Physics-based weather models more accurate than AI at predicting extreme weather

Weather forecasting is another aspect of modern life that artificial intelligence is transforming. Models like GraphCast, ...
The Scientist

Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models Add a Dimension to Developmental Biology

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...
Microsoft

From forecasting storms to designing molecules: How new AI foundation models can speed up scientific discovery

People have always looked for patterns to explain the universe and to predict the future. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” is an adage predicting the weather.
VentureBeat

MIT spinoff Liquid debuts non-transformer AI models and they're already state-of-the-art

Liquid AI, a startup co-founded by former researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), has announced the debut of ...
STAT

Modern animal models for biomedical research remain far better than alternatives

In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal testing in biomedical research. Central to these ...
The Scientist

Infographic: The Many Paths to Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models

For several years, researchers studied human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) to understand the unique features of these pluripotent cells, but on their own, they poorly resembled the complex structures ...