Toward experiment-guided AlphaFold: Researchers overcome AI tool's single-conformation limitation

The AI-based program AlphaFold predicts a protein's 3D structure with remarkable accuracy. However, it tends to reduce heterogeneous structures to a single dominant conformation, or shape, and ...
techtimes

Open-Source Coding Model Ornith-1.0 Writes Its Own Training Scaffold in Reinforcement Learning

DeepReinforce today released Ornith-1.0, a family of open-source coding models built around a mechanism most RL-trained agents avoid: the model itself writes the training harness that guides its own ...
Interesting Engineering

US computer model could slash bridge material use by up to 90% and cut emissions

A new computer model developed by US researchers could reduce the amount of material for bridges and buildings by up to 90 percent and make future structures far more efficient. The approach was ...
Tech Xplore

Smarter optimization model could cut bridge and building materials by up to 90%

In 2022, global production of construction materials accounted for more than 7% of total carbon emissions. But how many of ...

Who Gets To Be Fashion's Next Top Model?

So what does it actually take to discover fashion's next faces? We spoke with four casting directors working across both ...
Phys.org

Taking dark energy out of the equation: Mathematicians challenge the standard cosmological model of the universe

Mathematicians are challenging the idea that dark energy is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. In a new paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, mathematicians ...
Frontiers

Revisiting the relationship between the big five personality traits and flow using meta-analytic structural equation modeling: a methodological perspective on Buseyne et al. (2025)

Flow is a state of optimal experience characterized by deep concentration, immersion, and intrinsic enjoyment, and it is widely regarded as a key psychological mechanism that promotes learning ...
IEEE

A Data-Driven Analysis of Software Testing Automation Challenges Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Approach

The adoption of automation in software testing presents challenges that can hinder its effectiveness and scalability. This study systematically investigates these challenges using a multi-phase ...
Purdue University

In Print: ‘Multiscale Structural Mechanics: Top-Down Modeling of Composite Structures Using Mechanics of Structure Genome’

“Multiscale Structural Mechanics: Top-Down Modeling of Composite Structures Using Mechanics of Structure Genome” delivers a unified approach to composites modeling based on the concept of structure ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Hair, J., & Alamer, A. (2022). Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) in Second Language and Education Research: Guidelines Using an Applied Example ...

ABSTRACT: This study examines the impact of job stress on employee turnover intention in Bangladesh’s garments sector, integrating the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model to explore the mediating role ...
International Monetary Fund

The Israeli Structural Model

This paper introduces the Israeli Structural Model (ISM), a New-Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model tailored to reflect key characteristics of the Israeli economy. The ISM ...
IEEE

Integration of Structural Equation Models and Bayesian Networks for Cognitive Load Modeling

Abstract: This study offers a causal probabilistic modeling for inferring the relationship between humans' cognitive load, the physiological signal predictors of such load, and personality traits. We ...