UC Assistant Professor Sameh Elsa and his research partners are working on a novel project – designing drones inspired by albatrosses. Known as one of the largest birds on earth, they have 11-foot wingspans that help them fly across…
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China’s humanoid robot stuns by opening car door in a ‘world-first’
AiMOGA Robotics has claimed to have reached a significant milestone in embodied AI with its humanoid robot, Mornine, autonomously opening a car door inside a functioning Chery dealership in China.
Relying solely on onboard sensors, full-body…
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The first space artifacts we sent to say we were here: Part 2
Since the dawn of the Space Age, humanity has launched thousands of missions, from communication satellites and climate-monitoring platforms to deep-space probes exploring the fringes of the Solar System and beyond. Others were crewed missions,…
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Ancient dental plaque reveals betel nut chewing habit in Thailand
The earliest direct evidence of betel nut chewing in Southeast Asia has been uncovered, dating back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age in Thailand.
The study led by Chiang Mai University in Thailand analyzed ancient dental plaque from…
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Fears grow over Russian nuclear subs near epicenter of huge 8.8 quake
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday morning. While the Kremlin claims that all is well, military and geological experts are raising concerns.
The earthquake’s epicenter was located alarmingly…
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F-35 stealth jet crashes near US Navy base, pilot ejects safely
An F-35C Lightning II fighter jet crashed near Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore in central California on Wednesday, the US Navy confirmed.
The pilot, assigned to the “Rough Raiders” of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-125, safely ejected from…
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You may be inhaling 68,000 microplastics a day inside your home
The air inside your home and car may be quietly filling your lungs with thousands of plastic fragments every single day, according to an alarming new study.
Scientists in France found that people could be breathing in 68,000 microplastic…
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Structure and performance analysis of magnetic suspension gripper driving system
Dynamic model
The current projectile loom employs a yarn storage device to regulate yarn tension. Similarly, the new loom also utilizes a yarn storage device. It features a high-frequency magnetron floating tension ring and a closed-loop control…
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A successive framework for brain tumor interpretation using Yolo variants
The main phases of the proposed research are outlined in Fig. 1, which begins with a comprehensive evaluation of the appropriate literature, including the most current studies, and culminates with the collection of datasets. The data then goes…
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Development of a novel deep learning method that transforms tabular input variables into images for the prediction of SLD
Steatotic liver disease (SLD), formerly known as fatty liver disease, is a common disease defined by the presence of steatosis in more than 5% of the hepatocytes1. A new nomenclature was recently published, classifying SLD into 5 groups:…
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