Thursday - November 30 2023, 20:38 UTC - 11 months ago

This study aimed to improve the accuracy and reliability of grid electricity meters, offering practical suggestions for assessing and optimizing measurement performance. A hybrid model constructed using the Shapley approach was demonstrated to be more accurate than other models. These advancements contribute to the reliability and performance of smart meters on the grid.

Thursday - November 30 2023, 15:57 UTC - 11 months ago

The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP, will bring together governments and organizations to discuss solutions for the current climate emergency, tackling the worldwide loss of species due to limited resources and the methods of calmly solving the 'Noah's Ark Problem' proposed by the late Harvard economist Martin Weitzman and the Bible.

Thursday - November 30 2023, 11:24 UTC - 11 months ago

A group of biotechnology graduates started a venture called AlGreen to combat climate change with their microalgae-based products. The products, such as the "liquid plant" can absorb a staggering 6.3 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2) per week, surpassing traditional houseplants by a factor of 15. AlGreen plans to implement their carbon capture and air purification systems for companies as well as public institutions in 2024, by implementing a 1,000-liter scale bioreactor powered by solar energy.

Thursday - November 30 2023, 06:55 UTC - 11 months ago

The team from the universities of Oxford and Pittsburgh found that remote collaboration between scientists and inventors has the potential to deliver new and creative ideas, but is harder for such teams to integrate effectively to deliver breakthroughs. This suggests the need of a balanced approach to digital and physical infrastructure in order to foster innovation.

Thursday - November 30 2023, 02:19 UTC - 11 months ago

Nathan Jacobs and a team of graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a joint learning framework that can outperform traditional methods for low-level autonomous driving tasks, such as stereo matching and optical flow. The framework utilizes image-to-image translation that can leverage ground-truth data from simulated images, while still achieving accuracy in real-world scenarios.

Wednesday - November 29 2023, 21:54 UTC - 11 months ago

DeltaHawk Engines, a US aviation powertrain startup headquartered in Wisconsin, has developed a hydrogen-fueled aircraft piston engine powered by jet fuel. The firm is now going forward with its efforts to upgrade it to a zero-emissions technology, leveraging its patented engine design which offers enhanced performance, reduced fuel consumption, and greater use of existing ICE technology. As a result, the engine is suited for various markets such as ZEV, commercial power applications, and diverse defense platforms.

Wednesday - November 29 2023, 17:00 UTC - 11 months ago

Scientists are researching the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Peruvian Andes which is rapidly disappearing, and Landsat images are helping preserve the history of its retreat. Scientists studying it since 1974, have found that its average retreat rate is about 14 meters per year and are also drilling ice cores to better understand its 1,800 year old climate records. However, the expected demise of the glacier by the end of the 21st century means the evidence of its existence will only be found through land-based and satellite records.

Wednesday - November 29 2023, 12:31 UTC - 11 months ago

Microsoft and Google are increasing their AI spending capabilities, and as a result, there will be an increased demand for data centers for storage and energy. This leads to increased market shares of IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud and Google Cloud, as well as increased market shares of hardware providers Nvidia and AMD. OpenAI could provide a breakthrough that further enhances the need for bigger and better AI infrastructure.

Wednesday - November 29 2023, 07:42 UTC - 11 months ago

Researchers have discovered thousands of rare new CRISPR systems in bacterial genomes that have a range of functions and could enable gene editing, diagnostics, and more. The team used their algorithm, called Fast Locality-Sensitive Hashing-based clustering (FLSHclust) to mine three major public databases. The new systems could potentially be harnessed to edit mammalian cells with fewer off-target effects than current Cas9 systems, and could also one day be used as diagnostics or serve as molecular records of activity inside cells.

Wednesday - November 29 2023, 02:44 UTC - 11 months ago

The team from ETH Zurich successfully used 3D inkjet printing technology equipped with machine vision to rapidly build complex structures in one go, such as a hand and a human heart-like structure. The 3D printing process is fast, cheaper, and more accurate than traditional methods and is capable of combining materials with different properties for functional structures.

Tuesday - November 28 2023, 22:19 UTC - 11 months ago

Iceland is a geologically active place. It's overactivity is a result of two features. One is called a hotspot, and the other involves two tectonic plates that are pulling apart right beneath the island. Radar satellite data shows that a broad area around Grindavík sank by 3 feet over 10 days and a GPS station in town moved 3 feet to the southeast from Oct. 28 to Nov. 9. Magma pressurised beneath the earth has led to potential of an eruption.

Tuesday - November 28 2023, 17:57 UTC - 11 months ago

UMass Amherst researchers have identified reaction time as a reliable measure of presence within mixed reality, allowing for the calibration of users in real time. Uses of mixed reality such as in the healthcare field have implications for optimizing the program for better user experiences. Other applications of mixed reality such as in the gaming and construction industry have also seen its potential.

Tuesday - November 28 2023, 13:12 UTC - 11 months ago

The Fluidic Telescope project, led by NASA and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, is a revolutionary technology that allows for cost-effective deployment of large in-orbit mirrors. These mirrors have the capability to self-heal and could deploy from one SpaceX Super Heavy Starship launch, further unlocking unprecedented scientific discoveries.

Tuesday - November 28 2023, 08:29 UTC - 11 months ago

This article explores how the popular Chinese map app, Amap, is evolving in to a rising super-app due to its use in the newly popular game, cat-and-mouse. This article also takes a look at the recent news regarding China that followed Biden and Xi's meeting. It is concluded that Amap will not become a super-app despite its newfound success in the gaming world.

Tuesday - November 28 2023, 04:22 UTC - 12 months ago

Researchers have finally achieved private information retrieval, a long sought-after concept in cryptography, and extended it to create a general privacy strategy. The paper, which was presented with a Best Paper Award in June of 2020, provides evidence of a way to build privacy preserving applications without any interactions between the user and the server.

Monday - November 27 2023, 23:25 UTC - 12 months ago

At hundreds of rehab centers across the US, humans are bringing sick and injured wild animals for treatment. In a recent study that looked at over 670,000 records, it was discovered that humans are the main source of danger for wildlife. Common causes of injury include entrapment, collisions, exposure to toxins, climate change, and domestic pets. Digital records are helping to improve wildlife conservation and public health.

Monday - November 27 2023, 19:13 UTC - 12 months ago

UC Santa Cruz's Jason Eshraghian has created a Python library called “snnTorch”, which has surpassed 100,000 downloads and is used for a variety of projects, such as NASA satellite tracking efforts and optimizing chips for AI. This code combines neuroscience with artificial intelligence to create spiking neural networks, and is accompanied by a paper that provides an honest and comprehensive guide to learning about and using snnTorch for new students and researchers.

Monday - November 27 2023, 14:39 UTC - 12 months ago

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, along with Victor Glover of NASA, are ready to take part in the first crewed mission of the Artemis program. They recently visited the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to view the core stage of the SLS rocket. This is part of NASA's plan to return to and explore the Moon, and to develop a permanent presence in deep space exploration.

Monday - November 27 2023, 10:12 UTC - 12 months ago

In his book 'Code Work', MIT anthropologist Hectar Beltran explores the relationship between computer culture and society in Mexico. He finds that coding is more than writing code: It's an activity that generates reflection by the coders about themselves, their political and economic circumstances and what roles they can play in society.