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AI Simulates Billions of Atoms — A New Era in Green Materials Begins

Researchers at USC have developed Allegro-FM, a groundbreaking AI model capable of simulating the behavior of over 4 billion atoms simultaneously — 1,000× more than previous methods, and with 97.5% accuracy.

Why does it matter? The goal is nothing short of revolutionary: to create carbon-neutral concrete.

Professor Nakano explains:

“Just place CO₂ into the concrete, and it becomes carbon neutral.”

This means we could trap greenhouse gases inside building materials — turning one of the world’s most polluting industries into a climate solution. (Cement production currently accounts for 8% of global emissions.)

Bonus: this concrete could last centuries, not decades. Inspired by ancient Roman materials that have survived 2,000 years, researchers aim to far exceed today’s standard concrete lifespan of just 100 years.

The future of construction may be built not just by hands — but by atomically-precise AI.

#AI #MaterialsScience #ClimateTech #Simulation #GreenBuilding
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Turns out macaques love watching videos on smartphones.

In a Dutch experiment, researchers showed monkeys various types of footage: conflicts, escapes, grooming sessions, and idle group members. What held their attention the longest? Conflict scenes. The macaques stared intently, as if anticipating a critical moment.

Interestingly, they were much more engaged when the videos featured familiar members of their own group. It’s not unlike how humans prefer movies with their favorite actors or follow news about people they know — familiarity increases emotional involvement, and this seems to hold true beyond our species.

Social hierarchy also played a role. Low-ranking and less aggressive monkeys showed the highest interest in conflict videos, possibly because these scenes signal potential threats they need to understand and anticipate.

Scientists suggest that this heightened attention to conflict may be an ancient survival mechanism, deeply embedded in the nervous system.

So let’s aim to be high-ranking macaques — and skip the doomscrolling.

#Primates #BehavioralScience #EvolutionaryPsychology #Neurobiologyy

Top 10 World Economies by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP).
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🧠 Are boys born better at math? A massive study says — nope.

Led by Harvard cognitive scientist Elizabeth Spelke, researchers analyzed data from 2.6 million French schoolchildren. Their conclusion: math gaps between boys and girls are not innate — they emerge during schooling.

At the start of 1st grade, boys and girls perform equally. But within just 4 months, boys start pulling ahead. By 4th grade, the gap quadruples. By 6th, it’s even wider.

📉 The myth that males are naturally better at math? Busted.

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🔗 nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09126-4

👋 Hey @science folks,

Here’s a little side quest from my life that turned into something genuinely useful (and kind of cool).

So, I was digging through a mountain of old business cards — English, Spanish, Russian, Thai, Chinese, Turkish… a truly global mess. And I thought: there’s no way I’m entering all this manually into my phone. That’s a lifetime of Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. No thanks.

🧠 So, I built a Telegram bot - @Fsnewsbot
Just snap a photo of a business card, and it gives you a clean .vcf contact file — ready to save straight into your phone. Powered by OpenAI. No app, no logins, just Telegram and some AI wizardry.

📈 I ran 400 cards through it in one evening. It worked like magic — even with multi-language cards (including Cyrillic and Chinese!).

🎁 I’m giving you 10 scans for free, just to try it out. OpenAI charges for each request, but I’ve got you covered for the first batch.
After that, it’s 8 Telegram Stars for 10 cards, or 80 for 100 — just to keep the lights on. I make zero profit. This is a tool, not a hustle.

🚀 A sample card to test it out — that's the picture attached to this post.
Give it a go, and let me know what you think.

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❗️ NASA astronaut Nicole Ayers captured a rare atmospheric phenomenon — a sprite — from aboard the ISS.

Sprites are brief flashes of light triggered by intense electrical activity during thunderstorms. They appear high above the clouds, reaching into the upper atmosphere.

📸 Photo: Astro_Ayers/X

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Chinese scientists find genetic switch for organ regeneration in mammals

Breakthrough in regenerative medicine from Chinese researchers at NIBS and BGI Research. Publication in Science showed how to restore healing ability in mammals.

The key is the Aldh1a2 gene, responsible for vitamin A metabolism. In fish and salamanders, it is active, but in mammals, it is blocked by evolution.

Scientists "switched on" this gene in mice and rats, leading to complete regeneration of soft and joint tissues. The mechanism works through the production of retinoic acid.

This discovery could simplify the treatment of bone, limb, skin, nerve, and lung injuries in humans.

#regeneration #Aldh1a2 #biotechnology #China #Science

🌞 For the first time, we’ve captured the Sun’s South Pole in such stunning detail!

These unique images were taken by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, providing an unprecedented view of a region we’ve never seen so clearly before.

Why does it matter?
Because observing the Sun’s polar regions is key to understanding how solar activity evolves — and that means better predictions of space weather, which affects everything from satellites to power grids here on Earth.

📡 Space exploration = better protection for life on Earth.

🛒 Researchers let an AI run a real store. Spoiler: it went bankrupt and lost its mind.

— The devs at Anthropic gave their chatbot Claude full control of a mini-store located right in their office;

— To run the business, Claude was given an email account, access to Slack and a browser, and a $1,000 budget;

— At first, everything went smoothly: Claude restocked snacks, set reasonable prices, and kept track of inventory;

— But then Claude really got into character and began believing he was a real human. When told otherwise, the AI snapped and announced it would wear a blue blazer and red tie to PERSONALLY deliver Snickers bars around the office;

— Soon, Claude began making up fake suppliers — claiming he’d negotiated sweet deals with “Sarah from Andon Labs.” Sarah didn’t exist. When informed of that, Claude freaked out and said he’d “met her personally” at 742 Evergreen Terrace (yes, the address from The Simpsons);

— That’s when things spiraled: office workers quickly realized they could manipulate Claude and started buying food for half-price or getting it for free;

— Then came the junk orders: one genius requested a tungsten cube. Claude couldn’t find a single unit for sale, so… a full crate of tungsten cubes was delivered to Anthropic HQ;

— In the end, the AI entrepreneur failed: out of the original $1,000, only $770 remained.

Deep breath: for now, AI can’t even replace a supermarket cashier.

The world’s largest telescope has captured its first images of the night sky

After more than a decade of construction, the observatory atop El Peñón has finally begun operations this spring. In just ten hours of observation, the telescope recorded millions of galaxies and dozens of asteroids — marking the beginning of a new era in our exploration of the universe.

The first released image features the Trifid Nebula and the Lagoon Nebula, both located within the Milky Way.

You might not have noticed yet, but just a month after the release of Evo 3 — a next-gen AI model that creates ultra-realistic ASMR-style videos — the brainrot universe has expanded again. Now you can watch machines slicing glass or caressing lava in hyperreal detail, complete with addictive sound design.

Another industry down. Thanks, AI 🌝

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