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Strathclyde deploys machine learning to design mirrors for high-power lasers
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (280+ words) Plasma mirrors will cope with powerful lasers designed with "emerging ML framework. Certain plasma mirrors can withstand the intensity of powerful lasers. High-power lasers are promising tools for developing new solutions for healthcare, manufacturing and nuclear fusion. However, says the…...
Duke University AI-powered microscope speeds up imaging and data processing...
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (547+ words) The Duke Lab of Haozhe "Harry" Wang has developed ATOMIC, or Autonomous Technology for Optical Microscopy & Intelligent Characterization, a platform that "can analyze materials as accurately as a trained graduate student in a fraction of the time," according to Duke....
Quantum imaging research promises improved retinal scans
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (275+ words) EU-funded project testing novel approach to reveal finer detail in the eye than before. Spatial light modulator creates a Laguerre-Gaussian beam with specific OAM. Developed under the "4.5 million Horizon Europe-funded SEQUOIA project, the technique combines quantum physics and artificial intelligence…...
Mount Sinai AI improves analysis of cancer tissues
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) New pipeline speeds up image processing across multiple staining technologies. The new open-source computational analysis has been designed to "transform how cancer tissues are analyzed and help pave the way for more personalized treatments," streamlining the analysis of immunohistochemistry (IHC)…...
Open source tool helps vision-language models ‘see’ more clearly
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (520+ words) U Penn's AI-enabled CoSyn creates synthetic diagrams, charts and documents to improve vision processing. Yue Yang co-developed CoSyn. A team from Penn Engineering and the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) have now developed a new approach to training open-source models: using…...
Q.ANT raises €62 M to ‘transform computing’ with photonic processing
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (213+ words) Dr. Michael F'rtsch, founder and CEO of Q.ANT. The company states, "This investment ranks among Europe's most significant deep tech funding rounds, laying the foundation for a fundamental shift in how AI is computed." The investment is co-led by Cherry…...
Smartphone camera gives objective assessment of skin tone
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (456+ words) Brown University project tackles potential biases in pulse oximetry across racial groups. Color mix: accurate oximetry One source of these concerns is the differing light absorption properties of different skin types, a factor influencing several promising diagnostic methods. Pulse oximetry, which…...
imec and Ghent present single-chip microwave photonics system for signal processing
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (104+ words) The Photonics Research Group and IDlab, two imec research groups at Ghent University, and imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, have published ... Programmable solution for fast wireless communication networks and microwave sensing. The results…...
Smart phone and machine learning process helps detect anemia in children
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (204+ words) Left untreated, anemia in children can interfere with growth, learning, and overall development. Detecting the condition early is essential, but standard diagnostic methods require blood samples and lab equipment'resources that are often unavailable in low-income areas. They then applied machine…...
Researchers combine photonic neural networks with distributed acoustic sensing
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) Nanjing University group uses optical computing to boost accuracy and efficiency of fiber-optic sensing. However, the massive amounts of data generated by these systems create a significant bottleneck in processing speed, limiting their effectiveness for real-time applications where immediate responses…...