All posts tagged: precision

Good Espresso Requires Precision. Here’s How Much Coffee Goes in Every Shot

Good Espresso Requires Precision. Here’s How Much Coffee Goes in Every Shot

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Espresso is one of coffee’s fussier forms, but advocates for the pressure-brewed beverage know that it’s worth every bit of effort to get that creamy, flavorful result. Coffee professionals tout the golden ratio for making perfect American-style drip coffee. Espresso has its own measurements, and getting them right is key to making coffee-house-quality shots at home. You don’t need a wildly expensive espresso machine, either, since espresso is largely about technique. If you hone your measurements and brewing skills, you can pull high-quality shots, even with a basic model.  When it dawned on me that I’d been winging it or simply relying on factory presets for espresso measurements, I decided to task an expert about the nuances of brewing espresso at home. And, specifically, exactly how much espresso should go in a single shot. Kaleena Teoh is a coffee educator and the co-founder of Coffee Project New York. She generously shared her thoughts, tips, and common mistakes to watch out for when packing pucks and brewing espresso. Espresso basics Splurged on an espresso machine? Make sure you’re getting …

Qodo 2.1 solves your coding agents’ ‘amnesia’ problem, giving them an 11% precision boost

Qodo 2.1 solves your coding agents’ ‘amnesia’ problem, giving them an 11% precision boost

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As AI-powered coding tools flood the market, a critical weakness has emerged: by default, as with most LLM chat sessions, they are temporary — as soon as you close a session and start a new one, the tool forgets everything you were just working on. Developers have worked around this by having coding tools and agents save their state to markdown and text files, but this solution is hacky at best. Qodo, the AI code review startup, believes it has a solution with the launch of what it calls the industry’s first intelligent Rules System for AI governance — a framework that gives AI code reviewers persistent, organizational memory. The new system, announced today as part of Qodo 2.1, replaces static, manually maintained rule files with an intelligent governance layer. It automatically generates rules from actual code patterns and past review decisions, continuously maintains rule health, enforces standards in every code review, and measures real-world impact. For Itamar Friedman, CEO and co-founder of Qodo, the release represents a pivotal moment not just for his company …

Precision immunotherapies for companion animals

Precision immunotherapies for companion animals

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Integrating deep scientific expertise with a clear strategic vision to advance precision therapies for companion animals – enabling them to live healthier, happier, and longer lives. Cancer and chronic immune-mediated diseases remain among the most significant unmet medical needs in companion animal health. While advances in human immuno-oncology have transformed outcomes for many patients, progress in veterinary medicine has lagged, with treatment options often relying on repurposed human drugs that are not optimised for species-specific biology. Vetigenics was founded to address this gap. Vetigenics is a clinical-stage animal health biotechnology company developing species-specific, antibody-based immunotherapies for dogs and cats. The company’s targeted programmes are uniquely generated from a fully canine discovery platform to generate treatments offering measurable improvements in patient outcomes while prioritising safety, tolerability, and quality of life. THE CANIBODY PLATFORM®: Purpose-built for veterinary medicine Vetigenics’ CANIBODY Discovery Platform, a proprietary, fully canine phage display library, is a key differentiator that enables the discovery of antibodies naturally compatible with the canine immune system. In parallel, the company is also building a species-aware discovery strategy …

Laser Breakthrough Sharpens Radio Telescope Views of Black Holes

Laser Breakthrough Sharpens Radio Telescope Views of Black Holes

Published by Jenni Sidey

Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely small targets, such as the regions around supermassive black holes, those telescopes must work together. They have to observe the same object at the same moment and stay perfectly synchronized. That challenge sits at the heart of a technique called Very Long Baseline Interferometry, or VLBI. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, known as KAIST, now report a major advance that improves how this synchronization is done. The team is led by Professor Jungwon Kim of KAIST’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The work was carried out with collaborators from the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany. Their findings were in the journal Light Science & Applications. The group developed a new way to deliver ultra-precise timing signals directly into radio telescope receivers using light. The method relies on optical frequency comb lasers, a technology often …

Unlocking soil health through precision mapping

Unlocking soil health through precision mapping

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With the advent of digital farming, information on soil health remains in the dark. SQAT provides a cost-effective solution, leading to lower farming costs and a smaller environmental footprint. The ground is shifting under our feet. The Soil Observatory of the EU has found that 89% of agricultural soils in Europe are degraded. Industrial farming practices, including intensive use of mineral fertilisers and intensive tillage, have degraded soil health and threaten long-term fertility. As the predominant medium for food production, healthy soils are crucial for long-term food security. They are also important for a farmer’s bottom line, directly affecting agricultural productivity. As the need for sustainable agriculture rises, it’s imperative for farmers to know their soil in order to understand and then manage it. Soil Quality Analysis Tool: Implementing Smart Farming Applications using EO Data, Soil Sensors & Robotics (SQAT) – is an EU-funded initiative that brings together advanced technologies to deliver high-resolution soil insights and smarter farming practices. Managing soil health For a farmer, a healthy soil is a valuable resource. It has a …

The best beard trimmers, tried and tested for precision and styling versatility

The best beard trimmers, tried and tested for precision and styling versatility

Published by Sam Flores

It’s never been more important to find the best beard trimmer. Like a lot of men, I became alarmingly obsessed with the quest for the perfect beard styler during lockdown. Unable to go and ask a Turkish barber to trim my facial hair into a contoured thing of beauty, I was forced to try and do that myself in my bathroom. Initially, the results were mixed, to put it politely.  Not that there are any lack of products for the man who wants to trim his beard at home – the market has become flooded with choices. “I think a great deal of it is down to the vogue for beards that began around 10-15 years ago with the hipster/lumbersexual trend and has stayed that way ever since,” said Stephen Doig, Men’s Style Editor at The Telegraph. “And with it, a cottage industry devoted to making sure that men are appropriately kitted out for their beard maintenance.” I’ve spent the last few months testing the latest trimmers from all the major manufacturers. You can read …