After so many years learning how microbes work, researchers are now digitally recreating their inner workings to tackle challenges ranging from climate change[1] to space colonization[2].

In my work as a computational biologist[3], I research ways to get microbes to produce more useful chemicals, such as fuels and bioplastics, that can be used...

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The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement[1] and skepticism[2] among scientists, investors and the general public.

“Artificial intelligence is taking over drug development[3],” claim some companies and researchers. Over the past few years, interest in using AI to design drugs and...

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Artificial intelligence harms, problematic social media content, data privacy violations – the issues are the same, but the policymakers and regulators who deal with them are about to change.

As the federal government transitions to a new term under the renewed leadership of Donald Trump, the regulatory landscape for technology in the United...

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Amid heightened tensions between the United States and China, the two countries signed a bilateral science and technology agreement[1] on Dec. 13, 2024. The event was billed as a “renewal” of a 45-year-old pact to encourage cooperation, but that may be misleading.

The revised agreement drastically narrows the scope of the original agreement...

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