Magnetic fusion reactors contain super hot plasma in a donut-shaped container called a tokamak. Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls –…
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One of Hydro-Quebec’s hydroelectric generating stations. Credit: Hydro-Quebec Power flowing both ways across the Canada–U.S. border offers a pathway to clean electricity in 2050. The…
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A nanoscale rendering of two materials, graphene (gray) and chromium oxide (blue), that collectively allowed researchers from Nebraska and Buffalo to fabricate a new type…
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Credit: Graphics by Carly Wilkins, Energy Department What if you could travel from New York to Los Angeles in just under seven hours without boarding…
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The on-chip laser is combined with a 50 gigahertz electro-optic modulator in lithium niobate to build a high-power transmitter. Credit: Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS For…
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Schematic of a perfectly transmitted topological acoustic wave being imaged using a microwave microscope. A new study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania…
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This artificial bone sample is an early step towards making 3D bioprinting a practical tool for emergency medicine in space. Credit: ESA-Remedia This artificial bone…
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From nuclear proliferation to climate change, Richard K. Lester taps research talent to map a path toward a sustainable planet. Looking back on nearly a…
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A machine-learning model for image classification that’s trained using synthetic data can rival one trained on the real thing, a study shows. Huge amounts of…
View More When It Comes to AI, Can We Ditch the Datasets? Using Synthetic Data for Training Machine-Learning Models
When artificial intelligence is tasked with visually identifying objects and faces, it assigns specific components of its network to face recognition — just like the…
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