Computers & Math News
May 3, 2024
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Apr. 24, 2024 — Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that many animals are capable of feats that would be ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study. In a first, the team precisely ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Performing a new task based solely on verbal or written instructions, and then describing it to others so that they can reproduce it, is a cornerstone of human communication that still resists artificial intelligence (AI). A team has succeeded in ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Important data can be stored and concealed quite easily in ordinary plastic using 3D printers and terahertz radiation, scientists show. Holography can be done quite easily: A 3D printer can be used to produce a panel from normal plastic in which a ...
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May 3, 2024 — Scientists have demonstrated that small changes in the isotopic content of thin semiconductor materials can influence their optical and electronic ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, allowing for the elimination of difficult working conditions for humans and the potential to ...
May 3, 2024 — A stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of ...
May 3, 2024 — Researchers report the development of a durable and transparent antimicrobial surface containing copper nanoparticles. The nanostructured surface was obtained by dewetting ultrathin metal copper ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists have shown, through probabilistic calculations, that there is indeed, as had been hypothesized, a rule of 'entropy' for the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. This finding could help ...
May 2, 2024 — Physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to 50 nanometers. The group plans to use the method to manipulate atoms into configurations ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers have developed a compact, single-shot polarization imaging system that can provide a complete picture of polarization. By using just two thin metasurfaces, the imaging system could unlock ...
May 2, 2024 — Driving at night might be a scary challenge for a new driver, but with hours of practice it soon becomes second nature. For self-driving cars, ...
May 2, 2024 — Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study ...
May 2, 2024 — New algorithm encourages robots to move more randomly to collect more diverse data for learning. In tests, robots started with no knowledge and then learned and correctly performed tasks within a ...
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May 2, 2024 — Researchers succeeded in conducting an almost perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that usually disrupts the transfer of quantum ...
May 2, 2024 — Researchers have developed an AI method that improves the identification of toxic chemicals -- based solely on knowledge of the molecular structure. The method can contribute to better control and ...
May 1, 2024 — A team of 19 prominent researchers has published guidelines for the responsible use of machine learning in science. They say it could avert a crisis that's smoldering in every ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists have adapted a device called a microwave circulator for use in quantum computers, allowing them for the first time to precisely tune the exact degree of nonreciprocity between a qubit, the ...
May 1, 2024 — A research team has created an innovative method to control tiny magnetic states within ultrathin, two-dimensional van der Waals magnets -- a process akin to how flipping a light switch controls a ...
May 1, 2024 — Working with teens, researchers designed RESeT: a snowy virtual world with six activities intended to improve mood. In a 3-week study of 44 teens, researchers found that most of the teens used the ...
May 1, 2024 — A new computer model uses a better artificial intelligence process to measure snow and water availability more accurately across vast distances in the West, information that could someday be used to ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) allow current to flow in devices like implantable biosensors. But scientists long knew about a quirk of OECTs that no one could explain: When an OECT is ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — One group commonly misunderstood by voice technology are individuals who speak African American English, or AAE. Researchers designed an experiment to test how AAE speakers adapt their speech when ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — 3D microscopes are used in applications from the life sciences to semiconductor manufacturing. Now engineers are developing patented and patent-pending innovations making them work faster to capture ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking -- a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A lead-vacancy (PbV) center in diamond has been developed as a quantum emitter for large-scale quantum networks by researchers. This innovative color center exhibits a sharp zero-phonon-line and ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed a technique to move objects around with a jet of wind. The new approach makes it possible to manipulate objects at a distance and could be integrated into robots to give ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Virtual reality dance made easier with crowd wave technique. Open source code can be downloaded for Quest 2 and ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a state-of-the-art imaging technique useful for determining the composition of a variety of objects. Specifically, over-thousand-nanometer (OTN) HSI is particularly ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — A new study uncovers a switchable, atomically-thin metal-organic material that could be used in future low-energy electronic technologies. The study shows that electron interactions in this material ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Quantum mechanical effects such as radioactive decay, or more generally: 'tunneling', display intriguing mathematical patterns. Researchers now show that a 40-year-old mathematical ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — A new algorithm can identify the most predictive data points that a tipping point is ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that ferromagnetism, an ordered state of atoms, can be induced by increasing particle motility and that repulsive forces between atoms are sufficient to maintain it. The ...
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Significant New Discovery in Teleportation Research -- Noise Can Improve the Quality of Quantum Teleportation
- Toxic Chemicals Can Be Detected With New AI Method
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Science Has an AI Problem: This Group Says They Can Fix It
- Physicists Build New Device That Is Foundation for Quantum Computing
- Researchers Unlock Potential of 2D Magnetic Devices for Future Computing
- Virtual Reality Environment for Teens May Offer an Accessible, Affordable Way to Reduce Stress
- Improved AI Process Could Better Predict Water Supplies
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Scientists Solve Chemical Mystery at the Interface of Biology and Technology
- Machine Listening: Making Speech Recognition Systems More Inclusive
- New Technology Makes 3D Microscopes Easier to Use, Less Expensive to Manufacture
- Trotting Robots Reveal Emergence of Animal Gait Transitions
- Lead-Vacancy Centers in Diamond as Building Blocks for Large-Scale Quantum Networks
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Scientists Harness the Wind as a Tool to Move Objects
- Researchers Develop a New Way to Instruct Dance in Virtual Reality
- 'Seeing the Invisible': New Tech Enables Deep Tissue Imaging During Surgery
- When Does a Conductor Not Conduct?
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Computer Scientists Unveil Novel Attacks on Cybersecurity
- The End of the Quantum Tunnel
- New Algorithm Cuts Through 'noisy' Data to Better Predict Tipping Points
- From Disorder to Order: Flocking Birds and 'spinning' Particles
- Barcodes Expand Range of High-Resolution Sensor
- Imaging Technique Shows New Details of Peptide Structures
- New Circuit Boards Can Be Repeatedly Recycled
- Surprising Evolutionary Pattern in Yeast Study
- Automated Machine Learning Robot Unlocks New Potential for Genetics Research
- More Efficient Molecular Motor Widens Potential Applications
- Robotic Nerve 'cuffs' Could Help Treat a Range of Neurological Conditions
- High-Precision Blood Glucose Level Prediction Achieved by Few-Molecule Reservoir Computing
- Built-in Bionic Computing
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Computer Vision Researcher Develops Privacy Software for Surveillance Videos
- IRIS Beamline at BESSY II Extended With Nanomicroscopy
- AI in Medicine: The Causality Frontier
- Using AI to Improve Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Disorders
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Engineer Plants to Fight Climate Change
- Scientists Tune the Entanglement Structure in an Array of Qubits
- Artificial Intelligence Can Develop Treatments to Prevent 'superbugs'
- New Study Reveals How AI Can Enhance Flexibility, Efficiency for Customer Service Centers
- Laser Technology Offers Breakthrough in Detecting Illegal Ivory
- On the Trail of Deepfakes, Researchers Identify 'fingerprints' Of AI-Generated Video
- AI Designs New Drugs Based on Protein Structures
- Advancing the Safety of AI-Driven Machinery Requires Closer Collaboration With Humans
- Social Media Can Be Used to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Young People
- Computer Game in School Made Students Better at Detecting Fake News
- Holographic Displays Offer a Glimpse Into an Immersive Future
- AI Tool Recognizes Serious Ocular Disease in Horses
- Researchers Show It's Possible to Teach Old Magnetic Cilia New Tricks
- Opening Up the Potential of Thin-Film Electronics for Flexible Chip Design
- A Simple 'twist' Improves the Engine of Clean Fuel Generation
- Child Pedestrians, Self-Driving Vehicles: What's the Safest Scenario for Crossing the Road?
- Condensed Matter Physics: Novel One-Dimensional Superconductor
- A Novel Universal Light-Based Technique to Control Valley Polarization in Bulk Materials
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- This Tiny Chip Can Safeguard User Data While Enabling Efficient Computing on a Smartphone
- Super Mario Hackers' Tricks Could Protect Software from Bugs
- Manipulating the Geometry of 'electron Universe' In Magnets
- Unlocking Spin Current Secrets: A New Milestone in Spintronics
- Perfecting the View on a Crystal's Imperfection
- Hey Dave, I've Got an Idea for You: What's the Potential of AI-Led Workshopping?
Monday, April 22, 2024
- AI Tool Creates 'synthetic' Images of Cells for Enhanced Microscopy Analysis
- AI Can Improve Alzheimer's Treatment Through the 'gut-Brain Axis'
- New Sensing Checks for 3D Printed Products Could Overhaul Manufacturing Sector
- 2D Materials Rotate Light Polarization
- Predicting Cardiac Arrhythmia 30 Minutes Before It Happens
- AI Weather Forecasts Captured Ciaran's Destructive Path
- Magnetic With a Pinch of Hydrogen
- Despite AI Advancements, Human Oversight Remains Essential
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Compact Quantum Light Processing
- Accelerating the Discovery of New Materials Via the Ion-Exchange Method
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Octopus Inspires New Suction Mechanism for Robots
- Teaching a Computer to Type Like a Human
- When Thoughts Flow in One Direction
- Skyrmions Move at Record Speeds: A Step Towards the Computing of the Future
- AI Tool Predicts Responses to Cancer Therapy Using Information from Each Cell of the Tumor
- How Data Provided by Fitness Trackers and Smartphones Can Help People With MS
- An Ink for 3D-Printing Flexible Devices Without Mechanical Joints
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Researchers Create New AI Pipeline for Identifying Molecular Interactions
- How 3D Printers Can Give Robots a Soft Touch
- Artificial Intelligence Beats Doctors in Accurately Assessing Eye Problems
- AI Speeds Up Drug Design for Parkinson's by Ten-Fold
- Novel Robotic Training Program Reduces Physician Errors Placing Central Lines
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Quantum Electronics: Charge Travels Like Light in Bilayer Graphene
- Crucial Connection for 'quantum Internet' Made for the First Time
Monday, April 15, 2024
- AI Enhances Physician-Patient Communication
- Are These Newly Found Rare Cells a Missing Link in Color Perception?
- Millions of Gamers Advance Biomedical Research
- New Colorful Plastic Films for Versatile Sensors and Electronic Displays
- Quantum Precision: A New Kind of Resistor
- AI Can Write You a Poem and Edit Your Video. Now, It Can Help You Be Funnier
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- New Computer Vision Tool Wins Prize for Social Impact
- Artificial Intelligence Can Help People Feel Heard
- 'Surprising' Hidden Activity of Semiconductor Material Spotted by Researchers
- Star Trek's Holodeck Recreated Using ChatGPT and Video Game Assets
- Breakthrough Promises Secure Quantum Computing at Home
- Economist: Tens of Billions of Dollars in Forest Products Are Being Overlooked
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- A Faster, Better Way to Prevent an AI Chatbot from Giving Toxic Responses
- Quantum Breakthrough When Light Makes Materials Magnetic
- AI Makes Retinal Imaging 100 Times Faster, Compared to Manual Method
- New Method of Measuring Qubits Promises Ease of Scalability in a Microscopic Package
- Breakthrough for Next-Generation Digital Displays
- Waterproof 'e-Glove' Could Help Scuba Divers Communicate