Colliding dust and the sparks of creation: Carbon-coated grains provide new clue to life's early energy

Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on ...
TechCrunch

Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to

An AI news app called Particle, from former Twitter engineers, can now keep up with news breaking on podcasts as well as news published on the web. Just ahead of its recent Android release, Particle ...
The Washington Post

Deep in Antarctic ice, these particles can answer basic questions about the universe

In November, scientists arrived at the South Pole in planes outfitted with skis to pull off a construction project seven years in the making. They had a short summer window — November to early ...
IEEE

An Efficient Semantic Segmentation Model for Coal Dust Particle Characterization via Deep Super-Resolution

Abstract: The particle size distribution (PSD) of coal dust measurement is effective means of preventing coal dust hazards. To address the issues of efficiency and accuracy present in traditional coal ...