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'Swans more of a finished article than Stoke'
BBC Radio Stoke commentator Mark Elliott analyses Stoke City's defeat to Swansea City and the transfer window.
Claressa Shields has everything – except the rival who could transform her sport
The American has proved again that she’s in a class of her own. But is that a good thing for her sport?
Roane State inks agreements with MTSU for aerospace, fire science path
Roane State and MTSU have partnered to create seamless transfer pathways for students in aerospace and fire science.
Fomer NFL All-Pro Jordan Gross revamping Utah's offensive line
Gross implements dynamic conditioning to transform a fresh unit ahead of 2026 season.
Maternal genes enable trophoblastic tumor relapse after immunotherapy
Cell-to-cell transfer of maternal genetic material may provide trophoblastic tumor cells with new functions.
Rural Health Transformation Program Rolls Out in Texas, to Excitement and Confusion
Healthcare providers in Texas say the Rural Health Transformation Program provides much-needed funding. But they worry about tight timelines, lingering questions and awkward restrictions.
Judge Sakai concerned about upcoming vote on sports and entertainment district
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai is pushing back against a proposal that would give San Antonio voters another chance to weigh in on millions of dollars in fundin
Judge Sakai concerned about upcoming vote on sports and entertainment district
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai is pushing back against a proposal that would give San Antonio voters another chance to weigh in on millions of dollars in fundin
BUSINESS ‘Punk, intense and all-encompassing’: Chicagoan Dawn Heilung brings trans artists into focus
Gender Fucked Productions (Gender Fucked) Founder and former Executive Director and Artistic Director Dawn Heilung uses many labels to describe themselves— queer, bisexual, pansexual, polyamorous, trans, non-binary, transfeminine—because “I don’t think one can fully encompass my experience.” “I started [the trans, enby and queer arts and event production focused nonprofit] Gender Fucked Productions in 2022 because […]
ASU's Ghost Rowser enters transfer portal
A fan favorite for his hard hits, Rowser racked up 182 tackles, 7.5 for loss, one sack and eight passes defensed over his 27 games in two seasons as a Sun Devil.
How 'A Very Laufey Day,' exploded — and where to catch it in L.A.
What began as a way to encourage her fans to get outside has transformed into a global fan event. Here's what to know about 'A Very Laufey Day' and how to celebrate in Los Angeles and beyond.
LSU football pass rushers earn praise from Tigers offensive line
LSU football added two talented defensive ends in the transfer portal. Both are making an impact during fall camp.
How OJ Simpson’s infamous Bronco chase captured a changing era of US sports coverage in the 1990s
OJ Simpson’s slow speed chase in 1994 became a flash point for a rapidly transforming sports media landscape
What keeps Main Street going? Northport businesses are finding new ways to connect
Walk down Main Street in Northport and it's easy to see that things are changing.
Major political transformation is underway in Hungary after Victor Orban was ousted
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with journalist Nick Thorpe about the changes made by the Hungarian government since Victor Orban's Fidesz party lost power following elections in April.
Romero ends Tottenham spell to join Simeone’s Atletico Madrid
Cristian Romero has completed his transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Atletico Madrid, with both clubs confirming the deal. Sources told ESPN that Spurs will receive €35 million plus €5m in variabl...
NSF State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs Webinar
Key goals of the State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs Program are to expand access to compute, accelerate AI-enabled scientific discovery and develop an AI…
Six months after $147 million US health deal, Burkina Faso faces fresh sanctions threat from Washington
Burkina Faso is facing fresh pressure from Washington over alleged human rights abuses, just six months after the US agreed to provide up to $147 million in health assistance to the West African country
Inside Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend Planetarium Experience at Liberty Science Center
The largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere in Jersey City was transformed into an immersive, kaleidoscopic light and sound experience.
Wyoming directs rural health funds to critical access hospitals, EMS and more
Wyoming is receiving $205 million for the first year of the federal Rural Health Transformation Program to expand the capacity of the state's healthcare system.
Patent before publication without limiting open science
Patent before publication when research has broader potential. See how technology transfer in academia can extend a discovery without limiting open science.
Arizona has become a destination for women’s sports
Arizona has evolved into one of the nation's fastest-growing women's sports markets. Coaches, athletes and industry leaders explained how decades of progress, increased visibility and investment transformed the state's women’s sports culture.
Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover
Scientists have discovered that the aging human brain may be far less isolated from the rest of the body than once believed. Stanford researchers found that large numbers of immune cells from the blood begin entering the brain as early as middle age, where they can transform into microglia, the brain’s specialized immune cells. The finding overturns a long-standing assumption that these cells remain largely separate from the body’s immune system throughout life.
Sporting Lisbon Makes Luis Suarez Decision Amid Newcastle Transfer Links
Newcastle United continues to be linked with attacking reinforcements as Matthias Jaissle shapes his squad for the new Premier League season. One of the Magpies’ previously reported targets, Sporting Lisbon striker Luis Suarez, has resurfaced amid uncertainty in Portugal. Following some worrying developments surrounding his situation in the Iberian club, Portuguese outlet A Bola reports […]
Judge orders businesses out of Rochester warehouse over fire safety concerns
A Monroe County Supreme Court judge has ordered businesses inside a massive warehouse on Buffalo Road to temporarily stop operations after the city raised concerns about a serious fire safety risk.
State announces $4.5M in funding for Alaska health projects
The 19 projects across the state will receive federal funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Rashford, Mainoo & transfers - Carrick calls for more signings
Before his first full season as Manchester United head coach, Michael Carrick explains why the club need more players, discusses why he is in a privileged position and talks Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo.
Kodak's Transformed Business Has Improved for Four Straight Quarters
Kodak reenters a growth phase.
Ricketts Supports the Protect College Sports Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined the Protect College Sports Act. This legislation would end the disorder facing college athletics by establishing nationwide standards for name, image, and likeness (NIL), transfers, eligibility, and enforcement. “The Protect College Sports Act is a good step forward for athletics,” said Senator Ricketts. “This bipartisan bill addresses issues that were […]
AI needs science’s search history
“Actually, that’s where the gold is,” said Alasdair Russell, my graduate school friend who leads a pre-clinical genome editing group at Cambridge. He was talking about the winding road of science that is omitted from published papers. “When you’re discussing how to do the experiment, and why this way is better than another way, and what does the data really mean? I know what it shows, but what does it mean?” At RAAIS 2026, he described how his group has begun logging the twisting path of discovery as it happens, recording the verbal and written exchanges that normally disappear. Ideas become nodes in a living graph: they branch when a meeting produces two plausible experiments, merge when separate lines of evidence converge, and go dark when someone quietly stops pursuing them. In his implementation, one agent scores novelty, while another tries to learn “how scientists think and how they navigate through a complex world of data,” so that high-potential nodes can trigger deeper investigation. As frontier AI labs deploy agents toward scientific discovery, giving AI authentic scientific taste remains a trillion-dollar dilemma. The bottleneck is that the record we have kept for centuries of science might be insufficient to get us there. The experiments that never make the paper Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel laureate and “father of transplantation,” asked in 1963 whether the scientific paper was a fraud, and answered yes: the form of the paper misrepresents the thinking that produced it. Sixty years on, the diagnosis is unchanged. A paper presents a clean progression from hypothesis to result to conclusion. Lost along the way are the unconventional theories, the abandoned or unaffordable methods, and the underwhelming and inconclusive data. It reads like a browser history with every dead end deleted: the ten open tabs, the four rephrased queries, the wrong turn down a subforum. All scrubbed, leaving one clean path from question to answer as the canonical path. What has changed since then is that the discarded material is now worth something. No high-impact journal wants these artifacts, but raw trial and error is the most likely source of the training data required to develop scientific intuition, or what researchers call taste. Earlier attempts to capture the discards were motivated by scientific integrity. The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine launched in 2002 to publish rigorous studies that disputed established models or exposed ineffective treatments. Its archive preserved negative conclusions after they had become papers, rather than the live alternatives and arguments that produced them. BioMed Central closed it in 2017, saying the mission had been served now that other journals publish null results. A less generous reading is that in fifteen years it published around 200 papers because almost nobody wants to read a negative result, let alone write one up when it will not count toward academic tenure. AI models are different. Even an uninteresting negative result can be useful, provided it is labeled. Earlier this year, Anthropic put a version of this to the test. The company pulled 129 decision points from real Claude Code sessions between January and March 2026, showed models the work up to a human detour, and asked what should happen next. Claude Mythos Preview beat the human choice 64% of the time, while Opus 4.5 managed 51%. The comparison was tilted toward the models because Anthropic deliberately chose moments where the human decision had room for improvement. On 127 further scenarios where the human action was already strong, the models improved on it only about 20% of the time. The study was possible because Anthropic’s researchers work inside a tool that logs by default. The reasoning, detours and outcome are produced in the same working environment. Biology has no equivalent. Its reasoning happens in hallways, at benches, in Slack threads and on whiteboards, while the outcome arrives weeks later somewhere else. The record has to emerge from the work itself. Ask scientists to reconstruct it afterwards and we’ll create another polished account. Subscribe A log is not a label Before any of this becomes training data, a negative result has to say what failed. The first paper published in the Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine examined 234 negative studies across five leading medical journals. Only 30% discussed statistical power, and half clearly defined a primary outcome. Tell a model an experiment failed, without telling it whether the assay was underpowered, a reagent had degraded, or the hypothesis was simply wrong, and it will learn noise with confidence. Decision histories have a second missing label too. When a lab considers five experiments and runs one, only the chosen branch returns an outcome. The other four are experimental counterfactuals. Researchers call this the selective labels problem: the data reveal results only for the actions someone chose to take. Such a record can teach a model to imitate a lab’s taste, but it cannot establish that the taste was good. It also smuggles local constraints into general lessons. A lab that never ran cryo-EM because it did not own a microscope teaches a model that cryo-EM is rarely the right call. Alasdair’s nodes preserve the candidate set, which is the necessary first step. To be useful, each decision record needs six fields: The evidence available at that moment, and nothing that arrived later. The candidates considered, including the ones dismissed in a sentence. For each candidate: the expected result, the confidence attached to it, and the cost in time and money. The route chosen, and the reason. What happened next. How the evidence changed the scientist’s view. These must be timestamped before the outcome, because hindsight turns uncertainty into inevitability. Disagreement also has to survive. Averaging three scientists into one clean rationale reproduces exactly the information loss we are trying to fix. But there is an obvious failure mode here. Once decisions are logged and scored, people log for the record post-facto. Anyone who has watched an electronic lab notebook fill up with retrospective tidying knows how quickly a research tool becomes a compliance exercise. A record that costs a scientist ten minutes of honest reflection per decision is worth far more than one that costs an hour of performance. A publication initiative called Registered Reports offers a useful starting point. Here, researchers submit their rationale, methods and analysis plan for peer review before the data exist, and the journal commits in principle to publish if they follow the approved plan. Nature has now expanded the format across every field it covers. This approach to paper writing timestamps intent before the outcome, but it freezes one plan. A useful search history must also preserve how the plan changed, which alternatives were rejected, when, and on what evidence. Subscribe Run the runner-up Autonomous labs show what happens when decisions and outcomes are connected in a loop. Liverpool’s mobile robotic chemist ran 688 experiments over eight days in a ten-variable formulation space. A batched Bayesian search used each result to choose the next experiments and found photocatalyst mixtures six times more active than the starting formulations. Every completed experiment changed what the system did next. The robot optimized within a goal and search space that humans had already chosen. It did not decide which scientific question mattered. So what this work demonstrates is narrower, but still useful: a search history pays off when the options return standardized outcomes quickly. Open-ended biology is harder because branches can take weeks and the discarded alternatives may never be run. Some exploration therefore has to be bought. Where two branches are plausible and the stakes justify the cost, a lab should sometimes run the runner-up. Otherwise the record captures what today’s scientists usually chose and stays silent on what they systematically overlooked. A funder could ring-fence a small fraction of a grant for the branch not taken, provided that the decision record and the outcome are both deposited. That costs money, but so does having every lab rediscover the same abandoned path. Test whether taste transfers When it comes time to evaluate if our new AI system exhibits taste, the comparison should run across laboratories and fields. At selected decision points in a live research campaign, we should freeze the six fields: the evidence, the candidates, expected results, confidence, costs and the choice made. Experts then rank the options before the outcomes are known, and those outcomes are checked independently later. We could give models one of two diets - papers alone, or papers plus decision histories - and ask them to rank the next experiment on unfamiliar projects. Then, we score information gained per dollar and week, calibration, and how quickly weak branches are abandoned. If histories improve choices only inside the lab that produced them, they amount to useful organizational memory. If they improve choices on unfamiliar problems elsewhere, Alasdair’s group will have captured something science has never managed to write down: a transferable record of taste. Until that happens, a scientific search history is a promising record, not yet a training set.
The Science Behind Equine Separation Anxiety
Changes in management and education can transform how horses experience short-term separation.
Proposed changes to NSF proposals
Share your feedback about concerning, proposed, updated changes to National Science Foundation funding guidance. The comment period will close on Aug. 24, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Pokemon Bank is shutting down, announcement released
Today, The Pokemon Company announced that it’s shutting down Pokemon Bank. The service goes offline on February 26, 2027. Once we reach that day, players will not be able to transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Bank to Pokemon Home. It will not be possible to store Pokemon there any longer. Players are advised to send their creatures to Pokemon Home before...
How CFOs Keep The Business Running While They Rebuild Finance
Finance transformation cannot stop the monthly close. Learn why sequencing, governance, and control are essential to successful change.
Marcus Rashford transfer news: Tottenham should sign Man Utd forward, says ex-Spurs midfielder Jamie O'Hara
Jamie OHara was speaking on Sky Sports Tottenham summer special podcast; the show also features Sky Sports News Michael Bridge and Lyall Thomas, who analyse Spurs summer window so far, discuss the business still needed and answer your questions ahead of the new season
AI boom or bubble? Timing is everything
Artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology that’s already transforming how the world lives and works.
Mikel Arteta highlights Arsenal’s one priority in transfer window
Arteta said the bar is high for Arsenal to find players who can improve their starting line-up, amid links with Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez and Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola
Aramark Sports + Entertainment to Transform Iowa Cornfield into Full MLB Gameday Hospitality Experience for 2026 MLB Field of Dreams Presented by John Deere
For the third year, Aramark Sports + Entertainment (Aramark; NYSE: ARMK), the award-winning food and beverage, retail, and facilities services partner of eight MLB stadiums, is preparing to transform an Iowa cornfield into a full-scale gameday culinary operation for Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Field of Dreams game presented by John Deere.
Aramark Sports + Entertainment to Transform Iowa Cornfield into Full MLB Gameday Hospitality Experience for 2026 MLB Field of Dreams Presented by John Deere
For the third year, Aramark Sports + Entertainment (Aramark; NYSE: ARMK), the award-winning food and beverage, retail, and facilities services partner of eight MLB stadiums, is preparing to transform an Iowa cornfield into a full-scale gameday culinary operation for Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Field of Dreams game presented by John Deere.
The NSF’s Ph.D.-to-Industry Pipeline Push
The majority of STEM Ph.D.s take jobs outside academia. While some universities help them prepare, the National Science Foundation is now investing millions to boost those efforts.
Seven Virginia Tech faculty elected to 2026 Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
The new members represent the university's research breadth in wireless communications, cybersecurity, cancer biology, medical education, AI, drug delivery, and comparative oncology.
MIT selected to lead new NSF materials research center
The National Science Foundation selected MIT to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center to develop materials for medical imaging, sustainable metals production, and next-generation electronics. MRSEC will also launch outreach programs exploring the role of materials in society and the lessons learned from materials failures.
Barcelona defender’s agent visits club facilities amid growing Arsenal interest
With the transfer window entering its final stages Jules Kounde’s future at FC Barcelona is starting to become uncertain. Now, According to Jijantes (h/t SPORT), Jonathan Kebe, the French defender��...
Opinion: AI isn’t the business
AI will transform how businesses operate without replacing what makes them valuable.
Louisville basketball gets Seth Trimble, another high-profile transfer
Former North Carolina guard Seth Trimble tells ESPN he has committed to Louisville but will play only if fifth year of eligibility is upheld in court.
UC San Diego Health and West Health Accelerate Future of Patient Care
The West Health Accelerator at UC San Diego Health will transform how patients navigate care to ensure every person gets the right care, at the right time.
Character test awaits Dundee Utd after Hearts humbling
What will we learn a lot about this newly assembled Dundee United squad over the next few weeks? Romanian left-back Kevin Ciubotaru last week became manager Jim Goodwin's 11th summer signing. While a lot of United's transfer business was done earlier in the window, given the size of the player overhaul it is still fair to assume it could take this new-look squad time to gel.
Pep Chavarria to Chelsea transfer: Rayo Vallecano left-back is a late bloomer but could his mentality help Xabi Alonso?
Chelsea’s signing Pep Chavarria will have taken many by surprise so what is it about the 28-year-old Rayo Vallecano left-back that Xabi Alonso likes? Adam Bate speaks to Chavarria’s former coach at Zaragoza to find out why Chelsea think he is up to the task...
New Orleans hotel, restaurant giant set to transform former Magazine Street sno-ball stand
Vacant for nearly a decade, the former Magazine Street sno-ball stand is set to become an all-day cafe suitable for dates, dogs and families.
Downtown business owners plead for help as construction takes toll
Three more downtown business owners told city leaders Tuesday they appreciate the transformation of Broad Street, but are struggling to stay open long enough to see the finished product.
Hyundai Motor Group Accelerates AI Transformation Across Its Business, Advancing Toward the Physical AI Era
Hyundai Motor Group presents its Digital Transformation (DX) and AI transformation (AX) journey, key achievements and future vision, highlighting its...
Is Lemon Juice Good for You? 6 Health Benefits To Know
Lemon juice is packed with vitamin C and other vital nutrients. A registered dietitian shares its health benefits and how to add it to your menu.
Ariel Emanuel’s company Mari to acquire ATG Entertainment
The acquisition will include ownership transfer of seven Broadway houses.
Oneil Cruz's rehab is transferred to Altoona, and he goes hitless in his first game there
ALTOONA, Pa. — Oneil Cruz’s rehab assignment continued Tuesday at a new location — starting in center field and playing eight innings...
Myles Lewis-Skelly transfer news: Chelsea and Man Utd turn down intermediary offer to sign Arsenal teenager
Latest transfer news and headlines as Newcastle are exploring a move for Benfica right-back Amar Dedic; Aston Villa have reached a verbal agreement to sign Matteo Ruggeri from Atletico Madrid; Kyle Walker is a target for Everton; Paul Pogba is set to leave Monaco
Linebacker Kip Lewis on transfer Cole Sullivan’s adjustment
Linebacker Kip Lewis praises transfer LB Cole Sullivan for how quickly he has adapted to the Sooners' defense.
Marketplace Spotlight: Sulfur Cube-Inspired
Minecraft Marketplace moves fast. With every week that goes by, incredible new add-ons, worlds, mini games, and mash-up packs join the plethora of DLC already roosting on the Marketplace like loveable little birds. You can download birds, right? And now, with the arrival of sulfur cubes, it seems that Marketplace creators are working even faster, harder, and creative-er. How else would you explain the smorgasbord of new sulfurous delights now available for your delectation? How else would you explain the fact that these add-ons and worlds transform Minecraft with sulfury sports, sulfury contests, and even sulfury weapons? You simply can't. So, it's time for this humble (yet heroic) Minecraft.net writer to jack in to the Marketplace matrix once again and report back on what he finds. Will he come away with first impressions of seven new pieces of DLC or just a severe case of sulfur-induced nausea? Spoiler: it's both.
“Monumental Sports & Entertainment Unveils Bold Vision for Brand-New Capital One Arena”
courtesy Monumental Sports & Entertainment From Monumental Sports & Entertainment: "Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) and Capital One today unveiled the next chapter of Capital One Arena: a world-class, next-generation sports and entertainment destination built to bring fans, athletes, businesses, and the broader Washington community together in the nation's capital. The transformation represents a significant
OU adds 5th-year defensive tackle transfer Danny Saili
Fifth-year defensive tackle Danny Saili is expected to join OU, according to On3's Pete Nakos and Sooner Scoop's George Stoia.
Could Charles be one of Premier League's breakout stars?
It was in 2021 that the Northern Ireland youth coach Gerard Lyttle said he had never seen a youngster as comfortable on the ball as Shea Charles. Five years later, midfielder Charles has become the most expensive Northern Ireland player in history after he completed a £30m transfer from Southampton to Premier League side Fulham. From when he joined Manchester City's academy as a seven-year-old, Charles' potential was clear and he quickly progressed through the ranks.
Wei-Shun Chang receives $700K National Science Foundation CAREER Award grant for nanoparticle research
The NSF CAREER Award will support Chang's research on nanomaterial structure and spin behavior to develop new uses
Abbott and Google launch first-of-its-kind partnership to transform everyday health through glucose insights and AI
Multi-year collaboration combines ongoing glucose insights from Abbott's Lingo biowearable with Google Health's technology to create a more comprehensive view of personal health Partnership...
'I will give my best'
Ousmane Diomande will offer "fantastic experience" to Nottingham Forest, says sporting director George Syrianos. The 22-year-old defender has joined from from Sporting Lisbon and is Oliver Glasner's second signing of the summer after Xaver Schlager joined on a free transfer. Diomande has made more than 150 senior first-team appearances, including 15 appearances for his national team, Ivory Coast.
Nottingham Forest transfers: Ousmane Diomande signs from Sporting
Nottingham Forest sign Ivory Coast defender Ousmane Diomande from Portuguese club Sporting for a reported £34m.
AI-Native, Not AI-Sprinkle: Why AI Is A Business Change, Not A Technology Change
Companies unlock AI’s biggest productivity gains not by adding AI tools to existing workflows, but by redesigning teams, roles and daily work around AI. The broader lesson, argues Bob Morse, co-founder and managing partner of Strattam Capital, is that achieving transformational gains like 3x productivity requires CEO- and board-backed organizational change — not merely technology adoption.
The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering. It devastated mom-and-pop businesses instead
Small businesses pay hidden toll after money-transfer rule change to curb illicit activities near the US-Mexico border
UNCW Athletics, Novant Health and EmergeOrtho Forge Landmark Partnership to Enhance Student-Athlete Health and Wellness
WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNCW Athletics announced that Novant Health and EmergeOrtho are proud partners of the Seahawks, beginning in the 2026-27 academic year. This multi-year agreement shows UNCW's dedication to providing a top-tier student-athlete experience through the largest transformational investment in UNCW Athletics history.
Gossip: Hammers ponder Vardy deal
Latest transfer gossip from West Ham.
Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution
The $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program is set to flood rural America with new AI health tools. That’s despite little evidence on whether health-related AI can improve access to care and patient health in those communities.
Juventus rejects Arsenal’s advances for their key man
Juventus have insisted that Kenan Yildiz is not for sale this summer after Arsenal approached them about signing the talented attacker during this transfer window.The Gunners are searching for a marqu...
The Emotional Story Behind Connor Swindells’ Determination to Succeed
Shaped by personal loss and resilience, Connor Swindells transformed heartbreak into motivation, pursuing his ambitions with determination while honoring the family members who inspired him to take ch...
Should You Try Ube?
Ube is a vibrant purple yam that packs vitamin C, fiber and antioxidants into every bite. A registered dietitian explains how it can benefit your health.
Trump secretly transferred planes in Turkey amid security concerns, reports say
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of Turkey last month on a smaller aircraft as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to news reports.
Part of G10 parking garage closed as Neyland Entertainment District construction begins
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The University of Tennessee has closed part of the G10 parking garage as work begins on the Neyland Stadium Entertainment Project that will transform part of the waterfron…
State finalizing agreements for about $39 million in Rural Health Transformation funding, Singh says
The West Virginia Department of Health is finalizing agreements to award approximately $39 million in federal funding.
POSITION PREVIEW: Defensive Ends
A star transfer and potential breakout players make up this group
MEAS Researchers Lead $1M NSF Project Using AI to Forecast Coastal Dead Zones | Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
The team aims to produce faster forecasting tools that could support fisheries management and decision-making in Gulf Coast communities.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite on Nintendo Switch Shut Down With No Refunds, as Owners Become The Latest Victims of Gaming's Increasingly Digital Future
Aliens: Fireteam Elite has had its cloud servers shut down, leaving Nintendo Switch owners unable to play the game without any form of refund.
Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe
Key Takeaways The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys combined more than 263,000 telescope exposures to make the largest 2D map of the universe in visible and near-infrared light. Astronomers can pair the Legacy Surveys map with their own observations to explore our universe and search for rare phenomena. The 2D map serves as the foundation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey to measure the universe in 3D and investigate dark energy. Hold on to your telescopes: the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. The data is available for all to use and publicly viewable through the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer. Astronomers and citizen scientists can explore the map or combine it with their own observations to better understand our universe. Researchers can search for rare phenomena like gravitational lenses, observe fleeting events like supernovae, and investigate two of physics’ biggest mysteries: dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for most of the mass in our universe, and dark energy, the force driving our universe’s accelerating expansion. The new map builds on earlier versions from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys that have already proved invaluable. To date, more than 1,800 science papers that reference the Legacy Surveys data have been published. “It’s part of the fabric of astronomy research now,” said David Schlegel, a co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). “When you’re working with astronomical objects today, you often start by pulling up the Legacy Imaging Viewer to see what you’re looking at.” Covering roughly 75% of the sky in visible and near-infrared light, the updated map provides a deep view of the extragalactic universe not blocked by the dust and stars of our own Milky Way. Researchers expect it will remain the most comprehensive 2D map of our universe for years to come. More than 160 scientists contributed to data collection for the project, and a team of 20 produced the final dataset released today. It was built by combining 263,407 telescope exposures from three ground-based sky surveys: the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS) at NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS) at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory, and the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey (BASS) at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory. That was supplemented by years of data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite mission and additional public data. “For our team, these data are fundamental to our investigation of the expansion history of the universe and the formation of our galaxy,” said Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab. “But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to explore the sky and marvel at its wonders.” Here be galaxies The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys were originally conducted to prepare for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. The Legacy Surveys’ 2D map is essentially a deep photograph of the sky; it records where galaxies and stars appear and how bright they appear. This crucial step enables DESI to select objects and measure their light in different wavelengths to determine their distances, building the largest high-resolution 3D map ever made. Scientists study the way galaxies have clustered at different ages of the universe to track dark energy over time. In April 2026, DESI completed its original five-year survey ahead of schedule and with vastly more objects than expected. The early results have shown surprising hints that dark energy’s impact may be weakening over time — a paradigm shift that could potentially shape the predicted fate of our universe. DESI expects to publish improved results using their first five years of data in 2027 and is continuing observations into 2028. DESI was so efficient at observing galaxies, the Legacy Surveys map needed to expand. Early on, “it became clear we might run out of galaxies to look at and run out of sky, and we better start doing something about that,” said Schlegel, who also works on DESI. The new Legacy Surveys map has been used to select DESI targets since June 2026 and will guide the telescope’s operations over the coming years. Computing the cosmos Merging hundreds of thousands of images taken on 2,285 nights, each with unique atmospheric and telescope conditions, was a massive computational effort. It took about a year to develop the computer code and eight weeks to process all the images at the Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Berkeley Lab. Beyond supporting DESI, the Legacy Surveys will be a foundational reference for the next generation of telescopes. As new observatories like the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (jointly funded by NSF and DOE’s Office of Science) and NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope come online, researchers can compare their observations with one of the deepest and most comprehensive views of the sky ever assembled. The Legacy Surveys data will also help scientists train artificial intelligence tools to analyze petabytes of astronomical data and accelerate new discoveries. It will be among the datasets used in an astrophysics pilot project within the American Science Cloud, part of the DOE’s Genesis Mission. The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics; the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science user facility; the U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Astronomical Sciences; and the partner institutions. DESI is supported by the DOE Office of Science and NERSC. Additional support for DESI is provided by the NSF; the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom; the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; the Heising-Simons Foundation; the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA); the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI) of Mexico; the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain; and by the DESI member institutions. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.
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