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AI agents that can model the human process of research will accelerate discoveries in science.

How quickly is sea level going to rise? More than 700 million people desperately need an accurate answer. “For low-lying coastal cities like Lagos, New Orleans, and Bangkok, fast sea level rise could ...

Could magnetic bacteria be used to deliver cancer therapies to where they’re most needed in the body?

The Global Higher Education Interdisciplinary Network (GHEIN) will support universities in strengthening the strategies and structures that allow interdisciplinary science to thrive.

Recent research demonstrates the trade in pangolin scales is not necessarily the main driver of their decline.

A deadly fungus has already wiped out 90 species and threatens 500 more but Anthony Waddle is hoping gene replacement could be their salvation

Harvard bioengineer Shriya Srinivasan works at the intersection of engineering, neuroscience, and medicine to create technologies that move with, listen to, and respond to the human body. As a Schmidt...

Our Academic Council has been further strengthened by the appointment of leading Caltech planetary scientist and geochemist Professor Laurie Leshin.

Universities at the forefront of breaking down barriers to new discoveries and doing the most to advance interdisciplinarity have been recognized for their impact and ambition. Published today, the 20...

The new members have worked on mobile phone microscopes and health disparities.

As we welcome our 2025 Fellows to Oxford for their first Science Leadership Program convening, we profile Alissa Hummer, who will be returning to familiar ground.  With a PhD in machine learning from ...

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has spent his career uncovering mass corruption and scandals across Big Tech, politics, and corporate America with films including Enron: The Sm...

2021 Schmidt Science Fellow Vivian Feig aspires to make it easier for everyone to access cutting-edge medical technology that is seamlessly integrated into our lives. That includes people living in th...

Our 2025 Interdisciplinary Science Summit highlighted some of the most imaginative, bold, and high-impact interdisciplinary science happening today. It culminated with four inspiring talks that captured the spirit of curiosity, creativity, and purpose, driving our work. Inspired by the futurist Ray Kurzweil, Caltech's Mikhail Shapiro (and Principal Investigator hosting two Schmidt Science Fellows), explored the science behind brain-computer interaction, non-invasive human cell interfaces, and how we are getting closer to making science fiction, science fact.

How billionaire Wendy Schmidt became a crucial funder of science and climate research amid political rollbacks—backing ocean discovery, data access, and storytelling.

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In his lab at Osnabrück University, 2021 Schmidt Science Fellow Sebastian Musslick is excited about the possibilities of AI to accelerate discovery and push beyond the limitations of human brain power...

Universities can build their interdisciplinary research capacity through deliberate strategy and support for academics whose intellectual curiosity extends beyond their domain expertise in search of c...

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Imperial is celebrating significant European grant success with nine highly prestigious funding awards from the European Research Council (ERC).

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An innovator of new genome editing technologies on the similarities between science and cooking, and the challenge of turning a new technology into a viable business.

At Schmidt Science Fellows, we are committed to continuously improving and strengthening the integral process of selecting our Fellows to ensure that we can identify the most promising interdisciplina...