A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles to spaghetti. When you ...

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...

Abstract: The effective detection of objects in remote sensing images is of great research importance, so recent years have seen a significant progress in deep learning techniques in this field.

Tony Milligan received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 856543). Beyond the race for ...

While humans concentrate on the meaning of objects, artificial intelligence focuses on visual characteristics. "These dimensions represent various properties of objects, ranging from purely visual ...

It’s rare these days for astronomers to find a new class of object in the heavens. After all, we’ve been searching the skies for centuries, so all the easy stuff has already been found. Adding new ...

They’ve seen all kinds of wrecks, but this one may be out of this world. A New Jersey auto body shop owner was left stunned after a mysterious object fell from the sky and crashed through the ceiling ...

In a nutshell: Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have demonstrated the ability to manipulate water waves, allowing them to precisely control objects floating on the ...

Astrophotography, and astronomy in general, takes some fairly specialized tools and a high amount of precision. Setting up the equipment can also take a lot of time, especially for amateurs traveling ...

I'm currently working with the PartNet-Mobility dataset and have a question regarding generating GIFs. I want to generate individual GIFs for each object in the dataset to visualize their motion. I've ...