Recent speech-aware large language models (Speech-LLMs) rely on a pre-trained speech encoder to convert audio into semantic-rich representations consumable by LLM. In this work, instead, we explore: ...

Abstract: This article provides a review and deeper insight on the fundamentals and main design trade-offs of a new method for joint time-frequency analysis of broadband signals, namely, the ...

Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform ...

Fork-tailed drongos in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert can produce up to 51 distinct mimicked alarm calls and deploy them selectively against whichever neighboring species holds the most food.

Abstract: Underwater acoustic target recognition (UATR) is usually difficult due to the complex and multipath underwater environment. Currently, deep-learning (DL)-based UATR methods have proved their ...

Yu Zhang*, Changhao Pan*, Wenxiang Guo*, Ruiqi Li, Zhiyuan Zhu, Jialei Wang, Wenhao Xu, Jingyu Lu, Zhiqing Hong, Chuxin Wang, LiChao Zhang, Jinzheng He, Ziyue Jiang, Yuxin Chen, Chen Yang, Jiecheng ...

Reverse-osmosis (RO) systems are one way to ensure that you get very clean drinking water. The Waterdrop G3P600 variety that [Tomasz Wasilczyk] recently purchased is definitely among the fanciest and ...

The BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild places of Maine. It features stories on hunting, fishing, wildlife, conservation and recreation, told by people who live these ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that cockpit voice recordings circulating online from the 2025 UPS Flight 2976 crash were reconstructed using artificial intelligence – not ...

Sleep is one of the most widely studied states of consciousness, known to play a role in physical recovery, the processing of memories and the regulation of immune functions. During sleep, the brain ...

[2024/4/23] We have added an audio-grounding feature that tracks the sound-making object within the video's soundtrack. [2023/5/12] We have authored a technical report for SAM-Track. [2023/5/7] We ...

Apple this week confirmed that Notion is migrating its user interface to SwiftUI, citing the app's desire for greater performance and UI consistency than its existing web-based stack can deliver.