CERN

• During KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, research leader CERN is recognized as an exceptional end user of cloud native technologies
  PARIS, March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation ® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research and one of the world's largest and most respected centers for scientific research, has been awarded the CNCF Top End User Award .
• Two times a year, CNCF recognizes the significant contributions made by CNCF End User members across the cloud native ecosystem.
• Since 2020, CERN has been a CNCF end user member and has been significantly involved in the cloud native community.
• At the core of its cloud native strategy lies Kubernetes, which allows the orchestration of containerized workloads across CERN's infrastructure.

• This month Rock West Composites delivered a large, high-precision, carbon fiber and honeycomb core tube to Purdue University.
• The structure is the Barrel Timing Layer Tracker Support Tube that is part of an upgrade to CERN's Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), which is a general-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider.
• SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rock West Composites (RWC) announces the delivery of the Barrel Timing Layer (BTL) Tracker Support Tube to Purdue University this month.
• Low coefficients of thermal expansion are maintained in all 3 directions: radially, circumferentially, and along the length of the tube.

• Right now, generative AI in particular – tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini (previously Bard) and others – is at the peak of hype.
• But as an academic discipline, AI has been around for much longer than just the last couple of years.
• Here’s a rundown of some of the wide-ranging AI applications you may be less familiar with.

AI in healthcare

• Various AI systems are already being used in the health field, both to improve patient outcomes and to advance health research.
• For example, AI is helping researchers comb through vast genetic data libraries.
• AI is also helping to speed up the search for medical treatments.

The hidden AIs

• Last year, astronomers used an AI algorithm for the first time to identify a “potentially hazardous” asteroid – a space rock that might one day collide with Earth.
• This algorithm will be a core part of the operations of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory currently under construction in Chile.
• Robot vacuum cleaners use AI software to process all their sensor inputs and deftly navigate our homes.

• Of course, there is also no shortage of more quirky AI applications.
• A few years ago, UK-based brewery startup IntelligentX used AI to make custom beers for its customers.

AI can also be weaponised

• For example, some experts have warned AI can aid the creation of bioweapons.
• Where active warfare is taking place, military powers can design warfare scenarios and plans using AI.
• Much has also been said about how generative AI is supercharging people’s abilities to produce fake news and disinformation.
• This way we can reap the many benefits of AI while making sure we stay ahead of the risks.

Niusha Shafiabady does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Located a mile below the surface, the three colossal caverns are at the core of a new research facility that spans an underground area about the size of eight soccer fields.
• The caverns provide space for four large neutrino detectors—each one about the size of a seven-story building (see 2-minute animation ).
• With DUNE, scientists will look for neutrinos and examine the behavior of a neutrino beam produced at Fermilab, located near Chicago, about 800 miles east of the caverns.
• “The completion of the excavation of these enormous caverns is a significant achievement for this project,” said U.S. Project Director Chris Mossey.