AI-enabled digital twins combine high-fidelity virtual replicas of physical assets with machine learning and sensing technologies to monitor condition, predict failures, and support operational decision-making. Applications span bridges, railways, nuclear reactors, wind turbines, manufacturing equipment, and urban infrastructure, integrating structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation, and high-resolution imaging. Data-driven models enable real-time fault diagnosis, risk-informed maintenance, and optimization of performance, often incorporating robotics, remote sensing, and time-series domain adaptation for robust, continuous infrastructure management.
Engineering
Imagine a fleet of submarines sitting idle on a military base in the Pacific because they contain malfunctioning or aging parts.
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at Tohoku University used artificial intelligence (AI) to try and solve the deeply complex and multi-faceted environmental issues in today's society. The findings were published in Environment International.
Oct 3, 2025
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Engineering
Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can ...
Oct 2, 2025
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Software
Time and again, unexploded aerial bombs from the Second World War need to be defused or detonated in controlled explosions. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI are working ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Roads are subject to heavy wear from traffic and environmental factors. Over the long term, these things add up to cracks and other defects in the asphalt. Micro-cracks and damage to deeper layers cannot be detected by the ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
An artificial intelligence tool that can detect tiny, hard-to-spot brain malformations in children with epilepsy could help patients access life-changing surgery quicker, Australian researchers said on Wednesday.
Sep 30, 2025
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Engineering
Humans spend about 80% of their time indoors, but keeping track of the air we breathe usually requires expensive lab-grade equipment. Researchers at Concordia and Qatar University have created a low-cost sensor system that ...
Sep 25, 2025
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Engineering
A new physics-based algorithm clears a path toward nuclear microreactors that can autonomously adjust power output based on need, according to a University of Michigan-led study published in Progress in Nuclear Energy.
Sep 23, 2025
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Engineering
With the ability to print metal structures with complex shapes and unique mechanical properties, metal additive manufacturing (AM) could be revolutionary. However, without a better understanding of how metal AM structures ...
Sep 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Aviation accounts for approximately 12% of global carbon dioxide emissions. With intensifying climate change and environmental issues, the aviation industry is searching for greener propulsion systems.
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