by Ken Chiacchia | Nov 1, 2022 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
The Coma Cluster contains more than 1,000 galaxies. Scientists have long been frustrated by large uncertainties in its mass. Predicted mass of huge Coma Cluster agrees with earlier, human-intensive attempts; offers fast, accurate measurement needed to understand early...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 27, 2022 | Bridges, Science Highlights
Scientists have long wondered why Mercury (left) is so much smaller than Earth. The tiny planet is little more than the Earth’s iron core without its thick silicate mantle layer. Image from NASA. Outward movement of Venus and Earth may have swept up lighter...
by Ken Chiacchia | Sep 23, 2022 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Resulting database will enable AI exploration of movement-sensitive electrical components Piezoelectric materials — materials whose electrical behaviors change as they experience strain — promise breakthroughs in wearable electronics that monitor our health and...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 31, 2022 | Collaborations, Features
Student data-science competition adds teams outside Pittsburgh region, including from California Native American youth center and New Jersey schools Amara Sanchez was already a data scientist. She just didn’t know it. “One day I got back [to the Pala Youth...
by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 15, 2022 | Collaborations, Press release
Four years of additional funding to PSC, Pitt, CMU and Stanford will provide the HuBMAP Consortium with data infrastructure and leadership in community engagement to build a human reference atlas Scientific teams in Pittsburgh and at Stanford will lead collaborations...
