Tag: biotech
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Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and which scientists are studying to unlock applications in a wide range of… more ›
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With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers designed novel antibiotics that can combat a drug-resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). https://news.mit.edu/2025/using-generative-ai-researchers-design-compounds-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria-0814 more ›
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In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/brain-neuroscience-computers-speech.html?utm_source=semafor more ›
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Jumpstart nature’s ancestral heartbeat via genetics, revive Woolly Mammoth, advance biology and healing economies, enhance humanity. more ›
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Concrete is an excellent and versatile material, but it’s not without its limitations. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-developed-a-kind-of-living-concrete-that-heals-its-own-cracks?utm_source=semafor more ›
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Professor José R Penadés and his team at Imperial College London had spent years working out and proving why some superbugs are immune to antibiotics. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz6e9edy3o more ›
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Bekaa Valley, Lebanon – A warm wind blows over the rocky, arid landscape of the Lebanon-Syria border, ruffling the silhouettes walking slowly through the mountain pass, clambering around two huge… more ›
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Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, recently published an essay called “Machines of Loving Grace.” It sketches out his vision for how AI could radically transform neuroscience, economics, diplomacy, and… more ›
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When John Jumper got the call earlier this month from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that he was winning the Nobel Prize, he almost didn’t answer. https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2024/10/31/google-deepmind-john-jumper-nobel-prize-alphafold/ more ›