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Will AI one day win a Nobel Prize?

Artificial intelligence is already disrupting industries from banking and finance to film and journalism, and scientists are investigating how AI might revolutionize their field—or even win a Nobel Prize......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgOct 3rd, 2024

Elon Musk announces $100M prize for carbon-capture technology contest

With climate change on his mind, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced a $100-million prize for a carbon-capture technology contest......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJan 22nd, 2021

Elon Musk To Offer $100 Million Prize For "Best" Carbon Capture Tech

Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the "best" technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions. He said more details would be coming "next week." Reuters reports: Capturing planet-warming emissions.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsJan 22nd, 2021

Elon Musk is donating $100M to find the best carbon capture technology

Elon Musk said Thursday via a tweet that he will donate $100 million toward a prize for the best carbon capture technology. Musk, who recently surpassed Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person, didn’t provide any mo.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsJan 22nd, 2021

"Fact-checkers" proposed for Nobel peace prize

With truth famously known as the "first casualty of war," a Norwegian parliamentarian announced Thursday that she is nominating "fact-checkers" for this year's Nobel Peace Prize......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 21st, 2021

India is the biggest prize in tech. Meet the gatekeeper

Mukesh Ambani has spent years trying to turn his inherited oil business into a tech empire. In 2020, that pivot really kicked into overdrive......»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsJan 18th, 2021

Johan "N0tail" Sundstein: Inside the world"s richest e-sports player"s mansion

Johan "N0tail" Sundstein has earned more than $7.4m (£5.4m) in prize money to date......»»

Category: hdrSource:  bbcRelated NewsJan 15th, 2021

Johan "N0tail" Sundstein: Inside the world"s richest esports player"s mansion

Johan "N0tail" Sundstein has earned more than $7.4m (£5.4m) in prize money to date......»»

Category: hdrSource:  bbcRelated NewsJan 15th, 2021

Breaking through the resolution barrier with quantum-limited precision

Researchers at Paderborn University have developed a new method of distance measurement for systems such as GPS, which achieves more precise results than ever before. Using quantum physics, the team led by Leibniz Prize winner Professor Christine Sil.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 5th, 2021

Microreactor for synthesis with Grignard reagents

In 1912, Victor Grignard was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of what came to be known as Grignard reagents. Since then, these compounds have come to play a key role in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Now, in a devel.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 5th, 2021

Dear Sophie: Tips for getting a National Interest green card by myself?

I really want permanent residence, but I never won a Nobel prize; I’m single; and I don’t have a million dollars yet. However, I think I might qualify for an EB-2 NIW green card. Sophie Alcorn Contributor.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsDec 30th, 2020

2020 Was a Breakout Year for Crispr

Between glimpses of a medical cure and winning science’s shiniest prize, this proved to the gene-editing technology’s biggest year yet......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsDec 28th, 2020

Australian "Super Seaweed" Supplement To Reduce Cattle Gas Emissions Wins $1 Million International Prize

SpamSlapper shares a report from The Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A company commercializing a CSIRO-developed, seaweed feed product, which slashes the amount of greenhouse gases cattle burp and fart into the atmosphere, has won a $1 million i.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsDec 18th, 2020