Machine learning could save firefighters from deadly flashovers
System uses data from heat sensors to predict when fires will intensify
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Messages scrambled by black holes stand their ground against quantum computers
Featureless “cost functions” prevent quantum machine learning algorithms from reconstructing scrambled information
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Infrared cloaking device could make objects invisible to thermal cameras
Device uses heat pumps to redistribute thermal energy
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How to keep a skipping stone on a steady path across water
Study could help aircraft and spacecraft land more safely on water
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Machine learning could help slow epidemic spread
Neural network outperforms standard contact tracing at choosing who to test for disease
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Pollutants and other aerosols trigger more intense thunderstorms
New “humidity entrainment” mechanism helps explain long-observed association between atmospheric particles and storm activity
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Face shields cannot protect wearers from virus particles carried by vortex rings
Computer simulations reveal shortcomings of popular face coverings
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Electrically tuneable network learns fast
Researchers used a deep learning approach to optimize complex multi-terminal nanoelectronics devices for the first time
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Black metal hydrogen emerges at high pressures
Results of advanced simulations may reconcile data from several recent – and seemingly contradictory – experiments
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Quantum treatment sheds fresh light on triboelectricity
New mathematical formulation describes “charging by rubbing” in terms of changing populations of electron states, showing how energy is converted from motion to electricity
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