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Researchers from the Berkeley Geochronology Center, UC Berkeley and the University of Padua in Italy now report in Science Advances that this historical benchmark has helped them significantly improve the precision of argon-argon dating.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

The central bank raised its benchmark rate to 2.5 percent earlier this month.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Along with improving calibration of the argon/argon dating method, Renne said the findings establish a new benchmark for how accurately the technique can determine the ages of relatively recent volcanic eruptions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Yields for the benchmark 10-year Treasury rose 0.015 percentage point to 5.256%, its highest level since 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Epic in scope, violence, and imagination, Deathstorm is a new benchmark in the fantasy genre and cements forever G. M. Pennington’s status as the American Tolkien.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

Both benchmarks had pared gains Monday after Saudi Arabia resumed loading vessels at the Red Sea port of Yanbu via its East-West pipeline, a key export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

American companies lead on so-called frontier models, with the highest-performing systems on most benchmarks coming from firms such as Anthropic, Google and OpenAI.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Asked what benchmarks Donald would have to hit before returning, McVay said it was up to how Donald felt after getting more 11-on-11 reps during practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Vals AI, a company that evaluates today’s AI models, maintains an RSI Index that benchmarks whether models can “do the research that builds the next model.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

When it’s a criminal case, the plan contains measurable benchmarks.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater