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Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) Webinar
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (157+ words) Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) Webinar'astrobiology.com Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) Webinar On Monday, February 23, 2026 at 12 pm Eastern Time, the planetary science division will host a webinar overview of program element…...
Machine Learning Exploration Of Binding Energy Distributions Of H2O At Astrochemically Relevant Dust Grain Surfaces
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (304+ words) Machine Learning Exploration Of Binding Energy Distributions Of H2O At Astrochemically Relevant Dust Grain Surfaces'astrobiology.com Machine Learning Exploration Of Binding Energy Distributions Of H2O At Astrochemically Relevant Dust Grain Surfaces Binding energies (BEs) of adsorbates on interstellar dust grains critically control…...
ExoDNN: Boosting Exoplanet Detection With Artificial Intelligence. Application to Gaia Data Release 3
1+ week, 4+ day ago (199+ words) We combine Gaia Data Release 3 and artificial intelligence to enhance the current statistics of substellar companions, particularly within regions of the orbital period vs. mass parameter space that remain poorly constrained by the radial velocity and transit detection methods. Using…...
NASA ROSES-2026 To Be Released July 2026
3+ week, 5+ day ago (153+ words) NASA ROSES-2026 To Be Released July 2026astrobiology.com NASA ROSES-2026 To Be Released July 2026 In 2025, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released the annual Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) solicitation in July rather than February, the traditional target release…...
AI Learns From The Tree Of Life To Support Rare Disease Diagnosis
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (981+ words) Genomic and bioinformatic tools developed to understand the evolutionary direction and diversity of disease pathogens on Earth offers yet another chance to further develop and expand the ability to understand how genetic systems operate over time. All of this will…...
Generative Design Of Novel Bacteriophages With Genome Language Models
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (233+ words) Out of about 300 phage genomes the scientists synthesized and tested in dishes full of E. coli, 16 were functional. Many important biological functions arise not from single genes, but from complex interactions encoded by entire genomes. Genome language models have emerged as…...
Deep Learning For Microbial Life Detection In Deep Subseafloor Samples: Objective Cell Recognition
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (239+ words) Deep Learning For Microbial Life Detection In Deep Subseafloor Samples: Objective Cell Recognition'astrobiology.com Deep Learning For Microbial Life Detection In Deep Subseafloor Samples: Objective Cell Recognition Microscopic detection and enumeration of microbial biomass provide essential primary information about the…...
When Light Teaches Materials To Self-organize: Writing Nature-like 3D Nanowrinkles
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) Instead of carving patterns into a surface, we let the material organize itself while we guide it with light," explains Prof. Mei-Ling Zheng, the corresponding author of the study. This gives us both the freedom of self-organization and the accuracy…...
How To Build A Genome - Troubleshooting Manual For Synthetic Life Published - Astrobiology
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (690+ words) Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic eukaryotic genome in a Nature Biotechnology paper out today. Their insights could accelerate development of the next generation of engineered organisms, from climate-resilient…...
Tricorder Tech: Space AI: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Space to Improve Life on Earth
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (188+ words) Tricorder Tech: Space AI: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Space to Improve Life on Earth'astrobiology.com Tricorder Tech: Space AI: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Space to Improve Life on Earth Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming domains from healthcare and agriculture to…...