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The data center is a living lab for students and faculty that will enable world-class research and instruction The new 2,900 square foot data center serves as both a high-performance research platform ...

Spring 2026 Senior Project Showcase Date: Friday, May 15, 2026 Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Join us for the Spring 2026 Senior Project Showcase, where graduating seniors from Civil Engineering, Computer ...

In the film, middle school teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) is recruited to help save Earth because of his history as a cell biologist with some iconoclastic ideas about life in the universe.

One of the most bitterly contested proofs in modern mathematics may be on the verge of being untangled. Two projects, both aiming to use a computer program to cast new light on the controversy, are ...

Three experts discuss lessons learnt from a large-scale dissection of the reproducibility, analytical robustness and replicability of published results. Jelte M. Wicherts is in the Department of ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

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 ...

Andy Weir, perhaps best-known for his now-classic science fiction book-turned-movie The Martian, has produced another fantastical and deeply science-based book in Project Hail Mary. This book, which ...

Perplexity, the AI-powered search company valued at $20 billion, announced on Wednesday at its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference that its multi-model AI agent, Computer, is now available to ...

The Trump administration's Project Vault stockpile can include any of the more than 50 minerals listed as critical by the Interior Department. The minerals include rare earths, lithium, uranium and ...