Optical computing uses photons instead of electrons to perform computations, which can significantly increase the speed and energy efficiency of computations by overcoming the inherent limitations of electrons. The basic ...
Optics & Photonics
May 12, 2022
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Past neuroscience research suggests that biological neural networks in the brain could self-organize into a critical state. In physics, a critical state is essentially a point that marks the transition between ordered and ...
In recent years, advancements in the immense processing ability and parallelism of modern graphics processing units (GPUs) has generated the rapid development of deep learning based on convolutional neural networks (CNN), ...
Optics & Photonics
May 6, 2022
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Five hundred million years ago, the oceans teemed with trillions of trilobites—creatures that were distant cousins of horseshoe crabs. All trilobites had a wide range of vision, thanks to compound eyes—single eyes composed ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 19, 2022
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Chaos isn't always harmful to technology, in fact, it can have several useful applications if it can be detected and identified.
General Physics
Apr 14, 2022
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A common problem in the geosciences is the need to deduce unseen physical structure based on limited observations. For instance, a ground-penetrating radar observation attempts to infer underground structure without any in ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 1, 2022
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A novel glacier model has been developed which can simulate ice dynamics and ice interaction with the climate up to a thousand times faster than previous models. This model can be used to predict the evolution of glaciers ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2022
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The visual and tactile examination of plant leaves is a standard method for identifying disease in crops and horticultural products. However, such an approach can be highly subjective and is dependent on the skills of the ...
Biotechnology
Mar 4, 2022
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The field of machine learning on quantum computers got a boost from new research removing a potential roadblock to the practical implementation of quantum neural networks. While theorists had previously believed an exponentially ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 24, 2022
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Dude, what if everything around us was just ... a hologram?
Quantum Physics
Feb 14, 2022
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