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fromThe Washington Post
1 day ago

One way to live longer: Win the genetic lottery

Genetic factors account for about 50% of human lifespan, significantly higher than the previously estimated 20%.
Cannabis
fromFuturism
15 hours ago

Scientists Gene Hacked a Plant So It Grows Five Types of Psychoactive Drugs at Once

Genetically engineered tobacco plants can produce five different psychedelics, potentially enabling sustainable production for therapeutic use.
OMG science
fromArs Technica
4 days ago

Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

Raccoons exhibit flexible problem-solving skills, thriving in human environments by successfully navigating complex puzzles.
Philosophy
fromNature
4 days ago

How procrastination can rob you of career fulfilment in science

Procrastination is linked to the cult of work, where identity is tied to productivity and work becomes a sacred duty.
Venture
fromTNW | Health-Tech
4 days ago

Generare raises 20M to decode the 97% of microbial chemistry

Generare has raised €20 million to screen microbial genomes for novel small molecules, claiming to have characterized more than the entire field combined.
#artificial-intelligence
fromNature
5 days ago
Intellectual property law

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?

Artificial intelligence is generating non-existent academic references, leading to hallucinated citations in scholarly publications.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago
Science

AI wrote a scientific paper that passed peer review

AI has begun to independently conduct scientific research, marking a significant shift in the role of technology in scientific discovery.
Intellectual property law
fromNature
5 days ago

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?

Artificial intelligence is generating non-existent academic references, leading to hallucinated citations in scholarly publications.
Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

AI wrote a scientific paper that passed peer review

AI has begun to independently conduct scientific research, marking a significant shift in the role of technology in scientific discovery.
fromNature
1 week ago

Now is the time for scientific societies to guide global research

Modern scientific societies are increasingly vulnerable due to their dependence on membership fees and journal subscriptions, which are being challenged by the rise of virtual networking and open-access publishing.
Science
OMG science
fromNature
4 days ago

'Treasure trove' of antiviral proteins could inspire powerful molecular tools

Bacteria possess a vast array of antiviral proteins, identified through machine-learning algorithms, which could lead to innovative biotechnologies.
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
1 week ago

Block of Citations Tested Beneath AI Overview Summary

The format has ginormous link cards at the bottom of the AI summary, which include a thumbnail of no apparent value, the site name, favicon, description, and title.
Typography
from24/7 Wall St.
5 days ago

5 Biotechs That Big Pharma Could Snap Up as Oncology M&A Heats Up

Incyte tops this list due to its rare combination of commercial scale, cash generation, and pipeline depth. The company posted FY2025 revenue of $5.14 billion, up 21.2% YoY, anchored by Jakafi generating $828.2 million in Q4 2025 alone (+7% YoY) and Opzelura delivering $207.3 million (+28% YoY). With $3.58 billion in cash and 14 pivotal clinical trials underway, Incyte offers an acquirer immediate revenue, margin expansion potential, and a deep oncology pipeline spanning KRASG12D, CDK2 inhibition, and mutCALR.
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#cloning
fromFuturism
5 days ago
Science

A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into

fromFuturism
1 week ago
OMG science

Scientists Cloned a Mouse, Then Cloned the Clone, Et Cetera. The Results Were Horrific

fromNature
1 week ago
OMG science

Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers

Science
fromFuturism
5 days ago

A Startup Has Been Quietly Pitching Cloned Human Bodies to Transfer Your Brain Into

Cloning efforts have evolved from animals to controversial human embryo models, with ambitions for brainless human clones for organ transplants.
OMG science
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Scientists Cloned a Mouse, Then Cloned the Clone, Et Cetera. The Results Were Horrific

Cloning mice for 58 generations led to immediate death of offspring, revealing limits to mammalian cloning.
OMG science
fromNature
1 week ago

Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers

Asexual reproduction in mice is unsustainable due to accumulating mutations, limiting the potential for successful cloning.
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Science
fromNature
1 week ago

Inside the 'self-driving' lab revolution

Eve, an AI-powered robotic platform, automates early-stage drug design, significantly enhancing efficiency in scientific research.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Could data from 100 million species help cure disease? One startup is betting on it | Fortune

Basecamp Research launches the Trillion Gene Atlas to map genetic diversity across 100 million species, aiming to expand biological knowledge 100-fold through AI-powered genomic data collection.
fromNature
2 weeks ago

In vivo site-specific engineering to reprogram T cells - Nature

Using CRISPR-Cas9 and adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated homology-directed repair, we targeted CAR integration into the endogenous human TCR alpha locus (TRAC). TRAC-CAR T cells display dynamic CAR expression that delays exhaustion and improves tumour control in xenograft and immunocompetent models. This work has been critical for the development of allogeneic CAR T cell therapy, as it disrupts the TCR after transgene insertion—a necessary step to limit graft-versus-host disease.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

Everyone Is a Biohacker Now

Vyleesi, a prescription female libido drug, is being purchased off-label by men through online retailers exploiting 'research use only' disclaimers to circumvent prescription requirements.
fromNextgov.com
3 weeks ago

Tech bills of the week: Improved biological data for research; Section 702 reform; and more

Ushering in the Golden Age of Innovation is about more than just winning the global tech race - it's about securing the safety and prosperity of our country for generations to come. Our bill is an important step in this effort and will better ensure the United States has the infrastructure in place to lead the 21st century.
EU data protection
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

What happens when AI starts checking mathematicians' work

Computer programs that check mathematical arguments have existed for decades, but translating a human-written proof into the strict programming language of a computer is extremely time-consuming, often taking months or even years.
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Artificial intelligence
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

Why AI Made Me a Faster Researcher - Not a Lazier One

AI accelerates research mechanics like data sorting and literature reviews, but human judgment remains essential for determining relevance and driving meaningful insights.
Coronavirus
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Scientists discover clue in viruses that reveal if they were lab-made

A new study analyzing seven viral outbreaks found no unusual genetic changes in Covid or most viruses before emergence, supporting a natural zoonotic origin rather than lab creation.
Science
fromNature
1 week ago

How to build an AI Scientist: first peer-reviewed paper spills the secrets

AI Scientist automates the entire scientific process, from idea generation to paper writing, and has undergone peer review.
Silicon Valley
fromKqed
1 month ago

How South San Francisco Became the Birthplace of Biotechnology | KQED

South San Francisco transformed from an industrial meatpacking and steel manufacturing hub into the world's biotechnology capital, hosting over 250 biotech companies including Genentech.
Science
fromNature
1 week ago

Zombieland: Genome transplant brings 'dead' bacteria back to life

Researchers have revived 'dead' bacterial cells by replacing their DNA with a working genome from another species, advancing genome engineering.
Science
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Scientists Bring Mouse Brains Back to Life After "Cryosleep" Deep Freeze

Researchers are advancing towards cryosleep by restoring activity in mouse brains using vitrification, potentially aiding organ preservation and brain injury recovery.
Science
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Synthetic circuits for cell ratio control - Nature

Synthetic biology enables artificial cell differentiation and division of labor by engineering genetic and epigenetic circuits that mimic natural stem cell asymmetric division processes.
Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Forget AI. This Biotech Stock's Taking Off Right Now

AI stocks face correction risk due to rising capital expenditures without proportional profits, making biotech an undervalued alternative for AI-driven growth exposure.
Science
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Daily briefing: How labs are coping with 'RAMmageddon'

Global RAM chip shortage driven by AI demand forces researchers to innovate with more efficient algorithms and hardware, with supply recovery expected in 18+ months.
Medicine
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The very long road from a cancer cure' in mice to one in humans

Promising mouse cancer cures often fail to become safe, effective human drugs; premature media claims can create false patient expectations and hinder responsible research progress.
Science
fromScienceDaily
3 weeks ago

A lab mistake at Cambridge reveals a powerful new way to modify drug molecules

Cambridge researchers developed an LED-powered photochemical technique that enables late-stage modification of complex drug molecules without toxic chemicals or metal catalysts, accelerating drug development.
OMG science
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Research roundup: Six cool science stories we almost missed

Scientists revived Edison's nickel-iron battery design using protein scaffolding and graphene oxide, creating an aerogel structure for improved renewable energy storage with extended range and longevity.
Science
fromNature
3 weeks ago

How bioRxiv changed the way biologists share ideas - in numbers

bioRxiv has grown to over 310,000 preprints since 2013, with neuroscientists as top users and monthly submissions reaching 4,000 by 2025, demonstrating widespread acceptance of preprint publishing in scientific research.
US politics
fromNature
1 month ago

Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation

Donald Trump plans to nominate biotechnology investor Jim O'Neill to lead the National Science Foundation.
UK politics
fromNature
1 month ago

Don't deprioritize curiosity-driven research

Government-directed shifts in research funding risk undermining curiosity-driven, investigator-led science that generates fundamental knowledge and long-term innovation.
Science
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers

Scientists who self-retract papers due to honest mistakes maintain citation rates and receive community support, suggesting shifting attitudes toward retractions as responsible scientific practice rather than career-damaging misconduct.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Most scientific inventions don't leave the lab. This VC firm is changing that

But he'd been considering an idea for new technology-an autonomous, wind-powered cargo ship. Then, while on paternity leave in 2024, he discovered a free program that helps scientists and engineers launch businesses for the first time. Weeks after finishing the program, called 5050, Cymbalist had launched a startup called Clippership. The company's first ship is being built in the Netherlands this year. Without the accelerator, he says, the company likely wouldn't exist.
Startup companies
fromNature
1 month ago

Lab morale got you down? Try a handbook

It quickly became apparent that their duties as principal investigators far exceeded the bench skills that they'd learnt as postdocs.
Higher education
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

How one chemist is using AI and robots to automate lab experiments

AI-driven laboratory automation like Coscientist accelerates chemistry by reducing repetitive work, improving accuracy, and enabling experiments previously limited by human error or fatigue.
fromNews Center
1 month ago

AI Model May Improve RNA Sequencing Research - News Center

Scientists in the laboratory of Rendong Yang, PhD, associate professor of Urology, have developed a new large language model that can interpret transcriptomic data in cancer cell lines more accurately than conventional approaches, as detailed in a recent study published in Nature Communications. Long-read RNA sequencing technologies have transformed transcriptomics research by detecting complex RNA splicing and gene fusion events that have often been missed by conventional short-read RNA-sequencing methods.
Cancer
Science
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Large genome model: Open source AI trained on trillions of bases

Evo 2, an AI system trained on trillions of base pairs from all life domains, can identify genes, regulatory sequences, and splice sites in complex genomes including humans.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Not Yet: A Graduate Student's First Publication

Graduate students often face cautious mentorship that delays submission; trusting one’s judgment can result in successful publication despite initial skepticism.
Medicine
fromNature
1 month ago

China's biotech boom: why the nation must collaborate to stay ahead

China leads in drug manufacturing and biotech innovation, but geopolitical scrutiny and moves toward a closed biotech ecosystem threaten scientific collaboration and global medicine access.
fromwww.nature.com
1 month ago

Genetically encoded assembly recorder temporally resolves cellular history

GEMINI leverages a computationally designed protein assembly as an intracellular memory device to record the history of individual cells. GEMINI grows predictably within live cells, capturing cellular events as tree-ring-like fluorescent patterns for imaging-based retrospective readout. Absolute chronological information of activity histories is attainable with hour-level accuracy.
fromNature
2 months ago

AI could transform research assessment - and some academics are worried

In 2023, Australia abandoned its expensive and bureaucratic scholar-led research-assessment programme. New Zealand followed suit soon after. The hope, according to a transition plan unveiled by the Australian federal government's Department of Education and the research sector, was to find a "more modern, data-driven approach". In the United Kingdom, where financial pressures on universities are especially acute, there are similar calls to reform the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the country's performance-based research-funding system.
Higher education
fromNature
2 months ago

This AI has chemical expertise - and helps synthesize 35 new drugs and materials

Now, researchers have created an artificial-intelligence system that vastly simplifies and accelerates the process of chemical synthesis. The system, which is called MOSAIC and is described in a study published in Nature on 19 January, recommended conditions that researchers were able to use to generate 35 compounds with the potential to become products like pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals or cosmetics without needing to do any further trawling or tweaking.
Artificial intelligence
Venture
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
2 months ago

Why Silicon Valley is raising billions while San Diego biotechs struggle

San Diego life science startups experienced a sharp fundraising decline in 2025 as venture capital concentrated heavily in AI startups in major coastal cities.
fromNature
2 months ago

NIH rolls back red tape on some experiments - spurring excitement and concern

Many researchers are surprised and relieved over an unusual step taken by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH): the agency is rolling back the red tape on a host of basic-science experiments that involved human participants and had been classified as clinical trials. The decision, which was announced on 29 January and is part of a broader NIH effort to reduce administrative burden, should free such research from the heavy bureaucratic requirements that are designed for clinical trials but are sometimes ill-suited to other fields, such as basic psychology and behavioural studies.
Medicine
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

Collective intelligence for AI-assisted chemical synthesis

The exponential growth of scientific literature presents an increasingly acute challenge across disciplines. Hundreds of thousands of new chemical reactions are reported annually, yet translating them into actionable experiments becomes an obstacle1,2. Recent applications of large language models (LLMs) have shown promise3,4,5,6, but systems that reliably work for diverse transformations across de novo compounds have remained elusive. Here we introduce MOSAIC (Multiple Optimized Specialists for AI-assisted Chemical Prediction), a computational framework that enables chemists to harness the collective knowledge of millions of reaction protocols.
fromNature
1 month ago

The age of animal experiments is waning. Where will science go next?

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies on dogs should be slashed by 2030. The long-term vision is 'a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances'.
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Medicine
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

These 4 promising breakthroughs are bringing HIV researchers closer to a cure - LGBTQ Nation

Significant scientific advances have produced promising combination therapies and experimental approaches that have eliminated HIV in rare cases but no widely scalable cure exists yet.
fromNature
1 month ago

AI help in grant proposals tied to higher funding odds at NIH

Scientists are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence systems for help drafting the grant proposals that fund their careers, but preliminary data indicate that these tools might be pulling the focus of research towards safe, less-innovative ideas. These data provide evidence that AI-assisted proposals submitted to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) are consistently less distinct from previous research than ones written without the use of AI - and are also slightly more likely to be funded.
Artificial intelligence
OMG science
fromNature
2 months ago

Regulatory grammar in human promoters uncovered by MPRA-based deep learning - Nature

Massively parallel reporter assays provide cell-type-specific causal training data enabling more direct inference of DNA sequence effects on promoter activity than epigenomic maps.
Medicine
fromNature
2 months ago

How DeepMind's genome AI could help solve rare disease mysteries

AlphaGenome uses AI to predict effects of non-coding DNA mutations, helping interpret previously triaged variants and aiding diagnosis of undiagnosed rare diseases.
fromNature
1 month ago

AI tools can design genomes. Will they upend how life evolves?

Biology is undergoing a transformation. After centuries of studying life as it evolves naturally, researchers are now using a combination of computation and genome engineering to intervene, generating new proteins and even whole bacteria from scratch. The use of artificial-intelligence tools to design biological components, an approach known as generative biology, is set to turbocharge this area of research. Just last year, scientists used AI-assisted design to produce artificial genes that can be expressed in mammalian cells.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Why every scientist needs a librarian

Academic libraries have transformed into dynamic research hubs offering expert librarianship, technologies, coding, maker spaces, and data support that accelerate scientific research.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Have we leapt into commercial genetic testing without understanding it?

Martschenko's argument is largely that genetic research and data have almost always been used thus far as a justification to further entrench extant social inequalities. But we know the solutions to many of the injustices in our world-trying to lift people out of poverty, for example-and we certainly don't need more genetic research to implement them. Trejo's point is largely that more information is generally better than less.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: Automated robot 'scientists' spark debate over the future of lab work

Autonomous AI-controlled lab robots can automate simple tasks but current limitations mean many laboratory procedures still require human dexterity and judgment.
Science
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

Scalable and multiplexed recorders of gene regulation dynamics across weeks

CytoTape enables multiplexed, genetically encoded, spatiotemporally scalable recording of gene regulation dynamics in single cells for up to three weeks with minute-scale resolution.
Science
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Research roundup: 6 cool stories we almost missed

Mineral fingerprinting and zircon analysis indicate humans transported Stonehenge stones from distant quarries, not glaciers.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

How to wow a popular-science writer with your research expertise

Effective science communication requires researchers to explain work accurately yet comprehensibly, balancing writers' narrative goals with scientists' commitment to precise truth.
fromNature
1 month ago

Nanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication efforts

Calling nanoscientists: your field needs you to try to replicate a landmark finding that quantum dots can act as biosensors inside living cells. As part of the first large-scale effort in the physical sciences to tackle the reproducibility crisis, researchers in France and the Netherlands are offering funds and resources in exchange for a few months of work. "We are trying to use
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fromMail Online
2 months ago

Scientists use AI to create a virus never seen before

Scientists used AI and gene-assembly tools to create Evo-Φ2147, a novel 11-gene virus designed to kill pathogenic E. coli.
Science
fromNature Partnerships
2 months ago

Promote your products to scientists | Nature Partnerhships

Reach over 43 million monthly users across Nature, Springer, BMC, and Scientific American to target scientists, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and engaged readers.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions - Nature

DNA writing remains limited by short oligo synthesis and two-way junction assembly methods, hindering affordable, scalable construction of large, complex synthetic DNA.
Science
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

Author Correction: An autonomous laboratory for the accelerated synthesis of inorganic materials

Prediction platform correctly identified 36 of 40 synthesized compounds; four were inconclusive, and novelty claims were clarified as 'new to the prediction platform', not new to science.
fromNature
2 months ago

'It means I can sleep at night': how sensors are helping to solve scientists' problems

In fact, Stawicki was on a mission to save the lives of around 1,000 zebrafish ( Danio rerio) in her laboratory. Similarities between lines of hair cells on the fish's flanks and those in the mammalian inner ear enable her to use them as a model to study hearing problems in humans caused by some antibiotics and chemotherapy drugs. A sensor had picked up that the lab's heating system had been knocked out by a power fault.
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fromNature
2 months ago

'Remote controlled' proteins illuminate living cells

Engineered magnetically sensitive fluorescent proteins enable remote modulation of brightness in cells and animals, offering quantum-based control for biosensors and potential therapies.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known

Jeffrey Epstein had extensive, previously underreported ties to the scientific community, investing and socializing with numerous researchers, revealed by millions of newly released investigative files.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

An expanded registry of candidate cis-regulatory elements - Nature

The cCRE registry expanded to 2.37 million human and 967,000 mouse elements and integrates functional characterization for over 97% of human cCREs.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Hidden Lives of Lab Animals and the Need for Reform

Countless millions of nonhuman animals (animals) of all sorts are used in a diverse array of laboratory research. Their treatment varies from being unspeakably inhumanely abused to being treated with kindness, depending on the questions at hand and the values and attitudes of the researchers themselves. The lives of these animals truly are hidden, and most people are incredulous when they learn that laboratory rats and mice still are not considered "animals" under the current federal Animal Welfare Act.
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fromFast Company
2 months ago

Scientific breakthroughs are redefining what's possible with asteroids, cancer research, and neurotech

Cross-disciplinary collaborations and AI enable breakthroughs—asteroid deflection, immunotherapy mapping, and vestibular control—advancing capability to protect and improve human life.
fromBig Think
2 months ago

The four paths forward for US scientists in 2026

For nearly 100 years, the United States has been the world's leader in a wide variety of scientific fields. No other country has: invested as much in fundamental scientific research, has made more scientific breakthroughs and scientific advances, has attracted more scientific researchers to move there to conduct their research, or has conducted more projects and been home to more scientists that have won Nobel Prizes.
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fromWIRED
2 months ago

He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He's Planning to Do It Again

He Jiankui created the first gene-edited babies, was jailed and banned, and now seeks to resume controversial genetic research despite widespread germline-editing prohibitions.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Science Is Drowning in AI Slop

Scientific journals are increasingly filled with fabricated references and AI-generated low-quality content, undermining peer review and trust in published research.
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fromNature
2 months ago

Now is not the time to defund human fetal tissue research

Restricting federal funding for human fetal tissue research will impede development of replacement technologies and slow discovery of new medicines.
Science
fromHarvard Gazette
2 months ago

Want to speed brain research? It's all in how you look at it. - Harvard Gazette

SmartEM uses machine learning to guide common single-beam scanning electron microscopes in real time, increasing scanning speed sevenfold and democratizing high-resolution connectomics.
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