"The AI platform Hugging Face on Thursday released a new open model for understanding DNA that can run locally on a laptop. Developed in collaboration with researchers at Zhongguancun Academy in China ...

The protein universe is about to get bigger. Scientists can now use AI to build proteins never before seen in nature. These designer proteins may become therapeutics, environmental sensors, or even ...

The treatment delivers a light-sensitive algae protein to the retina. Paired with special goggles, it can restore limited vision and lasts for years. The patients sit perfectly still as a needle ...

"Talking to mathematicians after the release, it is clear that it is a highly conflicting environment, motivating a wild range of reactions. ...'The solutions announcement, [Dr. Bridson] added, 'will ...

Earlier this month, artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it ...

The system, designed by Stanford researchers, identified which drugs are more likely to succeed in trials and even proposed a cancer treatment a major drugmaker later landed on too. Developing a new ...

We're fixated on the intelligence of single agents. The more profound challenge is what happens when millions of them interact at scale. There is a temptation to divide the future of AI into two ...

A potentially safer, simpler way to create CAR T cells in the body could bring this powerful therapy to the masses. When the body goes to war on itself, it wreaks havoc. The immune system is one of ...

Atlases have long guided us through uncharted territory. Now, an AI-generated atlas by Google DeepMind seeks to do the same for the vast landscape of our DNA. Ever since the Human Genome Project, ...

Elderly mice on the popular weight-loss drug semaglutide aged slower and lived longer, mimicking the longevity effects of caloric restriction. It’s a hot GLP-1 drug summer. Semaglutide—better known as ...

Human beings have long told versions of the same warning: Be careful what you wish for. In Greek mythology, King Midas got exactly what he asked for, but at the cost of everything else he valued. In ...

You might assume scrapping a brand new car would be terrible for the environment, but it depends on what you replace it with. New research suggests replacing a gas car with an electric vehicle can cut ...