Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin used machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop new materials that could keep your house cooler and reduce energy bills.

Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of radiation from the star it orbits. These tremendous explosions are blasting away the planet’s wispy atmosphere, causing it to shrink every year.

This is the first-ever evidence for a ‘planet with a death wish’. Though it was theorised to be possible since the nineties, the flares seen in this research are around 100 times more energetic than expected.

Professor Lei Ren’s team has proposed ProcessFM, the first foundational model framework tailored for the process industry. ProcessFM integrates data, mechanisms, knowledge, and computation across four systematic layers. It is designed to address industrial challenges through six core capabilities, enabling trustworthy and intelligent solution for manufacturing industry.

A highly multi-disciplinary research team at the Wyss Institute has made a significant breakthrough to help patients with Rett syndrombe by leveraging an AI-driven drug discovery process in combination with innovative disease modeling. Their study identified a drug known as vorinostat as a promising treatment for Rett syndrome, demonstrating disease-modifying abilities across multiple neuronal and non-neuronal tissues in preclinical models. The Wyss-enabled startup Unravel will be initiating a clinical trial to assess the drug in female patients with Rett syndrome later this year.  

In a recent study published in Engineering, researchers have unveiled a novel programmable spin-logic gate that operates without the need for initialization. By integrating spin-orbit torque (SOT) with an in-plane Oersted field generated by an Au line, this device can perform complete Boolean logic operations in a single step, offering a new approach for in-memory computing architectures. The findings highlight the potential for non-volatile spin-logic devices to enhance processing efficiency and scalability in future computing systems.