Researchers use statistics and math to understand how the brain works

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion ...

This protein-engineering breakthrough generates over 10M data points and turbocharges AI in just three days

Protein engineering is a field primed for artificial intelligence research. Each protein is made up of amino acids; to ...

Forecasting coasts may improve by combining AI, physics, and real-world data

Coastal landscapes are constantly being reshaped by natural forces, and as climate change causes more frequent storms and sea ...
eWeek

GPT-Rosalind: OpenAI’s New Bet on Faster Breakthroughs in Medicine

Rosalind, a life sciences AI model built to speed biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine research workflows.
Analytics Insight

R Resurgence in 2026: Is Python Losing Its Data Science Edge?

R is regaining attention in 2026, especially in statistics-heavy and research-focused data science work.Python still leads in ...
The Economist

Data centres in space: less crazy than you think

ELON MUSK thinks it will be feasible “within two years, maybe three at the latest”. Sam Altman of OpenAI says it is “ridiculous…we are not there yet”. Google plans to test the concept next year. Eric ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...
The Shreveport Times

3 AI data centers planned for Louisiana. What is impact on small towns?

Louisiana Economic Development (LED) announced Feb. 23 that Amazon selected the state for $12 billion data center campuses in Caddo and Bossier Parish. LED announced Dec. 17, 2025, that West Feliciana ...
HUB

Data Science for Social Good Fellowship comes to Johns Hopkins

This summer, Johns Hopkins will host a graduate student fellowship designed to prepare emerging data scientists to leverage the latest developments in generative artificial intelligence and machine ...
KXAN

Texas regulators will ask data centers to begin reporting their water usage

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Utility regulators in Texas will start asking data centers and crypto-mining operations statewide within a narrow timeframe to share information about how much water they’re using and ...
Houston Chronicle

How much water do AI data centers use? A new survey could help Texas regulators find out.

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...
AZ Central

We estimated data centers' water and power use. Here's how

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...