In his research, professor Marko Huhtanen from the University of Oulu Finland, specializing in applied and computational mathematics, introduces a new method for compressing images. This technique combines several well-known compression methods, leveraging their best features. The study has been published in IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has awarded four years of funding ($4.8 million) to The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign. The award supports a multidisciplinary effort to identify and understand two-level system (TLS) defects in superconducting quantum hardware, a major source of error in qubits used for quantum computing. Researchers from physics, materials science, and electrical engineering will combine growth, fabrication, characterization, and atomic-scale simulation to trace the origin of TLS defects. The goal: establish a recipe for reducing these defects and thereby improve the performance and scalability of superconducting quantum processors.

About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial, the clinical hypnosis group experienced significantly greater reductions of hot flash scores and daily interference from hot flashes compared with the active control condition at week 6. This study suggests that hypnosis delivered through self-administered audio files is a clinically significant and effective method to reduce hot flashes in postmenopausal women.