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- Research reflects how AI sees through the looking glass
- Flexible material shows potential for use in fabrics to heat, cool
- Twenty-year study tracks a sparrow song that went 'viral
- The lightest shielding material in the world
- How old is your dog in human years? New method better than 'multiply by 7'
- Study confirms ultra music festival likely stressful to fish
- New system combines smartphone videos to create 4D visualizations
| Research reflects how AI sees through the looking glass Posted: 02 Jul 2020 12:24 PM PDT Intrigued by how reflection changes images in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, a team of researchers used artificial intelligence to investigate what sets originals apart from their reflections. Their algorithms learned to pick up on unexpected clues such as hair parts, gaze direction and, surprisingly, beards - findings with implications for training machine learning models and detecting faked images. |
| Flexible material shows potential for use in fabrics to heat, cool Posted: 02 Jul 2020 08:50 AM PDT A new study finds that a material made of carbon nanotubes has a combination of thermal, electrical and physical properties that make it an appealing candidate for next-generation smart fabrics. |
| Twenty-year study tracks a sparrow song that went 'viral Posted: 02 Jul 2020 08:37 AM PDT With the help of citizen scientists, researchers have tracked how one rare sparrow song went ''viral'' across Canada, traveling over 3,000 kilometers between 2000 and 2019 and wiping out a historic song ending. The study reports that white-throated sparrows from British Columbia to Ontario have ditched their traditional three-note-ending song in favor of a unique two-note-ending variant -- although researchers don't know what made the new song so compelling. |
| The lightest shielding material in the world Posted: 02 Jul 2020 08:37 AM PDT Researchers have succeeded in applying aerogels to microelectronics: Aerogels based on cellulose nanofibers can effectively shield electromagnetic radiation over a wide frequency range - and they are unrivaled in terms of weight. |
| How old is your dog in human years? New method better than 'multiply by 7' Posted: 02 Jul 2020 08:36 AM PDT How old is your tail-wagging bundle of joy in human years? According to the well-known ''rule of paw,'' one dog year is the equivalent of 7 years. Now scientists say it's wrong. Dogs are much older than we think, and researchers devised a more accurate formula to calculate a dog's age based on the chemical changes in the DNA as organisms grow old. |
| Study confirms ultra music festival likely stressful to fish Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:17 PM PDT A new study found that the Ultra Music Festival was likely stressful to toadfish. |
| New system combines smartphone videos to create 4D visualizations Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:42 AM PDT Researchers have demonstrated that they can combine iPhone videos shot 'in the wild' by separate cameras to create 4D visualizations that allow viewers to watch action from various angles, or even erase people or objects that temporarily block sight lines. |
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