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Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI): Towards Humans’ Merger with AI 

The ongoing clinical trials of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) such as Neuralink’s “Telepathy” implant involve establishing communication links between the brains of participants who have unmet medical needs due...

UK’s Fusion Energy Programme: Concept Design for the STEP Prototype Power plant Unveiled 

UK’s fusion energy production approach took shape with the announcement of STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme in 2019. Its first phase (2019-2024)...

PRIME Study (Neuralink Clinical Trial): Second Participant receives Implant 

On 2nd August 2024, Elon Musk announced that his firm Neuralink has implanted Brain-computer interface (BCI) device to a second participant. He said the procedure...

Ultra-High Fields (UHF) Human MRI: Living Brain imaged with 11.7 Tesla MRI of Iseult Project  

Iseult Project’s 11.7 Tesla MRI machine has taken remarkable anatomical images of the live human brain from participants. This is the first study of live...

WAIfinder: a new digital tool to maximise connectivity across the UK AI landscape 

UKRI has launched WAIfinder, an online tool to showcase AI capability in the UK and to increase connections across the UK Artificial Intelligence R&D...

3D Bioprinting Assembles Functional Human Brain Tissue for The First Time  

Scientists have developed a 3D bioprinting platform that assembles functional human neural tissues. The progenitor cells in the printed tissues grow to form neural...

The First Website in the world

The first website in the world was/is http://info.cern.ch/  This was conceived and developed at European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva by Timothy Berners-Lee, (better...

Lithium Battery for Electric Vehicles (EVs): Separators with coatings of Silica Nanoparticles enhance Safety  

Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) face safety and stability issues due to overheating of separators, short circuits and reduced efficiency. With an aim...

Is ‘Nuclear Battery’ coming of age?

Betavolt Technology, a Beijing based company has announced miniaturization of nuclear battery using Ni-63 radioisotope and diamond semiconductor (fourth generation semiconductor) module.   Nuclear battery...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems Conduct Research in Chemistry Autonomously  

Scientists have successfully integrated latest AI tools (e.g. GPT-4) with automation to develop ‘systems’ capable of autonomously designing, planning and performing complex chemical experiments....

Wearable device communicates with biological systems to control gene expression 

Wearable devices have become prevalent and are increasingly gaining ground. These devices usually interface biomaterials with electronics. Some wearable electro-magnetic devices act as mechanical...

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