Addressing the longstanding challenges of multi-mode fiber (MMF) transmission, the research team led by Prof. Qiming Zhang and Associate Prof. Haoyi Yu from the School of Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology (SAIST) at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) has introduced a groundbreaking solution. The team successfully integrated miniaturized multilayer optical diffractive neural networks (DN₂s) onto the distal end of MMFs, enabling full-optical image transmission. Regarded as an ONN, the free-space diffractive neural networks (DN₂s), have been proposed as more efficient ANN approaches based on deep learning to directly process the optical matrix multiplication at the speed of light, and realizing the high number of connectivity in ANNs, such as optical image classification, decryption and phase detection.

Applied Microbiology International has announced that it is partnering with the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF) conference, which takes place at the end of March.

Life scientists across the UK are invited to MLSFF, which is the first event of its kind in Europe, and is designed to foster an inclusive and collaborative space for scientists from minoritised and underrepresented backgrounds.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel mechanism involved in brain development. They found that small fragments called micronuclei produced by neuronal nuclei are released into the extracellular space during the early establishment of the postnatal brain. They also found that microglia, which are resident immune cells in the brain, incorporate these micronuclei, thereby altering gene expression patterns and microglial characteristics.