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AI & ScienceJul 31, 2026

India's AI-Powered Genomics Push Could Reshape How We Treat Genetic Disease

India sequenced 10,174 genomes and found 7 million novel genetic variants, as its AI-powered genomics push aims to reshape precision medicine globally.

AI & ScienceJul 30, 2026

The NSF's Quiet Push to Transform Materials Science Through Engineering Innovation

The NSF is channeling billions into materials science research, from semiconductors to earthquake-resistant structures, through engineering grants and.

AI & ScienceJul 29, 2026

How AI and Scientific Publishers Are Reshaping Drug Discovery Research

Sage Publishing and Elix are reshaping drug discovery by pairing AI platforms with scientific literature and atomic-level biology to target.

AI & ScienceJul 29, 2026

How Northeastern's AI Scientists Are Reshaping Materials Discovery and Drug Development

Northeastern scientists are using AI to reshape materials discovery and drug development, while physics is helping make AI itself more interpretable.

AI & ScienceJul 29, 2026

Google DeepMind Shuts Down AlphaFold Team, Betting Big on Gemini Instead

Google DeepMind dissolved the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold team, redirecting researchers to Gemini as it bets on general-purpose AI over specialized.

AI & ScienceJul 29, 2026

Europe's Genomics Labs Are Getting a Major Speed Boost: Here's Why It Matters

Europe's first Ultima-certified genomics lab can now sequence at trillion-gene scale, slashing costs and opening AI-scale biology research to researchers.

AI & ScienceJul 29, 2026

How AI Is Reshaping Drug Discovery: From Lab Bench to Patient Care

AI is reshaping drug discovery by compressing months of work into days, but leaders say validated learning, not raw speed, is the real competitive edge.

AI & ScienceJul 28, 2026

A New Generation of Self-Driving Labs Is About to Transform How Scientists Discover Materials

Self-driving labs backed by a $20M NSF grant can accelerate materials discovery by 100 times, letting researchers run experiments remotely via AI and.

AI & ScienceJul 28, 2026

Three Major Universities Launch AI-Powered Self-Driving Labs to Democratize Materials Discovery

NSF-funded self-driving labs at Rice and NC State will let researchers run AI-powered materials experiments remotely, compressing discovery timelines by.

AI & ScienceJul 28, 2026

Why AlphaFold's Real Breakthrough Was a Hiring Decision, Not the Algorithm

AlphaFold's Nobel-winning protein breakthrough came from a hiring decision, not a smarter algorithm; academia's structure made the team impossible to.

AI & ScienceJul 28, 2026

USDA Is Quietly Building an AI Genomics Arsenal for American Agriculture

The USDA is quietly building an AI genomics arsenal to help farmers fight disease, resist drought, and cut chemical costs across American agriculture.

AI & ScienceJul 28, 2026

The New Frontier: Why Universities Are Racing to Teach AI-Powered Genomics

Universities are racing to train bioinformatics engineers as AI genomics careers surge, blending coding and DNA expertise to meet explosive demand from.

AI & ScienceJul 27, 2026

How AI Is Cracking Kidney Disease Before Symptoms Start

AI can now map kidney protein structures in minutes using AlphaFold, letting scientists predict disease risk and design targeted drugs before symptoms.

AI & ScienceJul 27, 2026

The Hidden Problem Slowing Down AI Drug Discovery: Why Labs Can't Share Their Failures

AI drug discovery is hobbled by a hidden bias: scientists rarely share failed experiments, leaving models to learn only from successes.

AI & ScienceJul 27, 2026

How AI and Physics Are Teaming Up to Revolutionize Battery Design

AI and physics are merging to slash battery material discovery from months to days, using self-driving labs that autonomously test electrolyte.

AI & ScienceJul 27, 2026

St. John's University Gets $562,000 to Teach AI How to Repurpose Old Drugs for New Diseases

St. John's University secured $562,000 from NIH to build AI that finds new uses for existing drugs, targeting respiratory diseases faster and cheaper.

AI & ScienceJul 26, 2026

A Boston Startup Is Turning Genetic Data Into Everyday Questions. Here's Why Scientists Are Taking Notice.

Bystro AI lets researchers query genomic data in plain English, eliminating the coding barrier that has slowed genetic research for decades.

AI & ScienceJul 25, 2026

AlphaFold Is Quietly Solving Gene Editing's Biggest Safety Problem

AlphaFold is helping researchers pinpoint and fix the structural flaws that cause gene-editing tools like CRISPR to cut DNA in the wrong places.

AI & ScienceJul 24, 2026

Georgia Tech Leads Seven AI Projects to Revolutionize Energy, Manufacturing, and Nuclear Safety

Georgia Tech will lead seven AI research projects under the $5 billion Genesis Mission, targeting nuclear safety, biomanufacturing, and materials science.

AI & ScienceJul 24, 2026

How AI Is Closing the Loop in Chemical Manufacturing: A New Approach to Catalyst Discovery

The U.S. DOE is funding 278 teams with $293 million to build AI systems that cut catalyst discovery from years to weeks.

AI & ScienceJul 24, 2026

University at Buffalo Wins Three Major AI Grants to Speed Up Materials Discovery and Chemical Manufacturing

University at Buffalo won three federal AI grants to accelerate materials discovery, chosen from over 5,000 submissions in the DOE's Genesis Mission.

AI & ScienceJul 24, 2026

Stanford AI Discovers a Natural Appetite Suppressant That Works Like Ozempic Without the Side Effects

Stanford's AI found a natural peptide called BRP that cuts food intake by 50% in animals, mimicking Ozempic without nausea or muscle loss.

AI & ScienceJul 23, 2026

How Undergraduate Research and Open-Source Software Are Transforming Genetic Visualization

Wheaton College researchers built pygenoscape, a free open-source tool that turns thousands of DNA sequences into 3D landscapes revealing hidden genetic.

AI & ScienceJul 23, 2026

AI Reveals Hidden Genome Reorganization in Alzheimer's Brain Cells

AI has uncovered hidden genome reorganization in Alzheimer's brain cells, revealing a new layer of disease biology beyond amyloid plaques and tau tangles.

AI & ScienceJul 23, 2026

How AI Is Rebuilding Drug Discovery from Scratch: Louisiana's Answer to a Billion-Dollar Problem

LSU's AI drug discovery platform screens millions of candidates in weeks, not years, targeting diseases that lack profitable markets.

AI & ScienceJul 23, 2026

Northwestern Gets $20 Million to Build America's First AI-Powered Protein Engineering Cloud Lab

Northwestern's $20 million NSF-funded AI cloud lab will let researchers remotely engineer proteins and generate 30 million data points, free of charge.

AI & ScienceJul 23, 2026

New AI Tool Predicts How Genes Turn On and Off Across Different Cell Types

Corgi, a new AI tool, predicts gene activity across cell types by factoring in each cell's unique molecular environment, advancing drug discovery and.

AI & ScienceJul 22, 2026

AlphaFold 3 Just Unlocked a 50-Year Mystery. Here's Why Drug Companies Are Racing to Use It.

AlphaFold 3 solved a 50-year protein-folding mystery, and now AI-designed cancer drugs are entering human clinical trials for the first time.

AI & ScienceJul 22, 2026

Nearly 300 AI-Powered Research Projects Just Got Federal Funding. Here's What Changes

The DOE's Genesis Mission funds 278 AI research projects across 342 institutions, compressing scientific discovery timelines from decades to months.

AI & ScienceJul 22, 2026

AI Is Now Tackling Nuclear Waste and Environmental Cleanup. Here's How It Could Save $150 Billion

AI is tackling nuclear waste cleanup using physics-based models that could unlock over $150 billion in savings across U.S. Department of Energy sites.

AI & ScienceJul 21, 2026

The Pharma 4.0 Boom: How AI and Automation Are Reshaping Drug Discovery at Scale

The Pharma 4.0 market is set to grow from $17.85 billion to $90.71 billion by 2034, as AI and robotics reshape drug discovery at scale.

AI & ScienceJul 21, 2026

Two New AI Tools Are Teaching Machines to Understand Materials at the Atomic Level

Two new AI tools let researchers query atomic-level materials properties in plain English, accelerating discovery for applications like fusion energy.

AI & ScienceJul 20, 2026

Demis Hassabis Warns AGI Could Arrive Within Years. Here's Why Global Oversight Matters Now.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warns AGI could arrive within years, urging global oversight now before frontier AI evolves beyond human control.

AI & ScienceJul 20, 2026

AlphaFold's Real Impact on Drug Discovery: Separating Hype from What Actually Changed

AlphaFold predicts structures for 200 million proteins, but medicinal chemists still need experimental methods for the binding-site detail that drives.

AI & ScienceJul 20, 2026

45 Global Partners Just Launched an AI Materials Foundry. Here's Why It Could Reshape Industry.

CuspAI's AI Materials Foundry unites 45 global partners, including NVIDIA and Samsung, to discover new materials faster, cutting years of R&D to months.

AI & ScienceJul 19, 2026

Takeda's $600 Million Bet on AI Drug Discovery: What the Pharma Giant's New Partnership Reveals

Takeda's $600 million AI drug discovery deal with Insilico Medicine could slash years off early research timelines using a three-tool AI platform.

AI & ScienceJul 18, 2026

Anthropic's Claude Science Brings AI Drug Discovery Tools to Researchers Everywhere

Anthropic's Claude Science gives all paid subscribers an AI workbench with 60-plus curated skills to accelerate drug discovery, including internal.

AI & ScienceJul 17, 2026

Why AI Can Nominate Drug Targets, But Still Can't Predict Which Ones Will Actually Work

AI can flag drug targets eight times better than chance, but benchmarking shows even advanced algorithms barely beat basic heuristics at predicting which.

AI & ScienceJul 17, 2026

Is AlphaFold Proof the Universe Runs on Computation? DeepMind's Hassabis Thinks So

DeepMind's Hassabis argues AlphaFold's success proves the universe is inherently computational, not simulated, but made of information itself.

AI & ScienceJul 17, 2026

How AI Labs Are Learning to Collaborate: The Human-Centered Future of Materials Discovery

AI is accelerating materials discovery fastest when humans stay in the loop, a key finding from the AIchemy Hub Conference in Liverpool.

AI & ScienceJul 17, 2026

How AI and Laser Technology Are Reshaping Advanced Manufacturing Across Industries

Korea and Germany are uniting on AI-driven laser manufacturing while 11 U.S. fellows commercialize materials science breakthroughs backed by $4.9B in.

AI & ScienceJul 17, 2026

Why Drug Makers Are Building AI Consortiums Instead of Going Solo

CellCarta's new AI consortium unites seven specialized vendors under one CRO, giving drug makers a validated, agnostic path through AI-powered drug.

AI & ScienceJul 16, 2026

Scientists Design Custom Gene-Editing Enzymes Using AI, Breaking Free From Nature's Limits

UC Berkeley scientists used AI to design custom gene-editing enzymes, with 1 in 4 variants proving active, outpacing what evolution alone can produce.

AI & ScienceJul 16, 2026

The Real Bottleneck in Genomics Isn't Sequencing,It's Computing Power

Genomic sequencing now costs as little as $200, but processing the data is the new bottleneck, driving explosive growth in high-performance computing for.

AI & ScienceJul 16, 2026

Japan's Pharma Giants Are Building an AI Drug Discovery Powerhouse

Japan's pharma giants are uniting around AI drug discovery platforms, with one new molecular model already ranking first on nine global benchmarks.

AI & ScienceJul 16, 2026

Georgia Tech's New AI Center Aims to Model Disease at the Cellular Level

Georgia Tech's new AI center will model disease at the cellular level to speed drug discovery, targeting deadly cancers like pancreatic and glioblastoma.

AI & ScienceJul 15, 2026

Congress Targets Underground Microbes as Hidden Goldmine for AI-Powered Drug Discovery

Bipartisan legislation would use AI to sequence genomes from extreme underground microbes, potentially unlocking new treatments for Alzheimer's, diabetes.

AI & ScienceJul 15, 2026

From Protein Prediction to Drug Design: How AlphaFold's Creator Is Pushing Beyond the Nobel Prize

AlphaFold solved protein folding in seconds, but Demis Hassabis says designing drugs that bind targets without harmful side effects is the harder.

AI & ScienceJul 15, 2026

Claude Science Arrives for Researchers: Faster Workflows, But Scientists Say AI Still Needs to Think Like a Scientist

Claude Science speeds up genomics and proteomics research, but early users say the AI still can't think critically about data the way trained scientists.

AI & ScienceJul 15, 2026

OpenAI Researcher Miles Wang Launches $2 Billion AI Drug Discovery Startup

OpenAI researcher Miles Wang is launching an AI drug discovery startup targeting a $2 billion valuation, focusing on repurposing FDA-approved drugs.

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