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Visualizing nanoparticle dynamics using AI-based method

Static image taken from video (shown below). Left: a platinum nanoparticle imaged via electron microscopy. Right: using AI-based method to remove the noise. By Patricia Waldron A team of scientists has developed a method to illuminate the dynamic behavior of nanoparticles. The work, reported in Visualizing Nanoparticle Surface Dynamics and Instabilities Enabled by Deep Denoising, in the journal Science, combines artificial intelligence with electron microscopy to render visuals of how these tiny bits of matter respond to stimuli. “The nature of changes in the particle is exceptionally diverse, including fluxional periods, manifesting as rapid changes in atomic structure, particle shape,

What is Apache Arrow? Features, How to Use and More

Data is at the core of everything, from business decisions to machine learning. But processing large-scale data across different systems is often slow. Constant format conversions add processing time and memory overhead. Traditional row-based storage formats struggle to keep up with modern analytics. This leads to slower computations, higher memory usage, and performance bottlenecks. Apache Arrow solves these issues. It is an open source, columnar in-memory data format designed for speed and efficiency. Arrow provides a common way to represent tabular data, eliminating costly conversions and enabling seamless interoperability. Key Benefits of Apache Arrow Zero-Copy Data Sharing – Transfers data

Step by Step Guide to Build an AI Research Assistant with Hugging Face SmolAgents: Automating Web Search and Article Summarization Using LLM-Powered Autonomous Agents

Hugging Face’s SmolAgents framework provides a lightweight and efficient way to build AI agents that leverage tools like web search and code execution. In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to build an AI-powered research assistant that can autonomously search the web and summarize articles using SmolAgents. This implementation runs seamlessly, requiring minimal setup, and showcases the power of AI agents in automating real-world tasks such as research, summarization, and information retrieval. !pip install smolagents beautifulsoup4 First, we install smolagents beautifulsoup4, which enables AI agents to use tools like web search and code execution, and BeautifulSoup4, a Python library for parsing

Alternative Data Use Grows Strongly Among Investors, Thanks to AI

(Zakharchuk/Shutterstock) Investment advisors are expanding their use of alternative data thanks to generative AI and the competitive advantages they plan to obtain through it, according to the latest report on alternative data from Lowenstein Sandler. Alternative data is the investment arena refers to anything that doesn’t appear in company filings, press releases, analyst reports, and other traditional sources. Investors are looking to alternative data like company credit card transactions, geolocation, mobile device data, and social media in order to gain a potentially lucrative signal that can be exploited for competitive advantage. Lowenstein Sandler is a law firm that has been

Nexla Expands AI-Powered Integration Platform for Enterprise-Grade GenAI

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 04, 2025 — AI-powered integration company Nexla announced a major update to the Nexla Integration Platform, expanding its no-code integration, RAG pipeline engineering, and data governance capabilities with the intent to make enterprise-grade GenAI more accessible. The Nexla integration platform is the first integration platform powered by AI and built to handle today’s data variety. With Nexla, you can integrate any data, create AI-ready data products, and deliver GenAI projects without coding and up to 10x faster than the alternatives. Nexla uses AI to connect, extract metadata, and transform source data into human-readable data products, called

JDK 25 kicks off with a stable values API

While Java Development Kit 25 is not set to arrive until September, the first feature already has been proposed for it — a preview of a stable values API that promises to improve startup of Java applications. Stable values are objects that hold immutable data. Because stable values are treated as constants by the JVM, they allow for the same performance optimizations that are enabled by declaring a field final. At the same time, they offer greater flexibility as to the timing of initialization. Thus they could be used to improve the startup of Java applications by breaking up the

The Challenges and Upsides of Using AI in Scientific Writing

This is a guest post. The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum, The Institute or IEEE. Scientific writing is at a pivotal stage, driven by artificial intelligence as a disruptor and enabler. Academics, publishers, and policymakers are attempting to weigh the value of using AI responsibly to enhance productivity versus risking the integrity and purpose of scholarly communication. In this context, the responsible use of the technology in scientific writing pertains to employing AI tools in ways that uphold the integrity, transparency, and ethical standards of scholarly communication. As we collectively

Nothing Shows Off Its Phone (3A) Line

Image: Nothing Like last year, the London-based independent smartphone company Nothing announced a new model during Mobile World Congress. The Phone (3A) line continues Nothing’s trend of distinct visual design with modernized cameras and an artificial intelligence feature: Essential Space. Two models make up the Phone (3A) line: (3A) and (3A) Pro. The basic (3A) model costs $379; it can be preordered starting March 4, shipping March 11. The (3A) Pro model costs $459; it can be ordered starting March 11, shipping March 25. UK-based Nothing phone has limited U.S. availability To get a Nothing phone in the U.S., you’ll

A springtail-like jumping robot | ScienceDaily

Springtails, smallbugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists in theHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the boundaries of what small robots can do. Published in Science Robotics, the research glimpses a future where nimble microrobots can crawl through tiny spaces, skitter across dangerous ground, and sense their environments without human intervention. The new Harvard robot was created in the lab of Robert J. Wood, the Harry Lewis and Marlyn McGrath Professor of Engineering and Applied