Let’s talk about building offshore wind farms. First of all, this is not ordinary construction work. The country’s first large-scale project, vineyard wind I, plans to use longer turbines than the John…
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Why is this cephalopod expert impressed by the Seattle sea monster brand
With the debut of the Seattle sea monster hockey franchise at NHL on Tuesday, many people are considering cephalopods. This includes David gire, an octopus researcher and a neuroscientist at the University…
Is the trend of renewable marine energy changing? Entrepreneurs test wave energy systems
When asked how difficult it was to extract energy from the ocean, Brian polaj gave an anecdote. A few years ago, an associate professor at the University of Washington attended a conference…
The big bet on nanotechnology has paid off
More than 20 years have passed since the initial announcement of the National Nanotechnology program (NNI). NNI is a federal program founded by President Bill Clinton in 2000 to support the research…
Prison AI monitoring is a terrible idea both technically and morally
Thomson Reuters Foundation reported on August 9 that a group of the U.S. House of Representatives has asked the Justice Department to explore the use of so-called “artificial intelligence” (AI) technology to…
Prevent the next pandemic: WSU will lead a $125 million global project to detect and analyze animal viruses
Washington State University launched a $125 million new project this week to collect and analyze animal viruses to prevent the next pandemic. The project is funded by the United States Agency for…
The Allen Institute helped publish a comprehensive map of mammalian brain regions
Scientists have released a series of studies comparing a key region of the human, monkey and mouse brains cell by cell. Scientists at the Allen Institute in Seattle played a central role…
Mercury is dazzling in the new close-up of the bepicolombo mission
The bepicolombo mission from Europe and Japan flew over mercury for the first time, only 199 kilometers over the surface of mercury at 23:34 UTC on October 1. It took black-and-white photos…
What is machine learning? This is a short video introduction
Machine learning is a process in which computer programs grow from experience. This is not science fiction. In science fiction, robots have been making progress before they occupy the world. When we…
Hurricane Sam is the latest monster of the active storm season
Hurricane Sam expanded into a large vortex in just a few days and swept the Atlantic in the form of a category 4 storm. As of Thursday night, Sam was still a…