RB21 is a bad car F1s cruel side is on show as Red Bull to fire Liam Lawson after 2 races Red Bull will promote Yuki Tsunoda after Liam Lawson's two bad races. Jonathan M. Gitlin Mar 26, 2025 11:27 am | 23 Liam Lawson on track in Shanghai, China. It might have been his last outing with the team. Credit: Clive Mason/Getty Images Liam Lawson on track in Shanghai, China. It might have been his last outing with the team. Credit: Clive Mason/Getty Images Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreBeing Red Bull Racing 1 teammates with Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen is a hard ask. The Dutch driver took his fourth consecutive world championship last year, dominating the sport to such an extent that he led the points table across a 63-race, 1,029-day streak that only ended with McLaren and Lando Norris' victory in Australia earlier this month. Now we believe he's going to have his second teammate of the year, after just two races, as Red Bull gets ready to drop Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda.For three of its championship years, Red Bull built the fastest car in F1, and Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez scored race wins and plenty of points to help the team secure the constructors championships in 2021, 2022, and 2023. But Red Bulls' designers have been evolving a concept that even its former design boss Adrian Newey thinks is flawed, and in 2024, we saw Perez' form evaporate after the first handful of races that year.Verstappen was able to fight for the title thanks to his considerable skill in the car. But the team lost out to both McLaren and Ferrari in the constructors' standings, something that will have had a very considerable impact upon the end-of-year bonuses for Red Bull's hundreds of employees. Lawson's race in Australia ended in the wall. Credit: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Red Bull spent the second half of last year vacillating over whether to allow Perez to finish out the year. At one point, it hoped the fan-favorite Daniel Ricciardo could return after a spell of reputation rehabilitation at Red Bull's junior squad (currently known as the Racing Bulls). Ricciardo was with Red Bull from 2014 to 2017 and for some of that time was probably the fastest man in F1.That was before a mediocre time at Alpine and a disastrous stint at McLaren, and while Drive to Survive's producers would no doubt have loved the redemption story of Ricciardo returning to Red Bull, it wasn't to be, as the speed just wasn't there.The entire point of having the junior Racing Bull team is so Red Bull's driver program has another pair of race seats to allow its young drivers to get experience. But in practice, it hasn't really been much of a success.Neither Max Verstappen nor Sebastian Vettel (the team's previous four-time champion) were properly part of the young driver program, nor was Perez. And the racers who were promoted to the Red Bull seatDanny Kvyat, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albonall fell short of Red Bull's expectations and were replaced. Yuki Tsunoda (L) and Liam Lawson (R) were teammates at the end of last year. Credit: Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images There may have been doubts about Tsunoda's speed when he first joined the Racing Bull team (then called Alpha Tauri) back in 2021, but five years on, the Japanese driver has silenced those doubts. Promoting Tsunoda to the main squad seemed an obvious fix to the Perez problem, but Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko evidently believed otherwise. Instead, for 2025, they went with Lawson, lifting him up from a reserve role that led to 11 races over a couple of years.And that has been a disaster. This year's Red Bull is very much not the fastest car in the fieldthat's the McLaren, for now. Depending on the day, the Red Bull might only be the fourth fastest car, behind Ferrari and Mercedes, too, at least while Verstappen is driving it. In years past, a heavy revision to the car might have solved things. But with F1's budget cap, a team like Red Bull can no longer spend its way out of the problem.As was clear in Australia and then China this past weekend, Lawson has no confidence in his race car, and believing that your car will do the same thing in the same corner each lap is critically important to being fast in Formula 1 (or any other motorsport, really). Instead of qualifying in the top 10, he lined up 18th in Australia and dead last for both the sprint and main race in China. Christian Horner (L) and Helmut Marko (R): Should the buck not stop with these two? They are in charge of the team and the drivers. Credit: QIan Jun/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images F1's media loves a good rumor about a hiring or a firing as much as it loves a good race, and in China, there was plenty of talk of Lawson being dropped soon, prompting Verstappen to criticize the idea, fearing Red Bull might ruin yet another promising career. In fact, the name Franco Colapinto kept being thrown around; Colaptino is currently the Alpine reserve driver who impressed Marko with some substitute appearances for a different team late last year.Maybe Marko's meetings with Alpine in the Shanghai paddock were a bluff, as the BBC says team insiders have told it that the decision has been made to go with Tsunoda ahead of his home Grand Prix. Lawson will be sent to the Racing Bulls, where, ironically, he will find a car that's much less tricky to drive, operated by a team that's far more nurturing and much less ruthless with its talent.I still can't help but wonder whether Verstappen in the Racing Bull would actually be the move. That car might lack the last tenth of the Red Bullalthough until we see Verstappen wring its neck, who can really saybut I reckon Verstappen would be faster over a race distance, as he wouldn't have to try to overdrive the car. And it remains a shame that Lawson will take the fall for what is clearly a problem at Red Bull, for which both Horner and Marko bear responsibility.Jonathan M. GitlinAutomotive EditorJonathan M. GitlinAutomotive Editor Jonathan is the Automotive Editor at Ars Technica. He has a BSc and PhD in Pharmacology. In 2014 he decided to indulge his lifelong passion for the car by leaving the National Human Genome Research Institute and launching Ars Technica's automotive coverage. 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HealthThere are many claims about the benefits of microdosing weight-loss drugs, from anti-inflammatory effects to extending longevity. Do any of them stack up? 26 March 2025 Getty Images; AlamyMadison Burgess decided to get serious about weight loss when the scale hit 91 kilograms (200 pounds). She began taking Ozempic. The medication worked better than she ever thought possible: even on the low starter dose, she lost more than 2 kg (5 lbs) within the first week.Problems began, however, when Burgess, a 25-year-old healthcare administrator from Bloomfield, Michigan, ramped up her intake, as per the manufacturers guidelines. The higher doses were rough on me, she says. The constipation, nausea, diarrhoea and acid reflux hit hard and made eating difficult. Thats when she decided to drop back down to a lower dose and determine whether she could continue seeing benefits.This article is part of a special series investigating the GLP-1 agonist boom. Read more here.Burgess is just one of a growing number of people who are microdosing a practice more typically associated with psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin by taking lower-than-standard amounts of weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro (see How they work, below).For some, the hope is to avoid side effects while losing weight, while others want to tap into the anti-inflammatory effect of these medications or reap their other benefits for the heart and the brain (see A wonder drug?, below). Microdosing the drugs has even been touted for extending longevity by ultra-wealthy elites like tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, and is rumoured to be the secret weapon of Hollywood stars wanting to look svelte for photo calls.The question is, does this off-label, low-dose experimentation work?

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Stephen Curry is undeniably one of basketball's best-ever shooters but even would-be GOATs can't cheat time.As the 37-year-old four-time NBA champion enters the twilight of his career on the court, he told Business Insider he's still playing at such a high level thanks to his exacting recovery routine.Sticking to it is key if Curry is to achieve his goal of outplaying the end of his Golden State Warriors contract when the 2026-2027 season wraps.Cold plunges and compression boots are merely just a part of the Olympic gold medalist's routine. His wife Ayesha's "exceptional" cooking and the time he spends with his four children who are between the ages of 12 years and 9 months at their home in Atherton, California is part of Curry's secret sauce.In the latest installment of Business Insider's "5 to 9" series, Curry, who was promoting his partnership with Plezi, the drinks brand he co-founded, shared with BI what he does in his spare time. When do you wake up? Stephen Curry playing in a match on March 20, 2025. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images My wake-up time depends on whether it's a game day or a practice day, but I get up around 7 a.m. on average.Ayesha and I try to do school drop-offs and morning routines with our kids as much as possible, but it does take a village and we can't do it every day.I usually get to practice around 9 a.m.Do you eat breakfast before you go?Most of the time, I eat breakfast at the facility right before practice.I'm a creature of habit, so I like to have ayogurt parfaitwith granola and some mixed berries and some type of egg dish whether that's an omelet or a scramble sometimes with some spinach mixed in. I'll have half a waffle for some carbs and sometimes a protein shake on the side. So it's a healthy breakfast.Sounds like a great breakfast. Is it a chore or a pleasure to eat so much for work?It's definitely a chore, which is my wife's biggest call-out with me. I really have to force myself to eat and keep my calories up. I do like good food and to eat for fun, but I'm more someone who eats to live rather than lives to eat.Pretty much every elite athlete I've ever spoken to has said the same. Are you disciplined with your diet?I'm fairly disciplined. You want to have room for a cheat day once in a while just to be a human being and have a little fun.It varies throughout the year, though. My birthday is in March, and after that, it's the lock-in period leading up to the playoffs and the stretch run when you're trying to chase championships on the court. So I'm a little more disciplined then.But other times, like in summer, there are no rules. You just want to make sure you're having everything in moderation and trying to eat as cleanly as possible.Endless choices for dinnerDo you cook dinner in the evening?I like cooking but I never cook because I have a beautiful wife who's an exceptional chef.Lucky you.I know, for sure. She loves taking care of the family.Sometimes, she'll say, "What do you want for dinner?" And I can never answer that question because the options are endless. So I get her to give me three options to pick between. But you name it, she can make it and it's always good. She makes it look so easy. Stephen and Ayesha Curry in February 2025. Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Gentleman's Cut Are your kids picky eaters?Our oldest and our 6-year-old are, but once our oldest started to cook for herself a bit, she expanded her palette. Our 9-year-old eats whatever's on her plate. She was eating oysters at 3 years old. She wants to try everything, and eating is the love of her life.Do you think a lot about nutrition for your family?Yes. That's why we love working with Plezi. It's a brand that's mindful about what you're putting in your body, giving kids and families an option for nutritious products that also taste great.Recovery is essentialObviously, you have an intense training schedule, but what does movement look like outside work?It's a way of life. When I'm playing golf, I try to walk the courses as much as possible instead of riding the golf cart. I like to go on long walks or ride bikes around the neighborhood with my kids. My son just wants to race everyone.We, as a family, like to spend our time being active, on the move, and outside, and we've seen how much good that does for our minds and bodies. There's no better thing than getting fresh air and being in nature, too.Do you have any recovery and longevity essentials? Stephen Curry in March 2025. Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images You think about it more and more as you get older. I'm in my 16th year and just turned 37, and I've realized everything does matter, especially sleep: the amount you get, the consistency, and good sleep habits.It's important to have a routine. And for me, getting in cold tubs, the sauna, compression sleeves to make sure you got good blood flow in your legs, different supplements they all give me a little boost.If I skip one of those, I feel it, and it doesn't give me the maximum recovery that I need, especially at this stage. So, I commit to my recovery and find fun in the process because that's more rewarding than what happens on the basketball court.It's time-consuming. It's not always glamorous, but it does work. The results are proven, and it all allows me to play at a high level, even at this age.What does your ideal evening look like?A good family dinner, for sure. Yes, I have my recovery routine, but I also make sure I've got time to be with the family and watch a movie with the kids. We are very much homebodies and so when you have the entire family at home, it's always great to enjoy that energy and the laughs.I then either watch a good TV show with my wife or put on a game. I watch basketball all the time, so I'm always doing homework and scouting and all that type of stuff. I try to get to bed at a decent time to be ready for the next day.Do you have a nighttime wind-down routine?Yeah, I wear Normatec compression boots when I watch a show in bed, read a book, or talk to my wife.After that, I put on an audio track, a sleep sound device meant to trigger the brainwaves and help you get deep sleep. So, those two things get me in the mood to go to bed.I go to sleep between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., depending on the night. My wife and I try to go to bed at the same time, but it doesn't always work.I'm a night owl, so I keep her up later than she'd like. For some reason, I'm really productive at night. Thanks for signing up! 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Lilly Mcginley and her husband were passengers on Queen Anne's maiden world voyage, which sailed through waters where there was a risk of pirate attacks. Courtesy of Lilly Mcginley 2025-03-26T16:11:14Z SaveSaved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Lilly Mcginley was on Cunard's Queen Anne when the captain issued a pirate alert earlier this month.The retiree and frequent cruisegoer says she wasn't frightened. She's had worse experiences at sea.Mcginley, 56, told Business Insider that unexpected events on cruises add to the sense of adventure.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lilly Mcginley, a 56-year-old retiree from the UK, about being aboard a cruise ship where passengers were told to turn off lights to help avoid pirates. The following has been edited for length and clarity.When we booked a cruise aboardCunard's Queen Anne we had no idea we'd even be passing through waters at risk of piracy.My husband and I have been on more than 70 cruises. We had never experienced a pirate alert before, and we certainly weren't expecting one.I first realized something unusual was happening when the alert sounded at an unusual time Stateroom screens on the Queen Anne showed maps while an announcement was made about navigating piracy-prone waters. Courtesy of Lilly Mcginley The captain said the area we would be sailing through was known for piracy threats, and the ship would be operating at a heightened level of security alertness.From 5 p.m. onwards, the crew was setting up water canons and loudspeakers at the back of the ship. There was quite a lot of security outside.From around 9 p.m., we weren't allowed to go out on the promenade deck, and we had to shut our curtains and turn our lights off.It was clear that people were a bit anxious. Some of my friends chose not to tell their kids what was happening because they didn't want them to worry, and I'm sure quite a few people had a sleepless night. Cunard's Queen Anne ship is on its maiden world voyage. Cunard After the nighttime worry, people started to feel more at ease the following day.In fact, it became a fun pastime to get binoculars out and look for pirates.Many of us were sitting at the front of the ship, using binoculars, commenting every time a little boat got close to the ship.Some people were quite disappointed we didn't see any pirates! Some passengers used binoculars during the period of heightened security alertness. Courtesy of Lilly Mcginley The crew also held a sports day, which helped to take people's minds off things.Throughout the day, people started to see the fun and excitement in this experience. We could all leave the cruise with a story to tell.To be honest, I was excited from the start. My first thought was: "This is going to be interesting."On this occasion, I wasn't nervous at all.I knew the risk of actual danger wasn't high and we've been on other ships when it has been a lot worse.In December 2023, we were cruising through the Suez Canal and the southern Red Sea, when the Houthis started launching drones.The captain made an announcement and screens showed the area we would be passing through, along with pictures of the container ships that had been attacked recently.Like on the Queen Anne, we had to stay indoors and avoid the open decks.It was a bit worrying through the night, but again, people's moods lightened the following day. I thought it was interesting and another thing to talk about around the dinner table.We've also been on a cruise ship during a hurricane. During that cruise, everything started flying around, with sunbeds even going overboard.But this stuff that happens when you're on a ship is what I enjoy most.Don't get me wrong if the pirates had got on the ship or a drone strike had happened, I would have been the first one freaking out. That would have been a completely different story.But I like the sense of adventure.People may thinkcruisingis boring, but clearly, it's not.

Two Directs in two weeks? (Nintendo)After much speculation, Nintendo has announced another Direct presentation entirely dedicated to the original Switch.While the rumours of two Nintendo Direct presentations within a week seemed hard to believe, Nintendo has confirmed it is doing exactly that.Ahead of its already confirmed Switch 2 showcase on April 2, the company will release another Direct on Thursday, March 27 at 2pm UK time. As noted in the announcement, this will focus entirely on upcoming games for the current Switch, with no updates on its successor.The Direct will be available to stream live across YouTube and will span around 30 minutes, which implies there will be some significant announcements.One of the big questions is whether Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will appear. The game is set to launch on the Switch this year but its unclear if it will also have a separate Switch 2 version.Recent rumours suggest it will not appear at next weeks showcase implying there is no Switch 2 edition so it may be one of the focuses for this Direct.Elsewhere on the Metroid front, remasters of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption have been rumoured for some time. The Switch remaster of the first game was shadow dropped in a Direct two years ago, so the same might happen for the sequels.What games with be in the Switch Thursday Nintendo Direct?As for other possible announcements, theres existing rumours of a Kirby: Planet Robobot port and one final big game from a niche beloved franchise. The latter description is broad, but it could relate to something like a new F-Zero, Star Fox, Kid Icarus, Golden Sun, or Punch Out!!Earlier this week, there was also some minor activity around Hollow Knight: Silksong, in the form of Steam backend updates. Given the games prominence its perhaps more likely it would be unveiled in a full Nintendo Direct, rather than just an Indie World showcase.More TrendingA remake of Fire Emblem 4, aka Fire Emblem: Genealogy Of The Holy War, has been rumoured for some time too. The last game in the series, Fire Emblem: Engage, was only released two years ago, but a remake could make sense as a stop-gap.As were approaching the end of the Switchs life, this might also be the perfect time for the long-rumoured remasters of The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Zelda: Twilight Princess especially as they were already remastered on the Wii U.As ever with Nintendo, its hard to predict what could show up, although it certainly suggests Nintendo has a lot in store for next weeks Switch 2 presentation as well. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will it turn up on Thursday? (Nintendo)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

By Ed Cara Published March 26, 2025 | Comments (0) | Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys, hearts, and now livers into the human body. l i g h t p o e t via Shutterstock Weve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they successfully kept a genetically modified pig liver functioning inside a human bodyat least for a short while. Researchers in China detailed their groundbreaking accomplishment in a study published today in Nature. They transplanted the liver into a brain-dead recipient, where it was able to survive and even perform some basic functions for over a week. The findings are the latest to suggest that animal-to-human transplantation, or xenotransplantation, can someday become a viable option for the many people in need of donated organs. There are over 100,000 Americans currently on the waiting list for an organ, with a new person added every eight minutes. Yet only 48,000 transplants take place annually, creating a significant shortfall. Its estimated that 17 people die every day waiting on the transplant list. Scientists have been exploring various ways to extend the pool of available organs or to lengthen peoples survival while waiting for one, such as artificial devices or xenotransplantation. But its only recently that the latter has emerged as a feasible reality, thanks to advances in gene-editing technology. These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, removes a pigs ability to produce alpha-gal, a sugar that the human body doesnt make. As with other early tests of xenotransplantation, the researchers performed the procedure on a brain-dead recipient whose family agreed to help. They transplanted a liver from a Bama miniature piga breed thats commonly used in researchthat had six gene edits, while the recipient was given immune-suppressing drugs to prevent rejection. They monitored both recipient and organ for 10 days, terminating the study at the familys request.Things appeared to go smoothly during the experiment. The researchers, including a team from Xijing Hospital at Fourth Military Medical University, found no signs of immediate rejection, while the liver remained functional through the entire 10 days. Within two hours of the transplantation, it began to produce bile and maintained acceptable blood flow. Last year, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania reported that they successfully attached a donor pig liver to a brain-dead recipient via a machine outside the body, keeping the organ alive for three days. But the researchers note that theirs is the first peer-reviewed study to document the bona fide transplantation of a gene-edited pig liver into a person. Its a great achievement, said study researcher Lin Wang at a press conference held on Tuesday. That said, were still far from seeing pig-derived livers and other organs becoming commonplace. In recent years, scientists have begun to transplant pig kidneys and hearts as a last resort treatment for otherwise terminally ill recipients. But only two recipients are still alive, with 53-year-old Towana Looney currently being the longest-living recipient at roughly four months (she received a pig kidney transplant in late November 2024). Larger clinical trials are expected to start very soon, but even if successful, outside scientists have cautioned that it may take a long time before animal-derived organs can approach the survivability of human donated organs.Still, xenotransplantation could become an important option even before that lofty goal is achieved. The scientists note that the recipients own liver remained intact the entire time. So its possible that gene-edited pig organs could be used as a sort of bridging therapy for people on the transplant waiting list or for people whose organs need time to recover before becoming functional again.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Ed Cara Published March 20, 2025 By Ed Cara Published March 15, 2025 By Ed Cara Published March 10, 2025 By Ed Cara Published March 5, 2025 By Ed Cara Published February 27, 2025 By Margherita Bassi Published February 15, 2025

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"Nature is an Incredible Teacher": Jenny Sabin on the Fusion of the Digital, Biological and Physical in Louisiana Channel Interview Jenny E. Sabin is an American architect, designer, and educator known for her work at the intersection of architecture, computation, and biomaterials. She integrates digital fabrication, responsive materials, and bio-inspired design into her architectural practice and runs an experimental architecture studio, Jenny Sabin Studio, based in Ithaca, NY. In this interview with Louisiana Channel, she shares her personal journey from artist to scientist, explains how biological and material systems can be applied at an architectural scale, and discusses her teaching and research roles at Cornell University. She elaborates on her interest in bringing people together through new strategies for responsive and adaptive architecture. In her view, the connections between the digital, the physical, and the biological define a paradigm shift in the evolution of architecture, converging with other realms of physical experience to create a more interconnected future. So, one of the fundamental questions that drive all of our collaborative work with scientists, including cell and molecular biologists, material scientists, mechanical engineers, physicists, mathematicians, plant biologists, and beyond, is to look at how buildings and their integrated material systems may behave more like organisms do, interacting and responding and adapting to their natural environments. Save this picture!Jenny Sabin is the Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture and the inaugural Chair of the Department of Design Tech at Cornell AAP, where she established a research degree in Matter Design Computation. She is the principal of Jenny Sabin Studio, Director of the Sabin Design Lab, and co-founder of the Sabin+Jones LabStudio with biologist Peter Lloyd Jones. Holding degrees in ceramics and interdisciplinary visual art from the University of Washington and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, Sabin has received numerous accolades, including a Pew Fellowship (2010), the Architectural League Prize (2014), and Architectural Record's Innovator in Design Award (2016). Her work has been exhibited globally, including at FRAC Centre, the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. She authored LabStudio: Design Research Between Architecture and Biology (2017) and won MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program with Lumen (2017). Related Article How Might Buildings and Their Integrated Materials Systems Behave Like Organisms? In Conversation With Jenny E. Sabin Lumen is an immersive installation that evolves throughout the day. Made of responsive tubular structures in a lightweight knitted fabric, it features a canopy of recycled, photo-luminescent, and solar-active textiles that absorb, collect, and emit light. A misting system responds to visitors' proximity, activating fabric stalactites that create a refreshing microclimate. Inspired by collective levity, play, and interaction, Lumen's multisensory environment transforms throughout the day and night, adapting to the densities of bodies, heat, and sunlight. During the interview, Sabin states that the materiality of the project is incomplete without engagement and interaction, describing it as "an architecture that's much more informal and lateral and situated in its context."Save this picture!Save this picture!She expresses similar ideas regarding PolyForm, another responsive architecture project. PolyForm is a permanent public installation consisting of four perforated, crystalline metal forms framing a high-traffic thoroughfare on the Cornell University campus. For Sabin, the project raises fundamental questions about how buildings can behave more like organisms, responding and adapting to their environments. This reflection informs broader discussions on climate change, emphasizing the need for architecture to adopt a more responsive and integrated model to enhance resilience. PolyForm serves as an architectural prototype, demonstrating systems that could be scaled toward more permanent structures. As Sabin puts it, "It's not sculpture. It's design. It's an architectural prototype for the future."Save this picture!Save this picture! Architects are terrible at seeing the value of what we have to offer. And design is elusive, but it is a skill, and it is taught, and it takes time to hone. And I think we're now at a point where we are realizing the value of design and others are realizing the value of design. [...] The opportunity for collaboration across disciplines has always been there, but I think there are radical new approaches happening that are so exciting where the role of the architect maybe isn't just about buildings, but maybe it's about working on cancer biology. Maybe it's about working on entirely new material systems that can become adaptive building skins. And I think that's not only the future, it's the now. Louisiana Channel is a series of video interviews on art, literature, architecture, design, and music produced by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Other representatives from the field of architecture include Mexican architect Gabriela Carrillo, who explores public space design and the role of preexisting elements in spatial transformation. Similarly, ecoLogic Studio discusses a new approach to architecture that examines the relationship between nature and urban design. Renowned architects such as Shigeru Ban, David Chipperfield, and Rafael Moneo have also shared their perspectives on the interplay between architecture, society, and the physical environment.Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorCite: Antonia Pieiro. ""Nature is an Incredible Teacher": Jenny Sabin on the Fusion of the Digital, Biological and Physical in Louisiana Channel Interview" 26 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028420/nature-is-an-incredible-teacher-jenny-sabin-on-the-fusion-of-the-digital-biological-and-physical-in-louisiana-channel-interview&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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In this issue:We examine a new conversation segmentation method that delivers more coherent and personalized agent conversation, and we review efforts to improve MLLMs understanding of geologic maps. Check out the latest research and other updates.NEW RESEARCHResearchers from Microsoft and Tsinghua University propose a new method to help conversational AI agents deliver more coherent and personalized responses during complex long-term dialogue.Large language models (LLMs) are widely used to enable more complicated discussions across a broader range of topics than traditional dialogue systems. However, managing excessively long context that contains irrelevant information is a major challenge. Existing solutions typically perform retrieval augmented response generation by constructing memory banks from conversation history at either the turn-level, session-level, or through summarization.The proposed new approach, SeCom, constructs the memory bank at segment level by introducing a conversation Segmentation model that partitions long-term conversations into topically coherent segments, while applying Compression based denoising on memory units to enhance memory retrieval. Experimental results show that SeCom exhibits a significant performance advantage over baselines on long-term conversation benchmarks LOCOMO and Long-MT-Bench+. Additionally, the proposed conversation segmentation method demonstrates superior performance on dialogue segmentation datasets such as DialSeg711, TIAGE, and SuperDialSeg.Read the paperNEW RESEARCHPEACE: Empowering Geologic Map Holistic Understanding with MLLMsMicrosoft Researchers and external colleagues introduce GeoMap-Agent, an AI system specifically designed for geologic map understanding and analysis. In the lab, they measure its effectiveness using a new benchmark called GeoMap-Bench, a novel gauge for evaluating multimodal large language models (MLLMs) in geologic map understanding. Geologic maps provide critical insights into the structure and composition of Earths surface and subsurface. They are indispensable in fields including disaster detection, resource exploration, and civil engineering.Current MLLMs often fall short in understanding geologic maps, largely due to the challenging nature of cartographic generalization, which involves handling high-resolution maps, managing multiple associated components, and requiring domain-specific knowledge.This paper presents results of experiments in which GeoMap-Agent achieves an overall score of 0.811 on GeoMap-Bench, significantly outperforming the 0.369 score of GPT-4o. The researchers intend to enable advanced AI applications in geology, powering more efficient and accurate geological investigations.Read the paperNEW RESEARCHThe future of the industrial AI edge is cellularReliable, high-bandwidth wireless connectivity and local processing at the edge are crucial enablers for emerging industrial AI applications. This work proposes that cellular networking is the ideal connectivity solution for these applications, due to its virtualization and support for open APIs. The researchers project the emergence of a converged industrial AI edge encompassing both computing and connectivity, in which application developers leverage the API to implement advanced functionalities. They present a case study showing evidence of the effectiveness of this approach, evaluated on an enterprise-grade 5G testbed.Read the paperNEW RESEARCHRE#: High Performance Derivative-Based Regex Matching with Intersection, Complement, and Restricted LookaroundsA regular expression (regex or RE) is a sequence of characters used to match, search, and manipulate strings in text based on specific criteria. REs are used in programming languages for data validation, text parsing, and search operations.This paper presents a tool and theory built onsymbolic derivatives that does not use backtracking, while supporting both classical operators and complement, intersection, and restricted lookarounds. The researchers show that the main matching algorithm hasinput-linearcomplexity both in theory as well as experimentally. They apply thorough evaluation on popular benchmarks that show that RE# is over 71% faster than the next fastest regex engine in Rust on the baseline, andoutperforms all state-of-the-art engines on extensions of the benchmarks, often by several orders of magnitude.This work could potentially enable new applications in LLM prompt engineering frameworks, new applications in medical research and bioinformatics, and new opportunities in access and resource policy language design by web service providers.Read the paperNEW RESEARCHToward deep learning sequencestructure co-generation for protein designResearchers review recent advances in deep generative models for protein design, with a focus on sequence-structure co-generation methods. They describe the key methodological and evaluation principles underlying these methods, highlight recent advances from the literature, and discuss opportunities for continued development of sequence-structure co-generation approaches.Deep generative models that learn from the distribution of natural protein sequences and structures may enable the design of new proteins with valuable functions. While most of todays models focus on generating either sequences or structures, emerging co-generation methods promise more accurate and controllable protein design, ideally achieved by modeling both modalities simultaneously.Read the paperMicrosoft research podcastCollaborators: Silica in space with Richard Black and Dexter GreeneCollege freshman Dexter Greene and Microsoft research manager Richard Black discuss how technology that stores data in glass is supporting students as they expand earlier efforts to communicate what it means to be human to extraterrestrials.Listen nowOpens in a new tab PODCASTNew Series: The AI Revolution in Medicine, RevisitedTwo years ago, OpenAIs GPT-4 kick-started a new era in AI. In the months leading up to its public release, Peter Lee, president of Microsoft Research, cowrote The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond, a book full of optimism for the potential of advanced AI models to transform the world of healthcare. In this special Microsoft Research Podcast series, Lee revisits the book, exploring how patients, providers, and other medical professionals are experiencing and using generative AI today while examining what he and his coauthors got rightand what they didnt foresee.Watch the seriesPODCASTThe future of generative AI for scientific discoveryMost of us think of generative AI in the context of text or image generation, but its also a powerful tool for scientific discovery. In this episode of the Leading the Shift podcast (opens in new tab), host Susan Etlinger speaks with Ade Famoti, a senior leader on the Microsoft Research Accelerator team. Ade discusses what he calls AIs physics moment, and why he believes generative AI feels fundamentally different from past platform shifts. Ade shares examples of the work Microsoft Research is doing to uncover the opportunities of generative AI for materials discoveryto improve energy efficiency and carbon capture, and for drug discovery, to fight disease. Ade also highlights the role of culture in building trust, informing priorities and driving adoption of emerging technologies.VIDEOMicrosoft Researchs Chris Bishop talks AI for Science (what it really means)In this interview, the director of Microsoft Research AI for Science, Chris Bishop, discusses how AI is unlocking new scientific outcomes, from drug creation to materials generation to improved climate modeling.Microsoft Research | In case you missed itTech Life The doctor will see you nowBBC Sounds | March 4, 2025An update on live trials in Ghana of 3D telemedicine technology, developed by Microsoft Research and external collaborators. Using portable equipment and holoportation technology, patients in remote locations can connect with a doctor many miles away. The BBC speaks to Spencer Fowers, who is the lead engineer on the project, as well as a patient and a doctor benefiting from the program. Katja Hofmann: Why we're training AI on video gamesTED Talk | October 2024In a recent TED Talk: Why were training AI on video games, Microsoft researcher Katja Hofmann discusses the work the Game Intelligence team at Microsoft Research is doing to develop AI that can transform video games. Using AI trained on years of human gameplay data, the team built World and Human Action Model, which can learn to think, play and innovate alongside humans, enabling video game creators to build more robust games. Hoffmann was also interviewed in a related article: Microsofts Muse AI Edits Video Games on the Fly. View more news and awards Opens in a new tab