56 h. ago DOJ questions science journal about bias, triggering free speech concerns

DOJ questions science journal about bias, triggering free speech concerns  The Washington Post

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3 d. ago Giving quadcopter drones the ability to carry out precise flight maneuvers autonomously

A team of cyber-systems researchers, engineers, optical specialists and roboticists at Zhejiang University, in China, has developed a navigation system for quadcopter drones that gives them the ability to carry out precise flight maneuvers autonomously. As reported in the journal Science Robotics, the group developed a multi-pronged system that allows quadcopter drones to carry out complex aerobatic maneuvers autonomously, in a safe manner, both indoors and outdoors.

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4 d. ago Electrifying railways cuts black carbon exposure by 89%, study finds

Switching from diesel to electric trains dramatically improved the air quality aboard the San Francisco Bay Area's Caltrain commuter rail line, reducing riders' exposure to the carcinogen black carbon by an average of 89%, finds a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters.

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8 d. ago Stainless steel strengthened: Twisting technique creates submicron 'anti

A combined team of metallurgists, materials scientists and engineers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a way to make stainless steel more resistant to metal fatigue. In their study published in the journal Science, the group developed a new twisting technique that functions as an "anti-crash wall" in the steel, giving it much more strength and resistance to cyclic creep.

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1 week ago Digital tech's rapid pace outstrips safety research, say researchers

Scientific research on the harms of digital technology is stuck in a "failing cycle" that moves too slowly to allow governments and society to hold tech companies to account, according to two leading researchers in a new report published in the journal Science.

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2 w. ago Medical Residency Admissions in India and the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Challenges and Reforms

Medical Residency Admissions in India and the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Challenges and Reforms  The Cureus Journal of Medical Science

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2 w. ago Information and communication technology in US could do more to combat rising CO emissions, study says

Information and communication technology (ICT) is a factor augmenting CO2 emissions in the United States and doing little to address the host of environmental challenges facing the planet, research published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe suggests.

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3 w. ago Enhanced 6D pose estimation method promises better robotic object handling

Recent work in 6D object pose estimation holds significant promise for advancing robotics, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), as well as autonomous navigation. The research, published in the International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, introduces a method that enhances the accuracy, generalization, and efficiency of determining an object's rotation and translation from a single image. This could significantly improve robots' ability to interact with objects, especially in dynamic or obstructed environments.

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