New AI systems are teaching machines to verifiably function safely

From industrial robots to self-driving cars, engineers face a common problem: keeping machines steady and predictable. When ...

How Batched Threshold Encryption could end extractive MEV and make DeFi fair again

Explore how BTE could help rollups such as Metis and Espresso build fair, private markets with MEV prevention mechanisms.
IEEE

Time-Polynomial-Based Optimal Trajectory Planning for Double-Pendulum Tower Crane With Full-State Constraints and Obstacle Avoidance

Abstract: Double-pendulum dynamics increase the difficulty of the control for the tower cranes. Especially, it would be a greater challenge with obstacle avoidance while satisfying full-states ...
IEEE

Hemodynamic transfer function estimation with Laguerre polynomials and confidence intervals construction, from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data

Abstract: In order to construct spatial activation plots from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, a complex spatio-temporal modeling problem must be solved. A crucial part of this ...
STAT

The NIH ordered me to stop my ‘dangerous’ gain-of-function research. It isn’t dangerous at all

Stanley is an associate professor and Richard and Rhoda Goldman distinguished chair in the biological sciences as well as faculty director for the Alliance for Global Health and Science at the ...
UCL

Indoor wood burners linked to a decline in lung function

Using a wood or coal burning stove or open fire at home may lead to a decline in lung function, suggests a new analysis from UCL researchers. The study, presented at the European Respiratory Society ...