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…
Weaving Indigenous knowledge with scientific research: a balanced…
Insights from bicultural research can enhance practical applications from a palaeotsunami database to land-use decisions, according to a new review in Earth Surface Dynamics The Hooker River in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, Aotearoa New…
In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s…
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run roughshod over the world, another entirely different corona about 100 million light…
Campfires’ on the Sun
The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed ‘campfires’, near the surface of our closest star. Solar Orbiter’s first view of the…
“Alexa, go to the kitchen and fetch me…
New model aims to give robots human-like perception of their physical environments. Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Wouldn’t we all appreciate a little help around the house, especially if that help came in…