Science
Robot uses machine learning to harvest lettuce
Credit: University of Cambridge A vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to identify and harvest a commonplace, but challenging, agricultural...
First-ever auction of AI-created artwork set for Christie’s gavel
Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on measure and its relationship to how...
‘Eyes’ for the autopilot
Successful automatic landing with vision assisted navigation Automatic landings have long been standard procedure for commercial aircraft. While major airports...
Are self-driving cars really the answer for older drivers?
With more of us living longer, driving is becoming increasingly important in later life, helping us to stay independent, socially...
Collision course: Amateur astronomers play a part in efforts to keep space safe
Credit: Dstl Heavy traffic is commonplace on Earth but now congestion is becoming an increasing problem in space. With over...
Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space
Credit: NASA/ESA Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures in the cosmos, but despite being millions of lightyears...
Columbia researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse’s brain with single-cell precision
The researchers prove it's possible to control a visual behavior of a mouse by activating neurons in its visual cortex...
Molecular thumb drives: Researchers store digital images in metabolite molecules
Credit: Jacob Rosenstein et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- DNA molecules are well known as carriers of huge amounts of biological...
With little training, machine-learning algorithms can uncover hidden scientific knowledge
Berkeley Lab study finds that text mining of scientific literature can lead to new discoveriesCredit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab Sure, computers...
NASA peers into hurricane Barbara’s heavy rainfall
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL/NOAA The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the storm and measured the rate in...
Bacteria engineered as Trojan horse for cancer immunotherapy
Programmable bacteria clear tumors in mouse models, and also treat distant tumors that were not injected; this novel method could...
Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled
Modelling leads to the optimum size for platinum fuel cell catalystsCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM An interdisciplinary research team at...
DGIST Discovers control of cell signaling using a cobalt (iii)-nitrosyl complex
Credit: DGIST Two professors' joint research team discovered how to synthesize new materials to deliver nitric oxide, which controls cell...
Research on sustainable conversion of lignn into valuable chemical compounds funded
Siegfried Waldvogel is coordinating an EU project to convert waste into sustainable compounds in collaboration with an industrial consortiumCredit: Alexander...
AI-designed heat pumps consume less energy
Credit: Alain Herzog/ EPFL Researchers at EPFL have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to design next-generation heat-pump compressors....
‘Tsunami’ on a silicon chip: a world first for light waves
Sydney-Singapore team manipulates soliton photonic waves on a silicon chipCredit: Singapore University of Technology and Design A tsunami holds its...
Using artificial intelligence to better predict severe weather
Researchers create AI algorithm to detect cloud formations that lead to storms When forecasting weather, meteorologists use a number of...
Russian engineers ready to ‘light up’ a lamp revolution
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian...
Barbara now a major hurricane on NASA satellite imagery
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites passed over the Eastern...
New method makes realistic water wave animations more efficient
Researchers at IST Austria have developed a method that realistically models water wave animations at a significantly lower computational expenseCredit:...