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Open science: The key to accelerated, trustworthy research

Colin Adcock at the American Physical Society, argues that open science is essential for accelerating trustworthy research

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Jun 3 • 4:22 AM EDT • Science • openaccessgovernment.org
‘She should get fined’: Angel Reese faces criticism for ‘flopping’

Tuesday night’s matchup between the Connecticut Sun and the Atlanta Dream featured a marquee battle in the paint between Brittney Griner and Angel Reese. In the fourth quarter, that battle turned a little too physical, though many fans seem to think Reese was embellishing things a bit. Although Atlanta cruised to a 91-75 victory over…

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Jun 3 • 12:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The IX Sports Podcast | USWNT prepares for physical Brazil friendlies and Mallory Swanson returns

Today on the podcast the host talks USWNT roster and updates listeners on where NWSL teams stand ahead of the summer break.

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Jun 2 • 8:37 PM EDT • Sports • theixsports.com
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Adviser Oz Calls Trump Exam 'Spectacular' Though Health Questions Linger

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, June ⁠2 (Reuters) - ⁠A physician in Donald Trump's ⁠administration brushed off questions about the U.S. president's personal health on Tuesday, describing the 79-year-old's third physical examination in 13 months as routine and the ‌results as ...

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Jun 2 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
The work you can't always see: Beer is political, part 2

Recently I published a piece about beer, politics, and the question of who speaks up and who doesn’t. I meant every word of it. I still do. And then my inbox opened up. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe I’ve been writing about beer since 2014. For most of that time, I kept things deliberately light — taproom profiles, new releases, the people behind the pints. Gradually, over years of building this thing, you gave me something I didn’t expect: permission. Permission to go deeper. To say what I actually saw in this industry and what I actually believed about it. That trust isn’t something I take lightly. It’s why that piece existed at all, and it’s why this one does too. I’m not walking anything back. But I want to go further. In that piece, I wrote that beer has never existed outside the system. That immigration policy affects who staffs breweries and harvests ingredients. That labor policy affects taproom workers. That civil rights policy affects who feels safe walking into a taproom. That “beer does not exist in a vacuum. The idea that it does is comforting. It is also false.” I believe that as much now as I did when I wrote it. But one idea came back at me, in different forms, over and over (from reader emails, comments, and conversations): that beer itself isn’t political — that it only becomes political when someone decides to make it that way. That what we’re really seeing is a choice by individuals to inject division into something that doesn’t inherently require it. It’s a comforting idea. It’s also wrong — and I think it’s worth being precise about why. That framing assumes that breweries operate outside the conditions shaping everything else. That politics is something you choose to bring into a room that was, until then, clean and neutral. That if you stay quiet, you stay clear of it. But the room was never neutral. It was never clean. Politics is already in the room. It’s in who walks through the door comfortably and who hesitates. It’s in whether a space can be used for organizing without fear. It’s in whether helping someone quietly might carry consequences you have to think carefully about in advance. It’s in who staffed the brewery, who harvested the grain, who can afford to be a regular. The idea that you opt out of all that by staying quiet is an illusion. You only change how visible your response to it is. This is, I realize, a hard thing to hear if you came to a beer newsletter for something lighter. I wrote recently that “beer, for me, has always felt like a refuge — a third place in an increasingly fractured world.” I meant that. I still do. But a refuge is not an escape from reality. It’s a place to gather strength to face it. Here’s what I actually missed — and what I want to correct. Multiple people in the industry reached out to me. I’m not naming them and I’m not identifying their businesses, because that’s not my call. If and when they want to be loud about what they’re doing, that agency belongs to them. What I can share is the substance of what they said, because it complicated something I presented too cleanly. The overall message: *You don’t know what we all are doing.* And they’re right. I don’t. One example involved a collaboration brewed quietly to support another business facing serious challenges in a whole different region, with proceeds directed toward solidarity, community, and keeping operations afloat. No announcement. It could have been broadcast widely. The point was never publicity. Another example involved logistical support for community efforts: organizing safe transportation, providing space for meetings on otherwise closed days, facilitating gatherings under difficult conditions. All of it happening while balancing real financial pressure and genuine concern for personal safety. None of what they described is a brewer “deciding to make beer political.” It’s people responding to the conditions around them — conditions that are already shaping who feels safe, who has access, who can gather, who needs help, and who has the capacity to offer it. Politics, again, already in the room. Already shaping choices. Whether anyone announced it or not. I’ve spent decades in taprooms, at barrel releases, at festivals, in back offices and brewing floors, talking to the people who built this industry from nothing. I know how much happens that never makes it onto social media. I know the owner who quietly comp’d a tab for someone having a crisis. The brewer who drove an hour to pick up a stranger who needed a safe ride. The taproom that stayed dark on a Tuesday so a community group could use the space without it becoming A Whole Thing. None of that gets a post. Most of it never will. So when I wrote recently about silence — when I said that “silence right now doesn’t feel neutral, it feels like complicity” — I was writing about what I could see. And I was right about what I saw. The public silence of breweries that have the platform, the stability, and frankly the safety to say something and choose not to? That still troubles me. I’m not softening that. But some of what I read as silence is actually something else entirely. It’s people doing the work with their hands instead of their phones. It’s people who are genuinely afraid — not of being canceled, but of real consequences for their families, their employees, their ability to keep the doors open at all. That deserves more than a footnote. It deserves to be named clearly. Here’s the tension I want to sit with honestly: public statements matter. They matter because people can’t rally around something they can’t see. Visibility creates awareness and solidarity. It helps people find each other. It tells someone standing outside your taproom door, uncertain whether they’ll be welcomed inside, something they need to know — or whether it’s even safe for them to be in public at all. That’s not performative. I wrote recently that the craft beer movement “was built on collective defiance. It was built on rejecting consolidation. On pushing back against homogeneity.” I believe that too. And I’ll extend it: breweries should be at least as loud about their values as they are when they drop a new seasonal. Your hazy IPA gets a full rollout — the label art, the tap handle photo, the countdown post. Human dignity deserves the same energy. Be as loud about human rights as you are about your beer. There is no reason those two things should require different levels of courage from you. But visibility isn’t the only form of courage. And not everyone can be visible right now without real consequences — financial, personal, sometimes physical. There are people in this industry doing hard, unglamorous, sometimes risky work in the background, and announcing it would compromise it or paint a target on someone who’s already stretched thin. That’s not silence as complicity. That’s operational discipline under pressure. What I want to push back on — clearly, not gently — is the idea that behind-the-scenes action and public visibility are in competition with each other. The person organizing quietly in the back room and the person posting a statement of solidarity on a Tuesday morning are both doing something real. We need both. We need the quiet infrastructure and we need the visible signal. We need people to know that this industry — at its best, at its most independent, and human — gives a fuck. I closed that piece with a question: “Reactive and fearful? Or clear and values-driven?” That question still stands. But having heard from you, I’d add a corollary: the values-driven path isn’t always the loudest one. Sometimes it’s a phone call and a recipe. Sometimes it’s a room made available on a closed Tuesday. Sometimes it’s a drive across town for someone who needed a safe ride home. All of it is political. All of it was always political. You don’t get to opt out of that — you only get to decide what you do with it. I’ve spent more than a decade writing about this industry because I believe it can be exactly that. I’ve been lucky enough to build an audience that lets me say so plainly. That’s a privilege I intend to use. The work is happening. Some of it you’ll see. Some of it you won’t. Support it either way. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication covering beer and brewing across New York state. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Jun 2 • 10:13 AM EDT • Politics • clevelandprost.substack.com
Senior dean of the College, dean of Physical Sciences to step down next June

The senior dean of the UCLA College and dean of the Division of Physical Sciences will step down in June 2027, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced Tuesday.

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Jun 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • dailybruin.com
GlobalFoundries completes acquisition of Synopsys’ Processor IP Solutions Business, delivering a holistic technology platform for Physical AI

MALTA, N.Y., June 2, 2026 - GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) today announced the completion of its previously-announced acquisition of Synopsys’ ARC Processor IP Solutions business.

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Jun 2 • 7:33 AM EDT • Business • gf.com
Why are scientists planting tiny forests in big cities?

Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But it’s hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city. That’s where micro-forests come into play — public forests on a smaller scale, filled with native plants. They exist around the world, and producer Rachel Carlson went to visit the largest micro-forest in California in this encore episode. She joins host Emily Kwong to chat about what she saw. Interested in more of the science behind urban nature? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.

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Jun 2 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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New iPhone 18 Pro battery leak just changed the story for non-US buyers

iPhone 18 Pro's battery capacity has been leaked at 4,056 mAh for physical SIM models and 4,288 mAh for eSIM variants. The bigger story: Apple's eSIM expansion to Europe means millions of buyers will get the larger cell for the first time.

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Jun 1 • 11:26 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
Silicon Valley's new slogan: Let's get physical

Silicon Valley's AI boom is moving into robotics as OpenAI, Meta, Tesla, and startups race to give AI a body.

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Jun 1 • 8:19 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Sam Altman is backing a startup that's building software for robots and cars

A former Tesla designer's startup has won investment from Sam Altman and other top investors as money floods into physical AI.

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Jun 1 • 3:31 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Apply Now for the Coastal Health District Hurricane Registry - Georgia Coastal Health District

Preparing for a hurricane evacuation can be difficult for anyone, but for coastal residents with medical needs, physical disabilities,... Continue Reading This Post

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Jun 1 • 9:27 AM EDT • Health • coastalhealthdistrict.org
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The small business making big investments to deliver advanced defense technologies

Employee-owned Physical Sciences Inc. has been scaling small business government R&D awards to solve some of the thorniest national security challenges.

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Jun 1 • 8:25 AM EDT • Business • breakingdefense.com
A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors

Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011 when physical bookstores seemed endangered.

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Jun 1 • 7:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • news4jax.com
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I know what it’s like to be 80. We have reason to worry about Trump’s health

Physical and mental health aren’t easily separated, especially at our age. And the president is showing many concerning signs

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Jun 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
NVIDIA, Foxconn and Taiwan Medical Centers Bring Agentic and Physical AI to ‘Healthy Taiwan’

NVIDIA, Foxconn and Taiwan Medical Centers Bring Agentic and Physical AI to ‘Healthy Taiwan’ Foxconn is deploying NVIDIA AI across Taiwan’s leading medical centers, transitioning from using individual AI tools to coordinated AI agent workforces that help clinicians reason, document and orchestrate care. News Summary: Foxconn is deploying NVIDIA AI across Taiwan’s leading medical centers, transitioning from using individual AI tools to coordinated AI agent workforces that help clinicians reason,

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Jun 1 • 12:59 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Mayor Paul TenHaken highlights mental and physical health as term ends

Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken is highlighting the importance of mental and physical health for him, his team, and the city as his term ends.

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May 31 • 11:46 PM EDT • Health • dakotanewsnow.com
Role of Physical Activity in Obesity Treatment and Cardiometabolic Health

Obesity affects 42% of adults in the United States and is strongly associated with major cardiovascular disease risk factors, including high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels, and insulin resistance, making effective obesity treatment a critical public health priority.

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May 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • professional.heart.org
Move more for your health, not just for the scale

Statement Highlights: Regular physical activity improves blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, cholesterol levels and cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with overweight or obesity, independent of weight loss, according to a new scientific statement...

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May 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • newsroom.heart.org
Health benefits of daily 'exercise snacks'

A study from the National Institute of Health found that doing something physical was better than nothing at all, and that short bursts of exertion can add up to big health benefits over time.

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May 31 • 1:53 PM EDT • Health • ktvu.com
Community Health launches Executive Physical program

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May 31 • 10:02 AM EDT • Health • insideindianabusiness.com
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Trump in ‘excellent health,’ took cognitive test, doctor says

President Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” according to the White House doctor, after undergoing a physical earlier this week that included a cognitive test.

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May 30 • 4:43 PM EDT • Health • bostonherald.com
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Mass General program helping cancer patients deal with physical, mental health in remission, "I feel more empowered"
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May 30 • 12:45 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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White House releases Trump's physical results, says he's in 'excellent health' but almost obese

President Donald Trump's doctor recommended he exercise more and lower the regular aspirin dose that has contributed to his skin bruising.

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May 30 • 11:58 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
Trump’s doctor recommends he lose weight, exercise more but says he is in ‘excellent health’

The White House released the results of President Donald Trump’s May physical late Friday evening, with his physician recommending he lose weight and exercise more while noting he is in "excellent health."

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May 30 • 11:16 AM EDT • Health • wtae.com
Medical or a PR exercise? Why presidents get annual check-ups

Every president in modern history - including Donald Trump this week - has taken an annual physical exam that is as much about messaging as it is about health.

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May 30 • 11:06 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
White House releases Trump's physical results, says he's in 'excellent health' but almost obese

The White House doctor recommended increased physical activity and weight loss.

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May 30 • 9:48 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Trump in ‘excellent health' after annual physical, White House doctor says

President Donald Trump has been declared in “excellent health" and “fully fit" to serve as commander in chief following a comprehensive medical exam.

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May 30 • 9:40 AM EDT • Health • fox10phoenix.com
Trump in 'excellent health,' White House physician says after president's physical exam

President Donald Trump is in "excellent health" and is "fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State," his doctor said.

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May 30 • 9:19 AM EDT • Health • komonews.com
Physical results says Trump is in 'excellent health'

Physical results says Trump is in 'excellent health'

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May 30 • 8:27 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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White House Releases Results of Trump’s Latest Physical Exam

The report by President Trump’s physician said he was in “excellent health.” It showed that he had gained weight and that neurological and heart tests had come back “normal.”

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May 30 • 12:49 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Trump Remains in ‘Excellent Physical Health,’ White House Doctor Report Says

The president has gained 14 pounds since his last physical exam in 2025, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella said in the report.

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May 30 • 12:38 AM EDT • Health • wsj.com
Trump in ‘Excellent Health,’ Took Cognitive Test, Doctor Says

President Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” according to the White House doctor, after undergoing a physical earlier this week which included a cognitive test.

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May 29 • 11:52 PM EDT • Health • bloomberg.com
White House memo says Trump ‘remains in excellent health’ after physical

President Trump “remains in excellent health,” his physician wrote in a memo released by the White House late Friday following the president’s annual physical exam earlier this week. Tr…

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May 29 • 11:40 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com
White House says Trump is in "excellent health" in results from physical

President Trump's physician said in a letter released Friday that the president is in "excellent health," following a physical earlier this week at Walter Reed National Military Hospital.

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May 29 • 11:38 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Trump remains in excellent health, White House memo says

U.S. President Donald Trump remains in excellent health, with strong ​cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall ‌physical function, the White House said in a memo on Friday, ​citing results from a medical ​examination this week.

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May 29 • 11:24 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Trump Remains in Excellent Health, White House Memo Says

May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump remains ⁠in excellent health, with strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall ‌physical function, the ‌White House said ⁠in ⁠a memo on Friday, citing results from a medical examination this week. After his visit to Walter Reed National ...

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May 29 • 11:24 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Trump’s doctor recommends he lose weight and exercise more but says he is in "excellent health’

The White House released the results of President Donald Trump’s May physical late Friday evening, sharing a memo from his physician recommending he lose weight and exercise more while noting he is in excellent health.

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May 29 • 11:21 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump’s doctor recommends he lose weight and exercise more but says he is in "excellent health’

The White House released the results of President Donald Trump’s May physical late Friday evening, sharing a memo from his physician recommending he lose weight and exercise more while noting he is in excellent health.

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May 29 • 11:21 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com
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White House not committing to release medical report, as aides grow more cagey about Trump’s health

The White House has yet to release any results from President Donald Trump’s most recent physical exam, a break from its own past practice that’s likely to fuel further questions about his health and fitness.

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May 29 • 2:37 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com
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How CWS Supports Mental Health for Communities in Crisis: Healing Hidden Wounds

People around the world experiencing conflict, crisis and trauma need mental health support to prevent severe, lifelong effects. CWS’s locally led, trauma-informed mental health programs help people affected by crisis cope, recover and begin to rebuild their lives. Mental health is as essential to well-being as physical health. For people around the world who have been exposed to displacement, disaster, … Read More

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May 29 • 10:40 AM EDT • Health • cwsglobal.org
How Right-Wing Politics Make You Physically Ill

How Right-Wing Politics Make You Physically Ill: Over the past two decades, right-wing ideology has become associated with less trust in medicine—and poorer health

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May 29 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • nautil.us
Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It

Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft's Project Helix.

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May 29 • 6:30 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com
Downtime: Business coach Nhat Pham pulls off 55-minute plank on 55th birthday

Pham spent nearly an hour of his 55th birthday face-down on his elbows and toes, in a pushup-like position called a plank pose, for a physical challenge that doubled to promote Mental Health Awareness Month.

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May 29 • 2:01 AM EDT • Business • richmondbizsense.com
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"Bad actors" in the body are emboldened mentally and physically by stress, Mount Sinai study shows
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May 28 • 6:30 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Mount Sinai study examines impact of stress on mental, physical health
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May 28 • 6:20 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Planet Fitness summer program encourages teens to prioritize physical, mental health

Local Planet Fitness Clubs are opening their doors to teenagers throughout the summer.

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May 28 • 5:50 PM EDT • Health • wlos.com
Wiliot Collaborates with AT&T Business as Demand for Physical AI in Enterprise Supply Chains Accelerates Internationally

/PRNewswire/ -- Wiliot, a global leader in Physical AI for supply chains, today announced an expanded collaboration with AT&T to scale the deployment and...

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May 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
Wind energy is not bad for your health, new research shows

In this study, Osea Giuntella and his colleagues found no adverse physical or mental health affects after the installation of nearby turbines.

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May 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pittwire.pitt.edu
Good fitness in your 30s may shape artery health decades later

People with good physical fitness in their 30s and 50s have more elastic arteries later in life. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Scientific Reports, titled ...

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May 27 • 2:20 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Reiner Kruecken Named Berkeley Lab’s Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences

Reiner Kruecken, an internationally recognized nuclear physicist, has been named the ALS for the Physical Sciences Area.

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May 27 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition coming to Switch 2 on September 24

Square Enix will release Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition for Switch 2 on September 24, the developer announced. The physical edition will be released on a gam…

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May 27 • 8:26 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Alaska Science Forum: Mind-bending science for this science layman

Exploring scientific frontiers with the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute

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May 27 • 5:30 AM EDT • Science • homernews.com
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Why Presidents’ Medical Information Isn’t a Matter of Public Record

It's not yet clear what details from President Trump's Tuesday physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center will be shared with the American people.

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May 26 • 8:02 PM EDT • Health • time.com
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Your Samsung phone is officially a TSA-approved digital passport

Samsung and CLEAR want to replace your physical travel documents.

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May 26 • 2:29 PM EDT • Technology • androidcentral.com
Windows' classic 3D Space Cadet pinball is getting a physical re-creation

But there are some real-world constraints that virtual pinball could easily ignore.

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May 26 • 12:24 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Trump Undergoes a Physical Exam at Walter Reed

President Trump, whose health has been a subject of public scrutiny, will turn 80 next month.

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May 26 • 10:15 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
PlayStation Days of Play Sales Start Tomorrow with Physical and PS Store Offers

Deals live from 26th May to 10th June

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May 26 • 8:30 AM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
White House touts Trump's 'excellent health' ahead of annual physical

"President Trump is the sharpest and most accessible President in American history," spokesperson Davis Ingle said.

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May 26 • 8:01 AM EDT • Health • komonews.com
Trump to undergo annual physical after year of public attention to health issues

US president, who turns 80 next month, frequently casts himself as fit but recent photos have added to questions about his health

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May 26 • 7:53 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
PSA: You Can Pre-Order Star Fox Physically For Less Than The Digital Version (UK)

Do a bank roll!

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May 26 • 6:30 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
Trump, near 80, to have annual physical amid scrutiny of recent ailments

U.S. President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, will undergo his routine annual ​physical on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, following a year of public attention on apparently minor ‌health issues.

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May 26 • 6:05 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Trump’s advanced age and threats to his life serve as reminders of his own mortality

When President Donald Trump’s doctors release a summary of the physical exam he is scheduled to undergo Tuesday, the document is almost certain to conclude he remains in excellent health, if his previous assessments offer any indication.

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May 26 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump faces his annual physical. Here’s what to know about his health

The president, who turns 80 next month, has faced questions about bruises and how much he sleeps. The White House doctor is about to set the record straight

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May 25 • 8:34 PM EDT • Health • thetimes.com
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Trump faces health questions ahead of annual Walter Reed physical

This will be Trump's fourth medical exam during his second term in office, ahead of his 80th birthday on June 14.

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May 25 • 11:44 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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Lidwave Appoints Eyal Assa as Chief Business Officer to Lead Global Expansion as Physical AI Reshapes the Real World

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL / ACCESS Newswire / May 25, 2026 / Today, Lidwave, a pioneer in 4D coherent LiDAR-on-a-chip technology, announced the appointment of Eyal Assa as Chief Business Officer to lead the company's global commercial expansion as Physical ...

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May 25 • 10:50 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
5 Pelvic Floor Exercises Both Men and Women Need for Strength, Stability, and Sexual Health

A physical therapist explains why both men and women develop weak pelvic floors and how exercise impacts pelvic health.

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May 25 • 9:17 AM EDT • Health • outsideonline.com
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Toby Fox says creating DELTARUNE by himself "wouldn't be possible" due to the work required and his "physical condition"

Determined nonetheless

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May 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gonintendo.com
Why moving about is key for children's health

Children are less physically active than they used to be. Scientists are finding effective ways to encourage children to move more, leaving lasting benefits on their health.

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May 25 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
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As music business hits high note, Gen Z is driving a 'record' comeback

Streaming is responsible 82% of music revenue in the United States, but Gen Z wants its music in physical form.

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May 25 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • wusf.org
49ers exec gushes over new rookie's physical traits

The San Francisco 49ers took two offensive linemen in the 2026 NFL draft, but the second really caught one executive's attention.

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May 24 • 8:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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UNC Health Pardee expands cancer center services with new on-site physical therapy

UNC Health Pardee has announced that it is expanding its comprehensive cancer care services by adding on-site physical therapy at its cancer center.According to

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May 24 • 3:32 PM EDT • Health • wlos.com
Enabling more access to mental health care resources

Mental health and well-being as important as physical health

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May 24 • 11:15 AM EDT • Health • baynews9.com
Physical therapist says one ‘efficient’ daily habit could transform health and longevity

Dr. Milica McDowell, author of the new book "Walk," shared in an interview with Fox News Digital how powerful walking can be.

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May 24 • 9:24 AM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
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Touchable POV Display Blooms In Mid Air

Typically, when we think of touch screens, we think of LCDs or OLEDs with a resistive or capacitive sensing layer laid over the top. However, a team from the University of Chicago has developed an …

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May 23 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com
How Brendan Wayne channeled his grandfather, John Wayne, in his 'Mandalorian' performance

'The Mandalorian' actor Brendan Wayne, who physically portrays the titular bounty hunter, tells 'Entertainment Weekly' how he brought a bit of his grandfather John Wayne in his portrayal of the character.

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May 23 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Mind-bending scientific concepts leave this layman in science class every day

Science is found in so many places from the physical world to within the mind.

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May 22 • 10:25 PM EDT • Science • adn.com
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Physical Copies Of Gothic Remake Unplayable Without A Day 1 Update

The Gothic remake won't require a permanent internet connection, but....

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May 22 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Rumor: Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition Nintendo Switch 2 release date leaked

SEGA has yet to officially announce Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition, but the game’s release date has apparently been leaked. billbil-kun reports that the game will launch on June 23, 2026. We’re also hearing that it will cost $50 and a physical release is confirmed. However, it’s unclear if that means a proper cartridge version or a game-key card. June 23...

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May 22 • 11:27 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
“Designer” superconducting diamond: researchers uncover path to multi-modality quantum chips

Discovering the physical principles of superconductivity in diamond opens the door for scientists to use it in new quantum technologies.

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May 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Local business leaders grapple with the utility of AI

In Silicon Valley, the epicenter of artificial intelligence, local businesses’ usage of the technology varies widely. One business leader who uses AI heavily says it has saved her ten hours of work week while other business owners said it's not as relevant to work in the physical world.

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May 21 • 6:06 PM EDT • Business • paloaltoonline.com
Kyle Roberts appointed as K-12 supervisor of physical education, health and athletics - Bethlehem Central School District

At its meeting on May 20, the Bethlehem Central Board of Education appointed Kyle Roberts as the district’s supervisor of physical education, health and athletics. In the new role, Roberts will oversee all K-12 instruction in physical education and health education across all seven schools. He will also supervise intramurals and modified-level athletics and will … Continue reading "Kyle Roberts appointed as K-12 supervisor of physical education, health and athletics"

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May 21 • 4:55 PM EDT • Health • bethlehemschools.org
Marshall Health Network to offer free sports physicals on June 4

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Health Network will offer free sports physicals by appointment to middle and high school students Thursday, June 4, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Marshall Sports Medicine Institute (MSMI), located at 2211 Third Avenue, Huntington. All students must bring their West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission or Ohio High School Athletic Association physical form completed and signed by a parent or legal guardian. To schedule an appointment, visit https://tinyurl.com/MSMIphysicals2026. Sports physicals are also available throughout the year at […]

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May 21 • 12:13 PM EDT • Sports • news.marshallhealth.org
Clicks Communicator Launching With Android 17, Bigger Battery

For those keeping track of the Clicks Communicator, the Android phone with a physical keyboard that wants to be a productivity device (?) has an update on its situation. We now know the software...

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May 21 • 12:06 PM EDT • Technology • droid-life.com
Maldonado named APS Congressional Science Fellow

Danielle Maldonado, a doctoral student in physics, will use her scientific expertise to inform federal policymaking during a yearlong fellowship on Capitol Hill as a 2026-27 American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow,

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May 21 • 8:03 AM EDT • Science • enews.wvu.edu
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AI & Science: What Is the Future of Discovery?

Continued progress in artificial intelligence, its expanding usefulness in science, and its contributions to landmark advances suggest that we may have entered a new era of AI for science.The breakthroughs so far—such as predicting the structure of practically every known protein, with profound implications for our understanding of biology, health, and the treatment of disease—are notable not only for what was achieved but also how it was achieved and what that suggests for scientific progress. This special double issue of Dædalus poses the question: What is the future of scientific discovery in this new age of AI? Thirty-three scientists responded. Bringing perspectives from life sciences and medicine, cognitive science and neuroscience, the physical and earth sciences, chemistry and materials science, computer science, mathematics and the social sciences—they draw on their work at the frontier of AI and science. The authors write with an eye to the future, not just the present. They explore what is being achieved and what possibilities lie ahead; examine AI’s limitations and efforts to move forward; and investigate the larger implications of AI-assisted science—on how science is done, the role of the scientist, and the scientific method, as well as the challenges and complexities involved.The authors together exemplify a long-standing bidirectional relationship: AI advancing science, while science advances AI. Where that relationship will take us—a golden age of discovery? New scientist-machine collaborations? Autonomous labs? Discoveries without human understanding?—is a future we are only beginning to imagine, and one we must also shape if the beneficial possibilities are to be realized.Image: UMAP sculptures visualizing three Dædalus volumes on artificial intelligence. © 2026 by Refik Anadol.

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May 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • amacad.org
Screen time limits can protect children’s health, U.S. surgeon general advisory says

The Trump administration warned that too much screen time for children is linked to poor sleep, bad behavior and less physical and social activity

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May 20 • 6:20 PM EDT • Health • scientificamerican.com
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Inside Mindy Kaling's Weight Loss Journey and Her New Motivation for Staying Healthy

Mindy Kaling has been open about her physical transformation and weight loss journey over the years. Here's everything she has said about her health.

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May 20 • 12:07 PM EDT • Health • people.com
A Physical Warp Drive Was Supposed to Be Impossible. Then These Scientists Found a Loophole.

Scientists proposed a physical warp drive model that may avoid exotic negative energy in some cases, but faster-than-light travel remains far from buildable.

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May 20 • 12:04 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
A Physical Warp Drive Was Supposed to Be Impossible. Then These Scientists Found a Loophole.

Humans are one (small) step closer to traveling at faster-than-light speeds.

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May 20 • 12:04 PM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
$20 walk-in sports physicals available at two Springfield clinics

Families can get required sports physicals for children and teens at two Springfield clinics for a flat $20 fee.

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May 20 • 4:25 AM EDT • Sports • sj-r.com
Building a Business Around Classic Niche Game Preservation

ININ Games and Strictly Limited discuss retro game preservation, Japanese publishing partnerships, physical collector editions, Neo-Retro indie games, and the evolving business of restoring classic games for modern audiences.

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May 19 • 6:00 PM EDT • Business • 80.lv
2026 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Award

Undergraduate senior biochemistry student Lillian Ott (Mohanty group) has been awarded the 2026 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, one of the country’s most prestigious honors for graduate students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The program, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, supports doctoral students across a broad range of scientific and technological fields of strategic importance. This highly competitive fellowship provides full tuition, fees, and a monthly stipend for three years. In 2026, only 102 fellowships were awarded nationwide. Lillian also received an honorable mention for the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Studying biochemistry at UCLA, Lillian became excited about how her physical science background could be applied to solve environmental issues. She joined the Subsurface Engineering Analysis Laboratory (SEA Lab) led by Professor Sanjay Mohanty in the Samueli’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In the SEA lab, she has studied the fate and transport of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are ubiquitous “forever chemicals” and known carcinogens that impact water quality worldwide. This fall, she will begin her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University with Professor Nina Zhao. Her research will be focused on metabolomics and the discovery of unrecognized chemical determinants of environmental and human health. “I have seen the serious and unforeseen environmental and health consequences from man-made chemicals like PFAS and microplastics, which are often only appreciated after the damage has been done. I hope that my research can lead to more sustainable chemical design and inform policy and solutions-based innovation in public health and water quality engineering,” Lillian said. Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penjen@g.ucla.edu.

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May 19 • 5:20 PM EDT • Science • chemistry.ucla.edu
Baptist Health Paducah to offer special pricing for sports physicals

Baptist Health will offer sports physicals for $35 at its urgent care, primary care, pediatrics, and orthopedics & sports medicine offices. The discounted price is available through Aug. 31.

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May 19 • 1:32 PM EDT • Sports • wpsdlocal6.com
States sue over new student loan limits on certain nursing and healthcare degrees

New York, Arizona, North Carolina, Kentucky and Nevada are among the states challenging a rule that limits federal student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and more.

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May 19 • 12:19 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Wethersfield fourth graders make discoveries at science fair

***This article was written by Aundrea Serna, a participant of The Kewanee Voice Student Journalism Program, funded by the Harry Anderson Memorial Fund. Curiosity, creativity and perseverance were on full display during the fourth-grade science fair at Wethersfield Elementary School last Tuesday. Students presented projects across multiple branches of science, including physical science, life science,… Continue reading Wethersfield fourth graders make discoveries at science fair

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May 19 • 8:59 AM EDT • Science • kewaneevoice.com
Science behind sobriety field tests

Albany High students in Elizabeth Lopatniuk's health classes participated in a dynamic lesson about the effects of alcohol on the body. After taking an in-depth look at the science behind why and how alcohol slows the activities of the brain and central nervous system, students learned about how a variety of factors can impact the level of intoxication and how blood alcohol concentration can impair one's ability to operate a motor vehicle. Albany High Student Resource Officer Nick Schuler led students through an overview of field sobriety tests that are routinely performed during a traffic stop when an officer suspects a driver may be under the influence of alcohol. Officer Schuler explained the three elements of a physical sobriety test, including walking a straight line with turns and checks for motor skill patterns, standing on one foot to check for balance and following a moving stimulus with eyes only to check for Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), an involuntary, rhythmic jerking of the eyes as they look to the side. Students volunteered to try walking a straight line both with and without alcohol impairment simulation goggles. Officer Schuler pointed out particular behaviors and patterns that would lead to a failed field sobriety test during the simulation. As prom and graduation festivities approach, we applaud our Albany High staff for empowering our Falcons with valuable lessons so they can make wise and safe choices.

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May 18 • 4:20 PM EDT • Science • albanyschools.org
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Science behind sobriety field tests

Albany High students in Elizabeth Lopatniuk's health classes participated in a dynamic lesson about the effects of alcohol on the body. After taking an in-depth look at the science behind why and how alcohol slows the activities of the brain and central nervous system, students learned about how a variety of factors can impact the level of intoxication and how blood alcohol concentration can impair one's ability to operate a motor vehicle. Albany High Student Resource Officer Nick Schuler led students through an overview of field sobriety tests that are routinely performed during a traffic stop when an officer suspects a driver may be under the influence of alcohol. Officer Schuler explained the three elements of a physical sobriety test, including walking a straight line with turns and checks for motor skill patterns, standing on one foot to check for balance and following a moving stimulus with eyes only to check for Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), an involuntary, rhythmic jerking of the eyes as they look to the side. Students volunteered to try walking a straight line both with and without alcohol impairment simulation goggles. Officer Schuler pointed out particular behaviors and patterns that would lead to a failed field sobriety test during the simulation. As prom and graduation festivities approach, we applaud our Albany High staff for empowering our Falcons with valuable lessons so they can make wise and safe choices.

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May 18 • 4:17 PM EDT • Science • albanyschools.org
New MatterChat Model Helps AI to ‘See’ the Language of Science

From writing emails to generating computer code, much of the artificial intelligence prevalent in our daily lives has succeeded by mastering one domain: text. However, this leaves a major blind spot in the physical sciences, where models depend on the high-resolution, three-dimensional data of the physical world, like the intricate lattice of atoms in a crystal. Delivering on the promise of using AI for science requires teaching these data-driven text models to seamlessly “talk to” physics-based models. Now, a new AI framework from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), called MatterChat, solves this problem by creating a specialized “bridge.” It connects the conversational power of a Large Language Model (LLM) with a physics-based AI that models “interatomic potentials”: the complex physical forces between atoms. The resulting system already significantly outperforms general-purpose AI tools like GPT-4 at predicting material properties, and the team hopes it can accelerate scientific discovery by serving as a robust research partner that provides grounded insights and generates step-by-step instructions for synthesizing novel materials. A paper describing this work was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence. “Traditional simulations can provide the physical rigor required for materials science, yet their computational cost remains prohibitive for high-throughput screening. Conversely, while LLMs excel at rapid knowledge synthesis, they inherently lack the ‘structural vision’ to interpret materials directly from their underlying atomic coordinates,” said Yingheng Tang, a postdoctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Applied Math and Computational Research Division (AMCR) and lead author on the paper. “MatterChat was built to solve this dilemma, empowering LLMs with a structural ‘vision’ that allows researchers to leverage their full potential for solving complex, real-world materials challenges.” Empowering language models to solve complex challenges in materials science To build MatterChat, the Berkeley Lab team drew inspiration from technologies like Vision Question Answering (VQA) and Text-to-Image (T2I) generation. In these tasks, AI must translate high-level text concepts into visual images, or vice versa. Doing so requires developers to build tools that “bridge” two fundamentally different forms of data. The researchers adapted this concept to the physical sciences. With MatterChat, they created a “bridge model” that successfully connects an LLM’s general knowledge with the deep understanding of the atomic-scale world encoded in scientific interatomic potentials. Until now, researchers using LLMs to solve materials problems usually had to feed them raw data files as if they were just strings of text. It’s like asking an AI to understand a complex 3D engine based only on a parts list: the LLM can read the names, but it can’t “see” how the atoms fit together in space. MatterChat solves this by training a specialized AI bridge model, pre-trained on millions of crystal structures and an LLM, to align the LLM’s representation of the world with the interatomic potential’s representation of the world. The bridge model can translate physical insights into a format the LLM can actually understand. By giving the LLM these “scientific eyes”— a scientific “inductive bias” in the terminology of AI — the Berkeley Lab team has transformed it into a robust research tool capable of providing grounded scientific insights into complex materials challenges, such as predicting thermal stability or analyzing electronic band gaps. “We think of atoms as living in a physical space, but from a machine learning perspective, they are just vectors living in some very non-trivially structured manifold in a high-dimensional Euclidean space; and, of course, the same is true for the sentences and paragraphs that we use to express our ideas about those atoms,” said co-author Michael Mahoney, Berkeley Lab’s Scientific Data Division (SDD) AI Initiative Research Lead. “The bridge model basically gets those two structures to ‘talk with’ each other.” As a proof-of-concept of this general approach, the team trained their bridge model on a dataset curated by pairing nearly 143,000 stable atomic structures from the Materials Project with their corresponding physical properties. This training data was automatically assembled using the Materials Project’s API and deliberately enriched with properties fundamental to microelectronics design — like formation energy and bandgap — allowing MatterChat to learn the complex patterns connecting a material’s atomic blueprint to its functional performance. To validate their model, the researchers benchmarked MatterChat against a suite of other AI systems, from general-purpose LLMs to other specialized scientific AI methods. The results show that MatterChat consistently outperformed its competitors across a range of tasks. The model was more accurate in classifying material types and demonstrated superior precision in predicting numerical properties. For example, it excelled at predicting a material’s bandgap, a property critical for designing new electronics from high-capacity energy storage to next-generation computer chips. “Our design is significantly more efficient because we don’t have to build a massive AI model from the ground up,” said co-author Zhi (Jackie) Yao, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s AMCR. “Instead, we take two powerful, pre-trained models — a structural encoder for materials physics and an open-source LLM — and use them off-the-shelf. The only component we actually train is the lightweight ‘bridge model’ that translates between them. It’s the difference between building an entire car factory and simply designing a smart adapter that connects a world-class engine to a world-class navigation system. This approach is not only computationally efficient, but also makes the system modular, so we can easily upgrade components or adapt the bridge for other scientific domains in the future.” Crucially, this modular design highlights exactly how institutions like Berkeley Lab and the Department of Energy are carving out a highly valuable niche in the booming AI landscape. Rather than competing with Silicon Valley tech giants to build ever-larger language models from scratch, the lab is focusing on the specialized connective tissue that makes commercial AI useful for hardcore science. Because the bridge model approach underlying MatterChat is forward-compatible, it is perfectly positioned to leverage these parallel tracks of innovation. As Mahoney pointed out, “We expect that industry will continue to develop improved LLMs, and we expect domain scientists and facilities will continue to generate new data. An important part of scientific machine learning is not simply to solve problems on today’s data, but instead to develop general methods that will be forward-compatible with orders of magnitude more data, whether from scientific domains or from LLMs.” According to Yao, the MatterChat project, which was initially developed and enhanced with funding from a Berkeley Lab Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Program, will now expand its capabilities. In a collaboration with Fermilab, MatterChat is already contributing to a U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission project — called Accelerating eXtreme Environment Specs-to-Silicon (AXESS) — that aims to speed up the development of next-generation, high-speed, radiation-hardened detectors for challenging particle physics experiments by using advanced 3D integrated circuits (chiplets) and AI-driven data analysis. In addition to the LDRD support, the team also credits supercomputing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), located at Berkeley Lab, with MatterChat’s success. “We are incredibly grateful to NERSC; this research simply would not have happened without access to the Perlmutter supercomputer through their AI for Science program,” said Tang. Wenbin Xu, a NERSC postdoctoral fellow at the time, was also a major co-author of the work, as was Benjamin Erichson, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s SDD, highlighting the benefits of AMCR-SDD collaboration on AI for science. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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May 18 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Free sports physicals eliminating barriers, preventing future injuries

With summer approaching, it’s time for athletes to get their yearly physical.

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