🤖 Computer Science

FlowMind: Automatic Workflow Generation with LLMs

The field of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has advanced in automating repetitive tasks, but it struggles with spontaneous or unpredictable user demands. This paper presents FlowMind, a new system that utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) like Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT) to overcome this limitation and generate workflows automatically.

Multimodal decoding of error processing in a virtual reality flight simulation

The study explores using head-mounted displays (HMDs) to gather user physiological data, like gaze and heart rate, but notes potential errors in interactions with such systems. Researchers examine whether multimodal physiological data can detect error processing, previously studied solely with brain signals.

➕ Math

Mathematicians Marvel at ‘Crazy’ Cuts Through Four Dimensions

Topologists prove two new results that bring some order to the confoundingly difficult study of four-dimensional shapes.

⚛️ Physics and Chemistry

Electron videography captures moving dance between proteins and lipids

In a first demonstration of "electron videography," researchers have captured a microscopic moving picture of the delicate dance between proteins and lipids found in cell membranes.

Nanofluidic memristors compute in brain-inspired logic circuits

EPFL scientists in Lausanne, Switzerland, have devised a memristor utilizing ion concentration changes and mechanical deformations for data storage. By linking two of these devices, they crafted the first logic circuit with nanofluidic components. This breakthrough could advance neuromorphic computing, which seeks to replicate brain functions using electronics.

🧬 Biology & Medicine

Hundreds of emperor penguin chicks spotted plunging off a 50-foot cliff in 1st-of-its-kind footage

The fledglings are typically reared on floating platforms of sea ice, but an unprecedented decline in the ice extent has driven young onto cliffs. Direct video link here.

Which Probiotics Are Effective in Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) represents a prevalent brain-gut axis disorder, and conventional treatments often leave patients unsatisfied. With the established significance of the microbiota in IBS, many patients opt for probiotics, either independently or following medical guidance. However, not all probiotics demonstrate the same effectiveness, prompting the question of which ones should be endorsed.

How to freeze a memory: putting worms on ice stops them forgetting

The model organism Caenorhabditis elegans is quick to forget a notable odour — unless it is chilled or given lithium.

🔭 Space & Astronomy

Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material

The 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas is moving at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter.

Pentagon eases cloak of secrecy around space warfare training

The Pentagon has partially declassified some space electronic warfare technologies and exercises, a move seen as critical for enhancing U.S. Space Force training and fostering closer collaboration with allied forces.

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