The standard model of particle physics is our best theory of the elementary particles and forces that make up our world: particles and antiparticles, such as electrons and positrons, are described as quantum fields. They interact through other force-fields, such as the electromagnetic force that binds charged particles. To understandContinue Reading
Accurate and robust 3D imaging of specular, or mirror-like, surfaces is crucial in fields such as industrial inspection, medical imaging, virtual reality and cultural heritage preservation. Yet anyone who has visited a house of mirrors at an amusement park knows how difficult it is to judge the shape and distanceContinue Reading
Astronomers have developed a groundbreaking computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) — the vast ocean of gas and charged particles that lies between stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Described in a new study published today in Nature Astronomy, the modelContinue Reading
In the future, quantum computers could rapidly simulate new materials or help scientists develop faster machine-learning models, opening the door to many new possibilities. But these applications will only be possible if quantum computers can perform operations extremely quickly, so scientists can make measurements and perform corrections before compounding errorContinue Reading
Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed — without requiring them to code. By making it easier to search massive chemical datasets, the tool has already identified toxic compounds hidden in plain sight. Mass spectrometry data is like a chemicalContinue Reading
Plasma — the electrically charged fourth state of matter — is at the heart of many important industrial processes, including those used to make computer chips and coat materials. Simulating those plasmas can be challenging, however, because millions of math operations must be performed for thousands of points in theContinue Reading
Molecules like DNA are capable of storing large amounts of data without requiring an energy source, but accessing this molecular data is expensive and time consuming. Publishing May 16 in the Cell Press journal Chem, researchers have developed an alternative method to encode information in synthetic molecules, which they usedContinue Reading
Keeping an up-to-date asset inventory with real devices deployed in the field can be a challenging and time-consuming task. Many electricity providers use manufacturer’s labels as key information to link their physical assets within asset inventory systems. Computer vision can be a viable solution to speed up operator inspections andContinue Reading
Computer use is a breakthrough capability from Anthropic that allows foundation models (FMs) to visually perceive and interpret digital interfaces. This capability enables Anthropic’s Claude models to identify what’s on a screen, understand the context of UI elements, and recognize actions that should be performed such as clicking buttons, typingContinue Reading
This post is co-written with Andreas Astrom from Northpower. Northpower provides reliable and affordable electricity and fiber internet services to customers in the Northland region of New Zealand. As an electricity distributor, Northpower aims to improve access, opportunity, and prosperity for its communities by investing in infrastructure, developing new productsContinue Reading
