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Optics & Photonics Oct 7, 2024

AI predicts optical properties to speed up the discovery of energy and quantum materials

Researchers from Tohoku University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled a new AI tool for high-quality optical spectra with the same accuracy as quantum simulations, but working a million times ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 3, 2024

Logic with light: Introducing diffraction casting, optical-based parallel computing

Increasingly complex applications such as artificial intelligence require ever more powerful and power-hungry computers to run. Optical computing is a proposed solution to increase speed and power efficiency but has yet to ...

Space Exploration Oct 2, 2024

NASA prepares for Lunar Terrain Vehicle testing

When astronauts return to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, they will benefit from having a human-rated unpressurized LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) that will allow them to explore more of the lunar surface, enabling ...

General Physics Sep 26, 2024

Security protocol leverages quantum mechanics to shield data from attackers during cloud-based computation

Deep-learning models are being used in many fields, from health care diagnostics to financial forecasting. However, these models are so computationally intensive that they require the use of powerful cloud-based servers.

Molecular & Computational biology Sep 24, 2024

AI network shows potential for predicting crop yield

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the buzz phrase of 2024. Though far from that cultural spotlight, scientists from agricultural, biological and technological backgrounds are also turning to AI as they collaborate to find ways ...

Ecology Sep 23, 2024

Our digital 3D models of huge coral reefs could help revive these precious ecosystems

As a team of marine biologists, assessing the health of thousands of square meters of coral reef can be a daunting prospect. Often, we have to monitor some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, and there's a strict ...

Earth Sciences Sep 10, 2024

Rolling in the deep: Street flooding can be predicted in seconds with machine learning models

Getting around on a rainy day often involves dodging puddles—or sloshing through them. But during downpours, shallow pools can quickly become roadway ponds that cripple transportation, threaten safety and undermine emergency ...

Environment Sep 4, 2024

Researchers create new tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago

The built environment—which includes the construction and operation of buildings, highways, bridges and other infrastructure—is responsible for close to 40% of the global greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change.

Plants & Animals Aug 31, 2024

How fruit flies use internal representations of head direction to support goal-directed navigation

Animal behavior is known to rely on transforming sensory information into motor commands, often influenced by an animal's internal needs. While in mammals and other large animals this process is supported by complex brain ...

Ecology Aug 15, 2024

California is home to millions of urban trees: What happens when they die?

To stop California's 6 million urban trees from knocking out power lines, crashing through houses, or lying across streets when they die, humans have to intervene.

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