Algorithms reveal how propane becomes propylene for everyday products

Countless everyday products, from plastic squeeze bottles to outdoor furniture, are derived by first turning propane into ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

Disney+ plans to add user-generated, short-form AI content

AI video (most, if not all, of it slop) has already been proliferating on the Internet, from Elon Musk’s Grok to OpenAI’s Sora and beyond. Currently, these AI videos exist beyond any studio’s ability ...

‘Wanted’ Director Timur Bekmambetov Explains His $5 Million Plan to Generate AI Method Actors: ‘AI Is Here to Stay. We Have to Train It Responsibly’

Wanted' director Timur Bekmambetov has developed Stanislavski, a technology that uses method acting techniques to improve AI actors' performances.
IEEE

Distributed Fault Estimation for Uncertain Multi-Agent Systems with Polynomial Faults

Abstract: This article presents a fault estimation scheme for multi-agent systems with parameter uncertainties, incorporating polynomial faults and external disturbances. First, a novel composite ...
IEEE

Parameter Identification of Fractional Order Systems Using a Hybrid of Bernoulli Polynomials and Block Pulse Functions

Abstract: Block pulse functions (BPFs) are piecewise constant and not sufficiently smooth. Therefore, their accuracy is limited when it comes to identifying the parameters of fractional order systems ...