China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

116 points by mushstory 13 days ago | 98 comments

Yomiuri Shimbun news article reporting that China surpassed the U.S. as the world's top R&D spender in 2024, citing Japanese science ministry data.

Osaka: Kansai Airport proud to have never lost single piece of luggage (2024)(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

193 points by thunderbong 8 months ago | 83 comments

AI can't be listed as inventor on patent applications, Japan's top court rules(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

350 points by mushstory 3 months ago | 185 comments

Japan News report that Japan's Supreme Court dismissed an American engineer's appeal to have an AI named as inventor on a patent application.

Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do(nbcnews.com)

75 points by housemusicfan 3 years ago | 42 comments

China plans to ban exports of rare earth magnet tech(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

303 points by moose_man 3 years ago | 456 comments

Japan's summers have lengthened by 3 weeks over 42 years, say resaerchers(english.kyodonews.net)

125 points by anigbrowl 1 year ago | 27 comments

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

Japan's push to make all research open access(nature.com)

612 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 92 comments

Nature news article on Japan allocating 10 billion yen to institutional repositories to make the nation's publicly funded research free to read.

3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing(science.org)

18 points by ColinWright 29 days ago | 6 comments

Science Advances paper on 3D necroprinting, using biological material such as a mosquito proboscis as a nozzle for 3D printing; page shows a Cloudflare check.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery(economics.mit.edu)

351 points by carabiner 1 year ago | 176 comments

MIT Economics statement announcing it asked arXiv and the QJE to withdraw a preprint on AI, scientific discovery, and product innovation after an internal integrity review.