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Stem Cells 'instructed' To Form Specific Tissues And Organs

"We could generate specific cell types, like a beta cell to make insulin or a neuron to treat Parkinson’s disease, within the context of a large piece of tissue or even a whole organ. This work opens many new and exciting possibilities.”

Neuralink Rival’s Biohybrid Implant Connects To The Brain With Living Neurons

A new kind of brain-machine interface using living neurons to form connections could be the future.

Google’s Latest Quantum Computing Breakthrough Shows Practical Machines Are Within Reach

Google’s results suggest that fully functional, large-scale quantum computers may be closer to reality than before.

Google DeepMind’s New AI Weatherman Tops World’s Most Reliable System

Such advances could help communities better prepare for dangerous storms, facilitate planning for renewable energy like wind power, and ultimately give meteorologists and emergency agencies valuable lead time for life-saving alerts.

Why Are Our Brains So Big? Because They Excel At Damage Control

By illuminating the molecular underpinnings of dopamine neuron resilience, the work could spur new strategies for treating neurodegenerative disorders and inspire AI systems that learn in more brain-like ways.

How To Be Healthy At 100: Centenarian Stem Cells Could Hold The Key

This centenarian stem cell biobank stands to expand our grasp of human longevity. By offering a window into the genetics behind ultra-healthy aging, it paves the way for new interventions that could slow or modify the aging process

Niantic Is Training A Giant ‘Geospatial’ AI On Pokémon Go Data

The result could be an internet-like dataset of physical spaces, supporting AI that’s as fluent in the real world as today’s large language models are with text, fundamentally expanding how we interact with digital content, robots, and each other.

A 4.45-Billion-Year-Old Crystal From Mars Reveals The Planet Had Water From The Beginning

What is clear is that the crust of Mars, like Earth, had water shortly after it formed, a necessary ingredient for habitability.

The Secret To Predicting How Your Brain Will Age May Be In Your Blood

If future work confirms these findings, a simple blood test could provide an early signal for accelerated brain aging or susceptibility to conditions like dementia, reducing reliance on expensive and less accessible brain scans.

Textbook Depictions Of Neurons May Be Wrong, According To Controversial Study

The discovery prompts deeper questions about what else might be missing from our century-old neuron blueprint, and how these subtle structural nuances shape the brain’s overall function.

Rectal Cancer Disappears After Experimental Use Of Immunotherapy, Now An FDA Designated Breakthrough Therapy

A small but heralded clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) that saw rectal cancer disappear in 100% of people who took part has taken a step towards approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Major Trial Shows Prolonged Benefit Of Olaparib In Early-stage Inherited Breast Cancer

One year of treatment with the targeted drug olaparib improves long-term survival in women with high-risk, early-stage breast cancer with mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, new results from a major clinical trial show.