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From smartphone stethoscopes to voice-detected heart failure, innovations take centre stage at ESC Digital & AI Summit

European Society of Cardiology
Meeting Announcement

Key takeaways

Smartphone stethoscopes, voice-detected heart failure, training using physical and virtual hearts, as well as early detection of cardiovascular disease using blood spots are among the innovations being presented at the first-ever ESC Digital & AI Summit.

Together with technology, healthcare, and innovation experts, the summit will address the challenges of implementing digital health solutions while maintaining ethical integrity.

Smarter AI processing results in cleaner air

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UCR engineering scientists offer blueprint to cut pollution & prolong server life at big data processing centers.

Journal: MRS Energy & Sustainability

ChatGPT is smart, but no match for the most creative humans

University of South Australia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Australian study has smashed the myth that generative AI systems such as ChatGPT could soon replace society’s most creative playwrights, authors, songwriters, artists and scriptwriters.

Study: Rio Grande basin at serious risk from overuse of water

Northern Arizona University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study, powered by Northern Arizona University's FEWSION Project, shows that farmers, communities and ecosystems in the Rio Grande basin are facing a severe water shortage after decades of overconsumption and drought. Without quick and decisive action, especially from farmers, the region is facing a genuine emergency.

Journal: Discover Water

Study finds Indigenous-led hunting most effective for tackling deer overabundance on B.C. islands

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As ecosystems in coastal British Columbia disappear due to long-term browsing pressures from overabundant black-tailed deer, a new study led by UBC with Coast Salish Nations and regional research partners identifies the most effective solutions to address deer overabundance on the Southern Gulf Islands.

Journal: People and Nature

New theory promises faster, more accurate predictions of chemical reaction energetics

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new theoretical framework that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of predicting chemical reaction energetics without sacrificing accuracy. Led by chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Alexander V. Mironenko, the team introduces a method that may one day replace the current computational models used in quantum chemistry.

Journal: The Journal of Chemical Physics

Single-photon switch could enable photonic computing

Purdue University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Purdue University researchers have demonstrated what they call a “photonic transistor” that operates at single-photon intensities. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, report a nonlinear refractive index several orders of magnitude higher than the best-known materials, a leap that could finally make photonic computing practical.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology
Funder: Army Research Laboratory