Schlagwort: Society
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A little old, or eternally young?
Anatomical changes as well as an increasing slowdown in ageing have been proven in the meantime and can also be perceived with awareness in the population. In addition to internal ageing and wear and tear, ageing is also clearly perceptible through the skin. In a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…
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New population model defines four phases of human colonisation of Europe
Researchers from the Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology at the University of Cologne have developed an ‘Our Way Model’ to understand how the first anatomically modern humans colonised Europe. The results were published in Nature Communications under the title ‘Reconstruction of human dispersal during Aurignacian on pan-European scale’. Cologne, September 04th, 2024: Scientists at the…
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On the way to symbiosis
Two organisms of different species reproduce. Because they are two different species, mutations occur in this way. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology have now discovered how co-operation between different microorganisms can develop and how a mutual benefit emerges. The study, which has been published in the journal Nature Communications, is the…
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How can we optimise the use of large language models to create a smarter and more inclusive society?
Under the leadership of the Copenhagen Business School and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) in Berlin, researchers are investigating the use of large language models, known as LLMs, which are primarily digital and appear on the Internet. The language models developed as collective intelligence are intended to highlight the opportunities and risks…
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Printing with earth materials
ETH researchers have developed a fast, robot-assisted printing process for earth materials that does not require cement. Zurich, September, 10th 2024.Entire houses can be built from clay or earth. The material is cheap, available almost everywhere and sustainable in construction because it does not require cement. However, conventional construction methods are very labour-intensive, slow and…
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Humans think in many dimensions at the same time
A key aim of our perception is to recognise objects and assign them to different categories – for example, whether this object in front of us is a dog and whether a dog belongs to the category of animals. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and the…