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A research team at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has conducted a pilot project using models available through Microsoft’s Azure Open AI Service to develop a system that will lead to advancements in traffic management using physic informed deep learning. The pilot project was led by principal investigator Leila Hashemi-Beni, Ph.D., and applied science and technology doctoral student Tewodros Syum Gebre. This program provides academic researchers with access to state-of-the-art foundation models
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2 years ago Read more at North Carolina A&T

The Glenn W. Bailey Foundation will expand educational initiatives based at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology. The gift will expand training opportunities for aspiring scientists by nurturing the institute’s graduate fellowship program, its Kenan Fellows High School internships and its community education and outreach programs.
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2 years ago Read more at UF Health News

Dr. Zachary Darnell and Robert Griffitt are faculty members in The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Ocean Science and Engineering. MASGC research programs focus on environmental literacy while building healthy ecosystems and sustainable communities. Funding for both projects, with combined totals of nearly $600,000, is pending final approval by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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2 years ago Read more at The University of Southern Mississippi

1,443 buildings and laboratories have been damaged or destroyed since the war started. Restoring these buildings, which are predominantly on university campuses, is estimated to cost at least $1.21 billion. The scientific infrastructure in the Kharkiv region has been hardest hit.
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2 years ago Read more at Chemistry World

Jared Hutchek is a senior at IUPUI with a dual major in environmental science and business management. His grandfather Andy, left, and his father, Jim, are also graduates. He spent 10 years in Indianapolis, taking classes on a campus that would eventually become IUPU.
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2 years ago Read more at IU Newsroom

In the worst cases, frostbite can cause the tissues in fingers, toes, noses and other extremities to die and require amputation. In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the country’s first medication. The drug, iloprost, greatly reduced omissions in nearly all the frost bite patients who received it. Imray: It works as a vasodilator, meaning it widens blood vessels, improves blood flow and
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2 years ago Read more at Science News Magazine

Our 2024 Toward Health Equity Oncology Grant focuses on inclusion in trials and supports the mission of 36 global organizations centered on a common goal: providing quality, accessible healthcare for people living with cancer. Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Stony Brook University researchers began conducting a survey study on attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) among American adults. Some of their recent findings show a shift in Americans’ views on AI. The researchers compared data collected from random, representative samples in 2021 and 2023 to determine whether public attitudes toward AI have changed amid recent technological developments.
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2 years ago Read more at Stony Brook News

Callie Lewis Bryan graduated from NC State in 1969. After graduating in December 2022, she applied for a quality assurance internship. In her junior year, she had the opportunity to get to know Dan Warren, whose gift was donated.
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2 years ago Read more at NC State CALS

This year’s Kids Science and Engineering Day (KSED) is going back to the Dinosaur Age to encourage a fun-filled day of learning. The event features more than 30 fun science- and engineering-related stations, with participating children each receiving a t-shirt and goodie bag. A planetarium will also be running a show at the event.
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2 years ago Read more at WSU News