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Researchers turn HBM on its side to tackle AI memory’s heat wall — Korean V-Die and Japanese MOSAIC designs promise higher bandwidth, denser stacks, and cooler future GPUs

Researchers in Korea and Japan have proposed sideways-stacked DRAM designs that could push future AI memory beyond conventional HBM limits by improving cooling, bandwidth, and capacity while reducing reliance on TSV-heavy vertical stacks.

Tom’s Hardware

Researchers have built a device that increases computer chip processing speed by 1000 times — but without generating extra heat, potentially ushering in a new generation of devices, but you won't get one for several years at least

University of Tokyo researchers created a magnetic switching device, achieving ultra-fast processing speeds while potentially drastically reducing energy consumption.

TechRadar

20,000-year-old 'human' fossils from Japan aren't what we thought

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan.

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'Denying My Potential': Women At Japan's Top University Call Out Gender Imbalance

Chika Ezure faced gender bias from her own family when deciding to do a master's degree at Japan's top-ranked university.

International Business Times

Tiny adult limb bone fossil sheds light on origin of ancient ‘Hobbit’ humans

Findings suggest small-bodied ancient humans may have evolved from another extinct species called Homo erectus.

The Independent UK

Villa near Mount Vesuvius may be where Augustus, Rome's 1st emperor, died

Researchers say a villa buried by the eruption in A.D. 79 corresponds with records of the Roman emperor's death in A.D. 14.

LiveScience

Meet Alter3 — the creepy new humanoid robot powered by OpenAI GPT-4

The Alter3 robot can mimic human movements including taking a selfie or pretending to be a ghost from a simple voice prompt.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma turns up in Japan as college professor

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma will be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a research institute run by the prestigious University of Tokyo

The Independent UK

New Form Of Using DNA To Kill Cancer Cells Could Pave Way For Cure

The post New form of using DNA to kill cancer cells targets human cervical cancer and breast cancer-derived cells.

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A new way of killing cancer cells could pave the way for a cure, scientists say

This was the first time scientists were able to develop a hairpin-shaped DNA strand that can activate a natural immune response to target and kill specific cancerous cells.

The Independent UK

New approach to cancer treatment developed by using DNA to trigger immune response

Scientists inserted hairpin-shaped synthetic strands of DNA into cells with overexpressed RNA molecules, to trick the immune system into killing them

Wales Online

Rats have rhythm and can keep the beat to Mozart, a new study shows

Scientists at the University of Tokyo found that rats possess the ability to keep the beat to musical pieces from Mozart.

WEKU

Rats bop to the beat of music including Lady Gaga and Queen like humans, study says

Moving to a musical beat was thought to be a skill unique to humans, but rats also have this ability, according to scientists who played rodents Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen.

ABC News

Rats have an innate sense of rhythm and can bop in time to Mozart, scientists find

Rats were played Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major at four different tempos

The Independent UK

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Childhood kidney diseases can be diagnosed with new tool: Research

A new technique analyzing urine extracellular vesicles (uEVs) -- cell-derived nanoscale spherical structures involved in multiple biological functions -- in urine samples identifies changes in the kidneys earlier than conventional methods and can also predict renal function decline. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Pixar movie-style cars with huge adorable eyes could prevent road deaths, study finds

The University of Tokyo has developed a Pixar movie-style driverless car which can let pedestrians know whether they have been seen or not thanks to its robotic eyes

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Univ. of Tokyo to open Metaverse School of Engineering

The University of Tokyo is scheduled to open a Metaverse School of Engineering in September. In the metaverse virtual reality space on the internet, members of the public, such as junior and senior high school students and working adults, will be able to attend lectures and events.

The Independent UK

Japanese scientists develop ‘Terminator’-style robotic fingers

‘It’s interesting to hear the sound of the motor in harmony with a finger that looks like a real one,’ University of Tokyo expert says

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Japanese universities offering support to Ukrainian students

A growing number of Japanese universities are offering support to Ukrainian students whose education was cut short by Russia's invasion of their country. There is no end in sight for the two-month-old conflict, and the resident status of displaced students is emerging as an additional concern.

The Independent UK

Astronomers observe most distant galaxy ever spotted – study

The galaxy candidate is some 13.5 billion light-years away, and scientists are speculating what exactly it is.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japanese Robot Can Peel Bananas Cleanly, Most of the Time

Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the delicate task of peeling a banana without squashing the fruit inside. While the dual-armed machine is only successful 57% of the…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Nonwoven mask found in green turtle's excrement off Japan's Iwate Prefecture

A nonwoven mask was found in the excrement of a green turtle caught in August off Iwate Prefecture, according to a research group from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the University of Tokyo.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tonga volcano's eruption heat likely generated atmospheric waves linked to tsunami

The Jan. 15 eruption of an undersea volcano off Tonga marked the first time since modernized observation began in the 1980s that peculiar atmospheric waves were observed from a volcanic eruption, according to researchers at the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo.

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