Abstract: No-Reference Image Quality Assessment (NR-IQA) plays a crucial role in various real-world applications by predicting image quality scores without the need for reference images. Despite the ...

Unless you worked for Ford’s plastics, paint and vinyls division in the 1980s, you probably don’t know the name Jim Moylan. But you might well know the idea that made this unknown engineer who ...

Even though water covers two-thirds of the Earth’s surface, less than 1% of it is fresh and easily accessible for human use. Preventing unnecessary wastage of this limited resource is therefore ...

For so, so many years I have plateaued as a high, single-digit handicap. Right in the 8-9 range, occasionally playing like a 10. The reason was clear to anyone who played with me: that boy has speed, ...

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Humans may find images that take less energy to process aesthetically pleasing, suggesting that our attraction to beauty is at least partially an energy conservation strategy. Looking at something can ...

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. If you or someone you know is in ...

From shifting lines to disappearing dots, optical illusions reveal how the brain interprets — and often misinterprets — the world around us. Scientists use these illusions to study perception, ...

There are several visual tests out there filled with images that seemingly have nothing to do with you but end up giving valuable insight into who you are. One such test was shared by psychotherapist ...