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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Feb-2026 05:11 ET (23-Feb-2026 10:11 GMT/UTC)
ETRI unveils “Safe LLaVA,” a vision language model with enhanced safety
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyKorean researchers have achieved a breakthrough in the safety of generative AI. They developed a vision language model optimized for safety and released it for the first time. In this model, AI can preemptively analyze both images and text, even detecting risks. The research team is paving the way for a safe AI era. ETRI announced that it has unveiled a new type of vision language model called “Safe LLaVA,” which structurally enhances safety in generative AI models.
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- Ministry of Science and ICT
Naturally fearless? A UVM neuroscientist on how elite athletes view risk
University of VermontImagine soaring more than 400 feet in the air before landing on skis, launching off a nearly 50-foot platform strapped to a snowboard, or sledding face first over 80 miles an hour down a sheet of ice—on purpose. Spectators of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games may wonder if the brains of elite athletes are wired differently than the rest of us mere mortals. For neuroscientist Sayamwong Hammack, professor of psychological science at the University of Vermont, the answer is much more complicated.
Eight wins for Sandia at the 2025 R&D 100 Awards
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- DOE/US Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories
Researchers use fungus to create plastic-free food packaging
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- Langmuir
K-State nuclear engineering students gain experience, career connections at Kansas' only nuclear power plant
Kansas State UniversityKansas State University is preparing tomorrow's nuclear industry leaders to enter the workforce. Between the top-notch education and research opportunities at K-State and the real-world career experience through Evergy internships at Wolf Creek, the future of the nuclear industry is bright.
Weill Cornell Center for human rights marks 15 years of helping people in need
Weill Cornell MedicineIn the early aughts, when anesthesiologist Dr. Gunisha Kaur, M.D. ’10, was a medical student at Weill Cornell Medicine, she sought to help immigrants who were seeking refuge in the United States after experiencing persecution or torture in their home countries. It’s a passion drawn from a profoundly personal experience: As a daughter of Indian immigrants and an immigrant herself, she wanted to find a way to help people like her father, a Sikh who had been beaten by a mob in India and left for dead. Unfortunately, there was no forensic evaluation clinic to document asylum seekers’ injuries at Weill Cornell at the time.
“In the Mediterranean, two people out of three live near a wetland: A vital heritage under severe pressure”
Tour du ValatGas fermentation: Game changer for the circular economy?
Universitaet StuttgartNew CD Laboratory at TU Graz to research safe, lightweight rail vehicles
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- Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH, Plasser & Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen, Gesellschaft m.b.H., Miba Frictec GmbH