Photo credits: zverge / BigStock The Belmont Forum, a partnership of funding agencies, international scientific councils and regional consortia supporting global environmental change research, is investing in transdisciplinary projects that tackle pressing global ocean challenges.
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Horizon Europe applications are skyrocketing. Is AI to blame?
Photo credits: artiemedvedev / BigStock Horizon Europe has been bombarded with applications this year, with success rates for some calls falling as low as 2%. National research funders are experiencing similar pressures. For Christina Egelund, Denmark’s higher education and science.
Data Corner: how governments are supporting research security
Photo credits: Sergey Nivens / BigStock On October 28, research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva promised to embed research security in EU law. In doing so,.
Data corner: Spain leads Horizon’s effort on the digital and green transitions
Photo credits: European Union Spain is a clear leader when it comes to research and innovation supporting the EU’s green and digital transitions, securing more than 17% of the funding available in Horizon Europe. Since 2021, Horizon Europe has invested €1. 44 billion in.
The Linux boot process: from power button to kernel
You press the power button. A second later a wall of text scrolls by, or a logo fades in, and eventually Linux appears. What happens in between is not magic. It is a careful handshake between tiny programs and a very literal CPU. This part follows that handshake until the very first line of C code inside the Linux kernel runs. ↫ 0xkato’s blog Exactly what it says on the tin.
Guillermo del Toro on “Frankenstein” and remaking a monster
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro is adding his spin to one of the most-filmed horror stories the mythic tale of a scientist creating a man from body parts with his latest, “Frankenstein.” He talks with Seth Doane about his lifelong fascination with horror, why Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was his first crush, and how “in reality we’re all weird in some way.” Doane also talks with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, who play Victor Frankenstein and his creature.
AI Learns to Identify Exploding Stars with Just 15 Examples
How can artificial intelligence (AI) help astronomers identify celestial objects in the night sky? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated the potential for using AI to conduct astrophysical surveys of celestial events, including black holes consuming stars or even exploding stars themselves. This study has the potential to help astronomers use AI to enhance the field by reducing time and resources that have traditionally been used to scan the night sky.
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved. The post First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Iceland was the only country in the world without mosquitos—now they’ve found three
The insects will likely stay in the Nordic country. The post Iceland was the only country in the world without mosquitos-now they’ve found three appeared first on Popular Science.
Scientists discover new way to grow materials on-demand using crystals and light
Scientists discover new way to grow materials on-demand using crystals and light