BackgroundWater scarcity, declining water quality, and increasing climate variability are imposing unprecedented constraints on global food production, ...
Intercepting fast-moving objects, such as during baseball batting, requires the seamless integration of visual perception and motor execution under severe temporal constraints. Although the critical ...
While Gemini 3 is still making waves, Google's not taking the foot off the gas in terms of releasing new models. Yesterday, the company released FunctionGemma, a specialized 270-million parameter AI ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If ...
Abstract: This paper proposes an Improved Folding Model Predictive Control (IFMPC) strategy for Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) that significantly reduces computational complexity while enhancing ...
Abstract: In the three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter-fed PMSM drive, the modulated model predictive control (M2PC) possesses the advantages of fixed switching frequency, lower torque ...
When an outbreak of an infectious disease begins to spread, policymakers face an unenviable challenge. They must decide when to intervene and how forcefully, knowing that their choices carry both ...