Technology and Engineering
New AI Algorithm Delivers Realistic, Optimal Explanations for Black-Box Decisions
Researchers have developed P2CE, a model-agnostic algorithm that generates counterfactual explanations for machine learning decisions that are both plausible and...
Reinforcement Learning Could Rewire How Smart Microgrids Think, Communicate and Survive
A new systematic review of over 160 studies finds that reinforcement learning can make smart microgrids genuinely adaptive, but communication-aware...
Coffee Waste Meets Barley Fields: Biochar and Fertilizer Team Up to Rescue Acidic Soils
New research shows that coffee husk biochar combined with NPSB blended fertilizer can significantly improve food barley yields on acidic...
Chip-Sized Plasma Switch Fires Picosecond Pulses to Flip Magnetic Memory
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have built an all-electric on-chip nanoplasma pulse generator that delivers picosecond pulses to...
Half-Unit-Cell-Thick Gallium Oxide Shows Ferroelectricity Under Strain
Strain-engineered gallium oxide just half a unit cell thick has been converted into a zincblende phase with switchable ferroelectricity and...
Physicists Use Light to Steer Electrons in a Floquet Topological Insulator
Physicists have achieved optical control of electrons in a Floquet topological insulator, demonstrating that light-dressed graphene can host and steer...
Single-Layer RuO2 Catalyst Slashes Overpotential in Acidic Water Electrolysis
Researchers have created a single-layer, edge-sharing 1T-RuO2 catalyst that achieves an ultralow 77 mV overpotential and over 1,100 hours of...
New Noise-Robust AI Method Tackles Imbalanced Data in Car Transmission Testing
Researchers have developed a noise-robust over-sampling method called mZ-cEAMD that outperforms SMOTE-based techniques in classifying defective car transmissions from severely...
New AI Tracker Fuses Visible and Thermal Vision to Stay on Target in Any Weather
Researchers have developed BFA-HARF, a tracking framework that aligns visible and thermal features bidirectionally before fusing them with hybrid attention,...
Ice Reaches a Record Density as Ultrahigh Pressure Forges a New Phase
Researchers report that ice X distorts under ultrahigh pressure at room temperature before transforming into ice XXII, the densest water...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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