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The mining industry is booming, but the industry is digging deep to find highly trained mining engineers. Across all sectors, from consumer electronics to the defense industry and from automotive manufacturing to aerospace, mineral needs are increasing. In particular, green energy technologies such as electric vehicle batteries, solar panels, grid energy storage, and wind turbines require such metals as copper, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and manganese.

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A new Bar-Ilan University study has achieved a milestone in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) by addressing a fundamental question: Can deep learning architectures achieve greatly above-average confidence for a significant portion of inputs while maintaining overall average confidence?

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Neli Ulrich joins a select group of recipients recognized for their impactful work in science and technology in Utah.

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Therapeutic tool used for children with kidney issues stemming from sepsis

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The Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association are co-hosting a joint meeting May 13-17 at the Shaw Centre/Westin Ottawa Hotel.

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In a new paper published in JACS AU, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analyzed the effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers, with implications for critical materials recovery and recycling, and environmental remediation.

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Argonne National Laboratory and RIKEN, leaders in high performance computing in the U.S. and Japan, have established a cooperative relationship in support of artificial intelligence computing projects.

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The University of Delaware will host a visit and thought leader presentation by NASA’s head of science Dr. Nicola (Nicky) Fox on Thursday, April 18. Fox directs about 100 NASA missions to explore the universe, laying the foundation for the robotic and human expeditions of the future.

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The Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), recently launched the “You Belong in Quantum Series!” in collaboration with the four other U.S. Department of Energy National QIS Research Centers. The initiative’s January 2024 webinar featured distinguished leaders in the field.

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NIBIB-supported researchers have developed a smart nanoprobe designed to infiltrate prostate tumors and send back a signal using an optical imaging technique known as Raman spectroscopy.

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In an exciting endorsement of the work being conducted at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, it was recently announced that technology developed by Keith Slotkin, PhD, member, and his laboratory, and funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), was chosen as one of the very first projects of the new NSF/NobleReach Emerge partnership.

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David Sholl has been named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, or UT-ORII, and vice provost of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after serving as the institute’s interim leader since June 2023.

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Digital Science is further broadening its range of AI innovations in a major new release from AI-based academic language service Writefull, which is to be used in the collaborative authoring tool Overleaf.

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Spectroscopic ellipsometry has been widely adopted for the measurement of thin film thickness as well as its optical constant. However, conventional ellipsometers are rather bulky.

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Advancements in the miniaturization of sensors and actuators have significantly pushed the integration of these components onto single chips, imbuing them with multifunctional capabilities.

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Columbia Engineers unveiled BeatProfiler, a groundbreaking new tool-- a comprehensive software that automates the analysis of heart cell function from video data. It's the first system to integrate the analysis of different heart function indicators into one tool, speeding up the process significantly and reducing the chance for errors.

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The New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development (NYCST) today announced that the application window is now open for the consortium’s funding program.

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A team of scientists led by UF engineering researchers has unveiled a method for 3D printing that allows manufacturers to create custom-made objects more economically and sustainably.

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The INCITE program is aimed at large-scale scientific computing projects that require the power and scale of the nation’s fastest supercomputers.

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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have used robots and artificial intelligence to dramatically speed up data collection and analysis in X-ray studies of liquids.