Editor’s note: NASA is currently flying the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars as part of the Mars Perseverance rover mission. As of this posting it has flown 67 times and continues […]
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Whale Speech: Approaching An Unknown Communication System By Latent Space Exploration And Causal Inference
This paper proposes a methodology for discovering meaningful properties in data by exploring the latent space of unsupervised deep generative models. We combine manipulation of individual latent variables to extreme […]
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Direct Exoplanet Detection Using Deep Convolutional Image Reconstruction (ConStruct): A New Algorithm for Post-Processing High-Contrast Images
We present a novel machine-learning approach for detecting faint point sources in high-contrast adaptive optics imaging datasets. The most widely used algorithms for primary subtraction aim to decouple bright stellar […]
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These Away Teams Are Building The Largest Knowledge Graph Of Life On Earth
Editor’s note: As we search for life on other worlds via orbital and surface surveys, it is useful to use Earth and its diverse biota on land, sea, and air, […]
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Tricorder Use By ESA PANGEA Away Team: ESA Electronic FieldBook And Spectrometer
NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner carries out investigations with the spectrometer associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook, so that JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi can receive indications from the science back-room […]
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Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) II: Using Grid-Based Nested Sampling in Coronagraphy Observation Simulations for O2 and O3
We present the results for the detectability of the O2 and O3 molecular species in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet using reflected light at the visible wavelengths.
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Tricorder Tech: Pocket-sized DNA Sequencers Track Malaria Drug Resistance In Ghana In Near Real-time
Editor’s note: when you find yourself in a field situation with little resource – one where you are trying to trace the spread of a epidemic or the impact a […]
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Google DeepMind Adds Nearly 400,000 New Compounds To Berkeley Lab’s Materials Project
Editor’s note: As we expand outward from Earth to other worlds we are almost certainly going to encounter things we did not expect to find – things that are unlikely […]
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Tricorder Tech: That Star Trek Medical Scanner Is Getting Much Closer
Editor’s note: If you search for a definition for tricorder you’ll find things like this from Wikipedia: “A tricorder is a fictional handheld sensor that exists in the Star Trek […]
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Tricorder Tech: Hybrid Transistors Set The Stage For Integration Of Biology And Microelectronics
Your phone may have more than 15 billion tiny transistors packed into its microprocessor chips. The transistors are made of silicon, metals like gold and copper, and insulators that together […]