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DeepSeek Knocks on the Door of the West
Community Jan 21, 2026

DeepSeek Knocks on the Door of the West

China is losing in what it thinks matters—technological frontier, foundational research, the raw ability to build advanced models. Yet it is winning decisively at what actually matters: the global market.

Eduardo Martínez de la Fe 2 min read
America’s optimistic moment and its fragile future
Article Sep 9, 2026

America’s optimistic moment and its fragile future

The energetic push toward big sci/tech projects in the U.S may be something like the sudden burst of energy sometimes seen in people who are about to die.
Giulio Prisco 7 min read
Directed Evolution Makes an Oncolytic Virus More Potent Against Breast-Cancer Stem-Like Cells
Mindbytes Oct 9, 2026

Directed Evolution Makes an Oncolytic Virus More Potent Against Breast-Cancer Stem-Like Cells

Laboratory evolution produced viral clones that killed chemotherapy-resistant breast-cancer stem-like cells more effectively than the original strain.
Linsey Smith 1 min read
A searchable map of every one-letter change in human DNA
News Sep 9, 2026

A searchable map of every one-letter change in human DNA

Google DeepMind has precomputed predicted effects for all nine billion possible single-letter DNA changes and released a simple score so researchers can look them up.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read
AI Audit Finds Clinical Prediction Models Rarely Share Their Code
Mindbytes Oct 9, 2026

AI Audit Finds Clinical Prediction Models Rarely Share Their Code

A review of nearly 4,000 clinical prediction studies finds that reproducible code remains the exception rather than the norm.
Linsey Smith 1 min read
AI Sharpens Lensless Imaging Without Slow Reconstruction
Mindbytes Oct 9, 2026

AI Sharpens Lensless Imaging Without Slow Reconstruction

Neural reconstructions gain a faster physics check.
gizmo guru 1 min read
HydroAIM Automates Water Modelling, Exposes Planning Weakness
Mindbytes Oct 9, 2026

HydroAIM Automates Water Modelling, Exposes Planning Weakness

Expert workflows prove essential for autonomous modelling.
gizmo guru 1 min read
AI Microscopes Learn Where to Look From Scientists’ Feedback
Mindbytes Oct 9, 2026

AI Microscopes Learn Where to Look From Scientists’ Feedback

Scientists’ judgments could help automated microscopes pursue discoveries that conventional numerical targets overlook.
gizmo guru 1 min read
A complete map of the male fruit fly brain and nerve cord
News Sep 8, 2026

A complete map of the male fruit fly brain and nerve cord

Researchers used artificial intelligence to reconstruct more than 166,000 neurons and 125 million connections, opening a new way to study sex differences and behavior.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Quantum light gets a place to wait with new on-chip memory
News Oct 9, 2026

Quantum light gets a place to wait with new on-chip memory

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed an integrated nanophotonic platform that can store multiple photons simultaneously for over one microsecond. The chip-based quantum memory uses erbium-doped thin-film lithium niobate waveguides arranged in an atomic frequency comb pattern to capture and hold photons.
Giulio Prisco 2 min read