Machines whisper before they scream: we built an AI model that predicts expensive problems

By Edward Khomotso Nkadimeng, Post Doc Fellow: AI and Data Systems in Nuclear/Particle Physics, Stellenbosch University

In most industries, maintenance is a waiting game. Things are fixed when they break. But in the 21st century, an age defined by data and automation, that approach no longer makes sense. The solution could be predictive maintenance. This is an approach that uses sensors and software to analyse equipment performance in real time and predict when it…

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~	Guinea-Bissau’s military takeover highlights the nation’s sorry history of coups and a deepening crisis across the region

~	Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

~	When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout

~	Speaker Johnson’s choice to lead by following the president goes against 200 years of House speakers building up the office’s power

~	New York’s wealthy warn of a tax exodus after Mamdani’s win – but the data says otherwise

~	Why do people get headaches and migraines? A child neurologist explains the science of head pain and how to treat it

~	Texas cities have some of the highest preterm birth rates in the US, highlighting maternal health crisis nationwide

~	Stalin’s postwar terror targeted Soviet Jews – in the name of ‘anti-cosmopolitanism’

~	Rural high school students are more likely than city kids to get their diplomas, but they remain less likely to go to college

~	Britain’s ponds are disappearing – here’s why restoring them is vital for wildlife and climate resilience