Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on physical features

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain American Amara Majeed was accused of terrorism by the Sri Lankan police in 2019. Robert Williams was arrested outside his house in Detroit and detained in…

Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members

The Microsoft logo is shown at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2, 2023. In a blog post Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, Microsoft says state-backed Russian…

Researchers develop 70kW-level high power density vanadium flow battery stack

70 kW-level vanadium flow battery stack. Credit: DICP Recently, a research team led by Prof. Li Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of…

Oxygen vacancies boost performance of aqueous zinc ion batteries, study finds

by Li Zhaoqian and Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Electrochemical Reaction Kinetics and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. Credit: Li Zhaoqian According to research…

Researchers demonstrate scalability of graph neural networks on world’s most powerful computing systems

Conversion of an atomic structure into a graph, where atoms are treating as nodes and interatomic bonds as edges. Credit: Massimiliano “Max” Lupo Pasini/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Solving today’s…

Decoupled style structure in Fourier domain method improves raw to sRGB mapping

by Zhang Jie and Zhao Weiwei, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences The results image from ZRRdataset. The last row showcases the color histogram of the image.…

Memory’s Dynamics: How Stress Sharpens Subsequent Recall

Summary: Researchers discovered a fascinating aspect of human memory: our recall becomes sharper following negative experiences. The study utilized image-based experiments with participants to understand memory recall patterns. Participants remembered…

Sandra Rodriguez hacks AI tools for art

Sandra Rodriguez’s exhibit was created using deep learning and artificial intelligence to guide visitors through the connection between desire and technology. Canadian artist and academic Sandra Rodriguez, by hacking artificial…

Positive Adult Bond Buffers Against Depression in Kids Facing Adversity

Summary: Positive relationships with parents and other adults during childhood significantly contribute to better mental health in adulthood. Analyzing data from the Boricua Youth Study, researchers found that children with…

Trauma’s Impact on Memory: Sharper Recall After Negative Events

Summary: A new study uncovers a unique aspect of human memory: our ability to recall events is sharper after experiencing negative emotions. The researchers conducted experiments with participants who viewed…