What are the SAE Levels of Driving Automation?
The SAE Levels of Driving Automation describe the capabilities of automated driving systems. Here are the levels and examples of their use......»»
Meet the Advocates and Researchers Revolutionizing Sickle Cell Care
These sickle cell researchers and advocates are driving change from labs to global stages, transforming lives in the process......»»
Lotus previews "smart" digital tech in Theory 1 electric sports car
The Theory 1 has Lotus's 360-degree self-driving sensor suite, powered by the Nvidia Drive processing platform, and is designed to be capable of Level 4 autonomous driving......»»
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves, finds study
Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research......»»
Widgetsmith updated for iOS 18 with aesthetic new ‘Actions’ system
Widgetsmith, everyone’s favorite aesthetic app, is getting a big update today to take advantage of iOS 18. As detailed in a blog post, Widgetsmith 7 “takes device customization to all-new levels.” The update focuses on new customizable Actions.....»»
Road networks stretch into Congo Basin forests: Satellites and AI help to monitor
The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of biodiversity. While these forests have historically stayed mostly intact, road development has recently become a.....»»
The air quality in Big Bear suddenly reached hazardous levels this week: What happened?
Plumes of smoke from Southern California's fires blew across Big Bear on Sept. 11, causing local air quality meters to return off-the-chart readings for particulate pollution......»»
South Sudan May See the First Permanent Mass Displacement Due to Climate Change
Protracted flooding has engulfed the country’s Sudd region due to more water entering the Nile upstream, which is driving conflict and disease and is potentially leaving the region uninhabitable......»»
Exploring ternary metal sulfides as electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction reactions
One of the most promising avenues for actively reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere is recycling it into valuable chemicals via electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions. With a suitable electrocatalyst, this can be achieved under mild conditions and.....»»
Calls for greater support for working women battling chronic pain
Women living with chronic pain face medical gender bias and high levels of discrimination in the workplace, according to new research highlighted in a joint submission by the University of Melbourne and Western Sydney University to the Victorian Inqu.....»»
Germany joins criticism of EU anti-deforestation law
Pressure mounted on the European Union on Friday to delay a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, after Germany added became the latest country to request the rules be postponed......»»
Self-driving tech spurs investment rebound in mobility sector
Investments in the mobility sector are perking up after a rough multi-year stretch, according to the latest data from financial insights firm Pitchbook. Deal vaues reached $6.7 billion in the second quarter in the segment......»»
Soil nutrient levels associated with suppression of banana Fusarium wilt disease
Fusarium wilt poses a significant threat to global agriculture, particularly affecting the banana industry, where it is commonly known as banana Panama disease. As a result, enhancing soil-related resistance has emerged as a crucial, environmentally.....»»
Storm Francine downgraded but still drenching US south
Francine weakened Thursday as it moved inland from Louisiana, where the storm left hundreds of thousands without power, but it was continuing to dump dangerous levels of rain across the US south, forecasters said......»»
New research reveals how El Niño caused the greatest ever mass extinction
Mega ocean warming El Niño events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research......»»
Boosting particle accelerator efficiency with AI, machine learning and automation
As particle accelerator technology moves into the high-luminosity era, the need for extreme precision and unprecedented collision energy keeps growing. Given also the Laboratory's desire to reduce energy consumption and costs, the design and operatio.....»»
New findings in a decade-long study of enzyme catalysis
Synthetic chemistry provides an essential material basis for our clothing, food, housing, transportation, and medicine and is an important driving force for economic development. However, traditional chemical synthesis has bottleneck problems such as.....»»
Hanoi river level hits 20-year high as SE Asia typhoon toll nears 200
Residents of Vietnam's capital waded through waist-deep water Wednesday as river levels hit a 20-year high and the toll from the area's strongest typhoon in decades rose to at least 179, with neighboring nations also enduring deadly flooding and land.....»»
Nuro diverges from delivery, plots new self-driving business plan
Self-driving tech company Nuro will eschew plans to build bespoke vehicles and operate them in delivery fleets. Instead, company executives want to focus their business on licensing use of their core autonomous-driving technology......»»
Tanium helps organizations automate complex tasks in real-time
Tanium announced Tanium Automate, which provides organizations running Tanium in the cloud with highly accurate, real-time automation for common IT operations and security tasks. Leveraging the Tanium platform’s breadth of endpoint management and s.....»»
High-throughput biosensor measures metabolite levels that indicate disease
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have developed a biosensor that improves sensitivity to 1-methylnicotinamide (1-MNA) in urine by orders of magnitude without the need for sample purification. The work.....»»