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Disappearing lakes and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near‑real time
The Conversation
18 Sep 2026
Researchers created an interactive website to track permafrost thaw across the Arctic.
AI dives into a sea of data, from plankton to pollution
Horizon
16 Sep 2026
“Faster and cheaper monitoring means problems like plankton decline, litter accumulation, oil spills and coral degradation can be picked up and acted on sooner."
AI in nature conservation: powerful tool or dangerous shortcut?
The Conversation
11 Sep 2026
AI provides opportunity for future biodiversity conservation but introduces risks .
AI in cardiology: The path to practical application carries risks
University of Basel
07 Sep 2026
Can artificial intelligence help us better combat cardiovascular diseases? Legal researcher Hannah van Kolfschooten urges caution, as there are still many legal issues that need to be resolved.
AI-powered camera system offers low-cost way to monitor bumblebees
Oregon State University
04 Sep 2026
Researchers have developed a semi-automated method that uses remote cameras to survey bumblebees and potentially other insects.
AI listens in to help protect wildlife
Horizon
24 Jul 2026
Scientists are using AI systems to help track species and spot ecosystem changes.
AI enables a Who’s Who of brown bears in Alaska
EPFL
18 Feb 2026
A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears in the wild, despite the substantial changes that occur in their appearance over the summer season.
3 Questions: How AI could optimize the power grid
MIT News
21 Jan 2026
While the growing energy demands of AI are worrying, some techniques can also help make power grids cleaner and more efficient.
Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
MIT News
05 Sep 2025
The team used two different AI approaches to design novel antibiotics, including one that showed promise against MRSA.
A behaviour monitoring dataset of wild mammals in the Swiss Alps
EPFL
17 Jul 2025
Scientists at EPFL have created MammAlps, a multi-view, multi-modal video dataset that captures how wild mammals behave in the Swiss Alps.
Wildlife researchers train AI to better identify animal species in trail camera photos
Oregon State University
09 Jul 2025
Scientists are working on improving AI performance in wildlife monitoring through species and environment-specific training.
Accelerating drug development with AI
University of Waterloo
09 Apr 2025
Waterloo researchers use machine learning to predict how new drugs could affect the body
Will AI revolutionize drug development? Researchers explain why it depends on how it’s used
The Conversation
09 Jan 2025
Why we should be cautious about ambitious claims regarding AI models for new drugs.
AI in cancer research & care: perspectives of three KU Leuven institutes
This story is a collaboration of three Institutes that are working at the intersection of cell research, cancer research and care, and artificial intelligence.
Air pollution in South Africa: affordable new devices use AI to monitor hotspots in real time
The Conversation
28 Aug 2024
Creating a cost-effective air quality monitoring system based on sensors, Internet of Things and AI.
Machine learning-aided thermography for building heat loss detection
University of Waterloo
21 Jun 2024
Machine learning can automate building energy diagnostics using thermal imaging.
Machine learning accelerates discovery of solar-cell perovskites
EPFL
28 May 2024
An EPFL research project has developed a method based on machine-learning to quickly and accurately search large databases
Machine learning viability modelling of vertical-axis wind turbines
EPFL
22 Apr 2024
Researchers have used a genetic learning algorithm to identify optimal pitch profiles for the turbine blades.
Long-term monitoring of bird flocks in the wild – interview with Kshitiz
Lucy Smith
08 Feb 2024
Developing and applying computer vision techniques and datasets for non-invasive monitoring and analysis of migratory bird flocks in their natural habitats.
We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy development
The Conversation
25 Jan 2024
A study combines satellite images, vessel GPS data and AI to reveal human industrial activities across the ocean
Deep learning model to help detect plastic in oceans
EPFL
15 Dec 2023
Researchers present a model that recognises floating plastics in satellite images. This could help to systematically remove plastic litter from the oceans with ships.
Deep learning model trained to identify least green homes
University of Cambridge
16 Nov 2023
AI model can help policymakers efficiently identify and prioritize houses for retrofitting and other decarbonizing measures.
A deep learning model for identifying disease and risk factor biomarkers
Linköping University
30 Oct 2023
A data-driven deep learning biomarker discovery workflow.
World’s biggest bat colony gathers in Zambia every year: we used artificial intelligence to count them
The Conversation
20 Oct 2023
How AI methods are helping shed light on bat numbers.
Which strategies for supporting pollinators?
Martine Barons
26 Sep 2023
How can Bayesian Networks be used to inform pollinator abundance strategies?
Studying plant-climate relationships using machine learning
University of New South Wales
19 Jul 2023
Machine learning can help extract important information from the huge number of plant specimens stored in herbaria.
AI in health care challenges us to define what better, people-centred care looks like
University of Waterloo
24 Apr 2023
Catherine Burns on thinking about future healthcare in the age of big data and AI.
UrbanTwin: seeing double for sustainability
EPFL
26 Jan 2023
A digital twin for urban infrastructure: assessing the effectiveness of climate-related policies and actions.
Applying AI to pathology reveals insights in endometrial cancer diagnostics
Universiteit Leiden
19 Jan 2023
Interpretable deep learning model to predict the molecular classification of endometrial cancer from slide images.
AI-powered BirdNET app makes citizen science easier
Cornell University
13 Jul 2022
The team behind BirdNET have published a paper about their work and what it means for citizen science.
Trainee teachers made sharper assessments about learning difficulties after receiving feedback from AI
University of Cambridge
26 Apr 2022
Using AI to help trainee teachers in their assessments of students.
AI can help doctors work faster – but trust is crucial
Linköping University
11 Mar 2022
If artificial intelligence is to be of help in healthcare, people and machines must be able to work effectively together.
Artificial intelligence and big data to help preserve wildlife
EPFL
25 Feb 2022
Research collaborators propose that animal ecologists can capitalize on large datasets generated by modern sensors by combining machine learning approaches with domain knowledge.
Beach bots, sea ‘raptors’ and marine toolsets mobilised to get rid of marine litter
Horizon
18 Feb 2022
Find out about the different EU research projects are concerned with reducing marine litter, including an autonomous litter-picking robot.
Artificial intelligence helps speed up ecological surveys
EPFL
24 Jan 2022
A deep-learning model for counting the number of seals in aerial photos that is considerably faster than doing it by hand.
Keeping one step ahead of earthquakes
Horizon
04 Jan 2022
Damaging earthquakes can strike at any time. While we can’t prevent them from occurring, we can make sure casualties, economic loss and disruption of essential services are kept to a minimum.
