This post collects links to other interesting news that we have considered but not included in our regular news this week.
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Georgia State brain researchers draw cellular blueprint for how we think, feel
Study provides comprehensive insights into DNA language models
Transforming acoustic waves with a chip
C-Compass: AI-based software maps proteins and lipids within cells
A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems
MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
New research explains how our brains store and change memories
Pulsed laser deposition ushers in the hydrogen energy era via atomic-scale fabrication
ASH 2025: AI uncovers how DNA architecture failures trigger blood cancer
Study reveals new ways the brain regulates communication between neurons
New annealing method unlocks stable, high-efficiency organic solar cells
Observing nanoscale dynamics with soft X-rays
Shaping quantum light unlocks new possibilities for future technologies
Wireless device ‘speaks’ to the brain with light
University of Utah engineers give a bionic hand a mind of its own
Stanford Medicine-led study identifies immune switch critical to autoimmunity, cancer
Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms worldwide – from TikTok to Amazon
How your brain understands language may be more like AI than we ever imagined
When AI learns to 'simulate' the brain: a paradigm shift in neuroscience research
RoboCrop: Teaching robots how to pick tomatoes
Conclusive tests for the RISTRETTO exoplanet explorer
Optical chip pioneers physical-layer public-key encryption with partial coherence
New bioelectronics device based on hydrogel- elastomer conductive nanomembranes
New multi-modal AI framework brings human-like reasoning to self-driving vehicles
New fully digital design paves the way for scalable probabilistic computing
Direct observation reveals “two-in-one” roles of plasma turbulence
Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects
Carbon nanotubes could power a new generation of flexible solar panels
Memristor chip accelerates compressed sensing by 11 times through hardware-software co-optimization
NeuroCam: a 4096-channel flexible brain-machine interface
ICE-CSIC leads a pioneering study on the feasibility of asteroid mining
The universal flow structure to elucidate turbulence
Theoretical results could lead to faster, more secure quantum technology
SETI Institute tracks pulsar “twinkle” to reveal how space distorts radio signals
Chip-scale magnetometer uses light for high-precision magnetic sensing
New model makes machine learning potentials more accurate and more accessible