1+ week, 4+ day ago   (919+ words) Scientific discovery is increasingly limited not by instruments alone, but by the ability to move, manage, analyse, and interpret data at scale. STFC Scientific Computing sits at that junction of linking world-class facilities, advanced computing, artificial intelligence (AI), trusted data…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) ATHENA makes Knoxville one of 20 nodes in a new national network of "self-driving" laboratories. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received $20 million from the National Science Foundation to establish ATHENA, a materials-research facility that will run experiments with limited human…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (251+ words) UC Irvine’s Chen Li to help lead NSF-funded national effort Irvine, Calif., Aug. 27, 2026 — Researchers at UC Irvine, UCLA and the University of Michigan have received nearly $9 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish a new data infrastructure…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (456+ words) The MESA artificial intelligence platform quickly compiles relevant data for any research topic, freeing up hundreds of hours spent collecting documents. Massive amounts of real-world data are needed to model complex systems. Collecting and organizing the right data takes time,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) Of the eight institutes, three are newly formed. The other five were established with previous NSF funding and will receive renewed funding from NSF to continue their work. Each institute will receive between about $28 and $37 million over five years and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (253+ words) TRACES moves beyond static datasets and answer keys, testing whether AI can navigate real-world scientific environments, adapt to feedback and produce verifiable discoveries REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 — Apodex has introduced TRACES, a novel benchmark designed to evaluate AI on one…...