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IBM Brings the Speed of Light to the Generative AI Era with Optics Breakthrough

IBM has unveiled breakthrough research in optics technology that could dramatically improve how data centers train and run generative AI...

2 days ago

Ultramicro Iontronics Enables Dynamic Tracking of Cerebral Chloride Regulation

Schematic diagram of the design of L/L UIs and its dynamic tracing of CI- in the living brain of rodents (Image by SEN Liang). Dynamic...

2 days ago

Researchers Develop Polarization Photodetector Mimicking Desert Ant

Desert ant inspired single-shot on-chip pol-PD for polarization imaging (Image by LI Mingzhu's group). Polarization photodetectors...

6 days ago

SLB Capturi Completes Construction of the World’s First Industrial-Scale Carbon Capture Plant at a Cement Facility

The carbon capture plant is designed to capture up to 400,000 metric tons of CO2 annually from the Heidelberg Materials cement facility...

Dec 3

Scientists Reveal Possible Role of Iron Sulfides in Creating Life in Terrestrial Hot Springs

Figure 1: Conceptual illustration of terrestrial hot springs on early Earth (Illustration by Alex Bosoy, Design & Illustration, LLC) An...

Dec 3

Researchers Develop Hyper-sampling Imaging to Deliver Ultra-high-resolution Images

The mechanism of hyper-sampling imaging. (Image by AIR) A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Ze from the Aerospace Information Research...

Dec 1

New AI tool offers insights to improve safety for mothers and babies in maternity care

Professor Georgia Cosma and Professor Patrick Waterson. Developed by AI and data scientist Professor Georgina Cosma and human factors...

Dec 1

World-class ‘accelerator’ to speed development of crucial rehabilitation technologies

Following a multi-million-pound grant by the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, colleagues from Loughborough...

Nov 30

Tumor Metastasis Becomes Visible: The Ramanome-based Metastasis Index Breakthrough

RMI guided metastasis prediction based on single-cell Raman spectra (Image by LIU yang) Cancer metastasis, a leading cause of...

Nov 29

Researchers Develop miRNA-tunable Living Interface for Neurovascular Remodeling

Design of the LIFES. LIFES imparts topographical, piezoelectric, and photo-pyroelectric signals for cell modulation, enabling fine-tuned...

Nov 29

Heavy Ion Radiation Exposure Helps Boost Yeast Lipid Production

Combination of heavy radiation and genetic manipulation to create microbial mutants.(Image by IMP) Yeast, an important microorganism,...

Nov 29

Researchers Develop Lysosomal “TRAP” for Clearance of Viruses and Variants

Schematic for showing lysoTRAP programmed performance in capturing, internalizing, and degrading multiple viruses and variants for virus...

Nov 29

Researchers Reveal How Aging Impairs Antitumor Activity of CD8+ T Cells

Working model of aging compromise CD8 + T cell-mediated antitumor immunity. (Image by Prof. XIAO's group) research team from the...

Nov 28

Large-Scale Beam Testing Leads to Hour-Long Fire-Resistant LNG Storage Buildings

Wang and his team at the experiment site testing steel beams. | Image: Courtesy of Dr. Qingsheng Wang. Dr. Filippo Gavelli from Blue...

Nov 28

Neem Seed Extract Improves Effectiveness of Pesticide

Image: Getty Images Pesticides can be made more effective and environmentally friendly by improving how they stick to plant surfaces,...

Nov 27

Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory Construction Enters Final Stage

Stainless steel structure of JUNO detector (Image by IHEP) The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) has completed its...

Nov 27

Argonne team breaks new ground in AI-driven protein design

Using the MProt-DPO framework, scientists created synthetic versions of malate dehydrogenase that preserve the protein’s critical...

Nov 19

Unraveling the mysteries of Mesoscience: How this new field can solve global challenges

Two topics are now drawing great attention from the global scientific community: shifting or advancing paradigms in science, and tackling...

Nov 19

Researchers develop a new chemical process: triazenolysis

Triazenolysis: making amines by breaking olefins. Image credit: Tatyana Savin Researchers at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the...

Nov 19

Einstein’s equations collide with the mysteries of the Universe

Gravitational lensing of distant galaxies by the galaxy cluster Abell 2390, observed by the Euclid satellite. © ESA/Euclid/Euclid...

Nov 17

Chang'e-6 Lunar Samples Reveal 2.83-billion-year-old Basalt with Depleted Mantle

Figure 1 Landing site of the Chang'e-6 mission on the Moon's far side (Image by GIGCAS) The Moon has a global dichotomy, with its near...

Nov 17

World’s Largest Open-sea Offshore PV Project Begins Power Generation

CHN Energy’s 1-gigawatt offshore photovoltaic (PV) project in Kenli District, east China’s Shandong Province, successfully connected its...

Nov 17

Synchronized forces behind flower-like patterns in plasma waves

In a recent paper in Physical Review Letters , engineers at the University of Notre Dame identify a new class of plasma-liquid waves that...

Nov 17

Science and poetry find common language in new conversation series

The first event in this series, held on April 17, 2024 at the University of Notre Dame, brought together a bioengineer and poet to...

Nov 16

Notre Dame and Purdue engineers use e-textiles and sensor networks to enhance prosthetic fit

Axel González Cornejo, doctoral student in Bolívar-Nieto’s lab (left), Prof. Bolívar-Nieto (center), and undergraduate mechanical...

Nov 16

CMS develops new AI algorithm to detect anomalies

In the quest to uncover the fundamental particles and forces of nature, one of the critical challenges facing high-energy experiments at...

Nov 14

Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced...

Nov 14

Robot Learns How to Clean a Washbasin

TU Wien (Vienna) has developed a learning robot. If shown how to clean a sink, it can imitate human motions and adapt its knowledge...

Nov 12

Neurotechnology boosts memory without surgery

Researchers at two EPFL labs have joined forces to give a boost to spatial memory by creating a unique experimental setup that combines...

Nov 11

Kagome breaks the rules at record breaking temperatures

Excuse me, what? Yes, you read that right: 175 K, a.k.a. -98 degrees Celsius. In the quantum world this is actually quite hot. In the...

Nov 11

Scientists Capture Images of Electron Molecular Crystals

From top left: Scanning tunneling microscope images of electrons evolving into a single Wigner molecule (bottom right). Credit: Berkeley...

Nov 11

New chemical process makes biodiesel production easier, less energy intensive

Kevin Lofgren in the lab holding a flask containing the pure biodiesel product made with the process described in the journal Energy &...

Nov 11

NVIDIA Advances Robot Learning and Humanoid Development With New AI and Simulation Tools

Robotics developers can greatly accelerate their work on AI-enabled robots, including humanoids , using new AI and simulation tools and...

Nov 10

SCS Researcher Develops Metagenomic Profiling Method

Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science and the University of Toronto have developed a new k-mer sketching...

Nov 10

Networks of Concepts Demonstrate How Scientific Knowledge Grows

While there has been tremendous growth in scientific knowledge over the past 100 years, innovative activity appears to be slowing . In a...

Nov 10

Improving Air Quality Would Avoid 80,000 Vet Visits Every Year, Study Finds

New research conducted by Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Grantham Research...

Nov 10

After Pause, NASA’s Voyager 1 Communicating With Mission Team

On Oct. 24, NASA reconnected with the Voyager 1 spacecraft after a brief pause in communications. The spacecraft recently turned off one...

Nov 10

Advancements for Black-footed Ferret Conservation Continue with New Offspring from Cloned Ferret

Antonia's kits at three-weeks old. Credit: Smithsonian's NZCBI . The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and conservation partners are excited...

Nov 10

UTEP Student Develops Award-Winning Method to Desalinate Water

UTEP doctoral student Tayia Oddonetto (right) and doctoral advisor Ivonne Santiago, Ph.D., (left) work in the Center for Inland...

Nov 10

A test stand for the High-Luminosity LHC

Two fully synchronised overhead cranes were used to handle the cold powering system, which is made up of a long transmission line and an...

Nov 10

CMS uses photons to probe the structure of nuclei

Event display of a candidate for D0 production at the CMS detector. (Image: CMS collaboration) At the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC ),...

Nov 6

China's Einstein Probe Astronomical Satellite Sheds New Light on Universe

China's Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite, sent into space in January this year, has achieved several initial discoveries,...

Nov 6

China Launches First Integrated Vegetation Pests and Diseases Monitoring and Early-Warning System

China's first domestically developed integrated sky-ground intelligent monitoring and early warning system for vegetation pests and...

Nov 6

New Study Offers Refined Estimates of Permafrost Loss in High Mountain Asia Under Future Warming

A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters highlights the role of “equilibrium climate sensitivity” (ECS), a metric...

Nov 6

‘Doomsday’ Antarctic Glacier Melting Faster Than Expected, Fueling Calls for Geoengineering

New studies about the Thwaites Glacier, also called the “Doomsday Glacier,” have sparked a conversation about geoengineering as a climate...

Nov 6

Dinosaurs Thrived After Ice, Not Fire, Says a New Study of Ancient Volcanism

201.6 million years ago, one of the Earth’s five great mass extinctions took place, when three quarters of all living species suddenly...

Nov 1

US develops breakthrough 'dual-gradient' design for lithium battery’s cathode that boosts electricity

A breakthrough “dual-gradient” design for the battery’s cathode substantially increases energy storage capacity, stability and lifetime...

Oct 30

New method enables complex calculations in the shortest possible time using high-performance computing

Scientists at Paderborn University have used high-performance computing (HPC) for the first time to analyse a quantum photonics...

Oct 22

‘Time capsule’ lunar samples link the Moon’s past and present

The crew of Apollo 16 (Photo credit: NASA) Samples collected from the surface of the Moon by the crew of Apollo 16 more than 50 years...

Oct 20

Space Force funds $35M institute for versatile propulsion at U-M

The newly formed Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience Institute involves eight universities, and 14...