AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data

Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by ...
Quanta Magazine

Two Twisty Shapes Resolve a Centuries-Old Topology Puzzle

Alexander Bobenko has spent the past 20 years chewing on mathematical doughnuts. In the 2000s, he tried to prove that compact ...

Two-dimensional materials expand options for next-generation terahertz quantum devices

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that atomic-scale substitutional dopants in ultra-thin two-dimensional (2D) materials can act as stable quantum systems ...
Computer Weekly

Dutch researcher’s AI breakthrough tackles the structured data paradox

The project for which Hulsebos received the grant is called DataLibra, which runs from 2024 to 2029. Over those five years, ...
Asia Society

The Two Sessions: What Will China Do on Stimulus, Trade Wars, and Tech Competition?

What should we expect from China in 2025? On March 5, Premier Li Qiang will deliver his government work report during the opening day of the annual parliamentary session of the National People’s ...
Open Heart

Severe aortic stenosis detection using seismocardiography

Background Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) are at high risk of mortality, regardless of symptom status. Despite ...