Free-text answers and LLMs reveal hidden reasons behind human choices

Why do people make the choices they do? Researchers from the Center Synergy of Systems (SynoSys) at TUD Dresden University of Technology, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and the ...
The Scientist

High Schooler Tackles Computational Drug Discovery

Pavan Subramani started doing molecular dynamics simulations for computational drug discovery alongside his high school coursework, sparking an interest in a STEM career.
Tech Xplore

Machine-readable dataset speeds environmental review drafting tasks

An innovative partnership has yielded powerful new tools to help federal agencies rapidly synthesize complex data, historical ...
Yahoo

The science around GLP-1 drugs and cancer is suddenly getting a lot more interesting

The story of GLP-1 drugs keeps getting bigger. First they transformed the treatment of diabetes. Then they upended the science - and culture - of weight loss. Now a growing body of research is raising ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Data breach affects schools using Canvas; University of Illinois postpones final exams, assignments

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Universities and schools K-12 across the country, including the University of Illinois and Illinois State University, have been impacted by a massive data breach targeting a system ...
CBS News

Data centers could spur a utility spending spree, report finds. Here's the impact.

U.S. utility companies are planning to invest $1.4 trillion over the next five years to update the nation's ailing power grid as the data center boom intensifies the need for electricity. That's ...
CNBC

Indian mobile giant Airtel raises $1 billion for data centers from Carlyle, other PE firms

Global private‑equity firms Alpha Wave, Carlyle and Anchorage Capital are backing the $1 billion fundraise for the Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel's data center unit. Nxtra has around 300MW of ...
Purdue University

Master of Science in Data Science

Purdue University's online Master's in Data Science will mold the next generation of data science experts and data engineers to help meet unprecedented industry demand for skilled employees. The ...
Ars Technica

Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?

Editor's note: This is the first of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers. Although the idea of putting data ...
Science Daily

Monty Python Got It Wrong About Medieval Disease

In medieval Denmark, people could pay for more prestigious graves closer to the church — a sign of wealth and status. But when researchers examined hundreds of skeletons, they discovered something ...
Purdue University

DATA SCIENCE

Purdue’s innovative Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) is an accessible, skills-focused master’s designed to meet the needs of professionals who have some background in data science and want to ...