Researchers explore ways to detect 'deep fakes' in geography
Can you trust the map on your smartphone, or the satellite image on your computer screen?
Jun 2, 2021
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Can you trust the map on your smartphone, or the satellite image on your computer screen?
Jun 2, 2021
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Skoltech scientists have created a new monitoring system for agricultural applications that performs real-time image segmentation aboard drones to identify hogweed. The research was published in a high-profile journal, IEEE ...
May 11, 2021
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The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite imagery to vividly illustrate how climate change has affected glaciers, beaches, forests and other places around the world.
Apr 15, 2021
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The past is often the window to our future, especially when it comes to natural disasters. Using data from the 2018 floods that struck southwestern Japan to calibrate a machine learning model, researchers from the International ...
Jul 16, 2020
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For some of the poorest countries on Earth, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a life-or-death quandary: If people continue to work, the virus might spread unchecked. But if they have to stay at home to limit the contagion, ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Satellite imagery is a crucial aspect of modern life. For instance, crop growth and yield estimates are partially derived from satellite imagery; likewise, air quality, deforestation, and, of course, the weather. Satellite ...
Apr 20, 2020
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Textbook descriptions of brain cells make neurons look simple: a long spine-like central axon with branching dendrites. Taken individually, these might be easy to identify and map, but in an actual brain, they're more like ...
Jan 8, 2020
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Apple on Thursday announced a $200 million fund to invest in timber-producing commercial forestry projects, with the goal of removing carbon from the atmosphere while also generating profit.
Apr 16, 2021
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Skoltech scientists have developed an algorithm that can identify various tree species in satellite images. Their research was published in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.
Jan 28, 2021
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The apple is Germany's favorite fruit. Pears rank sixth in annual per capita consumption. Yet apple and pear trees both frequently suffer from diseases: Apple proliferation and pear decline are widespread in European fruit ...
Aug 4, 2020
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