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AI breakthrough could dramatically lower the cost of drug development
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (763+ words) MIT engineers used a language model to pick yeast-friendly codons, boosting production of six proteins, including trastuzumab. (CREDIT: Adobe Stock) Three-letter DNA "words" can decide whether a yeast cell cranks out a medicine efficiently or sputters along. The words are…...
Study finds microbes used oxygen far earlier than scientists thought
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1421+ words) MIT-led research suggests microbes used oxygen hundreds of millions of years before Earth's Great Oxidation Event. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) Oxygen fills the air today, but for most of Earth's early history it barely existed. Scientists…...
New study finds AI depictions of Neanderthals are outdated and wrong
1+ week, 5+ day ago (798+ words) The species, known scientifically as Homo neanderthalensis, has been debated for more than a century. (CREDIT: Advances in Archaeological Practice) Over the past 40 years, phones and computers have turned into the world's largest library. Answers now arrive in seconds. With…...
Tiny protein pair discovery could reveal how the genetic code first began
2+ week, 2+ day ago (710+ words) Researchers analyzing 4.3 billion dipeptides say tiny protein pairs hold clues to how the genetic code formed and expanded over time. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Life runs on instructions you never see. Every cell reads DNA, turns that message into RNA, and then…...
New research links quantum collapse to time and gravity
3+ week, 3+ day ago (847+ words) New physics research links quantum collapse models to gravity and finds tiny limits on clock precision. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) Quantum mechanics has always carried a quiet tension. At its core, the theory allows particles to…...
Artificial intelligence can now beat average humans in creativity, study finds
3+ week, 5+ day ago (823+ words) A major study finds AI can outperform average humans on creativity tests, but top human creators still lead. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Creativity has long been treated as a defining human trait. It shapes art, science, and problem solving, and it helps…...
Smarter tomato-picking robots learn to judge each fruit before harvest
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (986+ words) Tomato vines can look calm from a distance. Up close, they feel like a crowded maze. Fruit hangs in clusters. Stems twist in odd angles. Leaves hide what you need to see. For farmers facing labor shortages, that clutter has…...
New AI system helps scientists understand complex systems that change over time
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1009+ words) This is a graph of recorded temperatures (left) and a model of temperatures (right) around the globe for a fixed latitude over time. (CREDIT: Duke University) Duke University engineers are using artificial intelligence to do something scientists have chased for…...
AI helps archaeologists build low-cost stone age video games in days
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1121+ words) Archaeologists at the University of Copenhagen used AI, Unreal Engine and YouTube tutorials to build a low cost 3D game that lets you wander a real Neolithic burial site and talk with an AI driven Stone Age woman and archaeologist in…...
OmniPredict AI can help cars accurately predict pedestrian behaviors
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1047+ words) Researchers developed an AI system that anticipates pedestrian behavior before it happens. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) You are standing at a busy intersection. A car slows as you approach the curb. No driver looks back at…...