23-Jan-2025 Mining the dark sky with the Aurora exascale supercomputer DOE/Argonne National Laboratory As part of the Aurora Early Science Program, an Argonne team is using the lab’s new Aurora exascale supercomputer and AI tools to perform simulations of the universe that aim to shed light on dark matter and dark energy.
23-Jan-2025 New telescope to set sail for monthlong journey to Chile Cornell University The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just below the summit of Cerro Chajnantor where, at 18,400 feet, it will be the second-highest telescope in the world.
23-Jan-2025 SafeRBot to assist community, police in crime reporting University of Illinois School of Information Sciences A new chatbot, SafeRBot, designed and developed by researchers in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to improve the reporting process for non-emergency situations for both community members and 911 dispatch centers. SafeRBot is a Large Language Model (LLM) that aids dispatch centers in providing community members a method for reporting their situations through a series of consistent questions and answers, both informational and empathetic, when crimes are reported online. The unique strengths of SafeRBot are that it turns unstructured chats into a structured form, supports both English and non-English speakers, and automatically asks follow-up questions to improve the quality of the report.
23-Jan-2025 A “quad-demic” warning: Symptoms of viral influenza, COVID-19, norovirus, and RSV can also be signs of potential heart complications The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Mount Sinai cardiologists warn about the risk of heart problems during surge of winter viruses for American Heart Month in February
23-Jan-2025 Making maternity safer National Center for Supercomputing Applications Resolving maternal healthcare disparity requires gaining insight into underlying causes in order to create an effective plan to address it. In that spirit, the UIC Department of Medicine announced a new maternal research center in July. NCSA researchers helped launch the center and are assisting the newly launched center with solving maternal health disparity problems through novel approaches using geospatial mapping.
23-Jan-2025 Development of a 2-liter ammonia-fueled engine National Research Council of Science & Technology The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), announced that it has developed the world's first engine capable of directly injecting ammonia into the combustion chamber at high pressure, in collaboration with the Electrification Engineering Center of Hyundai Motor and Kia. Funder Ministry of Science and ICT
23-Jan-2025 China's tiered colorectal cancer screening model attracts over 830,000 participants BGI Genomics A colorectal cancer (CRC) screening public health initiative launched in Harbin, China has attracted about 830,000 participants for registration. The project utilizes fecal DNA methylation testing technology from BGI Genomics to identify at-risk individuals.
23-Jan-2025 Orchestrating the nanoscale: exploring light and matter for quantum science DOE/Argonne National Laboratory As part of the Q-NEXT quantum research center, Randall Goldsmith of the University of Wisconsin–Madison studies the interplay of light and matter, harnessing it for quantum information technologies.
23-Jan-2025 Out of the lab and into patients’ hands Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences The Harvard Move Lab is a translational research hub led by Faculty Director Conor Walsh and Executive Director Paul Sabin in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). It employs professional engineers, product developers, and academics who work across disciplines to bring research innovations to market. One of the Move Lab’s signature efforts is a soft, wearable robotic device called Reachable, aimed at helping stroke survivors and people with other movement impairments regain mobility and independence.
23-Jan-2025 TikTok ban is still ‘fair game,’ says expert on Chinese business and government University of California - San Diego After TikTok briefly barred U.S. users from its platform on Jan. 19—only to restore access 12 hours later—questions have surfaced about the app's future. In this Q&A, Victor Shih, director of the School of Global Policy and Strategy’s 21st Century China Center, explores the reasons behind the scrutiny of the app and the potential consequences of a permanent ban.
