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First Database For Solar Power Tower Plants
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (329+ words) Mirage News Solar power towers can play an important role in energy transition. They convert sunlight into heat that can be stored or used to generate electricity. Until now, however, data to test new methods for more efficient and reliable…...
AI Boosts Biochar Catalyst Design to Combat Pollution
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (304+ words) A new study shows that deep learning can predict how fast biochar materials break down antibiotic contaminants, offering a faster path toward cleaner water and smarter environmental remediation. A research team has now developed an interpretable artificial intelligence framework that…...
Global Migration Triples Since 2000, Study Finds
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (538+ words) Mirage News Paper co-author Professor Guy Abel (left) from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences at HKU, and lead author of the paper Dr Thomas Gaskin (right), a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Methodology at LSE. Researchers…...
Embodied AI Revolutionizes Biomedical Microrobots
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1282+ words) Mirage News "A microrobot that can truly operate inside a human body needs more than just a clever material or a smart algorithm," explains Dr. Zhang. "It needs to sense and adapt through its physical body, leverage living components for…...
How AI Chatbots Become Better Learning Coaches
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (334+ words) Many AI systems answer questions in a matter of seconds - and, in the process, often prevent people from doing exactly what learning is all about: thinking for themselves. Machine learning expert Jakub Ma'ina is therefore developing models that don't provide…...
KAIST Breakthrough: Robots Now Mimic Human Judgments
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (573+ words) Mirage News < (From left) Professor Chang D. Yoo, Tung M. Luu (Ph D candidate, first author) at the back center, and Hwanhee Kim (M. S candidate, second author) at the front right > "Robots that make judgments like humans are coming faster than we think." A core technology that will accelerate the era where robots understand human intentions and choose the correct actions on their own has been developed in South…...
Can Memory Be Predicted With Saliva Test?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (377+ words) A study led by the INc-UAB suggests that assessing the relationship between two hormones present in both men and women, estradiol and progesterone, could help better understand how memory works. The findings provide new evidence for the role of sex…...
AI Boosts Exercise Form Coaching
1+ week, 5+ day ago (436+ words) Mirage News As any athlete will tell you: perfect practice makes perfect. But for individuals who do not have regular access to coaches or trainers, maintaining good form can be tricky. In fact, during the Covid-19 pandemic when many people…...
Spintronics P-Computer Ready For Scale-up
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (165+ words) The researchers confirmed two essential characteristics of p-bit operation: stochastic fluctuations of the output voltage over time, and controllability of the time-averaged output through an input voltage. This is the world's first demonstration of a spintronic p-bit monolithically fabricated on…...
How To Explore Trillions Of Ways To Renovate Your Home
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (1193+ words) "It was only when I started working on this project that I started to appreciate the intricate interplay between radiator types, heat pumps, insulation, and ventilation in our homes, and how this affects our home energy use," says Lisanne Havinga....