by Ken Chiacchia | May 24, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
A prompt for Mexican dancers from an AI image generator produced the strange ballerinas at left; a new CMU-designed filter makes the image more appropriate and realistic, right. Image credit: Zhixuan Liu, Jean Oh, et al. 2024. SCoFT: Self-Contrastive Fine-Tuning for...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 2, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Developing blood clot, with fibrin “cables” (yellow), being pulled together by platelets (off-white). Clots that trap more red blood cells (red) may not contract as effectively, slowing healing. Adobe Stock image: 240_F_453411695_2N2Jddctb1vWwqowio9hVtKoNrZ76X65.jpg...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 26, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Simulated bacteria growing on a flat surface (left) versus on a sphere (right). The simulation recreates the growth of real bacteria raised in the lab; it also shows that when the microbes grow on progressively smaller curved surfaces, the areas of alignment become...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 13, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
By Kimberly Mann Bruch and Advay Shindikar, San Diego Supercomputer Center, and Ken Chiacchia, PSC Red-tailed boa. The species is classified as “vulnerable;” scientists would like to see it protected. A study of a devastating virus that affects it is providing clues...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 28, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Adobe stock image: https://wp-dev.psc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AdobeStock_646474337-scaled.jpeg CMU Group Uses Bridges-2 to Create Virtual Plant to Learn from Veteran Engineers, and Next Train and Work with Rookies The people who keep our drinking water safe are...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 14, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Pitt Team Uses Bridges-2 to Build Automated, Open-Source Toolbox, Enabling Conservation Scientists to Survey Much Larger Regions with Limited Staffing We live in a time when so many species are dying off — and due to our activity — that some scientists want to call it...
