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Ai2 Launches Asta: A New Standard for Trustworthy AI Agents in Science

August 26th, 2025 Comments Off on Ai2 Launches Asta: A New Standard for Trustworthy AI Agents in Science
SEATTLE, Aug. 26, 2025 -- Ai2 (The Allen Institute for AI) today launched Asta, an integrated, open ecosystem designed to transform how science is done with AI agents. At a time when AI tools are flooding the research landscape—often opaque, ...

LLNL Used AI to Predict Historic Fusion Ignition Shot

August 25th, 2025 Comments Off on LLNL Used AI to Predict Historic Fusion Ignition Shot
Aug. 25, 2025 -- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers employed an AI-driven model to predict fusion ignition days ahead of the historic 2022 shot, according to a new study in Science. In the paper, LLNL researchers detail how they used physics-informed ...

IBM and NASA Launch Open-Source AI Model to Forecast Solar Weather

August 20th, 2025 Comments Off on IBM and NASA Launch Open-Source AI Model to Forecast Solar Weather
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2025 -- IBM and NASA today unveiled the most advanced open-source foundation model designed to understand high resolution solar observation data and predict how solar activity affects Earth and space-based technology. Surya, named for ...

Los Alamos Sensor Data Sheds Light on Powerful Lightning Within Clouds

August 15th, 2025 Comments Off on Los Alamos Sensor Data Sheds Light on Powerful Lightning Within Clouds
Aug. 15, 2025 -- A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently found that the strength difference between two very high-frequency radio pulses in lightning is closely related to the altitude of the lightning in the cloud — a ...

NSF, NVIDIA Partner in $152M Ai2-Led Project to Build Open AI Models for US Science

August 14th, 2025 Comments Off on NSF, NVIDIA Partner in $152M Ai2-Led Project to Build Open AI Models for US Science
Aug. 14, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced a partnership with NVIDIA to develop a set of artificial intelligence models that will transform the ability of America's scientists to leverage AI, advancing scientific discovery and ensuring U.S. ...

NSF Invests Nearly $32M to Accelerate Novel AI-Driven Approaches in Protein Design

August 8th, 2025 Comments Off on NSF Invests Nearly $32M to Accelerate Novel AI-Driven Approaches in Protein Design
Aug. 8, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) announced an inaugural investment of nearly $32 million to five teams across the U.S. through the NSF Use-Inspired Acceleration of Protein Design (NSF ...

NSF Invests in AI-Ready Test Beds to Accelerate U.S. Leadership

August 8th, 2025 Comments Off on NSF Invests in AI-Ready Test Beds to Accelerate U.S. Leadership
Aug. 8, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation announced over $2 million in planning grants to support the development of artificial intelligence-ready test beds — real-world environments that will accelerate the design, evaluation and deployment of AI technologies ...

NCSA and Illinois Awarded $25.8M NGA Contract for HPC, AI, and Geospatial Data

August 7th, 2025 Comments Off on NCSA and Illinois Awarded $25.8M NGA Contract for HPC, AI, and Geospatial Data
Aug. 7, 2025 -- The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were awarded a $25.8 million contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for high-performance computing in support of NGA strategic partnerships, ...

NSF to Invest in New National Network of AI-Programmable Cloud Laboratories

August 6th, 2025 Comments Off on NSF to Invest in New National Network of AI-Programmable Cloud Laboratories
Aug. 6, 2025 -- The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity that would invest up to $100 million to support a network of "programmable cloud laboratories," aimed at expanding access to cutting-edge technology to accelerate the ...

Google DeepMind’s AlphaEarth Model Aims to Transform Climate and Land Monitoring

July 31st, 2025 Comments Off on Google DeepMind’s AlphaEarth Model Aims to Transform Climate and Land Monitoring
New AI model integrates petabytes of Earth observation data to generate a unified data representation that revolutionizes global mapping and monitoring July 31, 2025 -- Every day, satellites capture information-rich images and measurements, providing scientists and experts with a ...
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