InsectNet – which is backed by a dataset of 12 million insect images, including many collected by citizen-scientists – provides identification and predictions for more than 2,500 insect species at more than 96% accuracy.

CSHL Professors Thomas Gingeras and Rob Martienssen have launched a new genomic encyclopedia called MaizeCODE. Their latest study uses MaizeCODE data to help explain how corn became domesticated 9,000 years ago. The public research program stands to aid farmers in improving their maize crops.

Leveraging principles of quantum mechanics to securely transmit messages has promised a revolution in encryption, keeping sensitive information secure. Now, a collaborative team of researchers led by Penn Engineering's Liang Feng and Ph.D. candidate Yichi Zhang have developed a system that enables more stable, robust, high-efficiency, and long-range quantum communication, paving the way for practical, high-dimensional quantum networks.

Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and policymakers better understand phenomena like climate change. Incorporating more data into these simulations can improve modeling accuracy; however, sometimes, this requires the arduous task of gathering millions of data points.

Researchers, including UConn Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Assistant Professor James Knighton, Pablo Sanchez-Martinez from the University of Edinburgh, and Leander Anderegg from the University of California Santa Barbara, have developed a method to bypass the need for gathering data for over 55,000 tree species to better account for how plants influence the flow of water around the planet. Their findings are published in Nature Scientific Data.

Researchers uncover key mechanisms in gene regulation that may lead to better design of RNA-based medicines. 

New, groundbreaking research shows how, at a local scale, agricultural research and development led to improved crop varieties that resulted in global benefits to the environment and food system sustainability. The Purdue University study appears in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“At the global level, we see a reduction in cropland use from these technology improvements leading to gains in terrestrial carbon stock and avoided loss of threatened plant and animal species,” reported the team led by Purdue’s Uris Baldos, research associate professor of agricultural economics.

Hannah Dailey ’02 ’06G ’09 PhD, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics in Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named a 2024 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by the Biden administration. The award recognizes exceptional professionals in the fields of science and engineering and is the highest such honor given by the U.S. government.

Rui Zhu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to uncover the mechanisms behind cardiac arrhythmias.