Low-code and modular programming environments are transforming PLC programming, with vendors providing pre-packaged libraries and objects that eliminate traditional IEC-61131-3 style coding, allowing ...

We consider the optimal scheduling of hydropower plants in a hydrothermal interconnected system. This problem, of outmost importance for large-scale power systems with a high proportion of hydraulic ...

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in solving problems with technology, for people. In a recent episode of the First ...

Microplastics seem to be everywhere—in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in human organs, blood, testicles, placentas and even brains. While the full health ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. There is a need for design strategies that can support rapid and widespread deployment ...

The artificial intelligence start-up said the new system, OpenAI o3, outperformed leading A.I. technologies on tests that rate skills in math, science, coding and logic. By Cade Metz Reporting from ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Batch reactors are type of chemical reactors, where the reactants are loaded to ...

Sam Adeyemi is CEO of Sam Adeyemi GLC Inc., a global leadership consultancy with a vision to raise high-impact leaders. Baking bread is a science. It’s crucial to be precise and follow the recipe. If ...

Abstract: We put forth a hybrid-computing solution to a class of constrained nonlinear optimization problems involving nonlinear cost and linear constraints. This is accomplished by realizing gradient ...