Academics from Chicago universities protested planned cuts to federal research grants, while a judge temporarily blocked the NIH from implementing the controversial cuts ordered by the Trump administration, which critics argue would hamper vital medical research and public health initiatives nationwide.
Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic skyrocketed to a staggering $61.5 billion valuation after securing a $3.5 billion mega funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, fueling its ambitious plans to expand compute power, advance AI research, and accelerate global expansion.
Rare diseases affect millions but face an uphill battle for diagnosis, treatment, and research due to their rarity, despite efforts like federal incentives and patient advocacy, underscoring the need for increased focus to unlock medical insights and cures.
Google unveiled an experimental AI 'co-scientist' system that synthesizes research, generates hypotheses, and suggests plans, leveraging large language models and techniques like literature search, with early users enthusiastic but uncertainty around true novelty.
Groundbreaking discoveries reveal Mars once hosted vast oceans and wet environments around 3 billion years ago, as evidenced by the planet's iron-rich minerals and potential ancient shorelines, offering compelling insights into its watery past.
Evo 2, a groundbreaking AI tool, unlocks the secrets of nature's genetic code, enabling rapid protein discovery by virtually predicting the form and function of proteins encoded in the DNA of all living and extinct species, potentially revolutionizing biological research and accelerating scientific breakthroughs.
Researchers unveil groundbreaking multimodal AI system that simultaneously processes text, images, and tables from documents, dramatically outperforming traditional search methods by combining advanced parsing technology with hybrid search algorithms and re-ranking capabilities for superior accuracy at reduced costs.