Computer run on human brain cells learned to play ‘Doom’

A biocomputer powered by lab-grown human brain cells has leveled up from Pong to Doom. While nowhere ready to handle the video game shooter’s most challenging levels, researchers at Cortical Labs in ...

A computer simulation is helping to prepare Australia for H5 bird flu

Currently, Australia is the only continent in the world still free from the highly contagious H5 bird flu. But that status ...
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Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom

"If the neurons fire in a specific pattern, the Doom guy shoots." The post Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom ...

Viruses reveal shared way to kill bacteria by jamming small transporter MurJ

Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part ...
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World’s Leading AIs Were Given Nuclear Codes and Pitted Each Other in a War Game Simulation. It Went Exactly As You Expected

Imagine handing the nuclear launch codes to the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence. You’d hope the machine would ...

A Petri Dish Of Human Brain Neurons Just Learned How To Play Doom

In a wild experiment, it turns out a few human neurons linked up to some custom silicon can actually play Doom.