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Aurora 1.5: Extending open foundation models for weather and Earth-system applications

July 9, 2026 | Kenji Takeda, Haiyu Dong, Jonathan Weyn, Amit Misra, Matt Corey, Kevin White, Shannon Monroe, Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Ashley Llorens, Bonnie Kruft

Aurora 1.5 adds 22 more variables, hourly temporal resolution, and probabilistic ensemble forecasting to the Aurora foundation model, making it more useful for real-world weather, climate, and energy applications.

Aurora 1.5 | three white line icons on an abstract blue and purple background: globe, thunder cloud, tree

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Microsoft Research India Academic Summit 2026 – About the event

June 26, 2026 | Srinivasan Iyengar, Venkat Padmanabhan

Microsoft Research India Academic Research Summit 2026 The Microsoft Research India Academic Research Summit 2026 is a vibrant convergence of ideas, bringing together leading researchers, faculty, and innovators from across the country. The summit, over…

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Enhanced Phosphate Capture by Thermally Modified Calcium Aluminate Decahydrate: Optimization, Performance and Mechanism.

Peng Cheng, Ruixiang Wang, Yu Liu, Yu Shang, Lei Yang, Yongxiang Ren

Molecules | June 2026, Vol 31 12

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China’s net-zero budget

Zhu Liu, Piyu Ke, Zhu Deng, Philippe Ciais, Robbie Andrew, Ana Bastos, Yan Bai, Josep G. Canadell, Dabo Guan, Xinyu Dou, Steven J. Davis, Fangfang Dai, Pierre Friedlingstein, Xiaoting Huang, Yifan Hu, Robert B. Jackson, Greet Janssens-Maenhout, Matthew W. Jones, Daniel M. Kammen, Yun Li, Tao Li, Shunlin Liang, Laibao Liu, Benjamin Poulter, Glen P. Peters, Stephen Sitch, Lixin Wang, Wei Wei, Fengming Xi, Xiaofan Gui, Jiang Bian, Yuan Wang, Jinjun Xue, Jinyue Yan, Xu Yue, Ning Zhang, Xian Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Yonglong Lu, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Xiaoye Zhang, Minhan Dai, Pengfeng Gong, Kebin He, Guangqian Wang

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | May 2026

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