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In This Manhattan Lab, AI Designs Materials From Scratch<\/strong><\/a>Adele Peters | Fast Company<\/em><\/p>\n “The lab uses standard materials science equipment, but it surely\u2019s just about all automated and run by AI; if it has a brand new idea at 4am, it starts running again. It may well run as many as 50 experiments in a day, and the team is aiming to extend that to 100 experiments a day by the top of the summer. A human materials scientist, Krause says, might do 50 experiments in a 12 months.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.<\/strong><\/a>Gina Kolata | The Recent York Times ($)<\/em><\/p>\n “In a small, preliminary study, an experimental gene-editing treatment dramatically lowered levels of cholesterol, perhaps permanently, after only one infusion, scientists reported on Monday. If confirmed in larger studies, researchers hope the findings may result in a one-and-done method to prevent heart disease in large numbers of individuals.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 3D-Printable Humanoid Legs Let Robotics Experiments Run Wild<\/strong><\/a>Jeremy Hsu | Ars Technica<\/em><\/p>\n “A $2,500 pair of humanoid robot legs built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components isn’t going to win marathons just yet. But such relatively inexpensive hardware could enable researchers to more easily test and train AI-powered robotics software in a physical body during real-world experiments.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Pancreatic Cancer Halted by Virus Injection in Three Patients<\/strong><\/a>Alice Klein | Recent Scientist ($)<\/em><\/p>\n “Further evaluation is required in larger trials, however the early results are encouraging, especially since only small doses of the virus were administered for initial safety testing. ‘We only injected one-tenth of the dose we’re eventually aiming at, so the efficacy is healthier than I expected, especially as that is pancreatic cancer,’ says Masato Yamamoto on the University of Minnesota, who led the event of the viral treatment.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A Reality Check on the AI Jobs Hysteria<\/strong><\/a>David Rotman | MIT Technology Review ($)<\/em><\/p>\n “Haven\u2019t you heard? White-collar jobs are going away, decimated by AI. …But before you quit your job as a software developer or financial analyst\u2014or tech journalist\u2014and look to affix the plumbers\u2019 union, it\u2019s price considering today\u2019s economic research on whether artificial intelligence has actually begun to devour white-collar work. The short answer is: No.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The AI Superstars Who Say a \u2018Vibe Slop\u2019 Crisis Is Coming<\/strong><\/a>Christopher Mims | The Wall Street Journal ($)<\/em><\/p>\n “Two engineers who built the core of the massively popular\u00a0OpenClaw AI agent\u00a0have a stark warning: The unreal intelligence supposedly able to replacing well-paid software developers is flooding the world with bad, potentially even dangerous, code. It\u2019s a phenomenon they call ‘vibe slop’\u2014a mix of ‘vibe coding,’ creating software with AI tools\u00a0by describing it in plain English, and ‘AI slop,’ the\u00a0countless, low-value AI-generated content\u00a0throughout social media.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mirror Life: Scientists Clash Over Threat of Lab-Engineered Bacteria<\/strong><\/a>James Woodford | Recent Scientist ($)<\/em><\/p>\n “Microbes based on mirror images of molecules within the natural world would have a tough time surviving outside the laboratory, in line with a modeling study. To accomplish that, they would want a ready supply of ‘mirror food,’ or some novel method to feed themselves. However the research has drawn a backlash from other experts in the sphere who warn that it might underestimate the grave risks posed by so-called mirror life.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Uber President Says AI Spending Is Getting \u2018Harder to Justify\u2019<\/strong><\/a>Jess Weatherbed | The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n “After reportedly exhausting its annual AI budget just 4 months into 2026, Uber is now questioning whether it\u2019s actually seeing meaningful returns on its investments. In an interview with Rapid Response, Uber president and chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald said the corporate isn\u2019t seeing a connection between rising token consumption for Claude Code and more useful features being delivered to consumers.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBiotechnology<\/h4>\n
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