Velocity gradients prove key to explaining large-scale magnetic field structure

All celestial bodies—planets, suns, even entire galaxies—produce magnetic fields, affecting such cosmic processes as the ...

Loss functions and constraints improve sea surface height prediction

In order to understand currents, tides and other ocean dynamics, scientists need to accurately capture sea surface height, or ...
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Linear regression using gradient descent explained simply

Understand what is Linear Regression Gradient Descent in Machine Learning and how it is used. Linear Regression Gradient Descent is an algorithm we use to minimize the cost function value, so as to ...
Medscape

Holiday Rituals: Pine Scent, Humming May Boost Immune Function

For many, having a Christmas tree (typically a pine or fir tree) in the living room is a beloved holiday tradition, and the tradition may serve not only a spiritual role but also a health benefit. A ...
Frontiers

Refractive index gradient in the lens: reflections on form and function and on the lens paradox

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care, Medical Technology Research Centre, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom Introduction: The eye lens is a sophisticated optical element that ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Friedman, J.H. (2001) Greedy Function Approximation: A Gradient Boosting Machine. The Annals of Statistics, 29, 1189-1232.

ABSTRACT: The diversity of snail intermediate hosts of schistosomes and infection rates are influenced by environmental determinants. Knowledge of these local environmental determinants is an ...
9to5google

Google’s gradient ‘G’ icon, design is going company-wide

After introducing for Google Search in May, the gradient ‘G’ icon will now be used across the company. Initially, that G icon where the four colors bleed into each other was just for Search. The ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Find Executive Function Tests May Be Culturally Biased

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...
New Scientist

Mapping the structure of the brain doesn't fully explain its function

If we can fully map the structure of our brains, will we be able to understand how they work? That is the goal of researchers attempting to build a wiring diagram, or connectome, of our neural ...
TopSpeed

Explained: How Toyota’s Hybrid System Really Works

Craig has worked in automotive media for nearly 20 years, producing content for publications ranging from Autoline and AutoGuide to Roadshow by CNET and EV Pulse. Aside from writing, he’s also ...
Bravo

Patricia Recalls Sweet Drive-Thru Bentley Meal with Michael the Butler: "I Really Miss Him"

To love Bravo is to have an encyclopedic knowledge of its most memorable and jaw-dropping episodes, as well as the quotes that gave life to hilarious memes. This Month in Bravo History explores those ...