How people with compromised immune systems respond to vaccines is an important area of immunological research. A study led by ...

Choosing the right method for multimodal AI—systems that combine text, images, and more—has long been trial and error. Emory ...

A common type of error-correcting mechanism in biology is called kinetic proofreading. For example, if errors turn up when cells are making new DNA, enzymes can cut out incorrect nucleotides. They can ...

Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

As dark factories and AI-driven automation advance, human oversight remains essential to building resilient, adaptable ...

Foldable phones are already engineering puzzles. Now imagine opening one up and trying to nearly double its battery capacity. That’s essentially what YouTuber Scotty Allen attempted in his latest ...

Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a common post-surgery condition where bone abnormally forms within soft tissues. A new study out of Mass General Brigham assesses the viability of a simple blood test ...

A biocomputer powered by lab-grown human brain cells has leveled up from Pong to Doom. While nowhere ready to handle the video game shooter’s most challenging levels, researchers at Cortical Labs in ...

A powerful new podcast exploring real patient stories, starting with an 8-year-old’s recovery from paralysis in just 32 ...

Leonard Zon, professor of stem cell and regenerative biology and Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, has been awarded the 2026 March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston Jr., MD Prize ...

Nearly one in three freshwater fish species now faces possible extinction, a statistic that reflects mounting pressure on ...