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Say hello—or hola, bonjour, привет or 你好—to a new tool that transports you to cultures across the globe while fitting in your hand, pocket or purse.

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has made inroads into almost every industry and socioeconomic sector in recent decades, with a promise of making life easier and more efficient. Smart home appliances keep refrigerators stocked and temperature controlled, while social media apps connect people to networks and online shoppers find just what they need with targeted ads. But these AI applications have also introduced new concerns for privacy, implicit bias and a host of potentially harmful, unintended consequences.

The Brain and Behavior Institute (BBI) is excited to announce that the University of Maryland’s focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM)—an established tool in the physical sciences and materials engineering—will also soon support biological and neuroscience applications.