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ORNL debuts JACC for performance-portable Julia for HPC systems

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

ORNL developed JACC, an open-source framework that enables Julia applications to run efficiently on CPUs and GPUs from multiple hardware vendors using a single codebase. The software improves performance portability for high-performance computing systems and reduces the need for architecture-specific code.

Artificial intelligence in breast pathology: Recent advances in multimodal models, explainability, and clinical applications

Xia & He Publishing Inc.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping diagnostic pathology, with breast pathology representing one of the most advanced and clinically impactful areas of adoption. Despite rapid progress, many practicing pathologists remain unfamiliar with core AI concepts and their practical implications. This review provides a concise and accessible overview of AI in breast pathology, focusing on foundational principles, current clinical applications, and future directions.

Journal: Journal of Clinical and Translational Pathology

Glass cells of atoms offer a new path to smarter, cheaper sensors

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More accurate navigation systems and improved wireless communications may not come from traditional electronics, but rather from atoms. Researchers at Penn State and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to build tinier, smarter glass sensors filled with highly precise and stable atoms.

Journal: Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Funder: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Authenticity, regulation, and authority in the age of AI

JMIR Publications
Reports and Proceedings

JMIR Publications released three News and Perspectives stories exploring different areas of authenticity in the current clinical and scholarly landscape.

Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Using AI to harness the gut microbiome for therapies

Bielefeld University
Business Announcement

The gut microbiome plays an important role in inflammatory bowel disease. In the research project MikrobiomProCheck, researchers are investigating how microbiome data can in future be used for diagnostics, disease monitoring and personalised therapies. Bielefeld University is contributing clinical, bioinformatic and data-driven expertise to this collaborative project spanning North Rhine-Westphalia.

Funder: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

JMIR publications invites submissions on technology in scientific publishing in its newest journal JMIR Metascience and Research Integrity

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications invites submissions to a new section titled "Technology in Scientific Publishing" in its open access journal JMIR Metascience and Research Integrity

Slower forest growth, reduced carbon storage not accounted for in current climate models

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ITHACA, N.Y. - Forests and land play an important role in absorbing carbon dioxide emissions, but current models and forecasts don’t incorporate a new and surprising ecological discovery: Despite more available carbon, climate change and warmer temperatures are slowing forest growth.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters

Parallel AI slashes energy costs and carbon emissions in wind-solar-hydrogen power systems

HEP Data Cooperation Journals
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A parallel deep reinforcement learning framework for wind-solar-hydrogen systems cuts operational costs by 6% and accelerates training over fivefold, offering a scalable pathway to low-carbon grids.

AI can be an ally in rooting out ransomware threats

University of Cincinnati
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Cincinnati researcher Nelly Elsayed argues generative AI can strengthen ransomware defense through synthetic data generation, behavioral forecasting, adversarial simulations, and improved human-AI collaboration.

Journal: Journal of Information Security and Applications