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The compression limit, how Shannon's entropy sets a hard boundary on information

Every message has a hidden structure, and the mathematics of uncertainty determines exactly how much it can shrink. This is ...

Cracking a long-standing problem in high-entropy alloy nanoparticle synthesis

Composed of five or more elements in nearly equal amounts, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as promising catalysts due ...
Nature

Helping chips to keep their cool

As the removal of excess heat becomes increasingly important in semiconductor devices, localized thermoelectric cooling might be the answer to the problem of hotspots ...
IEEE

Learned Point Cloud Attribute Compression with Cross-Scale Point Transformer and Geometry-aware Context Prediction Entropy Model

Abstract: Point clouds are a fundamental format for immersive experiences, posing significant challenges for storage and transmission. Unlike 2D image compression, 3D point clouds are sparse and ...