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Ralstonia solanacearum in a potato plant. The bacterium destroys the vascular system in plants, causing them to succumb to wilt disease. Credit: Amilcar Sanchez Perez Scientists at the University of California, Davis, used artificial intelligence to help plants recognize a wider range of bacterial threats — which may lead to new ways to protect crops like tomatoes and potatoes from devastating diseases. The study was published in Nature Plants. Plants, lik

Framework of GeneAgent for gene-set analysis. Credit: Nature Methods (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02748-6 Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) agent powered by a large language model (LLM) that creates more accurate and informative descriptions of biological processes and their functions in gene set analysis than current systems. The work is published in the journal Nature Methods. The sys

Credit: University of Maryland One afternoon in September 2020, Loran Hughes noticed an ominous plume forming in the Southwest Oregon sky, shrouding the sun in darkness. The 62-year-old amateur astrophotographer, who had weak lungs, uploaded an image from his sky camera and fired off a tweet (below). "These are not clouds," it read. "Wildfire smoke *cough*." Hughes feared the blaze was headed his way, as winds began spitting out debris. "We had ashes as bi

An artist rendering of two water droplets playing a game of tic-tac-toe. Credit: EllaMaru Studio for LLNL Artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are driving up the demand for massive sources of energy. But neuromorphic computing, which aims to mimic the structure and function of the human brain, could present a new paradigm for energy-efficient computing. To this end, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) created a dr

FireSat can detect multiple simultaneous wildfires across large landscapes to enable coordinated response efforts. Multiple active fires were detected near Borroloola, Northern Territory, Australia, on July 11, 2025. FireSat’s Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) channel identified a number of active fire areas and burning fire fronts scattered throughout the region. Both the MWIR and Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) channels reveal variations in surface temperatures across

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