For centuries, scientists have assembled and maintained extensive information on plants and stored it in what are known as herbaria — vast numbers of cabinets and drawers – at natural history museums and research institutions across the globe. ...

When it comes to advancing science, Marianne Sinka has some skin in the game. Some itchy skin. The Oxford University entomologist has regularly sacrificed her flesh (and blood) as mosquito bait to further her research. Now she’s using AI to track ...

Semiconductor designers. Software architects. Stormtroopers. No matter your tribe, there’s one language everyone at NVIDIA speaks: geek. Which is why the names of the 94 conference rooms at NVIDIA’s newest building, Endeavor, were already familiar ...

Physicians spend less time than ever with patients — just 27 percent of the workday, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2016. The main culprit: electronic health records. Doctors find themselves increasingly glued ...

Doctors Alexander Bilbily and Mark Cicero spent years training to be radiologists. But the two believe their biggest impact will be outside their medical offices. Bilbily and Cicero are founders of 16 Bit, a Toronto-based startup that intends to ...

Artificial intelligence represents the biggest technological and economic shift in our lifetime, NVIDIA’s Ian Buck told a U.S. Congressional committee Wednesday. In testimony before a hearing of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on ...

The days of hair coloring being characterized by failed henna experiments and leaps of faith at salons will soon be a thing of the past, thanks to AI. Episode 4 of our “I Am AI” docuseries introduces ModiFace, a Toronto-based company that’s ...

Streaming video traffic is growing exponentially, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Internet traffic from streaming video in 2021 will quadruple today’s traffic, according to estimates by Cisco Visual Networking Index. That’s great for people ...

For the 10th consecutive year, every movie up for Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards was created using NVIDIA Quadro GPUs. The 90th annual Academy Awards — better known as the Oscars — takes place on Sunday, March 4. From blockbuster visual ...

Thinking about depression treatment is likely to depress you. The disease, which is the world’s leading cause of disability, affects an estimated 300 million people globally. Although there are plenty of possible treatments, doctors have no reliable ...