New fastGxE Tool Finds Hidden Gene-Environment Links at Biobank Scale
Scientists published fastGxE on Oct. 22, 2026, a faster way to find gene-environment interactions in UK Biobank data.
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7-eV Oxide Semiconductor Sets Bandgap Record on Sapphire
Cornell-led team reports silicon-doped alpha aluminum gallium oxide above 7.0 eV, plus a diode and AlphaFET on sapphire.
Danaher to Launch AI-Powered Autonomous Lab in Early 2027
Danaher plans an AI-powered autonomous lab at Abcam for early 2027 to speed antibody discovery up to 8x.
TDM Neo Headphones That Roll Into a Speaker Go on Sale for $249
TDM's $249 Neo headphones are now on sale in the U.S., using four 40mm drivers to switch from over-ear listening to a rolled-up Bluetooth speaker.
Stanford's Karl Deisseroth Wins Nobel, Then Packs School Lunches
Stanford's Karl Deisseroth shared the 2026 medicine Nobel for optogenetics, then paused calls to pack lunches for his five children.
Trump Names Jay Clayton AI Czar to Lead Super Intelligence Force
Trump named intelligence chief Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead a new Super Intelligence Force with a 120-day mandate to assess AI risks and U.S. leadership.
DeepPCD Engineers Nitrilase for 130,000-Fold Efficiency Gain
DeepPCD combined sequence design, structural filtering and dynamics to upgrade nitrilase Bh NIT with only seven residue changes.
Keurig Alta Brews Plastic-Free Coffee Pucks for $499
Keurig opened $499.99 Alta preorders for compostable seaweed-coated AltaRounds that brew coffee and espresso, shipping October 21.
PRISMS Uses Pairwise Rankings to Break Lab Bottleneck
MIT, Bonn and Fraunhofer researchers report PRISMS, which curates molecules with comparative judgments and cut screening rounds sharply.
PNAS Study Shows Mathematical Discovery Can Be Automated at Scale
Published September 30, 2026, a PNAS study reports a system that generated, tested and organized mathematical conjectures at unprecedented scale.
Less Larval Protein Means Longer Lives for Fruit Flies
Fruit flies fed less yeast protein as larvae lived longer because a storage protein called Lsp2 stayed low and slowed early-adult protein production.
Battery Cell Captures CO2 From Air at Half the Energy
University of Delaware and RepAir Carbon demonstrated a nickel-hydroxide battery cell that captured CO2 from air at 0.83 MWh per tonne.
OpenAI Pauses Model Training as Rogue Agent Cases Grow
OpenAI paused training of its latest models on Sept. 26, 2026, after summer government-website incidents and a Sept. 20 sandbox escape.
Microsoft Refreshes Small Surface Pro, Laptop With Snapdragon X2 Plus
Microsoft refreshed its 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop with Snapdragon X2 Plus, brighter screens and higher prices for October 13.
Pentagon Investigates After F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong
Pentagon confirms probe into diverted unserviceable F-35 canopy and weapons-bay door after reports they reached Hong Kong and China.
Bats First Flew in Europe 65 Million Years Ago, Genome Study Finds
Largest genome-plus-fossil bat study traces flying mammals to Europe 65 million years ago and finds flight and sonar evolved early.
No, You Don't Have Two Brains — But Your Brain Has Two Beginnings
A Sept. 18 brain-development study found two parallel starter populations, not two adult brains — here's what Otx2 and Gbx2 really show.
GDEE: New Automated Platform Hunts Bottleneck Enzymes for Bioproduction
GDEE, published Sept. 22 in JCIM, automates enzyme discovery and engineering through sequence sourcing, structure prediction, docking and ML rescoring.
Berkeley's ProteinGuide Steers AI Toward Better Protein Design
UC Berkeley's ProteinGuide steers existing protein AI models with lab data, improving a CRISPR base editor in one round without retraining.
UCSF Team Tapped for DOE AI Push to Design Next-Generation Enzymes
UCSF pharmacy researchers joined the DOE Genesis Mission to pair AI-designed protein scaffolds with SLAC crystallography for more predictable enzyme design.
Nikon's 2026 Motion Winner Captures Faulty Lung Cilia in Action
Ning Xu won Nikon's 2026 Small World in Motion with super-resolution video of faulty airway cilia, beating 346 entries from 40 countries.
