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White House: U.S. Leads International Coalition to Endorse Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The White House issued the following news:
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U.S. Leads International Coalition to Endorse Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science
October 4, 2026
KYOTO, JAPAN -- At the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum convened in Kyoto, the United States and 16 countries endorsed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science. The joint declaration reflects a shared ambition to renew and strengthen our science ecosystems and usher in a golden age of discovery and prosperity.
Led by White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The White House issued the following news:
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U.S. Leads International Coalition to Endorse Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science
October 4, 2026
KYOTO, JAPAN -- At the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum convened in Kyoto, the United States and 16 countries endorsed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science. The joint declaration reflects a shared ambition to renew and strengthen our science ecosystems and usher in a golden age of discovery and prosperity.
Led by White House Office of Science and Technology Policy DirectorMichael Kratsios, the Kyoto Vision recognizes that we stand at the frontier of an immense opportunity to harness super intelligence and advance new approaches to greatly accelerate scientific discovery. Super intelligence for science will enable autonomous experimentation at scale, unlocking new experimental and analytical capabilities that open entirely new lines of inquiry. In light of the profound shifts in the research landscape, ministers pledged to seize this moment by harnessing new institutional models and funding mechanisms to enable the best and brightest scientists to pursue their most ambitious work.
"The way we make scientific discoveries has changed, and the Kyoto Vision is a recognition of that shift and a call to action," said Director Kratsios. "Super intelligence applied to science will be the greatest force in history for democratizing research. Seizing this moment requires us to reinvigorate our research enterprises and leverage new institutional models for discovery. Under President Trump's leadership, the United States is leading that charge, and the Kyoto Vision shows the world is ready to move forward with us."
The Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science calls for:
- Improving the institutions of discovery: Ministers noted the value of a using a variety of funding tools to support research, including long-duration awards, rapid grants, and prizes and challenges, and encouraged experimentation with new institutional models that offer different levels of autonomy, resources, and direction. They welcomed metascience as an empirical field to improve how science is conducted, organized, and funded for public benefit.
- Harnessing super intelligence for science: Ministers recognized that SI is both accelerating existing research tasks and enabling entirely new forms of inquiry. They encouraged thoughtful integration of SI into scientific workflows and pledged to expand researcher access to SI for science tools, scientific data, computing infrastructure, and experimental facilities.
- Cultivating talent across the scientific enterprise: Ministers committed to identifying and investing in meritorious students and early-career researchers, and to giving them the support, freedom, and opportunity necessary for ambitious inquiry. They acknowledged that progress in many technological domains depends on people who can operate, maintain, and improve instrumentation, and encouraged expanded hands-on training as well as cross-sectoral doctoral programs, fellowships, and research partnerships.
In July 2026, Director Kratsios delivered to President Trump Science: A New Golden Age, the most comprehensive rethinking of the American science and technology research enterprise in eight decades. The report established new directions for U.S. government agencies on how they conduct, fund, and measure the impact of R&D, in light of fundamental changes to the American scientific enterprise and the new opportunities that have emerged.
The following countries endorsed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science:
Argentina
Bulgaria
Chile
Cyprus
Germany
Greece
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Republic of Korea
New Zealand
Poland
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
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Original text here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/10/us-leads-international-coalition-to-endorse-kyoto-vision-for-a-golden-age-of-science/
State Department Issues Public Schedule Oct. 6, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for Oct. 6, 2026:
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SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO
Secretary Rubio is on travel to Iceland, Greece, and Portugal from October 5-8, 2026.
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio meets with Icelandic Foreign Minister porgerour Katrin Gunnarsdottir in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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9:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio meets with Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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10:15 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio holds a joint press availability with Icelandic Foreign
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for Oct. 6, 2026:
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SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO
Secretary Rubio is on travel to Iceland, Greece, and Portugal from October 5-8, 2026.
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio meets with Icelandic Foreign Minister porgerour Katrin Gunnarsdottir in Reykjavik, Iceland.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
9:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio meets with Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir in Reykjavik, Iceland.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
10:15 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio holds a joint press availability with Icelandic ForeignMinister porgerour Katrin Gunnarsdottir in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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11:05 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio holds a meet and greet with employees and families of U.S. Embassy Reykjavik in Reykjavik, Iceland.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Rubio participates in a P-8 Poseidon tour in Reykjavik, Iceland.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER LANDAU
Deputy Secretary Landau attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS ALLISON M. HOOKER
Under Secretary Hooker joins Secretary Rubio's travel to Iceland from October 5-6, 2026.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND NONPROLIFERATION, DR. CHRISTOPHER T. YEAW
Assistant Secretary Yeaw is on travel to New York from October 2-10, 2026.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS CATE DILLON
Assistant Secretary Dillon joins Secretary Rubio's travel to Iceland and Greece from October 5-8, 2026.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR GLOBAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS DYLAN JOHNSON
Assistant Secretary Johnson joins Secretary Rubio's travel to Iceland, Greece, and Portugal from October 5-8, 2026.
BRIEFING SCHEDULE
No Department Press Briefing.
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Original text here: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/10/public-schedule-october-6-2026/
NOAA Funds Six New Projects to Restore Habitat in Collaboration With Recreational Anglers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:
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NOAA Funds Six New Projects to Restore Habitat in Collaboration with Recreational Anglers
October 05, 2026
Funding through the National Fish Habitat Partnership will support the healthy habitats that recreational fisheries rely on to grow, eat, and reproduce.
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NOAA Fisheries is announcing funding for six new projects that will restore habitat in collaboration with recreational anglers through the National Fish Habitat Partnership. Consistent with the goals
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:
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NOAA Funds Six New Projects to Restore Habitat in Collaboration with Recreational Anglers
October 05, 2026
Funding through the National Fish Habitat Partnership will support the healthy habitats that recreational fisheries rely on to grow, eat, and reproduce.
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NOAA Fisheries is announcing funding for six new projects that will restore habitat in collaboration with recreational anglers through the National Fish Habitat Partnership. Consistent with the goalsof Executive Order 14430: Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation, we are announcing these grant projects that support habitat for important fish caught by recreational fishers.
Healthy habitat is the foundation of our nation's recreational fisheries. These projects will engage recreational fishing partners to restore high quality habitat and sustain robust fishing opportunities for future generations. Partners will lead activities such as recovering seagrass beds in Florida, rebuilding coral reefs in Hawaii, and stabilizing eroding shorelines in North Carolina.
We selected six projects for funding, totaling nearly $430,000:
* Trout Unlimited will collaborate with anglers to manage aquatic invasive species in Alaska and educate anglers about how to prevent their spread. ($59,000) (Sponsoring Partnerships: Mat Su Basin Salmon Habitat Partnership and Kenai Peninsula Fish Habitat Partnership)
* Matanzas Riverkeeper will engage recreational anglers in events to remove marine debris from the Guana, Tolomato, and Matanzas estuary in northeast Florida. ($66,000) (Sponsoring Partnership: Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership)
* University of Florida will restore seagrass habitat and lead recreational angler education and outreach efforts within Big Bend Seagrass Aquatic Preserve in Florida. ($80,000) (Sponsoring Partnership: Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership)
* North Carolina Coastal Federation will stabilize eroding shoreline and restore marsh habitat at Tyson Point in North Carolina with local recreational anglers. ($72,000) (Sponsoring Partnership: Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership)
* Kuleana Coral Restoration will restore and monitor corals, co-host a family fishing tournament, and support ocean stewardship and marine education in West Oahu, Hawaii. ($65,000) (Sponsoring Partnership: Hawaii Fish Habitat Partnership)
* Conservation International will work with anglers to document fishery and habitat changes in Maunalua Bay, Hawaii, as freshwater flow is reestablished for the first time in over 30 years. ($84,000) (Sponsoring Partnership: Hawaii Fish Habitat Partnership)
The National Fish Habitat Partnership unites a network of 20 Fish Habitat Partnerships to collaboratively restore habitat across the United States. NOAA funds small scale on-the-ground projects through the Fish Habitat Partnerships to restore fish habitat. These projects are sponsored by Fish Habitat Partnerships and made possible through agreements with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
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Original text here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/noaa-funds-six-new-projects-restore-habitat-collaboration-recreational-anglers
Fall Events at Appomattox Court House NHP
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release:
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Fall Events at Appomattox Court House NHP
October 5, 2026
Appomattox, Va.-- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park continues its commemoration of 250 years of American Independence with a series of special events this fall. These programs connect the history of Appomattox Court House with broader stories of American history. All programs are free and open to the public.
October 17, 2026- Tales and Tunes: Campfire Edition
Grab a seat around the campfire for an evening
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release:
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Fall Events at Appomattox Court House NHP
October 5, 2026
Appomattox, Va.-- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park continues its commemoration of 250 years of American Independence with a series of special events this fall. These programs connect the history of Appomattox Court House with broader stories of American history. All programs are free and open to the public.
October 17, 2026- Tales and Tunes: Campfire Edition
Grab a seat around the campfire for an eveningunder the stars beginning at 6:30 p.m. The program brings together old-time traditions of storytelling and song featuring local folklore and music. Bring a chair, bug spray, and a flashlight for an evening around the campfire.
November 11, 2026 - Legacy of Service: Exploring Stories of Veterans at Appomattox Court House
On Veterans Day, a series of special programs and a visitor center display featuring veterans' accounts of their experiences at Appomattox will honor those who served in the Armed Forces.
1:00 p.m.- Veterans of Appomattox Court HouseFrom the Civil War to World War I, discover how veterans contributed to preserving the memory of the events at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.
2:00 p.m. - After the Surrender: Veteran Visits to AppomattoxCivil War veterans from both sides often returned to Appomattox for the shared purpose of healing and remembrance. Using their stories, a ranger-led tour of the village will follow in the footsteps of veterans who came back to Appomattox Court House after the war.
3:00 p.m.- United States Colored Troops at AppomattoxMore than 180,000 African American soldiers served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Seven regiments of United States Colored Troops, totaling more than 5,000 soldiers, participated in the Battle of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Learn more about the lives of these veterans before, during and after the war.
All programs are subject to change. Please visit the park's website for more information.
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About Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: On April 9, 1865, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the end of the nation's largest war. The stories of Appomattox Court House go far beyond the final significant battles of this nation's Civil War. Learn more at www.nps.gov/apco.
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Original text here: https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/news/fall-2026-events-at-appomattox-court-house-nhp.htm
FDA Recall Notice: Flowers Foods Issues Recall of Nature's Own Hawaiian Bread Due to Undeclared Milk
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice:
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Flowers Foods Issues Recall of Nature's Own Hawaiian Bread Due to Undeclared Milk
Summary
Company Announcement Date: October 02, 2026
FDA Publish Date: October 05, 2026
Product Type: Food & Beverages
Allergens
Reason for Announcement: Undeclared milk allergen
Company Name: Flowers Foods, Inc.
Brand Name: Nature's Own
Product Description: Nature's Own Hawaiian Bread, 20oz single loaf and 40 oz 2-pack
Company Announcement
THOMASVILLE, GA., October
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice:
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Flowers Foods Issues Recall of Nature's Own Hawaiian Bread Due to Undeclared Milk
Summary
Company Announcement Date: October 02, 2026
FDA Publish Date: October 05, 2026
Product Type: Food & Beverages
Allergens
Reason for Announcement: Undeclared milk allergen
Company Name: Flowers Foods, Inc.
Brand Name: Nature's Own
Product Description: Nature's Own Hawaiian Bread, 20oz single loaf and 40 oz 2-pack
Company Announcement
THOMASVILLE, GA., October2, 2026 - Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is recalling Nature's Own(R) Hawaiian Bread, 20 oz. and 40 oz. bags, due to undeclared milk. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk may run the risk of an allergic reaction if they consume this product.
The product being recalled was distributed to retail customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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TABLE: Following is information about the product involved in the recall. People allergic to milk should not consume this product if the "Best if used by" date, UPC and/or Product Code below are printed on the package.
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The recall was initiated after the company discovered during a review of the production records that certain packages of Nature's Own 20 oz. Hawaiian Bread and Nature's Own 2-pack Hawaiian Bread 40 oz. did not declare milk as an ingredient. No related illnesses or incidents have been reported to date.
Affected product should be discarded or may be returned to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may call Flowers' Consumer Relations Center at 1-866-245-8921. The center is open Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Consumers also may contact the center via e-mail by visiting www.flowersfoods.com/contact.
This recall is being made with the knowledge of the Food and Drug Administration.
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About Flowers Foods
Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is one of the largest producers of packaged bakery foods in the United States with 2025 sales of $5.3 billion. Flowers operates bakeries across the country that produce a wide range of bakery products. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, Simple Mills, Wonder, and Tastykake. Learn more at www.flowersfoods.comExternal Link Disclaimer.
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Original text here: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/flowers-foods-issues-recall-natures-own-hawaiian-bread-due-undeclared-milk
DOE Argonne National Laboratory: Kind of Microscope - Agentic AI Turns Simple Language Into Self-guided Experimentation
ARGONNE, Illinois, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release:
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A new kind of microscope: Agentic AI turns simple language into self-guided experimentation
New milestone demonstrated at Argonne advances AI-enabled research systems
October 5, 2026
The SYNAPS-I project's new agentic AI-driven platform allows scientists to use chat-powered exchanges to automate complex tasks, simplifying challenging workflows.
Science has increasingly used artificial intelligence (AI) as a kind of microscope -- sorting data, analyzing images and
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ARGONNE, Illinois, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release:
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A new kind of microscope: Agentic AI turns simple language into self-guided experimentation
New milestone demonstrated at Argonne advances AI-enabled research systems
October 5, 2026
The SYNAPS-I project's new agentic AI-driven platform allows scientists to use chat-powered exchanges to automate complex tasks, simplifying challenging workflows.
Science has increasingly used artificial intelligence (AI) as a kind of microscope -- sorting data, analyzing images andrevealing hidden patterns.
Now a new shift is underway: AI that not only breaks down data but also helps scientists decide what to do next through simple, natural language requests.
With this emerging technology -- agentic AI -- scientists can ask questions and direct actions in everyday language. The system then helps perform or determine next steps, turning complex workflows into straightforward, chat-powered conversational exchanges.
At the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, researchers recently demonstrated this agentic AI capability as part of the Synergistic Neutron and Photon Science - Intelligence (SYNAPS-I) project, which integrates data from neutron, X-ray and microscopy experiments across national labs into a single effort. SYNAPS-I is part of DOE's Genesis Mission, a national initiative to reinvent American science and innovation through AI and is led by the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
The first phase of SYNAPS-I showed that scientists could leverage fine-tuned foundational computing models to rapidly interpret the massive imaging datasets produced by modern X-ray experiments. This phase was successfully tested at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source (APS), the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) and several other DOE facilities earlier this year.
The APS, ALCF and CNM are DOE Office of Science user facilities.
The new SYNAPS-I phase adds an agentic AI layer that shifts the emphasis from data processing to experiment control.
"Instead of writing code or entering technical commands, researchers can talk to the AI, which then handles data collection, processing and analysis automatically," said Ming Du, an Argonne computational scientist and a member of the SYNAPS-I team. "By automating these tasks, researchers have more time to focus on the science and on operating the beamline itself."
The SYNAPS-I project is a DOE national lab collaborative effort including Argonne, LBNL, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
The platform uses the advanced computing resources of ALCF, the ORNL's Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at LBNL, all of which are DOE Office of Science user facilities. The Argonne demonstrations took place at an X-ray beamline jointly operated by the APS and CNM.
Argonne advances SYNAPS-I project with agentic AI
As ultrabright X-ray beams make their way through a material, they produce millions of images in a few hours, creating huge amounts of data very quickly. In the first phase of SYNAPS-I, scientists built a real-time AI engine capable of reconstructing ptychographic images of microelectronics at the pace the data is generated. This compresses hours or days of analysis into seconds.
Ptychography is an X-ray technique that collects many overlapping diffraction patterns, the distinctive ways X-rays scatter after interacting with a material. The technique uses computation to rebuild sharp, high resolution images.
"Real-time reconstruction changes the way experiments are performed, enabling researchers to adjust measurements on the fly instead of discovering key features they missed after the experiment has ended," said Aileen Luo, an Argonne assistant computational scientist and lead developer of the SYNAPS-I model for ptychography.
In the second phase of SYNAPS-I, agentic AI enhances this process in two major ways.
First, a natural-language interface lets scientists direct beamlines by simply describing what they want -- such as "measure this region" or "map this area at high resolution" -- instead of navigating complex control panels. Using those instructions, agentic AI spots important features and makes recommendations to the scientist on areas to investigate in more detail.
Second, the system automates tasks normally run by humans. One of the hardest is region-of interest searches -- finding a small feature in a potentially large sample. Because features are highly variable across samples, this task is nearly impossible to express in code.
"Agentic AI solves this by interpreting the images reconstructed in real time by PtychoFM, our ptychographic model, leveraging the vision capability of a multimodal large language model," Du said. "It works step by step: collecting the image, examining the image, deciding where to move next, refining the search and ultimately finding the target region within an image."
AI operates autonomously without human supervision for low-risk actions and asks for human approval or guidance only for operations with higher risk or uncertainty.
Once agentic AI identifies the right spot, the system automatically switches to a high-resolution scan to capture the details scientists need, said Tao Zhou, scientist with the CNM and member of the SYNAPS-I team.
Additionally, the team connected the agent to a powerful image-segmentation foundation model, Meta's Segment Anything Model 3 (SAM3). This allows the agent to isolate and label features within each image, adding another layer of understanding to the experiment. The ALCF worked with the SYNAPS-I team to integrate SAM3 into the ALCF Inference Service, making SAM3 available to teams across the DOE complex. The service is a cloud like AI platform running on Argonne's supercomputing infrastructure.
Agentic AI in action
The SYNAPS-I team recently tested its agentic AI platform on a microelectronics sample at the 26-ID hard X-ray nanoprobe beamline shared by the CNM and APS.
Although microelectronics was chosen for the demonstration, the platform's autonomous scanning, analysis and segmentation capabilities apply to many materials including catalysts, metals and quantum devices.
"Microelectronics was simply the example used to showcase the technology. The real achievement is developing a next generation, AI enhanced microscope that can benefit many scientific fields," said Mathew Cherukara, an Argonne computational scientist and leader of the Computing and AI group and the Argonne SYNAPS-I team.
Using natural language, the team instructed the AI agent to locate the interface between two regions in an integrated circuit device. AI started from a point deep inside the device. The agent scanned, analyzed, segmented and navigated through images until it found the correct region of interest.
This successful demonstration showed that the new agentic AI layer works seamlessly with the PtychoFM AI model to enable truly self directed experimental control.
"By combining fast ptychographic reconstruction, agentic AI control and SAM3-powered image segmentation, the demonstration showed that SYNAPS-I can analyze semiconductor devices with a level of speed and consistency that traditional workflows cannot match," Zhou said.
Together, these capabilities establish a general framework for accelerating materials research across many domains.
A leap toward self-driving science
The SYNAPS-I team's demonstration marks a major step toward truly autonomous AI-driven laboratories, where experiments can run, adapt and interpret results with minimal human intervention.
This breakthrough advances the broader Genesis Mission to develop self-driving laboratory systems, Cherukara said.
"Combined, these SYNAPS-I advances lay the groundwork for self-driving microscopes, closed-loop experimentation and automated defect-detection tools that promise to accelerate discovery across fields ranging from semiconductor manufacturing to advanced materials and national user facilities," he said.
SYNAPS-I is a public-private partnership uniting Argonne with LBNL, BNL, ORNL, SLAC, university researchers and AI leaders with key industry innovators.
Work performed at the CNM and APS was supported by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
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Beth Burmahl is a freelance science writer specializing in nuclear energy, materials science, AI, microelectronics and transportation research at Argonne. She has more than two decades of experience writing and editing for science and health care publications, translating complex issues into compelling articles for leading institutions. She has a decade of experience as managing editor for an international radiology publication.
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About Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials
The Center for Nanoscale Materials is one of the five DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers, premier national user facilities for interdisciplinary research at the nanoscale supported by the DOE Office of Science. Together the NSRCs comprise a suite of complementary facilities that provide researchers with state-of-the-art capabilities to fabricate, process, characterize and model nanoscale materials, and constitute the largest infrastructure investment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. The NSRCs are located at DOE's Argonne, Brookhaven, Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. For more information about the DOE NSRCs, please visit https://science.osti.gov/User-Facilities/User-Facilities-at-a-Glance.
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility provides supercomputing and AI capabilities to the scientific and engineering community to advance fundamental discovery and understanding in a broad range of disciplines. Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program, the ALCF is one of two DOE Leadership Computing Facilities in the nation dedicated to open science.
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About the Advanced Photon Source
The U. S. Department of Energy Office of Science's Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory is one of the world's most productive X-ray light source facilities. The APS provides high-brightness X-ray beams to a diverse community of researchers in materials science, chemistry, condensed matter physics, the life and environmental sciences, and applied research. These X-rays are ideally suited for explorations of materials and biological structures; elemental distribution; chemical, magnetic, electronic states; and a wide range of technologically important engineering systems from batteries to fuel injector sprays, all of which are the foundations of our nation's economic, technological, and physical well-being. Each year, more than 5,000 researchers use the APS to produce over 2,000 publications detailing impactful discoveries, and solve more vital biological protein structures than users of any other X-ray light source research facility. APS scientists and engineers innovate technology that is at the heart of advancing accelerator and light-source operations. This includes the insertion devices that produce extreme-brightness X-rays prized by researchers, lenses that focus the X-rays down to a few nanometers, instrumentation that maximizes the way the X-rays interact with samples being studied, and software that gathers and manages the massive quantity of data resulting from discovery research at the APS.
This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. DOE Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
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Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology by conducting leading-edge basic and applied research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
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The U.S. Department of Energy'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, visit https://energy.gov/science.
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Original text here: https://www.anl.gov/article/a-new-kind-of-microscope-agentic-ai-turns-simple-language-into-selfguided-experimentation
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: U.S. Airlines' August 2026 Aviation Fuel Cost Up 4.8%, Consumption Down 4.4%, and Fuel Cost Per Gallon Up 9.5% From July 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news:
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U.S. Airlines' August 2026 Aviation Fuel Cost up 4.8%, Consumption down 4.4%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon up 9.5% from July 2026
October 5, 2026
This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. All costs are in current dollars. All fuel consumption
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news:
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U.S. Airlines' August 2026 Aviation Fuel Cost up 4.8%, Consumption down 4.4%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon up 9.5% from July 2026
October 5, 2026
This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. All costs are in current dollars. All fuel consumptiondata is in regard to fuel paid for by the carrier.
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The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines' August 2026 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating total fuel expenditure ($6.17B) of U.S. scheduled service airlines was up 4.8% from July 2026 ($5.89B) and up 60.2% from August 2025 ($3.85B). The airlines used 1.656 billion gallons of fuel, 4.4% less fuel than in July 2026 (1.732 billion gallons) and 1.2% less fuel than August 2025 (1.677 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in August 2026 ($3.72) was up 32 cents (9.5%) from July 2026 ($3.40) and up $1.43 (62.2%) from August 2025 ($2.30).
Note: Alaska Airlines (AS) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA) have merged and now report combined fuel data under Alaska Airlines (AS).
Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service
August 2025 ... $3.85 billion
July 2026 ... $5.89 billion
August 2026 ... $6.17 billion
Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service
August 2025 ... $2.30
July 2026 ... $3.40
August 2026 ... $3.72
Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service
August 2025 ... 1.68 billion gallons
July 2026 ... 1.73 billion gallons
August 2026 ... 1.66 billion gallons
Data is compiled from monthly reports filed with BTS by commercial air carriers as of September 30, 2026.
Fuel Cost and Consumption data from January 2000 to the present and Summaries by month are also available.
Airline fuel costs may be affected by hedging, contracts that allow airlines to limit exposure to future price changes. None of the cost numbers are adjusted for inflation. The month-to-month numbers are not seasonally adjusted.
Individual airline numbers through June 2026 are available on the BTS website.
Please Note:
The information provided within BTS statistical releases may not be based on 100% of the carriers required to report. Generally, data is released per schedule if reports have been received from at least 90% of the carriers, along with data from all the major carriers. Also, within text, percent change results may not be exact due to rounding.
To receive updates from BTS directly to your email, please consider subscribing to our GovDelivery service.
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Original text here: https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/us-airlines-august-2026-aviation-fuel-cost-48-consumption-down-44-and-fuel-cost-gallon-95
