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PinAutomated bioacoustics: Researchers are listening in on insects to better gauge environmental healthIn Biologyon 4 April 20244 min readRecent research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst evaluates how well machine learning can identify different insect species by...
PinMachine learning enables viability of vertical-axis wind turbinesIn Techon 3 April 202412 min readIf you imagine an industrial wind turbine, you likely picture the windmill design, technically known as a horizontal-axis wind turbine...
PinClassical optical neural network exhibits ‘quantum speedup’In Physicson 3 April 20244 min readIn recent years, artificial intelligence technologies, especially machine learning algorithms, have made great strides. These technologies have enabled unprecedented efficiency...
PinA new estimate of US soil organic carbon to improve Earth system modelsIn Earthon 2 April 20245 min readSoil contains about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and plants combined. It is a major carbon sink, capable...
PinPhysicists create new method to systematically determine efficient search strategiesIn Physicson 2 April 20244 min readResearchers at TU Darmstadt have now presented an approach in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that can...
PinAI improves monsoon rainfall predictionsIn Earthon 1 April 20243 min readEvery year, the South Asian monsoon season brings heavy rain to over a billion people in the Indian subcontinent between...
PinNext-generation AI semiconductor devices mimic the human brainIn Techon 29 March 20247 min readA research team led by Prof. Kwon Hyuk-jun of the DGIST Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has developed...
PinA first-ever complete map for elastic strain engineeringIn Techon 29 March 202415 min readWithout a map, it can be just about impossible to know not just where you are, but where you’re going,...
PinUniversal brain-computer interface lets people play games with just their thoughtsIn Techon 29 March 202412 min readImagine playing a racing game like Mario Kart, using only your brain to execute the complex series of turns in...
PinHow to train AI when you don’t have enough dataIn Techon 28 March 202415 min readArtificial intelligence excels at sorting through information and detecting patterns or trends. But these machine learning algorithms need to be...
PinResearchers find the more flood driving factors there are, the more extreme a flood isIn Earthon 27 March 20245 min readThere are several factors that play an important role in the development of floods: air temperature, soil moisture, snow depth,...
PinExtreme weather forecasts: Algorithm ‘nudges’ existing climate simulations closer to future realityIn Earthon 26 March 20245 min readTo assess a community’s risk of extreme weather, policymakers rely first on global climate models that can be run decades,...