What makes a fruit flavorful? Artificial intelligence can help optimize cultivars to match consumer preferences

Pinpointing the chemical compounds that make a fruit tasty to consumers can help producers breed for even more flavorful crops.

Harry J. Klee, Professor of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida • conversation
Feb. 10, 2022 ~6 min

Matching tweets to ZIP codes can spotlight hot spots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Machine learning algorithms can help public health officials identify areas of high vaccine hesitancy by ZIP code to better target messaging and outreach and counter misinformation.

Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California • conversation
Nov. 5, 2021 ~7 min


We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Our data provides a common benchmark unbiased by reporting from companies or governments.

Lucas Kruitwagen, Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence Researcher, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Digital health is a vital tool: here's how we can make it more sustainable

As the pandemic pushes healthcare online, it’s time to stop overlooking the environmental impacts.

Maddy Thompson, Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Geography, Keele University • conversation
Aug. 19, 2021 ~6 min

Machine learning plus insights from genetic research shows the workings of cells – and may help develop new drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases

Machine learning is great at finding patterns but doesn’t know what those patterns mean. Combine it with knowledge gained from genetic research and you have a powerful view into the workings of cells.

Jalees Rehman, Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago • conversation
Aug. 6, 2021 ~5 min

AI spots shipwrecks from the ocean surface – and even from the air

It's difficult to tell a shipwreck from a natural feature on the ocean floor in a scan taken from a plane or ship. This project used deep learning to get it right 92% of the time.

Leila Character, Doctoral student in Geography, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts • conversation
July 22, 2021 ~4 min

Four ways artificial intelligence is helping us learn about the universe

Machine learning is helping astronomers unravel the vast amounts of data being collected.

Ashley Spindler, Research Fellow, Astrophysics, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
July 1, 2021 ~6 min

A metropolis arose in medieval Cambodia – new research shows how many people lived in the Angkor Empire over time

Combining archaeological evidence, aerial scans and machine learning algorithms, researchers modeled how this medieval city grew over time.

Alison Kyra Carter, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon • conversation
May 7, 2021 ~11 min


Dead Sea Scrolls: two scribes probably wrote one of the manuscripts

The researchers used machine learning to study the 2,000-year-old document.

Peter Phillips, Research Fellow in Digital Theology, Director of CODEC Research Centre, Durham University • conversation
April 21, 2021 ~6 min

Embrace the unexpected: To teach AI how to handle new situations, change the rules of the game

Humans often stumble when they encounter the unexpected, but they tend to adapt and move on. Artificial intelligence systems, not so much.

Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California • conversation
April 7, 2021 ~9 min

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