Vulnerable populations shoulder larger number and higher intensity of environmental burdens, study finds

Vulnerable communities in the United States often face the highest risks from individual environmental burdens, such as ...

World’s First Solid State Battery : Solid Cell Hype or Hope? Donut Lab Under Review

See what tests suggest about Donut Lab's solid-state cell versus a capacitor, and learn how this could affect EV charging ...
Defense One

The Pentagon must activate this powerful, underused approach to acquisition

As Secretary Pete Hegseth pushes to speed up the development and fielding of new weapons and systems, he should look to a powerful, yet underused tool: modular open systems approach. The law already ...
C&EN

Breaking the “Toxic Ignorance Cycles” that Hinder New Approach Method (NAM) Acceptance in Environmental Risk Assessment

The environmental risk assessment community currently faces an existential dilemma. Policy mandates increasingly encourage transformation of the traditional risk assessment paradigm: a shift away from ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

A UChicago professor’s ‘artisanal’ approach to science

The nature of life is one of the most widely examined topics in science and yet remains deeply mysterious. Life is governed by physical laws, shaped by chemical interactions and influenced by ...
SiliconANGLE

Modular raises $250M to simplify AI deployment across hardware

Artificial intelligence startup Modular Inc. said today it has raised $250 million in its third financing round, valuing the company at $1.6 billion. The round was led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative ...
Wired

A Former Apple Luminary Sets Out to Create the Ultimate GPU Software

Demand for AI chips is booming—and so is the need for software to run them. Chris Lattner’s startup Modular just raised $250 million to build the best developer tools for AI hardware. Lattner’s answer ...
VentureBeat

Moody's cut credit memo prep from 40 hours to 2 minutes with modular AI agents: Here's its agentic AI blueprint

Credit: Image generated by VentureBeat using FLUX-pro-1.1 Generative AI has tremendous potential to help save time and money. One great example of a company using the technology to great advantage is ...
IEEE

A Real-Time Cloud-Based Modular Water Quality Monitoring System Using a Remotely Operated Vehicle With Integrated Environmental Sensors

Abstract: Water quality (WQ) monitoring systems are essential for maintaining aquatic ecosystems and safeguarding human health, but traditional systems are often limited by fixed sensor locations and ...
Live Science

'Once-in-a-millennium' event: Approach of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis will be visible to the naked eye

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will skim safely past Earth, where it will be visible to billions. For scientists, it's a once-in-a-millennium planetary experiment. When you purchase through links on our ...
The New York Times

Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed ...