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Tech Xplore / Quantum annealers and the future of prime factorization

Researchers at the University of Trento, Italy, have developed a novel approach for prime factorization via quantum annealing, leveraging a compact modular encoding paradigm and enabling the factorization of large numbers ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Neural networks made of light: Research team develops AI system in optical fibers

Artificial intelligence is pivotal in advancing biotechnology and medical procedures, ranging from cancer diagnostics to the creation of new antibiotics. However, the ecological footprint of large-scale AI systems is substantial. ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Artificial intelligence recognizes and learns to predict patterns in behavior from video

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn have created an open-source platform known as A-SOiD that can learn and predict user-defined behaviors, just from video. ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Software
Tech Xplore / New 'water batteries' stay cool under pressure

A global team of researchers and industry collaborators led by RMIT University has invented recyclable 'water batteries' that won't catch fire or explode.

Feb 21, 2024 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Charting new paths in AI learning: How changing two variables leads to vastly different outcomes

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries from health care to finance, understanding how these digital brains learn is more crucial than ever. Now, two researchers from EPFL, Antonia Sclocchi ...

Feb 21, 2024 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants

Implantable biomedical devices—like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators—are becoming smaller and utilizing wireless technology, but hurdles remain for powering the next-generation implants. A new wireless charging ...

Tech Xplore / Automated method helps researchers quantify uncertainty in their predictions

Pollsters trying to predict presidential election results and physicists searching for distant exoplanets have at least one thing in common: They often use a tried-and-true scientific technique called Bayesian inference.

Feb 21, 2024 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop AI that can understand light in photographs

Despite significant progress in developing AI systems that can understand the physical world like humans do, researchers have struggled with modeling a certain aspect of our visual system: the perception of light.

Feb 21, 2024 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / An architecture for sub-picowatt logic computing based on self-biased molybdenum disulfide transistors

The continuous improvement of circuits and electronic components is vital for the development of new technologies with enhanced capabilities and unique characteristics. In recent years, most electronics engineers have been ...

Feb 20, 2024 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Engineers develop promising calcium-based battery that's rechargeable and operates at room temperature

A multi-institutional team of Chinese engineers has developed a proof-of-concept calcium-based battery that withstands 700 charge cycles at room temperature. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes ...

Feb 20, 2024 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Science fiction meets reality as researchers develop techniques to overcome obstructed views

After a recent car crash, John Murray-Bruce wished he could have seen the other car coming. The crash reaffirmed the USF assistant professor of computer science and engineering's mission to create a technology that could ...

Feb 20, 2024 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / The YouTube algorithm isn't radicalizing people, says bots study

About a quarter of Americans get their news on YouTube. With its billions of users and hours upon hours of content, YouTube is one the largest online media platforms in the world.

Feb 20, 2024 in Consumer & Gadgets