A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Learning words from pictures
System correlates recorded speech with images, could lead to fully automated speech recognition. [caption id="attachment_10808" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT researchers have developed a new approach to training speech-recognition systems that doesn’t depend on transcription. Instead, their…
Radiation that knocks electrons out and down, one…
Researchers are investigating novel ways by which electrons are knocked out of matter. Their research could have implications for radiation therapy. [caption id="attachment_10805" align="alignnone" width="608"] Scientists have elucidated a surprising novel mechanism of cascading electron…
ExoMars orbiter images phobes
[caption id="attachment_10799" align="alignright" width="625"] ExoMars first colour image of Phobos[/caption] The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has imaged the martian moon Phobos as part of a second set of test science measurements made since it arrived…
New, more effective strategy for producing flu vaccines
[caption id="attachment_10795" align="alignnone" width="615"] Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine at UW–Madison, talks with a group of media representatives during a tour of the Influenza Research Institute in…