News Oct 1, 2026 AI scientist at Swedish university generates and validates biological discoveries autonomously Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed an AI system that performs the full cycle of scientific research on its own. The AI scientist generates hypotheses, designs experiments, and interprets results with minimal human input. The system was tested on brewer's yeast, demonstrating a closed-loop approach to biological discovery. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Mindbytes Sep 29, 2026 Open Superconductor Challenge Invites Laptop-Based Materials Screening An open competition seeks better ways to screen potential superconductors, while keeping computational rankings distinct from experimentally confirmed discoveries. Linsey Smith 1 min read
Community Apr 6, 2026 The Hidden Shapes Inside Every Network Scientists just cracked a decades-old problem: SPMiner uses Graph Neural Networks to discover hidden recurring shapes inside massive networks faster and at unprecedented scale. Ruth Tamiru 5 min read
Community Aug 4, 2026 Measuring AI’s Ability to Think Scientifically Traditional benchmarks can no longer measure advanced AI. Learn how the new FrontierScience benchmark tests if models are truly reasoning using Olympiad and research challenges. Yedidya Solomon 3 min read
Article Aug 26, 2025 The Rise of DeSci: The Promises and Pitfalls of Decentralised Science How decentralised science could transform research: unlocking funding, access, and collaboration while handling risks of quality, governance, and trust. David Wood 8 min read
Community Sep 2, 2026 Integration of Expression QTLs with Fine Mapping via SuSiE The new SuSiE² statistical framework integrates gene expression data directly into genetic fine mapping, allowing researchers to pinpoint true causal disease variants with unprecedented precision. Atnatewos Hailealem 10 min read
Community Feb 25, 2026 Incompressible-Fluid Networks: A New Approach to Artificial Neural Networks Transweaving Flows: Unlock the secret to instantly adapt fluid simulations across Reynolds numbers borrow big swirls, stretch boundary layers, and save massive computation time.. Atnatewos Hailealem 3 min read
Mindbytes Aug 27, 2026 AI Pest Detector Spots Crop Bugs with 93% Precision Trans-Neu-Pest combines Swin Transformer and 3D reconstruction to spot camouflaged pests with 93.1% precision while running on low-power neuromorphic hardware. Linsey Smith 2 min read
Mindbytes Aug 26, 2026 Wits-Bordeaux Team Achieves 98% Fidelity in Topological Light Transmission Wits University and Bordeaux researchers encoded data into optical skyrmions and transmitted it 270 meters through open air, achieving over 98% fidelity without correcting turbulence. gizmo guru 2 min read
Mindbytes Aug 25, 2026 Japan Activates First Functional Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer Japan switched on its first full-stack neutral-atom quantum computer. Shunkai starts with 50 qubits, plans 500, and targets 10,000 by 2031. gizmo guru 2 min read