Quanta Magazine

How Physicists Track and Trap the Elusive Neutrino

Raymond Davis Jr. is dwarfed by the giant tank used by the Homestake detector in South Dakota, which first detected solar ...
National Audubon Society

These 5 Research Projects Show How AI Is Revolutionizing Bird Conservation

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to analyze troves of images and audio, gaining unprecedented insight into the ...
Digital Journal

Ghadi Hobeika on collaboration and AI implementation

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Agentic AI has unique potential, but realizing it is not as simple as providing employees with the tools; rather, organizations must ...
EurekAlert!

Weighing the invisible, the challenge of the KATRIN project: with the new TRISTAN neutrino detector, in search of the mysteries of dark matter

After the first 1,000 days of neutrino mass measurements, a new detector designed and built by the DEIB RadLab group will enable the search for a hypothetical fourth type of neutrino, the most elusive ...
The Conversation

Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magnetism and gravity for navigation, medicine and science

Quantum computers get a lot of attention, even though they are not ready for prime time, but quantum sensors are already doing useful work. These sensors measure fields, forces and motion so small ...
Popular Mechanics

First Alert Dual-Sensor Smoke Detector Review: Increased Home Safety Through Two Types of Smoke-Sensing Technology

I’ve been writing about smoke detectors for a few years. That often involves researching fire statistics, so when I see something like the fact that the death rate from a fire is 60 percent lower in ...
TechCrunch

Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

Uber has a long-term ambition that goes well beyond shuttling passengers: The company eventually wants to outfit its human drivers’ cars with sensors to soak up real-world data for autonomous vehicle ...
Wired

The Best Smart Smoke Alarms—and Why You Still Need at Least One Dumb Alarm

Adding Wi-Fi doesn’t always turn out to be as smart as it sounds. A smart smoke detector turns out to be dumber than I thought, even with Wi-Fi added. Smart smoke detectors will let you know if a fire ...
Booth School of Business

Do AI Detectors Work Well Enough to Trust?

Generative artificial intelligence has set off a tremendous amount of excitement, speculation, and anxiety thanks to its ability to convincingly mimic human work, including human writing. Although a ...
The New York Times

Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive

Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco ...
New Atlas

Transparent UV light sensor warns users before skin damage hits

Scientists have developed a fully transparent skin sensor that accurately measures UV radiation, detecting light and converting it to electrical signals. So when the Sun's rays reach damaging levels, ...
POWER Magazine

Puget Sound Energy, Heimdall Power Launch Smart Sensor Transmission Line Project

Northwest U.S. utility Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has joined with Norway-headquartered Heimdall Power on a dynamic line rating (DLR) pilot project in Washington state. The companies on October 22 said ...