Breakthroughs

NSF Invests $100 Million in National AI Research Institutes By John K. Waters 08/05/25 The National Science Foundation has announced a $100 million investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, part of a broader White House strategy to maintain American leadership as competition with China intensifies. The funding will support research institutes at […]

Wednesday, Aug 06, 2025 • Brian Lopez : Contact Dr. Junzhou Huang has received a major federal grant to advance the use of artificial intelligence in antibody drug discovery. (Adobe Images) Junzhou Huang, Jenkins Garrett Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has

A recent breakthrough study reveals how transformer technology can predict human age from microbial communities with 28% greater accuracy than previous methods. The human microbiome—the vast community of microorganisms living in and on our bodies—undergoes profound changes as we age, influencing metabolism, immune function, and disease risk. These microbial shifts follow somewhat predictable patterns, creating

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More OpenAI has released two new “open” artificial intelligence models, its first since GPT-2 in 2019. The smaller of the two, gpt-oss-20b, has 21 billion parameters and is similar in performance to o3-mini; plus,

Editor’s Note:This article was updated Aug. 20, 2025, to correct the number of years of training data used and the model accuracy. The original article said the model was trained on 14 years of Solar Dynamics Observatory data and surpassed existing benchmarks by 15%; the model was actually trained on 9 years of data and

As Artificial Intelligence continues to grow at a rapid pace, so will the research behind it at The University of New Mexico.Political Science Assistant Professor Sarah Dreier has been awarded as one of several experts across the country picked to work on a substantial grant-funded project onAI. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and NVIDIA awarded

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – North Dakota State is being awarded nearly $4 million through the National Science Foundation to add a supercomputer for AI research. In a press release from the school, they’re naming the system ‘Bison’ which can advance research in agriculture and food security, healthcare, energy, environment, and much more according