Researchers have launched a new open-source MATLAB toolbox that generates synthetic networks with built-in vital nodes, providing a standardized benchmark for accurate influential-node detection in epidemic control, power-grid resilience, and social media analysis.

A new open-source modular mobile manipulator platform streamlines embodied AI research with unified simulation-to-reality APIs, plug-and-play modules, and a turnkey PyBullet framework to accelerate service robot deployment in healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and home assistance.

Renmin University researchers present a comprehensive survey of sampling- and sketch-based algorithms for distinct value estimation in big data, offering insights to accelerate database queries, enhance network security anomaly detection, and reduce cloud analytics costs.

Researchers unveil a new Python-based assertion verification framework for agile hardware design, enabling real-time error detection with minimal area and performance overhead to streamline prototyping and boost reliability.

Researchers at the University of South Australia are calling for a major shift in how cities manage tree root intrusions into household sewer systems that cost millions of dollars in repair bills each year.