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New research reveals Benham Bank as one of the Philippines’ richest deep coral ecosystems

New research reveals Benham Bank as one of the Philippines’ richest deep coral ecosystems

Located near the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippines, 50 meters below the sea surface, is the Benham Bank,…

Jun 15, 20256 min read
Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing

Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing

As more connected devices demand an increasing amount of bandwidth for tasks like teleworking and cloud computing, it…

Jun 13, 20256 min read
New research could unlock the potential of bladeless wind turbines

New research could unlock the potential of bladeless wind turbines

Insights from a new study could help unlock the full potential of a developing form of smaller-scale wind…

Jun 13, 20254 min read
How we really judge AI

How we really judge AI

Suppose you were shown that an artificial intelligence tool offers accurate predictions about some stocks you own. How…

Jun 12, 20255 min read
AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments

AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments

The system automatically learns to adapt to unknown disturbances such as gusting winds.

Jun 12, 20256 min read
Newly discovered cancer cell energy pathway blocked with natural substance

Newly discovered cancer cell energy pathway blocked with natural substance

Looking to nature for answers to complex questions can reveal new and unprecedented results that can even affect cells on a molecular level.

Jun 11, 20252 min read

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WARF, UW-Madison again rank in top 10 universities for U.S. patents

WARF, UW-Madison again rank in top 10 universities for U.S. patents

ByAmrita TuladharAug 14, 20165 min read

An annual report issued last month ranks the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private nonprofit foundation that manages intellectual property on behalf of the University of Wisconsin—Madison, as 7th among the world’s universities in U.S. patents issued in 2015.

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

ByAmrita TuladharAug 10, 20163 min read

In a paper published by the journal JHEP, the MoEDAL experiment at CERN narrows the window of where to search for a hypothetical particle, the magnetic monopole.

Summer school shines

Summer school shines

ByAmrita TuladharAug 9, 20162 min read

Young scientists from all over the world have gathered for their two-week summer school course at ESA’s ESRIN centre for Earth observation in Frascati, Italy.

First major database of non-native English

First major database of non-native English

ByAmrita TuladharAug 2, 20166 min read

“English is the most used language on the Internet, with over 1 billion speakers,” says Yevgeni Berzak, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science, who led the new…