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- New chip uses AI to shrink large language models' energy footprint by 50% https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/new-chip-uses-ai-shrink-large-language-models’-energy-footprint-50 0 comments
- Scientists have identified a novel species of electricity-conducting organism, bacteria that acts as electrical wiring, potentially ushering in a new era of bioelectronic devices for use in medicine, industry, food safety, and environmental monitoring and cleanup. https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/researchers-find-new-species-electricity-conducting-organism-name-it-after-tribe 11 comments science
- Increased wildfire activity may be a feature of past periods of abrupt climate change. Study found increased wildfire activity as a potential feature of these periods of abrupt climate change, which saw significant shifts in tropical rainfall patterns and temperature fluctuations around the world. https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/increased-wildfire-activity-may-be-feature-past-periods-abrupt-climate-change-study-finds 3 comments science
- Key step toward next-generation optical computing and memory with the discovery of luminescent nanocrystals that can be quickly toggled from light to dark and back again. https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/new-nanocrystals-key-step-toward-more-efficient-optical-computing-and-memory 2 comments science
- Increased wildfire activity may be a feature of past periods of abrupt climate change, study finds https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/increased-wildfire-activity-may-be-feature-past-periods-abrupt-climate-change-study-finds 2 comments climate
- College students’ insomnia linked more strongly with loneliness than screen time. The research, is important because both insomnia and loneliness are serious public health concerns and are at epidemic levels among young adults in higher education. https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/college-students%E2%80%99-insomnia-linked-more-strongly-loneliness-screen-time 3 comments science
- Toddlers show increased physical activity with a robot playmate moving around the room, finds a new study of 2-3 year olds with a toddler-sized GoBot, a custom, wheeled, foam-padded robot. https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/toddlers-show-increased-physical-activity-robot-playmate-moving-around-room 52 comments science