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…
A New Era in Materials Science: Antiferromagnetic Quasicrystals…
Quasicrystals are intriguing materials with long-range atomic order that lack periodicity. It has been a longstanding question whether antiferromagnetism, while commonly found in regular crystals, is even possible in quasicrystals. In a new study, researchers…
No Butterfingers in Baseball: Understanding Slip Between Fingertips…
The high-speed camera image of the release moment during a fastball pitch. IMAGE: Tohoku University Before June 3, 2021, baseballs spun more. That's the day when Major League Baseball (MLB) said it would begin cleaning…
Explainable AI for ship navigation raises trust, decreases…
New AI model explains the basis for its decisions and the intention behind actions Close encounters: A passenger ferry, left, and a cargo ship sail the Akashi Strait in Japan. IMAGE: Yoshiho Ikeda The Titanic…
Tree gum supercharges supercapacitor lifespan, research reveals
A waste gum produced by trees found in India could be the key to unlocking a new generation of better-performing, more eco-friendly supercapacitors, researchers say. Scientists from universities in Scotland, South Korea, and India are…