellite constellation, successfully putting 11 communication satellites into orbit. 🌌 Though a recent initiative, it already has the potential to transform vehicle management. Owners will now be able to unlock and control their cars in the most remote locations using nothing more than a modern smartphone, such as one from Huawei.

The U.S. National Science Foundation has just unveiled a $100 million initiative to build a network of “programmable cloud laboratories” . These AI‑enabled hubs will let scientists design and run experiments remotely, with initial focus on biotechnology and materials science. The idea is to embed artificial intelligence across every stage of research — from planning and predicting outcomes to monitoring real‑time data and adjusting conditions, then speeding up analysis afterward . The program plans up to six grants of $5 million per year for four years to universities, nonprofits and companies . NSF likens this to its historic investments in infrastructure such as NSFNET : a foundational move to accelerate automated science and keep the U.S. at the forefront of AI innovation. Read more at: https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-invest-new-national-network-ai-programmable-cloud #AI #CloudLabs #Science #Innovation

🔋 Ultrasound Tech Charges Implants Without Surgery South Korean researchers have developed an ultrasound-based wireless charging system for medical implants like pacemakers — fully recharging in under 2 hours with no surgery required. Using a new dual-layer piezoelectric module, the device captures nearly all ultrasonic energy, even what was previously lost. Tests showed a 140 mAh battery charged in 1h40min through 3 cm of water, and a 60 mAh battery in 1h20min through 30 mm of tissue. 🌐 Read more on TechXplore

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Star link “On the weekend, I was able to photograph Starlink satellites in the near Moscow region. The position of the sun above the horizon allowed me to capture them… “ @funscience #starlink https://t.me/funscience/7640

🧠 Human Mini‑Brains Flying a Virtual Butterfly! Scientists have connected tiny lab‑grown brain organoids to a simulator — and they can pilot a virtual butterfly in real time! These living neurons fire when the butterfly appears, steering its movements without traditional software. It’s a glimpse into the future of biohybrid AI, where biology and computing merge. 🚀

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