Hanan Kalaz

Revolutionizing dynamic facial projection mapping: A leap forward in augmented reality

Dynamic facial projection mapping (DFPM) has reached new heights in speed and accuracy, with the development of a state-of-the-art system with groundbreaking innovations. The first breakthrough involved a hybrid detection technique combining different methods to detect facial landmarks in just 0.107 milliseconds. The researchers also proposed a way to simulate high-frame-rate video annotations to train […]

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Cooling materials — Out of the 3D printer

Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment. While so-called thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences to electrical voltage and vice versa, their efficiency is often limited, and their production is costly and wasteful. Researchers have now used a 3D printing technique to fabricate

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Breakthrough study challenges long-held beliefs about the shape of atomic nuclei

An international research collaboration has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about nuclear structure and has far-reaching implications for our understanding of how the heaviest elements are formed in the universe.

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In ancient stellar nurseries, some stars are born of fluffy clouds

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from ‘fluffy’ molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud — whose environment is similar to the early universe — they observed that about 60% of the observed clouds had the common filamentary structure, while the remaining 40% had

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Towards new battery tech: Chemists demonstrate high-performance sodium-ion cathode

For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, rechargeable batteries energize today’s most ubiquitous consumer electronics — from laptops to cell phones to electric cars. But raw lithium is expensive and is often sourced through fragile geopolitical networks. This month, chemists have announced an exciting alternative that relies

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Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way

Researchers find large language models process diverse types of data, like different languages, audio inputs, images, etc., similarly to how humans reason about complex problems. Like humans, LLMs integrate data inputs across modalities in a central hub that processes data in an input-type-agnostic fashion.

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Contact electrification depends on materials’ contact history, physicists show

From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat’s fur — the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled people since antiquity. How could this ubiquitous effect, frequently demonstrated to bedazzled children by rubbing a balloon on their hair, still not be completely

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