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Exclusive: Lundbeck taps Cradle for antibody design
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (203+ words) Lundbeck scientists will use Cradle's artificial intelligence software for 2 programs The Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has tapped the artificial intelligence firm Cradle to help develop two antibodies to treat neurological disorders. Scientists at Lundbeck will use Cradle's AI software to…...
Around $1, 000 can buy you first authorship on a dodgy scientific paper
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (616+ words) Cost varies across paper mills, but the least expensive one is in India, according to a new analysis of social media advertisements by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN The average cost of buying the first-author slot on a…...
CAS built an agentic AI named Newton
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (237+ words) The tool was designed for science The latest news in meetings, awards, governance, ACS publishing, and more. "We don't look at Newton as just pure AI, right? Newton is a marriage of AI and peer-reviewed, proven science. And only CAS…...
Machine learning helps improve accuracy and efficiency of small-molecule calculations
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (620+ words) Microsoft researchers used deep learning to create new DFT model by Sam Lemonick, special to C&EN When experiments are impractical, density functional theory (DFT) calculations can give researchers accurate approximations of chemical properties. The mathematical equations that underpin the…...
Can we predict which chemistry research projects will pay off?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (691+ words) New bibliometric tool combs through scientific literature, patents, and grants to forecast future impact, but experts disagree about its usefulness by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN Recurring stories and special news packages from C&EN. "You need and…...
A trio of AI methods tackles enzyme design
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (522+ words) The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Three new papers now report improvements to enzyme design using diffusion models, a class of generative artificial intelligence algorithms that add…...
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (695+ words) Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. Artificial…...
Researchers who use generative AI to write papers are publishing more
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (740+ words) Large language models produce papers that use more-complex language and cite a wider range of sources by Dalmeet Singh Chawla, special to C&EN The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career…...
Natural protein sequences represent only a fraction of what's theoretically possible
2+ mon, 8+ hour ago (184+ words) The limitations imposed by evolution have implications for AI tools trained on existing sequences and de novo protein design The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. The genetic…...
Watch a new self-driving molecular machine in action
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (395+ words) Attending the ACS Spring Meeting? We want your feedback." Watch a new self-driving molecular machine in action Chemists use a cycle of enzymatic oxidation and chemical reduction to drive molecular rotation The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business…...