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NIH $4M Funds Echinobase Through 2028
Echinobase, a repository that provides detailed genomic information about echinoderms, received a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to maintain the resource through 2028.
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Construction Begun on Leadership-Class Computing Facility
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is one of four Distributed Science Centers that will provide services to the Leadership-Class Computer Facility (LCCF).
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Scott Institute Seed Grants Advance Clean Energy Research at Carnegie Mellon University
Seven Scott Institute Seed Grant awardees will receive a total of nearly $400,000 for developing cutting-edge energy research.
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Planting Seeds for Data Analytics
In its third iteration, DASIE, a partnership between Carnegie Mellon and industry leaders, creates general awareness of career opportunities and professional development.
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Carnegie Mellon Rocket Command Competes in NASA Event
Tanner Aikens and his Carnegie Mellon Rocket Command teammates designed a rocket and payload for NASA’s Student Launch competition.
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Representation Matters in AI-Generated Images
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Bridges-2 supercomputer helps retrain AIs to avoid creating offensive pictures for specific cultures.
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Minerva Schafer Aims for a Sustainable Life
CMU's Minerva Schafer found a community in Pittsburgh and at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Remembering Alan Waggoner
Alan Waggoner, emeritus professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, died peacefully at home surrounded by family on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. He was 82 years old.
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Chemists Use Nucleic Acid Binding Dyes as Photocatalysts for ATRP
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a nucleic-acid-based photocatalyst that can precisely control atom transfer radical polymerization.