Pattern recognition and classification of images are key challenges throughout the life sciences. We combined two approaches for large-scale classification of fluorescence microscopy images. First, ...

Imagine standing on top of a mountain. From this vantage point, we can see picturesque valleys and majestic ridges below, and streams wind their way downhill. If a drop of rain falls somewhere on this ...

If every mineral tells a story, then geologists now have their equivalent of The Arabian Nights. For the first time, scientists have cataloged every different way that every known mineral can form and ...

The following is an excerpt from The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, by Dava Sobel. The monumental work of stellar classification known as the ...

How would you define a snack? People around the world eat many different foods as snacks, from potato fries to grubs and beetles. Would you consider eating these? Why do you think there are so many ...

Nine more universities have achieved the highest category of research universities in this year’s updated classification of higher education institutions by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions ...

Fifteen years ago, Pluto was kicked out of the planet club. On August 24, 2006, members of the International Astronomical Union voted in favor of a new definition of what constitutes a planet. What ...

Purdue University’s six-month Professional Certificate in Data Science and Generative AI is available online through ...

Note: This story was originally published on May 25, 2023. Identifying pitches without the help of TrackMan, Hawk-Eye or other ball-tracking devices is as much an art as it is science. Baseball ...