4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (410+ words) Conservation Week 2027 has been confirmed for 19-25 April, so it's time to start assembling your team and thinking about what you can do for nature. Nature loves a team effort, and needs all sorts of teams to make a difference. Some…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (568+ words) For AI to collaborate naturally with people, it must accurately understand what a person actually wants. Until now, however, AI systems have largely inferred human intent from externally observable information such as speech, actions, or gestures. To address this problem,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (263+ words) The ideas kept coming. So the team behind WashU's AI Perspectives Week decided to add a second week of programming. Nathan Jacobs, vice provost for artificial intelligence, was not surprised by the community's interest. In the days in between, members…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (468+ words) Reposted from U of U Health. A new study has used a type of machine learning called a neural network to reveal how different kinds of training can change how learning happens-both in machines and in living brains. "We can…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (292+ words) After a community library built from recovered materials claimed last year's local prize, the search is on for the MidCoast's next reuse champion. MidCoast residents are being invited to enter a repair, makeover or creative transformation in the 2026 Reviva Reuse…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (513+ words) The first toroa/royal albatross chicks have left their nests and launched into 5-year adventures across the world's oceans. The Department of Conservation has confirmed the first toroa chicks fledged last week and over the weekend. Āwheo, the chick who…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (242+ words) Bureau of Meteorology researchers have won a prestigious Eureka Prize for their world-leading work in developing operational long-range marine heatwave forecasts. Seasonal and Marine Applications Team Leader Dr Claire Spillman and Senior Research Scientist Dr Grant Smith, together with Dr…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) A new study has used a type of machine learning called a neural network to reveal how different kinds of training can change how learning happens—both in machines, and in living brains. "We can use these complex models to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (297+ words) Professor Nak Young Chong at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) in Japan, along with Thanh Nguyen Canh, a doctoral student at JAIST, and other team members, developed BPDA-GMM for semantic SLAM. Their findings were published online…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (637+ words) Mirage News Imagine a construction site where the bricks are individual molecules and the "cranes" are microscopic needles so sharp they can feel a single atom. For decades, building at this scale was a laborious and time-consuming task where a…...