‘Treasure trove’ of antiviral proteins could inspire powerful molecular tools
Escherichia coli produce a diverse array of proteins to help protect them against bacteriophages (green). Credit: M. Maeder/Dept…
Exclusive: Anthropic ‘Mythos’ AI model representing ‘step change’ in power revealed in data leak
AI company Anthropic is developing and has begun testing with early access customers a new AI model more…
AI scientists are changing research — institutions, funders and publishers must respond
Artificial-intelligence systems might be used to perform large parts of the research process with minimal human oversight.Credit: Ben…
Major conference catches illicit AI use — and rejects hundreds of papers
Organizers of the 2026 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) used a watermarking system to catch the use…
Pokémon Go players have unknowingly been helping to train delivery robots
Published on 18/03/2026 – 8:41 GMT+1 Players chasing down a rare Snorlax or trying to pin a Pikachu…
the AI database now includes protein pairing
AlphaFold is now capable of predicting homodimeric complexes, including those formed by the transcription elongation factor Eaf, whose…
Insulin resistance prediction from wearables and routine blood biomarkers
Remote recruitment of participants through the GHS platform The study protocol was approved by Advarra (IRB no. Pro00074093).…
Earth’s Spin Is Slowing at a Pace Not Seen in Millions of Years—and You Can Guess Why
It often feels like the world is spinning faster and faster, just out of control these days, right?…
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, announced…
Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform
Nvidia is planning to launch an open-source platform for AI agents, people familiar with the company’s plans tell…