How it works When laser light passes through a cavity filled with atoms, part of it can do useful work. In this example the work is charging a quantum battery (top). The rest of the light turns into ...

Japan's hot spring culture, currently under consideration by a government council for a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage bid, has been defined by an association as a long-standing practice of ...

This photo taken on Oct. 12, 2025, shows an open-air hot spring bath in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of Yutaka Seki, executive director of the Japan Onsen Association)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

ForbesWomen editor Maggie McGrath sits with Anahita Tafvizi, Snowflake's Chief Data and Analytics Officer. The physicist-turned-tech leader lays out how she's steering Snowflake’s data and analytics ...

Hanging spring scale with a "Chatillon / Iso-Seal / Type-4700 / Win-Holt / Equipment Corp." inscription. scale housing: 61 cm x 38.7 cm x 10.8 cm; 24 in x 15 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in ...

Abstract: Image dehazing aims to recover clear images from hazy inputs, crucial for advanced computer vision tasks. While convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have traditionally been used, transformer ...

Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI represents the social media giant’s most significant move to secure high-quality training data for artificial intelligence models. The deal gives Meta a 49% ...

MES identifies the most cost-effective production scale, aligning costs and output efficiency. Beyond MES, production costs rise due to increasing bureaucracy and inefficiency. Understanding MES helps ...

On streets and highway passes, at intersections and in parks, millions of Americans continue to turn out to protest against the Trump administration and its policies. The media spotlight is currently ...

A small scale enterprise, or more simply, a small business, is one marked by a limited number of employees and a limited flow of finances and materials. Clearly, Google, General Motors and Wal-Mart ...