For centuries, humans have assumed that our thinking errors set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. From misjudging risks to seeing patterns that aren’t there, we like to imagine that our ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. In this paper, we introduce a methodology to improve upon the ...

So how did we get into this mess anyway? “Before you had kids, the quantity of stuff in your life probably felt manageable because you controlled it all,” says Lindsay Downes, founder of A Considered ...

Sampling is an essential step in estimating a parameter: thus, cost and time associated to this step should be minimized. Sequential sampling is characterized by using samples of variable sizes given ...

Introduction Alcohol consumption that damages health remains highly prevalent in Sweden despite macrolevel intervention measures such as availability, restrictions and taxation. As understanding of ...

Abstract: Measurement design is an important sub-problem arising in the applications of sensing and wireless communications. Sensing systems are often capable of performing different types of mutually ...

Kyle has a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies and has loved video games for as long as he can remember. He's owned every PlayStation, dabbled with the occasional Xbox, and even owned a ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it is "accelerating" staffing and technology upgrades, considering excessive flight delays and cancellations for travelers going in and out of ...

A research team at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) has developed a new technique to rapidly and accurately determine the charge state of electrons confined in ...

A research team has developed a new technique to rapidly and accurately determine the charge state of electrons confined in semiconductor quantum dots -- fundamental components of quantum computing ...

Above is a simulated charge sensor signal and its histogram. Below is a time integration that reduces noise and enables state identification (called threshold judgment, a conventional method). A ...