NIR

SNN-MLIR: An MLIR Dialect for Compiling Neuromorphic SNNs from NIR to Bare-Metal C

arXiv:2606.09213v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are increasingly trained in a wide range of frameworks (SnnTorch, Lava, Norse, and others) each with its own model format. The Neuromorphic Intermediate Representation (NIR) addresses this fragmentation by providing a common, framework-independent format for exchanging trained SNN models. NIR solves the exchange problem, but it stops there.

France's ban on Israeli weapons at Eurosatory 'shameful', says economy minister

France's ban on Israeli weapons at Eurosatory 'shameful', says economy minister To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Issued on: Modified: Speaking to FRANCE 24, Nir Barkat, Israel's economy minister called France's decision to ban Israeli offensive weapons from the Eurosatory defence fair "shameful", warning that Israel would "bypass France" to reach its customers. He argued Israel had "no choice but to eliminate" Iran's...

Visibly Transparent, Near-Infrared Absorbing Nanofluids Enable High-Efficiency and Safe Laser Lithotripsy

Laser lithotripsy (LL) is the gold standard for urinary stone management yet maximizing ablation efficiency while maintaining procedural safety remains clinically challenging. Here, we present a visibly transparent, near-infrared (NIR)-absorbing ITO@SiO2 nanofluid irrigation strategy that significantly enhances LL efficiency without compromising endoscopic visibility. By spectrally matching the absorption profile of ITO@SiO2 with the clinical Holmium:YAG laser wavelength, ablation efficiency...

SweetFruit: A Two-Stage Mobile Sensing System for Real-Time Fruit Sugar Estimation

arXiv:2606.01231v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate prediction of fruit sugar content is essential for quality control and market valuation in agriculture. Conventional measurement techniques rely on destructive, time-consuming processes (e.g., juicing and refractometry) or direct contact instruments, which hinder high-throughput operations. This paper introduces SweetFruit, a mobile two-stage system that leverages low-cost sensors to estimate fruit sugar content without contact.

Cross-Modality Feature Fusion Based on Structured State Space Duality for Multimodal Image Registration Network

arXiv:2606.03341v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In multi-modal image registration, the primary challenge lies in shared structural information extraction. Compared to Transformers, Structured State Space Duality (SSD) offers greater global structural feature extraction with higher efficiency during training and inference. Inspired by these advantages, we propose a novel algorithm for multi-modal image registration, named RegNetMamba-2.

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Leaf Spectral Reflectance Prediction Using Multi-Head Attention Neural Networks

arXiv:2606.01432v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate modeling of leaf spectral reflectance from physiological and biochemical traits is essential for advancing remote sensing applications in plant science and precision agriculture. Widely used radiative transfer models, such as PROSPECT-PRO, rely on generalized trait-reflectance relationships developed from a wide range of species, which may not fully capture the spectral behavior of specific crops like grapevines. In this study, we...

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How 'asymmetric alloying' is creating the next generation of luminescent materials

Metal cluster molecules are discrete compounds containing multiple metal atoms held together by metal–metal and metal–ligand bonding. They serve as excellent candidates for catalysts, biosensors, and even for drug development. Developing atomic-level molecular editing methods for such metal clusters remains an important challenge and represents a promising strategy for expanding their structural and functional diversity.

Nir1-Nir2 Heterodimerization Confers Robustness to the Phosphoinositide Cycle

The phosphatidylinositol (PI) cycle maintains plasma membrane (PM) phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) levels to sustain signaling and cellular homeostasis in receptor-stimulated cells. This process requires recruitment of the PI transfer protein Nir2 to endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-PM junctions where PI and phosphatidic acid are exchanged between the two membranes. Nir2 recruitment is promoted by its paralog Nir1, which lacks PI transfer activity but is constitutively localized to...