A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory staffer stands in a traditional millimeter wave body scanner. “Screening has largely been unchanged for the last 20 years, and…
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New on-board system allows trains to instantly detect ‘leaves on the line’ and other hazards
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are developing an on-board system for trains that can identify low adhesion hazards such as ‘leaves on the line’ as…
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Light-matter interactions simulated on the world’s fastest supercomputer
Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba present an improved way to model interactions between matter and light at the atomic scale. Credit: University of…
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Bug in backup software results in loss of 77 terabytes of research data at Kyoto University
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Computer maintenance workers at Kyoto University have announced that due to an apparent bug in software used to back up research…
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Smart charging can save electric vehicle drivers £110 a year and cut carbon footprint by 20%
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Drivers of electric vehicles could save an average of £110 a year—and cut their carbon footprint by 20%—by using “smart charging”…
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What is Log4j? A cybersecurity expert explains the latest internet vulnerability, how bad it is and what’s at stake
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Log4Shell, an internet vulnerability that affects millions of computers, involves an obscure but nearly ubiquitous piece of software, Log4j. The software…
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Artificial intelligence magnifies the utility of electron microscopes
Argonne’s Charudatta Phatak views a magnified image from a Lorentz transmission electron microscope. Phatak’s team is using AI to improve microscope sensitivity and accuracy. Credit:…
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Soap bubbles inspire new software making mining more cost-effective
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Using an algorithm based on the physical properties of soap bubbles, researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed software to…
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Book explores conceptual clarity and a new theory of software design
MIT Professor Daniel Jackson, who is the associate director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), examines the design and implementation of software…
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New software allows industrial robots to achieve touch sensitivity and precision close to human hands
NTU Singapore Assoc Prof Pham Quang Cuong (right), co-founder of Eureka Robotics and Dr Hung Pham (left), co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Eureka Robotics…
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