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IARPA is seeking public input to determine the feasibility of creating a generative artificial intelligence model that can produce novel products based on prompts that advance, however incrementally, human knowledge in science and engineering. Of particular interest to the agency are generative AI models that produce outputs in math, algorithm or signal processing modalities, such as equations or theorems, algorithms or sequences of steps and waveforms or modulations.
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2 years ago Read more at Executive Gov

Spelman College is celebrating the expansion of its cosmetic science program. The college stated in a release that it's growing its STEM programming to include a concentration in cosmetic chemistry for chemistry majors and a minor in cosmetic science for those studying other subjects.
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2 years ago Read more at 11Alive.com WXIA

Virtual Investor Conferences Company invites individual and institutional investors to attend in person or online. Mr. Stanley I Maduike, COO, will present live at the Life Science Investor Forum. It is recommended that online investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Ana Carolina de Souza Feliciano and Noem Pinilla-Alonso are co-authors of the study and part of the DiSCo-TNOs team that studies unique spectral properties of small celestial bodies beyond Neptune within the Kuiper Belt. The promising study marks the first time this has been achieved and serves as a significant landmark for the UCF-led Discovering the Surface Compositions of Trans-Neptunian Objects program.
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2 years ago Read more at EurekAlert

Students around the region have been working on their stem skills for the past few months to show them off at the Science Olympiad Tournament in Luzerne County. Students showcased air trajectory, flight, and even roller coaster building while others, like Kaeleen Vanvliete from Wilkes-Barre Academy, built a car.
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2 years ago Read more at WNEP Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

The results lock in a rematch between Donald Trump and Biden in November’s election for the next US president. The outcome could have massive implications for the environment, public health and international collaborations between scientists — as well as, some fear, US democracy itself. But for now, Trump has consolidated his control over the Republican Party and will once again run against Biden.
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

Columbia Theological Seminary has been awarded a Climate Science in Theological Education grant. The CSTE project provides grants to seminaries to engage climate science and climate change in the context of theological education and ministry. It will produce a growing number of religious leaders equipped to help their congregants find answers to science-related questions.
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2 years ago Read more at Presbyterian Mission Agency

NASA/Danny Nowlin Students from three Louisiana and Mississippi schools participated in person for the Next Gen STEM Explore Stennis event on Feb. 22. Students from Pascagoula (Mississippi) High School agreed “the future is computer science,” calling it a foundational piece to spaceflight moving forward. The immersive event focused on computer science and how it impacts propulsion test work onsite.
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2 years ago Read more at NASA

Claudia Avila, assistant professor of environmental and ocean sciences, joined “At the Edge of It All” to talk about her research on soil. She talks about the unique cultural perspective she brings to the field.
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2 years ago Read more at University of San Diego Website

Para-dichlorobenzene, piperine, acetone peroxide is a known animal carcinogen. It can do away with smells in urinals either by masking the odour with its own strong smell or by preventing bacteria in stagnant urine from forming ammonia and other malodorous amines. There is much debate about the effect of some chemicals on our lives, but about one issue there should be no debate.
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2 years ago Read more at Office for Science and Society