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Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
Kristin Scaplen, Bryant University
The human brain contains approximately 87 billion neurons. On average, each of these cells make thousands of different connections to facilitate...
Researchers combine the power of AI and the connectome to predict brain cell activity
This image depicts visual processing in the fruit fly. Light enters the compound eye of the fly, causing hexagonally arranged photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the fly to detect motion. A team of researchers from HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus and the University of Tübingen used the fruit fly optic lobe connectome to build a detailed deep mechanistic network simulation of the fly visual system. Credit: Siwanowicz, I. & Loesche, F. / HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Lappalainen, J.K. / University of Tübingen
Study: AI could lead to inconsistent outcomes in home surveillance
“The move-fast, break-things modus operandi of deploying generative AI models everywhere, and particularly in high-stakes settings, deserves much more thought since it could be quite harmful,” says co-senior author Ashia Wilson.
Pagers and walkie-talkies over cellphones – a security expert explains why Hezbollah went low-tech for communications
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Sept. 17, 2024, killing 12 and wounding more than 2,700. The...
You want to vote in the 2024 election − here is how to make sure that your voice is heard
Amy Dacey, American University
Voting will begin in many states in just a few weeks – Alabama became the first state to begin sending out...
