With some 5,000 grades of steel available today, the steel manufacturing process hinges on fine nuances. To create new properties or to ensure consistent material quality, steels are analysed using a range of imaging techniques. Over many years, Professor Frank Mücklich and his research team have built extensive expertise in this field. Using their data from microscopy-based analyses, they have trained an AI to detect the smallest of changes in steel. This AI can now serve as a benchmark in industrial laboratories that conduct analyses of metallic and ceramic materials. 

We are excited to announce a special call for papers for an upcoming issue of Communications in Transportation Research (COMMTR) that is dedicated to the emerging intersection of generative models and intelligent control in autonomous driving traffic systems.

The Centre for Research in Robotics and Underwater Technologies (CIRTESU) at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, with the support of PortCastelló, has recently carried out the first tests of a new autonomous catamaran-type surface robot, controllable by remote control, which will facilitate the deployment and retrieval of a wireless underwater robot for the inspection, maintenance and repair of fish farm nets and other marine infrastructures in the near future.

This system is part of the CARMEN (Cooperative Autonomous Networked Robotics for Maintenance and Enhanced Manipulation) project, funded by the Spanish Government's State Research Agency's "Knowledge Generation Projects" programme, in collaboration with the University of the Balearic Islands and the University of Girona. The joint objective is to explore the autonomous and automatic deployment of a robotic tandem consisting of a surface robot and an underwater robot.

At the Universitat Jaume I, the case study focuses on supporting and improving animal safety and welfare in the maintenance, inspection and repair of fish farm nets using this cooperative robotic system. The use of autonomous and teleoperated solutions seeks to improve safety for personnel, as well as minimise the impact on animals and the marine environment.

Winter arrives with shorter days, colder mornings, and a natural drop in energy. Many men start to feel small physical changes during this season, such as slower digestion, disrupted bowel habits, or a weaker urine stream. These winter symptoms should not be neglected, as some of them are on the checklist of potential cancer symptoms. Advanced genetic testing is reshaping precision oncology, not only for early screening but also for precision treatment. High-throughput sequencing technology-based cancer discovery testing is now helping doctors understand the personal genetic drivers of disease and provide guidance for the most effective treatment solutions, leading to better outcomes.

Recent fieldwork has highlighted Tanzania was facing a rapidly escalating environmental crisis as “mega gullies” advanced across valuable agricultural landscapes.

An international team including Binghamton University Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Molly Patterson has set up a remote camp on the ice 700 km from the nearest base (New Zealand’s Scott Base), to attempt to drill for mud and rocks holding critical insights about the fate of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in our warming world.  

Supercomputing allocations through NSF's ACCESS initiative on TACC's Stampede3 supercomputer are helping scientists understand red blood cell flow and clotting