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ETRI to lead international standard for digital identity wallets
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has officially begun developing an international standard for digital identity wallets to lead the way in the digital ID era. Digital identity wallets are the next generation of authentication technology that allows users to securely store and access a variety of identification documents on their smartphones, including resident registration cards, driver's licenses, student ID cards, credit cards, and more.
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- Ministry of Science and ICT
A phone call that changed global medicine
Texas A&M AgriLife CommunicationsIn the fall of 1989, Gary Krishnan, Ph.D., arrived in College Station with a suitcase, a scholarship and an open-ended dream.
Krishnan had left his home in India to join the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Science’s newly formed Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics as a doctoral student, drawn by its growing reputation and a phone call that would shape everything that followed.
Today, Krishnan is known for his pioneering osteoporosis therapy and COVID‑19 treatments, successes he attributes to his experiences on campus.
Hurricane Katrina still offers lessons for disaster recovery researchers, twenty years later
New York University- Journal
- Traumatology An International Journal
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- NIH/National Institutes of Health
New class of teacher: SFU professor debuts AI sidekick in trailblazing course
Simon Fraser UniversityA new Simon Fraser University course this fall marks a world first: a university professor teaching alongside a live, fully expressive 3D artificial intelligence collaborator on stage. This pioneering course introduces a new model for human-AI interaction in an academic setting, positioning SFU at the forefront of educational innovation.
Developed at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology’s iViz research lab headed by professor Steve DiPaola, the AI named Kia is a high-end, expressive digital persona. With real-time facial expressions, lip-sync, and a multitude of emotive body languages, Kia is designed to be a dynamic and intellectual sparring partner for DiPaola for a course exploring the principles, potential, and ethics of AI technologies.
Kia will engage in real-time discussions, debate complex topics, and explore questions alongside DiPaola, creating a uniquely interactive and thought-provoking student experience.
Study examines whether policy intervention could combat ransomware
University of Texas at Dallas- Journal
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Q&A: What would reclassifying marijuana mean for medical research?
Penn StateNew DuAlumin-3D alloy enhances high-performance automotive parts
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryBack to school means back to headaches for some kids. Here’s how to help.
University of California - San FranciscoRevolutionizing rangeland management: the power of RAP
US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research ServiceResearchers made significant improvements to the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) by using higher resolution images captured by the Sentinel-2 mission, which provides a 10-meter cover dataset. The Sentinel-2 mission utilizes three satellites to produce more detailed images with finer resolution and faster updates than the previous 30-meter datasets. These enhanced images offer a more precise understanding of rangeland vegetation structure and composition, covering the period from 2018 to 2024. This new satellite dataset allows RAP to provide new cover information, specifically invasive species, pinyon-juniper, sagebrush, as well as the distribution of bare ground. These new RAP layers allow ranchers and land managers to detect and manage invasive species spread and consequent wildfire risks, woody species encroachment, wildlife habitat condition, and wind erosion risks with high precision across the western United States.