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Mayo Clinic accelerates personalized medicine through foundation models with Microsoft Research and Cerebras Systems

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic today unveiled separate groundbreaking collaborations with Microsoft Research and with Cerebras Systems in the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI), designed to personalize patient care, significantly accelerate diagnostic time and improve accuracy. Announced during the 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the projects focus on developing and testing foundation models […]

Science

NASA Selects Electrical Systems Engineering Services Contractor

NASA has selected Columbus Technologies and Services Inc. of El Segundo, California, to provide electrical and electronic engineering support to the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Electrical Systems Engineering Services IV is a cost-plus-award-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum estimated value of $1.1 billion. The base period of performance begins on […]

Science

Mechanical Systems TDT Support Reaches Across NASA Programs

The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates. We are a diverse group representing a variety of sub-disciplines including bearings, gears, metrology, lubrication and tribology, mechanism design, analysis and testing, fastening systems, valve engineering, actuator engineering, pyrotechnics, mechatronics, and motor controls. In addition to providing technical support, theTDT owns and maintains […]

Science

Proteomics method identifies ligand-binding proteins and binding sites in complex systems

PELSA allows for systematic analysis of ligand-binding proteins, their binding sites, and local binding affinities in cell lysate. Credit: LI Kejia In a study published in Nature Methodsa research group developed a highly sensitive proteomics method called peptide-centric local stability assay (PELSA), which enables the simultaneous identification of ligand-binding proteins and their binding sites in […]

Technology

Anthropic launches tool to connect AI systems directly to datasets

Anthropic has released a new open-source tool to connect AI assistants directly to the information they need to inform their responses or carry out tasks. The new Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides a universal connection to all sorts of data sources, which Anthropic says will improve performance. Earlier this month, OpenAI started testing a new […]

Business & Finance

How Multimodal Systems Are Reshaping Our World

Multimodal AI is transforming how machines understand and interact with the world, processing … [+] diverse data types simultaneously. Adobe Stock The world of artificial intelligence is evolving at breakneck speed, and at the forefront of this revolution is a technology that’s set to redefine how we interact with machines: multimodal AI. This isn’t just […]