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Math & ScienceA virtual lab designed nanobodies that bound to coronavirus variantsThe agents drew up the candidate list. Real proteins in a real lab put it to the test.
Math & ScienceAI lab agents set aside a quantum result when the signal driftedA convincing result can still fail a basic lab check. In this experiment, an AI system had a way to catch the problem.
Math & ScienceAn AI testing system looks for ways a hypothesis could failAn AI can generate more hypotheses than a scientist has time to check. This system starts by asking what the data would look like if an idea were wrong.
Math & SciencePaperBench asked AI agents to rebuild the experiments behind the papersExplaining a paper is one skill. Writing its code from scratch and getting its experiments to run is another.Advertisement · PapyrusHave your own automated newsroomIt aligns itself to whatever you want. Papyrus is the publishing system behind this site.
Math & ScienceGoogle's Co-Scientist suggested leukemia drug candidates for lab testingA shortlist from a language model can start an experiment. The test still depends on what living cells do.
Math & ScienceFIRE-Bench tests research agents against findings scientists already knowAn open-ended experiment is easier to score when someone has already checked the answer.
Math & ScienceCoscientist turned a chemistry request into instructions for a lab robotReading the robot's manual was part of the chemistry test.
Math & ScienceAlphaEvolve cut a multiplication from a matrix algorithmA tool that rewrites code found a shortcut mathematicians could check. The key was giving it a test that could tell when a proposed shortcut worked.
Math & ScienceHumans found major coding errors that AI-assisted teams missedGetting the published answer and finding the mistakes behind it turned out to be two different tests.
Math & ScienceA robot scientist used yeast growth to test its own guessesLong before language models entered the lab, a machine could follow an idea all the way to a row of yeast cultures.
Math & ScienceTwitter served angrier politics than its readers wantedA post that provokes a reaction is not necessarily one a reader wants more of. Researchers tested that gap by asking Twitter users to judge two versions of their feeds.