As computer vision researchers, we believe that every pixel can tell a story. However, there seems to be a writer’s block settling into the field when it comes to dealing with large images. Large images are no longer…
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Physicists Identify First Unconventional Superconductor with Composition Also Found in Nature
Solid state chemistry has produced a plethora of materials with properties not found in nature. For example, high-temperature superconductivity in copper-oxide compounds called cuprates is drastically different from the superconductivity of…
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2024 BAIR Graduate Directory – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
Every year, the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab graduates some of the most talented and innovative minds in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our Ph.D. graduates have each expanded the frontiers of…
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Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free
BYLINE: Jerald Pinson
Newswise — Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of openVertebrate (oVert), a…
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Study finds evidence of Mesoamericans drinking tobacco during healing rituals
A new study, published in the journal Antiquity, has found traces of nicotine in ceramic vessels discovered at the ancient city of Cotzumalhuapa.
Cotzumalhuapa was a Maya polity located near the town of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in southern…
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Climate change threatens thousands of Native American and colonial sites in coastal Georgia
Thousands of Native American and colonial sites in Georgia are under threat from increasing storm surges caused by climate change, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS One.
The study has identified 4,200 sites at risk of flooding…
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Four-peat: MIT students take first place in the 84th Putnam Math Competition | MIT News
For the fourth time in the history of the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, and for the fourth year in a row, all five of the top spots in the contest, known as Putnam Fellows, came from a single…
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Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet
Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet
We need to rethink the American love affair with the automobile and redesign cities to reduce car pollution
Anthropologist Daniel Miller has observed that an alien visiting…
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Dealing with the limitations of our noisy world | MIT News
Tamara Broderick first set foot on MIT’s campus when she was a high school student, as a participant in the inaugural Women’s Technology Program. The monthlong summer academic experience gives young women a hands-on…
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Gosha Geogdzhayev and Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholars | MIT News
This article was updated on April 23 to reflect the promotion of Gosha Geogdzhayev from alternate to winner of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
MIT seniors Gosha Geogdzhayev and Sadhana Lolla have won the prestigious…
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