
A new study led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory finds that coastal conditions have changed since 1979, driving nearshore hurricanes around the world to intensify at a quickening pace. Moreover, new projections suggest this rate will continue climbing should current warming trends continue. The new work was published recently […]

A team led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory explored training strategies for one of the largest artificial intelligence models to date with help from the world’s fastest supercomputer. The post ORNL: World’s Fastest Supercomputer Takes on Large Language Modeling appeared first on HPCwire.

Laboratories are running supercomputers for much longer, beyond the typical lifespan, as vendors prematurely deprecate the hardware and stop providing support. A typical supercomputer lifecycle is about five to six years. However, Japan-based RIKEN is planning to run its existing Fugaku for ten years, and Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL) has some systems running for […]

At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, robotic marks are being employed for the first time. These robotics marks are inflatable and have an underwater hull, battery pack, and thrusters that make them mobile on top of the water. The RC commands each mark to a GPS waypoint, and the robotic marks hold their position at […]

Malfunction of the proteins that sense voltage changes in our nerve cells underlies a number of human diseases throughout the body. A University of Chicago team used an Anton 2 supercomputer developed by D. E. Shaw Research and hosted at PSC to simulate a voltage-sensing protein from a primitive animal to learn how the sensor […]

As humanoid robots garner widespread public attention, such systems will also need to stand up to safety and performance standards. IEEE’s Robotics & Automation Society today announced the formation of a new study group that will look into the current humanoid landscape and then develop a roadmap for future standards that various organizations can follow. […]

When the ARM Institute launched its Robotics Manufacturing Hub about a year ago, it quickly realized that U.S. manufacturers weren’t looking at robotics and automation because they weren’t interested in the technology. Instead, the barriers to automation loomed so large that it was impossible for small and midsize firms to know where to start. The […]

Up to 36.5% of retail leaders looking to automate expect to see benefits from new technology in two to five years, according to a recent study from wearable technology developer ProGlove. The Chicago-based company surveyed more than 1,000 retail management professionals in the U.S., U.K., and Germany for its “Leadership Insights for Retail Warehouse Management” […]

Although LLMs are getting all the notice lately, AI techniques of many varieties are being infused throughout science. For example, Harvard researchers, Google, and colleagues published a 3D map in Science that reveals a small chunk of as human brain in astonishing detail. Imaging the roughly cubic millimeter of tissue produced 1.4 petabytes of data. […]

An international team of scientists has built the largest and most detailed bird family tree to date—an intricate chart delineating 93 million years of evolutionary relationships between 363 bird species, representing 92% of all bird families. The advance was made possible in large part thanks to cutting-edge computational methods developed by engineers at the University […]