New technology embeds unique genetic identifiers in engineered cells
Genetically engineered cell lines used in biomedical research have long been prone to misidentification and unauthorized use, wasting…
Forget smartwatches, scientists teach WiFi to monitor heartbeats
Your WiFi can now do more than stream movies; it can sense the beat of your heart. Engineers…
Why your playlist could be the key to reducing motion sickness
Scientists found that tuning into joyful or soft music can cut motion sickness by over half, offering a…
Medical AI startups like OpenEvidence are hot. But there might be more value ‘down the AI stack’
Among the most interesting AI stories this week was an item about a Boston-area startup called OpenEvidence that…
As AI cuts entry-level jobs, young workers are left wondering what’s next
Welcome to Eye on AI! In this edition…entry-level job loss due to AI breeds uncertainty…OpenAI acquires Statsig for…
AI model predicts flu vaccine strains more accurately than WHO
A new study shows that artificial intelligence can beat traditional methods in picking flu vaccine strains, offering a…
CERN Deploys Cutting-Edge AI in “Impossible” Hunt for Higgs Decay
The Higgs boson gives particles mass, but its links to the lighter quarks are still largely untested. CMS…
MCP: The Universal Connector for Building Smarter, Modular AI Agents
Key Takeaways
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard designed to connect AI agents with the…
Metals and sulfate particles drive asthma hospitalizations linked to air pollution
Metals, particularly nickel and vanadium, and sulfate particles are the components of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) that…
Gut disorders forecast Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s risk years before diagnosis
Common, treatable gut-related conditions signal Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease risk long before symptoms, paving the way for earlier,…
AI and routine lab tests offer a more accurate prediction of genetic disease risk
When genetic testing reveals a rare DNA mutation, doctors and patients are frequently left in the dark about…
Systema: a framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction beyond systematic variation
Nonparametric baselines We design two nonparametric baselines that we refer to as perturbed mean and matching mean. Perturbed…