Portrait of Kaspar Hauser by Johann Friedrich Carl Kreul. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists has helped bust a popular 200-year-old myth surrounding Kaspar Hauser, whose identity became one of the most mysterious riddles in German history. The study is published in iScience as a pre-proof paper. Kaspar … Read more
Schematic diagram of implemented three routers using D2NN. Credit: Frontiers Journals The concept of deep diffractive neural networks (D2NN) was introduced by Professor Ozcan’s research team in 2018. D2NN combines the principles of light diffraction with the functionalities of neural networks. It consists of a series of continuous diffractive layers. As light passes through these … Read more
Artistic depiction of a pyramid diffractive optical network for unidirectional image magnification and demagnification. Credit: Ozcan Lab / UCLA. In Light: Science & Applications journal UCLA researchers introduce an innovative design for diffractive deep neural networks (D2NNs). This new architecture, termed Pyramid-D2NN (P-D2NN), achieves unidirectional image magnification and demagnification, significantly reducing the number of diffractive … Read more
California, Oregon and Washington states have been particularly hard-hit by wildfires this season. One person has died in a Colorado wildfire, officials said Wednesday, as around a hundred infernos continue to blaze across western US states and a dangerous new heat wave looms. The death occurred at a home near the town of Lyons, after … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A UC Merced professor and his co-researchers set out to measure how Jewish Israelis react to different sources of criticism about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Does disapproval from internal voices move public opinion? Voices from abroad? What about reproval from the diaspora—people who live outside Israel but have religious, ethnic or … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ever wondered if your neighborhood odor could be impacting your health? University of British Columbia researchers have uncovered surprising insights into the Vancouver region’s “smellscape” using data from the Smell Vancouver app. Analyzing 549 reports from one year of app data, they discovered that “rotten” and “chemical” odors dominated, making up … Read more
Credit: ACS Nano (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02905 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists confirm the identification of a new class of semiconductor nanocrystals with bright ground-state excitons, a significant advancement in the field of optoelectronics, in an article published in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal ACS Nano. The groundbreaking theoretical research could revolutionize the development … Read more
Conceptual illustration showing a pair of electrons spinning in opposite directions. Credit: Duan Research Group/UCLA A team led by researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has designed a unique material based on a conventional superconductor—that is, a substance that enables electrons to travel through it with zero resistance under certain conditions, such as … Read more
Professor Gregory Gerling, shown with Ph.D. alumnus Chang Xu, and his students develop tools and methods to scientifically describe our sense of touch. Touch is a critical part of how we interact with technology, our environment and each other. Credit: Tom Daly, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science The lab of University … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Evidence of debris stemming from return trips of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has prompted the company to shift future landing operations from Florida to California. The move was announced Friday during NASA’s press conference previewing the upcoming Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, and it won’t take effect until 2025 after … Read more
