Abstract: The application of balanced (DC-free) codes is widely spread in the field of telecommunication, especially in magnetic and optical recording systems. However, most balancing schemes rely on ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

After poring over recordings from sperm whales in the Caribbean, UC Berkeley linguist Gasper Begus had an unlikely breakthrough. According to a new study from Begus and his colleagues with Project ...

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Most experimental brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that have been used for synthesizing human speech have been implanted in the areas of the brain that translate the intention to speak into the muscle ...

In 2014, Stanford historian Thomas Mullaney placed a call he had been waiting to make for a decade. The woman who picked up, Lois Lew, was a Chinese-American who had spent most of her life running a ...

Researchers have conducted groundbreaking research on memristor-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). This research presents an innovative approach for implementing energy-efficient adaptive ...

Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a single-stranded molecule of RNA that carries the instructions from DNA to create specific proteins. The main applications for mRNA include immunotherapy, protein ...

Decoding Deception: The Psychology of Combating Misinformation, a short film produced by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with support from the Pulitzer Center. Proceedings of the ...

Looking ahead to colder weather, a reader wonders if there is an ideal cut for coats. Our fashion critic offers advice on balancing fashion and function. By Vanessa Friedman Proportion is key to ...

Question: What’s the deal with all the irons in a set being the same length? Is it really a simpler way to play the game? Answer: We like this question if for no other reason than we recently visited ...