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Harnessing machine learning and big data to fight hunger

“A group of Cornell researchers has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to use machine learning to rapidly analyze agricultural and food market conditions, aiming to better predict poverty and undernutrition in some …

Improved Switching Algorithm Helps Balance High-Voltage Power Converter

“Modular Multi-Level Converter Can Provide Greater Efficiency in Wind, Solar, Oil and Gas, and EV Applications A Khalifa University research team has developed a new switching algorithm for modular multi-level converters (MMC) — a promising electrical power system that has the …

Inside these fibers, droplets are on the move

“Fibers containing systems for mixing, separating, and testing fluids may open up new possibilities for medical screening. Microfluidics devices are tiny systems with microscopic channels that can be used for chemical or biomedical testing and research. In a potentially game-changing …

Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Readies for Widespread Deployment

“Intel today launched its beta program for Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory. This program allows leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and cloud service providers (CSPs) to offer their customers early access to Intel’s revolutionary memory technology and paves the …

Lens-free OLEDs with Efficiency comparable to that of Inorganic LEDs

“The use of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) has extended to various applications, but their efficiency is still lagging behind inorganic light-emitting diodes. In this research, a KAIST team provided a systematic way to yield OLEDs with an external quantum efficiency …

Making solar panels that last half a century

“Case Western Reserve University research team awarded $1.35 million to study solar photovoltaic module construction, part of broader U.S. effort to make solar energy efficient, affordable CLEVELAND—A team of solar energy researchers from Case Western Reserve University …

Multi-functional Quantum Bits for Future Computers

“Compared to classical computers, future quantum computers are to far more efficiently solve certain computation problems. While conventional computers execute one computation step after the other, quantum computers can execute many computation steps in parallel. This will accelerate processing of …

Nanocrystals arrange to improve electronics

“Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are working to make better electronic devices by delving into the way nanocrystals are arranged inside of them. Nanocrystals are promising building blocks for new and improved electronic devices, due to their size-tunable properties …

NASA Retires Kepler Space Telescope

“After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets - more planets even than stars - NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations …

NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End

“NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed scheduled communications sessions with NASA’s Deep Space Network on Wednesday, Oct. 31, and Thursday, Nov …