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Research Reveals Key to Fast-Tracking Software Innovation
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (465+ words) In a bustling restaurant kitchen, efficiency requires more than just machines that wash dishes or chop vegetables. It requires a conductor to ensure the appetizer, main course, and dessert are prepared in the right sequence, that the right chef gets…...
Megalibraries Lead Autonomous Discovery In Self-Driving Labs
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (423+ words) Scientists may soon stop hunting for new materials " and start designing them to order. For the first time, Northwestern University scientists have demonstrated that megalibraries " that dramatically accelerate materials discovery " can do more than uncover promising new materials. It can…...
Leaders Debate AI Promise, Risks at Cornell Summit
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (627+ words) As artificial intelligence systems rapidly reshape schools, workplaces and public services, civic leaders from across New York state gathered at Cornell May 18-20 to explore both the promise and risks of this technological transformation. During the "Community Voices" session of Cornell's…...
AI's Urban Vision Risks Erasing Small Communities
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (476+ words) When College of Natural Resources and Environment geospatial data scientist Junghwan Kim asked an artificial intelligence (AI) image generator to create a picture of Blacksburg, the result wasn't quite right. "The image looked generic," Kim said. "It didn't capture what…...
AI Imaging Finds Key Bone Quality Marker in Diabetes
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (647+ words) Mirage News Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10. 29026/oea. 2026. 250312. Bone mineral density (BMD) has long been the "gold standard" for assessing fracture risk. However, clinicians face a paradox when treating patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2 DM). Many patients exhibit…...
Photonic Spiking AI Boosts Smart Routing Efficiency
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (288+ words) Mirage News Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Sciences; DOI 10. 29026/oes. 2026. 260005. Driven by the rapid development of cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, global data traffic has grown explosively, imposing unprecedented stringent requirements on the…...
AI to Decode Petabytes from Hi-Res Microscopes
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (598+ words) In a cramped, windowless room on the University of California, Berkeley campus, two bespoke microscopes - each a Swiss Army knife for high-resolution imaging - operate around the clock gathering data that will help train a game-changing technology for the field of…...
UCLA Samueli Launches $125 M Semiconductor Hub
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (188+ words) Mirage News - A first-of-its-kind Semiconductor Hub at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering aims to accelerate research, strengthen U. S. leadership and support workforce development in energy-efficient AI-powered chip technologies critical to economic growth and national security. - Founding partners behind the $125 million…...
AI Misuse Forces Higher Ed to Rethink Assessment
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (620+ words) Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete - and cheat on - their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students, new Cornell research finds. An analysis of survey responses from…...
Rediscovering Science: New Knowledge Hidden In Old Data
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (336+ words) What if the knowledge that could fuel the next scientific breakthrough has simply been forgotten in an old graph or table? Valuable scientific insights may already exist across decades of published experiments, yet remain buried in old research papers, waiting…...