Calculations/Problem-Solving

Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Anastasia Serin. Inserting lightweight optimization code in high-speed network devices has enabled a KAUST-led collaboration to increase the speed of machine learning on parallelized computing systems five-fold.…

Muons, particles akin to electrons, have kepts physicists' heads spinning for more than a decade, because an experimental measurement of their magnetic properties (1) disagrees with theory. Could this be caused by unknown particles or…

Credit: TTUHSC Though the U.S. and South Korea recorded their first official COVID-19 case on the same day, January 20, 2020, there were notable differences in how each country would ultimately address what has become the world's most…

Could the way drosophila use antennae to sense heat help us teach self-driving cars make decisions?Credit: Gallio lab With over 70% of respondents to a AAA annual survey on autonomous driving reporting they would fear being in a fully…

The results indicate masks and proper ventilation may be key to allowing more capacity in schools, businesses and other indoor areasCredit: Michael Kinzel, UCF ORLANDO, April 5, 2021 - A new study from the University of Central…

BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - As part of its ongoing commitment to addressing the need for developing cybersecurity experts now nearing 3.5 million worldwide, the NYU Tandon School of Engineering has awarded the 2021…

A new analysis has revealed the stark US$1.28 trillion economic damage caused by the world's invasive speciesCredit: Nature A new analysis has revealed the stark US$1.28 trillion economic damage caused by the world's…

The deployment of personal electronic deterrents is an effective way to prevent future deaths and injuriesCredit: Professor Corey Bradshaw, Flinders University. With shark bites increasing in countries like Australia -…

Credit: Pixabay/Yen Strandqvist, Chalmers University of Technology Artificial Intelligence is now capable of generating novel, functionally active proteins, thanks to recently published work by researchers from Chalmers University of…

Credit: B. Hayes/NIST When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call that an "encounter." That's the scientific term for it, too. As part of urgent efforts to fight COVID-19, a science is…

Researchers from Skoltech have developed an early prototype of a medical imaging system that uses neural networks to analyze near-infrared images of veins and project a venous pattern onto a patient's body - this may make blood draws much…

Pedestrian movements are tricky to track, but now the first large-scale statistical analysis of pedestrian flow using anonymous phone data collected in three European capital cities, London, Amsterdam and Stockholm, has been conducted by…

Credit: Source: USTC For almost a century, physicists have been intrigued by the fundamental question: why are complex numbers so important in quantum mechanics, that is, numbers containing a component with the imaginary number…

> CATONSVILLE, MD, March 24, 2021 - COVID-19 has been shown to spread on airplanes by infected passengers, so minimizing the risk of secondary infections aboard aircraft may save lives. New research in the INFORMS journal Service…

Researchers develop highly accurate numerical method for electromagnetic noise that considers both conduction phenomena within conductors and radiation phenomena outside conductors that form electric circuitsCredit: Osaka University …

$10 million effort, backed by Schmidt Futures, to be led by NYU Courant researcher A team of scientists, backed by a $10 million grant from Schmidt Futures, will work to enhance climate-change projections by improving climate simulations…

Credit: Pixabay Volcanic eruptions, forest fires, electromagnetic radiation from the Sun or electrical storms, and sandstorms are among the phenomena that may pose a risk to air traffic safety and will be studied within the framework…

A researcher from Skoltech has filled in the gaps connecting quantum simulators with more traditional quantum computers, discovering a new computationally universal model of quantum computation, the variational model. The paper was…

Fast line-based algorithm turns hand-writing into holograms using standard CPUsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have devised and implemented a simplified algorithm for…

Credit: Photo: Arctia Ltd Statisticians have calculated the probability of ships of different Polar Ship Categories becoming beset in ice along the Northern Sea Route. Their data will help assess the risks of maritime…