Tag: applications

  • Trapped ions may unlock a path to better batteries and much more

    Trapped ions may unlock a path to better batteries and much more

    A serendipitous discovery during research into batteries at Oregon State University holds major implications for inventing new materials with a vast range of scientific and commercial applications, the study’s corresponding author says.

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  • Study shows widely used machine learning methods don’t work as claimed

    Study shows widely used machine learning methods don’t work as claimed

    Models and algorithms for analyzing complex networks are widely used in research and affect society at large through their applications in online social networks, search engines, and recommender systems. According to a new study, however, one widely used algorithmic approach for modeling these networks is fundamentally flawed, failing to capture important properties of real-world complex networks.

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  • A sustainable strategy to manufacture sensors for soft robots

    A sustainable strategy to manufacture sensors for soft robots

    A growing number of companies and research groups worldwide are now developing compliant sensors based on composite materials, which can have a wide range of possible applications. Composite materials, those made of two or more substances, often have unique and advantageous properties that differ from those of their individual components.

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  • ‘Opinion-mining’ algorithm summarizes social media sentiments automatically

    ‘Opinion-mining’ algorithm summarizes social media sentiments automatically

    Documents that express an opinion abound, especially in the so-called web 2.0 era of social media and social networking. Jae-Young Chang of the Department of Computer Engineering at Hansung University, in Seoul, South Korea, suggests that there is a need to find ways to summarize their contents for a wide range of applications.

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  • Google releases quantum computing library

    Google releases quantum computing library

    Google announced Monday that it is making available an open-source library for quantum machine-learning applications.

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  • High-quality extended reality in easy-to-use and inexpensive devices

    High-quality extended reality in easy-to-use and inexpensive devices

    Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) technology open new possibilities across many fields. However, high-quality extended reality (XR) applications are computationally heavy in terms of computer graphics, which means that they do not run smoothly on inexpensive and easy-to-use XR devices such as VR/AR headsets and smartphones, because their GPU computing capacity is limited.

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  • Innovative method improves safety in lithium-sulfur batteries

    Innovative method improves safety in lithium-sulfur batteries

    Researchers from A*STAR’s NanoBio Lab (NBL) have designed a semi-solid electrolyte for lithium-sulfur batteries that improves their safety without compromising their performance. This promising breakthrough paves the way for lithium-sulfur batteries to be used as efficient power solutions across diverse electronic and energy storage applications.

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  • User-customizable computing engine for artificial intelligence tasks

    User-customizable computing engine for artificial intelligence tasks

    Scientists at Osaka University have built a new computing device from field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) that can be customized by the user for maximum efficiency in artificial intelligence applications. Compared with currently used rewireable hardware, the system increases circuit density by a factor of 12. Also, it is expected to reduce energy usage by 80%. This advance may lead to flexible artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that provide enhanced performance while consuming much less electricity.

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  • Helping non-experts create mathematical models through natural selection

    Helping non-experts create mathematical models through natural selection

    Science and engineering applications such as control of high-precision motion systems or electrochemical processes are often built on mathematical models of dynamic systems. Ph.D. candidate Dhruv Khandelwal developed a framework that allows people without experience in data-driven modeling to fairly easily develop high-quality, optimized mathematical models of these dynamic systems. This is a vital tool that can help researchers of any stripe navigate the complex maze of modeling technologies and systems dynamics, and support data-driven research output and valorization. For instance, electrical engineers managing the health of the electricity grid or researchers studying the growth of cancer cells. Khandelwal defends his Ph.D. thesis on March 4.

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  • Engineers develop miniaturized ‘warehouse robots’ for biotechnology applications

    Engineers develop miniaturized ‘warehouse robots’ for biotechnology applications

    UCLA engineers have developed minuscule warehouse logistics robots that could help expedite and automate medical diagnostic technologies and other applications that move and manipulate tiny drops of fluid. The study was published in Science Robotics.

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