The Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute at Wits University has been awarded core funding of US$1 million by Google.org. Led by Professor Benjamin Rosman (TIME100 AI 2025 influencer), the Wits Mind Institute is home to some of Africa’s leading fundamental AI researchers, and this landmark investment will supercharge its research and drive next-generation breakthroughs in natural and artificial intelligence.

ORNL, in partnership with technology company Quantum Brilliance, has made the first big steps in the advance of quantum computers for scientific discovery with the installation of a Quantum Brilliance computer system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. 

SAN ANTONIO — September 2, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has expanded the scope of a ballistic-resistance testing technique, the Laser-Induced Particle Impact Test (LIPIT), previously only applicable for impact testing of very small projectiles. By improving this technique, SwRI has dramatically increased the precision and efficiency of material ballistic resistance testing at scales not possible before.

Embedded systems such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices and single-board computers require careful memory allocation management. In a recent breakthrough, SeoulTech researchers have proposed LWMalloc, a lightweight dynamic memory allocator designed for resource-constrained environments like IoT devices and embedded systems. The research demonstrates up to 53% faster execution times and 23% lower memory usage compared to Linux's default allocator, while requiring only 530 lines of code versus ptmalloc's 4,838 lines.

A new study by an SUTD researcher and his collaborators introduces a pooled mining attack that overturns a long-standing assumption about Bitcoin’s security economics.

A research team has combined drone-based imaging with advanced data analytics to track plant height across hundreds of cotton varieties, revealing both known and previously unidentified genes controlling stem growth.