Black Forest Labs' new Self-Flow technique makes training multimodal AI models 2.8x more efficient

This efficiency makes it viable for enterprises to move beyond generic off-the-shelf solutions and develop specialized models ...

Uncovering a patchwork of fresh and salty groundwater beneath Great Salt Lake's south shore

Thanks to upstream diversions and climate change, Utah's Great Salt Lake has shrunk by 70% since 1989, exposing about 800 ...
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Groundwater Recharge and Flow: Approaches and Challenges for Monitoring and Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data: Proceedings of a Workshop

This activity was supported by The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency/Office of the Director of National Intelligence Award No. 2014-14041100003-022. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Visual equity in e-commerce: How modeling brands use consistent imagery to reduce returns

The math behind e-commerce returns is officially reaching a breaking point in 2026. While offering free, frictionless returns is still the "holy grail" for conversion—cited as a nonnegotiable by 82% ...

Google reveals Nano Banana 2 AI image model, coming to Gemini today

In the Gemini app and on the website, Nano Banana 2 will be the image generator for the Fast, Thinking, and Pro settings. It’s possible there will eventually be a Nano Banana 2 Pro—Google tends to ...
High Country News

A shrinking Colorado River is forcing farms to change

The Colorado River water crisis isn't hitting everyone equally—century-old water laws mean that some communities face existential threats while others remain secure: these tensions are the heart of ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Runoff Water Quality Assessment from Furrow-Irrigated Rice Treated with Poultry Litter ()

Poultry litter (PL) has been suggested as a soil amendment to enhance soil fertility and general soil health in intensively cultivated agroecosystems. However, continuou ...