Detecting nanoplastics in the air
Large pieces of plastic can break down into nanosized particles that often find their way into the soil and water. Perhaps less well known is that they can also float in the air. It's unclear how nanoplastics impact human health, but animal studies s.....»»
Undersea Cables Are the Latest Tools for Earthquake Detection
Rumbles and tides create tiny, detectable disturbances in fiber optics. The world’s cables could form a vast network for detecting earthquakes and tsunamis......»»
Keytos EZMonitor prevents breaches and SSL related outages
Keytos launched EZMonitor, a security monitoring system that uses intelligence to help organizations gain full visibility into their X509 certificate health preventing costly SSL related outages, as well as detecting phishing and man in the middle at.....»»
As feared, EU CSAM scanning law could outlaw end-to-end encryption of messages
We learned yesterday that a proposed new EU CSAM scanning law for tech giants would force Apple to revisit its own plans for detecting child sexual abuse materials. The company had quietly set these aside in response to a huge amount of controversy.....»»
Detecting viruses in a pinprick
Scientists at Swansea University, Biovici Ltd and the National Physical Laboratory have developed a method to detect viruses in very small volumes......»»
New research could provide earlier warning of tsunamis
A new method of detecting mega earthquakes, which picks up on the gravity waves they generate by using deep-learning models created at Los Alamos National Laboratory, can estimate earthquake magnitude in real time and provide earlier warning of tsuna.....»»
Terahertz imaging reveals hidden inscription on 16th-century funerary cross
The technique is also useful for analyzing historic paintings and detecting skin cancer. Enlarge / Georgia Tech's Alexandre Locquet (left) and David Citrin (right) with an image of the 16th-century funerary cross used in their study. (.....»»
Laser-based ultrasound detects defect-producing features in metal 3D printing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have developed a new all-optical ultrasound technique capable of performing on-demand characterization of melt tracks and detecting formation of defects in a popular metal 3D printing process......»»
Forest trees also take up nanoplastics
Plastic is a petroleum product that is extremely slow to decompose. According to the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, a plastic bag takes 10 to 20 years, a plastic straw 200 years and a plastic bottle 450 years to decompose. During.....»»
Breakthrough in estimating fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions
A team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made a major breakthrough in detecting changes in fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions more quickly and frequently......»»
Detecting Air Quality With Awesome Fashion
Detecting air quality certainly sounds important, but also sounds kind of dull. This project from Geeky Faye turns that concept on it’s head with a beautiful piece of fashion. Embedding an air quality sensor and a whole bunch of LEDs in a 3D p.....»»
X-rays help scientists use designer DNA to uncover new forms of material
A research team led by Northwestern University and the University of Michigan has developed a new method for assembling particles into colloidal crystals, a valuable type of material used for chemical and biological sensing and light-detecting device.....»»
Artificial intelligence application for detecting diseases and pests in horticultural crops
Doctor X Nabat is the name of an application for the early detection of diseases and pests in horticultural crops, developed by the members of the research group on Plant Phenomics, belonging to the University of Barcelona and Agrotecnio (CERCA cente.....»»
Ancient El Niños reveals limits to future climate projections
The climate pattern El Niño varies over time to such a degree that scientists will have difficulty detecting signs that it is getting stronger with global warming......»»
Detecting plant leaf disease using deep learning on a mobile device
The visual and tactile examination of plant leaves is a standard method for identifying disease in crops and horticultural products. However, such an approach can be highly subjective and is dependent on the skills of the examiners. Writing in the In.....»»
New screening system may point the way to clean, renewable hydrogen power
A new, highly sensitive system for detecting the production of hydrogen gas may play an important role in the quest to develop hydrogen as an environmentally friendly and economical alternative to fossil fuels, according to Penn State scientists......»»
Microsoft Detected "Destructive Cyberattacks" Against Ukraine Hours Before Russian Invasion
Microsoft says it began detecting "destructive cyberattacks directed against Ukraine's digital infrastructure" several hours before the Russian military began launching missiles or moving tanks into the country last week. From a report: The disclosur.....»»
Detecting low-energy microwave photons emitted by superconducting qubits
Professor Jukka Pekola and Doctoral Candidate Bayan Karimi from Aalto University propose a new approach to measure the energy of single microwave photons. These low energy quanta are emitted by artificial quantum systems such as superconducting qubit.....»»
Inner workings of quantum computers
A precision diagnostic is emerging as a gold standard for detecting and describing problems inside quantum computing hardware......»»
AI Weekly: DeepMind’s AlphaCode, automatic age verification, and a new open language model
This week in AI: DeepMind's code-generating system, supermarkets testing age-detecting tech, and EleutherAI's new language model. This week in AI: DeepMind's code-generating system, supermarkets testing age-detecting tech, and EleutherAI's new la.....»»
Resurrecting and improving a technique for detecting transistor defects
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have revived and improved a once-reliable technique to identify and count defects in transistors, the building blocks of modern electronic devices such as smartphones and comput.....»»