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USC joins $20M NSF effort to transform power grids and supply chains

University of Southern California
Grant and Award Announcement

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $20 million to renew the Artificial Intelligence Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT) through 2031. Led by Georgia Tech in partnership with USC and the University of California, Berkeley, the institute combines expertise in AI and optimization.

Helium lifts new quantum computing concept

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a paper published in PRX Quantum, a team led by University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Physics Department Assoc. Prof. Jacob Covey laid out a new concept that could turn helium’s light weight into the next generation of quantum computers.

Journal: PRX Quantum

University of Tennessee researchers in electrical engineering and computer science receive NSF CAREER Awards

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Grant and Award Announcement

Two researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have received National Science Foundation CAREER awards for their work in superconducting logic systems and interactive human-centered computing. Their projects will address the challenge of scaling quantum computing and put artificial intelligence to work in Appalachian communities.

AI could make holiday planning easier for overwhelmed travellers

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Generative AI could help overwhelmed travellers organise their thoughts, compare options and complete holiday plans they might otherwise abandon, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

Journal: Journal of Travel Research

How a plant’s refusal to self-pollinate could help India grow more of its own cooking oil

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An IIT Gandhinagar-Indian Council of Agricultural Research-DRMR study has characterised the self-rejection genes in India’s commercial mustard varieties, toria and yellow sarson. Combining molecular genetics with Artificial Intelligence-based protein structure prediction, the team mapped the four genes that allow some mustard flowers to turn away their own pollen. The study sheds light on a natural mechanism breeders can harness to produce the high-yielding hybrids the country needs to cut its heavy reliance on imported edible oil.

Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science

When biology inspires mathematics: new discovery explains why a widely used evolutionary method can give false answers

University of Helsinki
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have identified a previously unrecognised mathematical property that explains why one of evolutionary biology's most widely used statistical models can produce convincing but incorrect conclusions. They also offer a practical way to recognise and avoid this problem.

Journal: Nature Communications

Rapid simulation of heat propagation through multiple rods

Tohoku University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Simulating how heat moves through rods when they are heated simultaneously and influence each other is a difficult task, but researchers at Tohoku University’s Graduate School of Information Sciences found a mathematical solution.

Journal: Linear Algebra and its Applications

Study reveals distinct patterns across single-, multi-, and mass homicides

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An updated analysis of US homicide data has found that intimate partner violence (IPV) often precipitates mass homicide and is also frequently associated with multi- and single-victim deaths. The study categorizes homicides into single-victim, multi-victim (2–3 victims), and mass (4 or more victims, excluding the perpetrator) fatalities, thereby revealing distinct demographics and circumstances. The findings of the study in Annals of Epidemiology, published by Elsevier, can help inform the development of tailored strategies to prevent homicide.

Journal: Annals of Epidemiology

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