Like fire and ice: Why societies are increasingly fragmenting
The phenomenal increase in social contacts leads inevitably to a filter bubble society and thus becomes a danger to democracy ...
Tag: Algorithms/Models
Driver behavior influences traffic patterns as much as roadway design, study reports
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Urban planners may soon have a new way to measure traffic congestion. By ...
Time to rethink predicting pandemic infection rates?
Forecasting cannot foresee COVID-19 infection rates peaking or plateauing.Credit: Joseph Lee McCauley WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 -- During the first ...
Smartphone use offers tool to treat MS, other diseases
The way patients type on their phone keyboards could tip off doctors to how their disease is progressingCredit: Daria Nepriakhina ...
In a pandemic, migration away from dense cities more effective than closing borders
A simulation shows reducing population density in large cities decreases disease spreadCredit: Image courtesy of Massimiliano Zanin WASHINGTON, November 17, ...
New phase of modeling the viscous coupling effects of multiphase fluid flow
Researchers led by Kyushu University find an improved way to explore key phenomena associated with multiphase fluid flow in porous ...
Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale
Credit: Staffan Widstrand Photography Where the wild things are: Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale. Researchers ...
New tool predicts geological movement and the flow of groundwater in old coalfields
Credit: University of Nottingham A remote monitoring tool to help authorities manage public safety and environmental issues in recently abandoned ...
Predicting the risk of severe side effects of cancer treatment
Credit: Magnus Johansson/Linköping University The risk of serious adverse effects on the blood status and bone marrow of patients during ...
Physics can assist with key challenges in artificial intelligence
A physical mechanism a priori reveals how many examples in deep learning are required to achieve a desired test accuracy. ...
Intelligent surfaces signal better coverage
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Mustafa Kishk & Maha M. Kamal Specialized reflective panels located on top of buildings and deployed ...
Stanford-led team creates a computer model that can predict how COVID-19 spreads in cities
A study of how 98 million Americans move around each day suggests that most infections occur at "superspreader" sites, and ...
Russian scientists created a chemical space mapping method and cracked the mystery of Mendeleev number
Credit: Artem R. Oganov Scientists had long tried to come up with a system for predicting the properties of materials ...
Smart devices to schedule electricity use may prevent blackouts
Green energy sources cause fluctuations in power grids, but demand control offers a solutionCredit: Image created by B. Carreras using ...
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