In a multidisciplinary project, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech-Lorraine used terahertz imaging and signal processing techniques to look beneath the corroded surface of a 16th-century lead ...
Archaeology
Apr 25, 2022
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As ongoing revelations about Facebook's algorithm are showing, social media's ability to shape our attitudes by steering users into echo chambers is raising questions about our national discourse and drawing increasing attention ...
Economics & Business
Nov 18, 2021
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In dark skies around the world there unfolds a nightly battle between bats and the nocturnal insects upon which they feast. You'd have thought bats, equipped as they are with echolocation, in which they navigate using sound, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2021
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Wingtips of certain species of silkmoth are structured to reflect sound and throw off attackers, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2021
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By cleverly analyzing the results, the algorithm can deduce the shape, size and layout of a room, as well as pick out in the presence of objects or people. The results are displayed as a video feed which turns the echo data ...
General Physics
Apr 30, 2021
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An international research team has taken a seat on the backs of wild bats to experience their world through echoes recorded by 3-gram computers.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2021
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Aggressive political messaging can work against candidates by radicalizing supporters and alienating moderates, according to a Dartmouth study.
Political science
Dec 15, 2020
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Scientists at Paderborn University, the Technical University of Dortmund and the University of Würzburg have for the first time used laser pulses to precisely control photon echoes, which can occur when light waves superimpose ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 15, 2020
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Bats excel in acoustic perception and detect objects as tiny as mosquitoes using sound waves. Echolocation permits them to calculate the three-dimensional location of both small and large objects, perceiving their shape, ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2020
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They can't tell fortunes and they're useless with the stock market but bats are quite skilled at predicting one thing: where to find dinner.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2020
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