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Open PhD/Junior Researcher Position in Neurosymbolic AI and Information Extraction on historical documents at FIZ Karlsruhe - Knowledge-driven AI research group (former ISE research group), starting at Jan 1, 2026.
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
https://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/en/stellenan…

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Leveraging Generic Foundation Models for Multimodal Surgical Data Analysis
Simon Pezold, J\'er\^ome A. Kurylec, Jan S. Liechti, Beat P. M\"uller, Jo\"el L. Lavanchy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06831

Leveraging Generic Foundation Models for Multimodal Surgical Data Analysis
We investigate how both the adaptation of a generic foundation model via transfer learning and the integration of complementary modalities from the operating room (OR) can support surgical data science. To this end, we use V-JEPA as the single-modality foundation of a multimodal model for minimally invasive surgery support. We analyze how the model's downstream performance can benefit (a) from finetuning on unlabeled surgical video data and (b) from providing additional time-resolved data strea…

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FKA twigs & Koreless:
🎵 Drums of Death
#FKAtwigs #Koreless
https://tnsxords.bandcamp.com/track/fka-twigs-koreless-drums-of-death-tnsxords-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3kmHmR0PfFQDLkbZU5kMfc

Quantum Walks for Chemical Reaction Networks
Seenivasan Hariharan, Sebastian Zur, Sachin Kinge, Lucas Visscher, Kareljan Schoutens, Stacey Jeffery
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07890

Quantum Walks for Chemical Reaction Networks
We lay the foundation for a quantum algorithmic framework to analyse fixed-structure chemical reaction networks (CRNs) using quantum random walks (QRWs) via electrical circuit theory. We model perturbations to CRNs, such as, species injections that shift steady-state concentrations, while keeping the underlying species-reaction graph fixed. Under physically meaningful mass-action constraints, we develop quantum algorithms that (i) decide reachability of target species after perturbation, (ii) s…

Towards Proprioception-Aware Embodied Planning for Dual-Arm Humanoid Robots
Boyu Li, Siyuan He, Hang Xu, Haoqi Yuan, Yu Zang, Liwei Hu, Junpeng Yue, Zhenxiong Jiang, Pengbo Hu, B\"orje F. Karlsson, Yehui Tang, Zongqing Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07882

Towards Proprioception-Aware Embodied Planning for Dual-Arm Humanoid Robots
In recent years, Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have demonstrated the ability to serve as high-level planners, enabling robots to follow complex human instructions. However, their effectiveness, especially in long-horizon tasks involving dual-arm humanoid robots, remains limited. This limitation arises from two main challenges: (i) the absence of simulation platforms that systematically support task evaluation and data collection for humanoid robots, and (ii) the insufficient embodime…

Drohne stürzt nahe Polens Grenze zu Belarus ab
In Polen ist erneut eine Drohne abgestürzt. Die Trümmer des Flugobjekts seien in einem Maisfeld bei dem Dorf Polatycze in der Nähe der Grenze zu Belarus gefunden worden, teilte die Staatsanwaltschaft mit. "Die Drohne hatte keine Sprengladung an Bord und war kyrillisch beschriftet", sagte eine Sprecherin der Behörde der Nachrichtenagentur PAP. Es sei noc…
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Militärdrohne abgestürzt: Die Sorge in Polen wächst
In Polen lösen russische Aktivitäten Besorgnis aus: Gestern stürzte eine Drohne auf polnischem Gebiet ab, heute sorgen Langstreckenflieger in der Westukraine für Argwohn. Polen ließ nun selbst Flugzeuge aufsteigen.

HET/HPF observations of Helium in warm, hot, and ultra-hot Jupiters
Jaume Orell-Miquel, Kyra Sampson, Caroline V. Morley, William D. Cochran, Girish M. Duvvuri, Daniel M. Krolikowski, Suvrath Mahadevan, Quang H. Tran
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06847

HET/HPF observations of Helium in warm, hot, and ultra-hot Jupiters
The near-infrared helium triplet line is a powerful tool for studying atmospheric escape processes of close-in exoplanets, especially irradiated gas giants. Line profile fitting provides direct insight into the mechanisms driving atmospheric mass loss of close-in, Jupiter-sized planets. We present high-resolution transmission spectroscopy results for the helium triplet line of sixteen gas giants ($R_{\rm p} > 0.5 R_{\rm Jup}$). These observations are part of an extensive helium survey conducted…

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Hey Taxi:
🎵 I Hate Dogs
#HeyTaxi
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Uw8LQOK2Rlh1ZcfB98O8R

Bundesregierung verlängert Treuhandverwaltung von Rosneft Deutschland
Die Bundesregierung hat die Treuhandverwaltung der deutschen Tochterfirma des russischen Ölkonzerns Rosneft ein weiteres Mal verlängert. "Mit der Verlängerung behält die Bundesnetzagentur weiterhin die Kontrolle über Rosneft Deutschland und damit auch über den jeweiligen Anteil in den drei Raffinerien PCK Schwedt, Miro (Karlsruhe) und Bayernoil (Vohburg)", …
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Russland greift ukrainische Energieanlage an ++
Das russische Militär hat ukrainischen Angaben zufolge bei neuen Luftangriffen ein Wärmekraftwerk in der Region Kiew attackiert. Außenminister Wadephul betonte, Deutschland werde sich an Sicherheitsgarantien für die Ukraine beteiligen.