Assembling more than 1,000 human genomes affordably: New method could power genetic screening's future

A research team led by Zhen-Xing Endowed Professor Jian Yang at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, has ...

Genetic cause identified for one in four MND patients in largest ever rare variant analysis

Project MinE, an international consortium co-founded by researchers at King's College London, has identified new genetic ...

Novel approach to quantum error correction portends a scalable future for quantum computing

A University of Sydney quantum physicist has developed a new approach to quantum error correction that could significantly ...

Changing the long search for rare disease diagnoses with new AI breakthrough

A newly developed AI tool can dramatically speed up the search for the genetic causes of rare diseases, a process that often ...
CNN

FDA approves leucovorin for rare genetic condition, but not for autism

The prescription drug leucovorin is getting a label update, but it’s not what that the US Food and Drug Administration suggested during a White House briefing in September, when officials touted the ...
The New Yorker

The Pentagon Went to War with Anthropic. What’s Really at Stake?

In 2025, the A.I. frontier lab Anthropic mustered Claude, its large language model, for national service. Although the military-industrial complex is newly fashionable, Anthropic was not a natural fit ...
The New York Times

Hard Fork

“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.” By Kevin RooseCasey NewtonWhitney JonesRachel ...