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Smartphone cameras have come a very long way in the past decade. While all those new AI features make your new images look great, what about all the older, lower-resolution ones? Well, now you can make them look great, too, thanks to a new, free AI image upscaler. The new app is very aptly named Upscale, and it’s actually really, really easy to use. If you’ve got an old photo (or maybe a hundred) that you want to update and move to a higher resolution, then all you need to do is head to Upscale’s website, sign up for an account, and then choose an image to upload. Select the image on the website, and then it’ll give you a cleaned-up version of your image at up to twice the original resolution. This is, honestly, a pretty huge development, as upscaling images has always been overly difficult. It’s easy to downscale, but you usually can’t do the opposite without making the image obnoxiously blurry. Thankfully, an AI image upscaler like Upscale mostly seems capable of doing it without ruining the image. I say mostly because it’s still going to depend a lot on the image and just how small it is. While Fast Company reported some good outcomes with the upscaler, my attempts at using it mostly ended with the older picture of my kitten still looking exceptionally grainy. I can’t say for sure what the issue was, but I’d say it probably ultimately comes down to just how much you have going on in the photo. My photo, for instance, had the kitten and an entire shelf of books to upscale and plan for. Whereas the image that JR Raphael tested it with was a bit simpler, with a larger focus. Smaller focus and more background noise is likely a hindrance for the AI image upscaler. Still, what this free AI image upscaler is capable of doing with some images is very impressive, and it's definitely worth giving it a try since you get access to a few free upscales every day. Don't Miss: A newly discovered exoplanet has almost the same temperatures as Earth The post Free AI image upscaler makes blurry photos look brand new appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $3.25 smart plugs, $79 AirPods, $849 M2 MacBook Air, $329 Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones, more Today’s deals: $20 Apple AirTags, $34 Roku Streaming Stick 4K, $130 Beats Solo 3, $47 Canon printer, more Best Fire TV Stick deals for May 2024 Today’s deals: Memorial Day sales on ECOVACS DEEBOT X2 Combo, Apple, Samsung foldable phones, more

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Four zebrafish are alive and well after nearly a month in space aboard China’s Tiangong space station. As part of an experiment testing the development of vertebrates in microgravity, the fish live and swim within a small habitat aboard the station. While the zebrafish have thus far survived, they are showing some signs of disorientation. The taikonauts aboard Tiangong – Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu – have reported instances of swimming upside down, backward, and in circular motions, suggesting that microgravity is having an effect on their spatial awareness. The zebrafish were launched aboard Shenzhou-18, which carried them, as well as a batch of hornwort, to orbit on April 25, 2024. The aim of the project is to create a self-sustaining ecosystem, studying the effects of both microgravity and radiation on the development and growth of these species. As a test subject, zebrafish have several advantages. Their short reproductive and development cycle, and transparent eggs, allow scientists to study their growth quickly and effectively, and their genetic makeup shares similarities with humans, potentially offering insights that are relevant to human health. The zebrafish genome has been fully sequenced, and for these reasons zebrafish are commonly used in scientific experiments on Earth. Seeing how these well-studied creatures behave in such an extreme environment may have a lot to tell us about the life and development of vertebrates across species while exposed to microgravity. The developmental stages of a zebrafish (danio rerio). Ed Hendel, Wikimedia Commons. The taikonauts aboard Tiangong perform feeding and water sampling at regular intervals, and cameras allow scientists on the ground to monitor the aquarium. This is not the first time fish have been to space. Starting in 2012, a Japanese research project brought medaka and zebrafish to the International Space Station for study in a similar aquatic habitat. The results of those studies revealed a decrease in bone density in the fish within just ten days. Human astronauts experience similar effects in orbit, though not on such quick time scales, and they can be mitigated somewhat through rigorous exercise routines. Earlier fish in space include a mummichog aboard Skylab 3 in 1973 (and again in 1975 aboard Apollo-Soyuz), and zebrafish aboard the Soviet space station Salyut 5 in 1976. A variety of fish reached orbit aboard space shuttles in the 1990s, too. The health and sustainability of animal life in space is a key area of research for human spaceflight efforts. If humans are to travel on long-term space missions, like those required to reach Mars, then understanding the biological implications of space travel is vital. These zebrafish are the latest in a long line of experiments undertaken in this pressing area of research.   Learn More: Gong Zhe “Aquatic antics: Fish exhibit disorientation in China Space Station.” CGTN. The post Fish are Adapting to Weightlessness on the Chinese Space Station appeared first on Universe Today.