An obscure adjunct, working at a Subway while publishing nothing, solved a centuries-old problem that had defeated the world's elite mathematicians.

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Making an AI image takes more energy than most people realize. Some researchers put the number at over a thousand times the energy of a simple text query. Other estimates land the water cost of a sing...

Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in California have used artificial intelligence to design complete bacteriophage genomes from scratch, producing functional viruses capable of infecting bacteria that had evolved resistance to a naturally occurring bacteriophage. The work demonstrates how generative AI systems can engineer entire biological systems rather than just individual genes or smaller genetic components. However, the research also highlights significant biosafety and biosecurity concerns surrounding the ability to design and synthesise complete genomes. Despite advances in DNA sequencing and synthesis making it more feasible to read and write entire genomes, designing a functional genome from scratch remains exceptionally challenging because genes, regulatory sequences and other genetic elements interact in complex ways. AI-guided genome design Samuel King, a PhD student in Bioengineering at Stanford University and a member of Brian Hie’s lab at the Arc Institute in Palo Alto developed, with several colleagues, an approach that combines the Evo family of genomic language models, including Evo 1, with computational biology and experimental screening. The researchers applied the approach to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria and have potential applications as biotechnology tools and treatments for bacterial infections. Using the well-studied ΦX174 bacteriophage as a model, the team computationally...

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Rice cultivation, a staple for over 70% of India’s population and a major global export, significantly contributes to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, alongside exacerbating water stress and fa...

Rice cultivation, a staple for over 70% of India’s population and a major global export, significantly contributes to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, alongside exacerbating water stress and fa...

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Researchers have uncovered molecular clues linking diabetes to heart disease. Researchers at the University of Sydney have uncovered new evidence showing how type 2 diabetes directly changes the heart, affecting both its physical structure and the way it generates energy...

Australia’s radical ban on teen social media use is intended to be protective, but is also problematic, and practically porous, writes Satyen K. Bordoloi It is a popular meme on social media: Childhoo...

As geopolitical challenges and tensions escalate globally, one thing is clear: fragmented politics will not fix a fractured planet. This is why the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) – the world's highest decision-making body on the environment – is so...

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Welcome to True Crime in Science. Over six episodes – all of which you can watch here – we have discussed some well-known true crime cases, as well as some cases you may not have heard of, and then looked...