Engineering
To better achieve environmental goals, a growing number of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are being retrofitted from the conventional activated sludge (CAS) process to the membrane bioreactor (MBR) process due to MBR's ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Computer Sciences
The process of selecting specialty coffee beans entails three kinds of inspection. Two are physical and involve samples of raw and roast coffee. The third is sensory and involves tasting the drink. Certification is provided ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Engineering
Some people can't sleep well because of the noise from above: Noisy upstairs neighbors. In South Korea, these sleepless nights happen in many places because of the noise from upstairs neighbors. Living in the apartment units ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Computer Sciences
A WSU research team for the first time has developed a computer algorithm that is nearly as accurate as people are at mapping brain neural networks—a breakthrough that could speed up the image analysis that researchers ...
Aug 17, 2017
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Machine learning & AI
Operations based on an MRI or CT scan are made trickier by the fact that people can never lie completely still. Doctoral candidate Koen Eppenhof has shown that an algorithm based on deep learning can be used to correct for ...
Feb 6, 2020
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Internet
High-speed internet access has gone from an amenity to a necessity for working and learning from home, and the COVID-19 pandemic has more clearly revealed the disadvantages for American households that lack a broadband connection.
Jun 10, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
In a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, researchers have constructed a hydrogel electrolyte formula by using ClO4- anions and polyacrylamide chains to anchor water molecules, while glucose molecules preferentially ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
As onshore and offshore wind energy farms have proliferated globally in recent years, new research led by the University of Colorado Boulder highlights a previously underexplored consequence: a wake effect from upwind wind ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Researchers at the University of Twente and CNRS have recently carried out a study that explores the relationship between users' opinions and the personalized recommendations they receive online. In their paper, which was ...
Security
As malicious actors become more adept in their attempts to circumvent international nuclear nonproliferation safeguards, the United States government has invested in research to better detect bad actors' malign activities. ...
Nov 3, 2022
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