pateandcognac t1_isi416p wrote on October 16, 2022 at 3:53 AM

Reply to comment by Anoobis_117 in OHSU scientists discover mechanism of hearing by TequillaShotz

some relief, sometimes. Ymmv](https://trudenta.com/this-simple-trick-may-help-with-tinnitus/) [edit: I looked it up. here's a link](https://news.mit.edu/2022/frequency-therapeutics-hearing-regeneration-0329) I also just learned that tinnitus is associated with dementia, so there's that

Grapesoda5k t1_isp6kik wrote on October 17, 2022 at 5:47 PM

Reply to comment by ArmadilloReasonable9 in Ultrathin polymer-based ordered membranes that effectively remove salt from seawater and brine could provide a promising alternative to existing water desalination systems by giuliomagnifico

parallel arguments based on nothing. Not one source has supported your argument in the desalination discussions. https://news.mit.edu/2019/brine-desalianation-waste-sodium-hydroxide-0213

FourthmasWish t1_isvpdl8 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:14 AM

Reply to A new AI model can accurately predict human response to novel drug compounds by Dr_Singularity

does this interact with [this one MIT reported on](https://news.mit.edu/2022/ai-model-finds-potentially-life-saving-drug-molecules-thousand-times-faster-0712)? Feels like we're actually nearing the asymptote... If an issue can be fixed chemically, we're almost at the point where

Acrobatic-Rate4271 t1_iudyzdp wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Reply to comment by jeoeker531 in Ozone Hole Continues Shrinking in 2022, NASA and NOAA Scientists Say | Annual Antarctic ozone hole over the South Pole was slightly smaller than last year and generally continued the overall shrinking trend of recent years. by yourSAS

wonder how acidification of the oceans will affect phytoplankton... [https://news.mit.edu/2015/ocean-acidification-phytoplankton-0720](https://news.mit.edu/2015/ocean-acidification-phytoplankton-0720) Oh... so we may want to start planting trees. A lot of trees

jonzornow t1_izhvc7r wrote on December 9, 2022 at 5:30 AM

Reply to Can you predictably manipulate a magnetic gas? by hufsa7

Surprisingly, magnetism [has actually been observed in gasses](https://news.mit.edu/2009/magnetic-gas-0918) but only at extremely low temperatures. The magnetic gas can be manipulated, in the sense that they can make the atoms repel each other

Metlman13 t1_j0aa3eu wrote on December 15, 2022 at 4:39 AM

Reply to comment by Aerothermal in Northrop Grumman’s wireless power distribution from space - The 'Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research' (SSPIDR) Project team is developing means to transmit concentrated solar energy from space to anywhere on Earth by Aerothermal

back when MIT Engineers made headlines by [flying a small plane that had no moving parts](https://news.mit.edu/2018/first-ionic-wind-plane-no-moving-parts-1121)? Imagine what you could do with that if you had a constant, uninterrupted power supply coming

divepilot t1_j0zempt wrote on December 20, 2022 at 3:36 PM

Reply to How realistic is “The future of” on Netflix? by alakeya

light. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glowing\_Plant\_project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glowing_Plant_project) [https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-glowing-plant-startup-that-just-gave-up-its-quest/](https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-glowing-plant-startup-that-just-gave-up-its-quest/) MIT uses another approach: https://news.mit.edu/2021/glowing-plants-nanoparticles-0917

mjdlight t1_j1zqtia wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Reply to what could be the next big resource or science that will change our lives? similarly to how Electricity, a wheel or fire did it. by minde0815

even in its current relatively primitive form, has already discovered an antibiotic before humans did. https://news.mit.edu/2020/artificial-intelligence-identifies-new-antibiotic-0220

lunatickoala t1_j6civq4 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 10:32 AM

Reply to comment by macedonianmoper in ELI5: Why do imaginary numbers even need to exist? by Tharsis101

this. There's even some evidence to suggest that logarithmic thinking might even be more natural. https://news.mit.edu/2012/thinking-logarithmically-1005

neuronexmachina t1_j867ome wrote on February 11, 2023 at 11:03 PM

Reply to Scientists Made a Mind-Bending Discovery About How AI Actually Works | "The concept is easier to understand if you imagine it as a Matryoshka-esque computer-inside-a-computer scenario." by Tao_Dragon

task from just a few examples, without the need for any new training data. ](https://news.mit.edu/2023/large-language-models-in-context-learning-0207) Actual preprint and abstract: [What learning algorithm is in-context learning? Investigations with linear models](https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.15661)

keisukegoda3804 t1_j8rpe1w wrote on February 16, 2023 at 2:04 PM

Reply to [D] Is anyone working on ML models that infer and train at the same time? by Cogwheel

Check out liquid neural networks: https://news.mit.edu/2022/solving-brain-dynamics-gives-rise-flexible-machine-learning-models-1115

fragmentOutOfOrder t1_j9daa61 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 2:01 AM

Reply to Can you control an animals movement with electric impulses to the brain and muscles? by Noobstompa6000

This is not dumb and is indeed a very [active field of research](https://news.mit.edu/2000/monkeys-1206) in the broader sense of how do we control/use our own limbs and what happens when the natural pathways

MLS_Analyst t1_jan8ur3 wrote on March 2, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Reply to Electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy. 30TW of wind and solar PV will take 0.2% of earth's surface. by DisasterousGiraffe

Toss in advanced geothermal and the land usage drops even more, as will the costs: https://news.mit.edu/2022/quaise-energy-geothermal-0628

ssnover95x t1_jb5diqx wrote on March 6, 2023 at 3:46 PM

Reply to comment by Lesurous in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

there are lots of cars driving around looking for their next ride. https://news.mit.edu/2021/ride-sharing-intensifies-urban-road-congestion-0423

Tememachine t1_jdyqgeq wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:02 AM

Reply to comment by acutelychronicpanic in The goalposts for "I'll believe it's real AI when..." have moved to "literally duplicate Einstein" by Yuli-Ban

discovered some weird shit. IIRC. They suppressed the news bc it was a bit "[racist](https://news.mit.edu/2022/artificial-intelligence-predicts-patients-race-from-medical-images-0520)

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Astronomers find a “cataclysmic” pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet: The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction

MIT engineers have designed simple microparticles that can collectively generate complex behavior, much the same way that a colony of ants can dig tunnels or collect food

MIT engineers develop sensors for face masks that help gauge fit

TIL SonoPrep is a method of painless drug administration through human skin by rendering the skin permeable to fluids via the use of ultrasonic wave. The skin goes back to its normal state within 24 hours.

Open-source tool from MIT’s Senseable City Lab lets people check air quality, cheaply.

New additives could turn concrete into an effective carbon sink

TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech.

TIL Roman concrete structures such as the Pantheon and aqueducts are ultra durable because of lime clasts. While many modern concrete structures crumble after a few decades, Roman concrete has self-healing functionality from lime clasts which allow their structures to survive millennia.