biology

Iron-rich immune cells in homing pigeons may play a key role in their navigational abilities, according to new research.

Scientists discovered that severed appendages from the sea cucumber Psolus fabricii can survive indefinitely in seawater, reorganizing their tissues and even growing. This phenomenon, termed LiPfe, represents a naturally occurring tissue immortality.

ESMFold2 is an open-source AI model for protein structure prediction that achieves state-of-the-art performance on protein interactions and antibodies, with a massive structure database (ESM Atlas).

A newly released AI tool has generated an atlas of over one billion predicted protein structures and sequences.

This article explores the scientific reasons behind why most people are right-handed, covering theories from brain lateralization to evolutionary advantage.

Calico Life Sciences uses Google DeepMind's Co‑Scientist to connect scattered findings in aging biology and generate testable hypotheses, such as a novel hypothesis about ISR regulation by metabolism.

New research published in Nature reveals that bird retinas survive without oxygen by using anaerobic glycolysis, solving a long-standing paradox of how one of the most metabolically active tissues functions without blood perfusion.

Dilum Sanjaya demonstrates an interactive app for exploring 3D biological structures, leveraging AI models like Gemini and GPT for UI design and code generation.

The article highlights research from the Weissman lab at MIT, praising their recent contributions.

OpenAI announced a new Life Sciences model series designed for biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine, with research and product leads discussing the development approach on the OpenAI Podcast.

OpenAI introduces GPT-Rosalind, a frontier reasoning model specifically designed to support research in biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine.

This paper introduces VCR-Agent, a multi-agent framework that enhances large language models for biological research by generating and validating mechanistic explanations using structured formalism and the VC-TRACES dataset. The approach improves factual precision in gene expression prediction through verified mechanistic reasoning in virtual cells.

A note about kākāpō parrots with a sponsorship pitch for a monthly LLM briefing.

OpenAI publishes a comprehensive approach to managing dual-use risks from advanced AI models in biology, outlining strategies for enabling beneficial scientific discovery while preventing misuse for bioweapons development through expert collaboration, model training, detection systems, and security controls.