A writer for Science recounts how disconnecting from AI tools restored their passion for writing, after relying on generative AI left them feeling detached from the creative process. The author descri…
A study published in Science on May 16, 2025, found that carbohydrates contributed more than half of hominin energy requirements over four million years of evolution, challenging the notion that meat …
In response to public concerns about AI-generated phages, researcher David Baker stated that the current threat of AI-generated human viruses is very low, but urged urgent preparations for future risk…
A new study in Science by J. Elliott Campbell of UC Santa Cruz and Roland Geyer of UC Santa Barbara finds that scrapping a working gasoline car and replacing it with an electric vehicle is usually gre…
Researchers at Stanford University used the Evo 2 genomic language model to design 16 functional bacteriophages from scratch, marking the first complete, functional genomes generated by AI. The design…
Evo, a genome model from the Arc Institute, has generated 16 functional bacteriophages, as published in Science. The model's open-source weights are available on Hugging Face, raising concerns about b…
Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute used AI models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to design 16 new viral genomes never seen in nature, producing bacteriophages that infected and killed E. coli i…
Scientists at Stanford University and the Arc Institute used the AI models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to design 16 new bacteriophages capable of infecting and killing E. coli bacteria, marking the first time AI …
Researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute used AI models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to design complete genomes for bacteriophages, and 16 of 285 lab-tested designs produced functional viruses th…
Researchers at Stanford University and the ARC Institute used genome language models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to design 16 synthetic viruses that can kill E. coli bacteria, raising hopes for treating drug-resi…
Scientists at Stanford University and the Arc Institute used artificial intelligence to design 16 novel bacteriophages from scratch, marking the first time AI has created fully functional viruses. The…
A Stanford- and Arc Institute-led team reported in Science on August 6 that genome language models generated complete bacteriophage genomes, 16 of which proved viable in laboratory tests. The research…
A Stanford University study of 700 African turquoise killifish found that aging unfolds in distinct behavioral stages rather than as a continuous decline, and that activity patterns can predict lifesp…
PaperPush, a new open-source command-line tool from the Pachter Lab, automates manuscript submissions to preprint servers, journals, and conferences by filling out submission portals with a single com…
A Stanford-led analysis of 317 AI unicorns since 1998 found that more than half have never led a scientific paper or preprint, and collectively these billion-dollar companies accounted for roughly one…
A new analysis reveals that leading AI startups are publishing far less research than they did just a few years ago, with the top 10 startups reducing their publication output by over 50% since 2020, …
One in five Americans aged 18 to 29 have used AI chatbots for emotional support, according to a Pew Research Center survey, and a Stanford study in Science found that AI systems are 49 percent more sy…
One in five US adults under 30 use AI chatbots for emotional support, and 13% of all adults have shared a secret with a chatbot they haven't told a human, according to surveys from Pew Research Center…
Researchers from the Innovative Genomics Institute and the Doudna lab used Meta's ESM Inverse Folding model to design 1,980 synthetic TnpB variants, with the best reaching 46% and 50% editing efficien…
Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have developed a two-dimensional flash memory chip that stores data using a single electron at room temperature, a tenfold improvement over previous single-…