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AI Tool GNoME Discovers 2.2 Million New Materials
Google DeepMind's GNoME AI predicted 2.2 million stable inorganic crystals, expanding known materials nearly tenfold and equivalent to 800 years of human knowledge. This enables autonomous labs like Berkeley’s A-Lab to synthesize them rapidly, advancing batteries, chips, and superconductors.
High 80% accuracy accelerates materials science from theory to application.
AlphaFold Transforms Protein Structure Prediction
AlphaFold provides accurate 3D protein structures in minutes, revolutionizing structural biology and drug discovery. Its database of 200 million structures is freely accessible, aiding enzyme engineering and disease research.
Developers Demis Hassabis and John Jumper earned recognition for this AI-driven leap.
Robin AI Identifies Drug for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Robin AI autonomously discovered ripasudil, a clinically used drug, as a new treatment for dAMD by generating and validating hypotheses without human input. This streamlines therapeutic development, cutting years of manual work.
It sets a standard for AI in accelerating drug repurposing.
AI and Physics Modeling Yields New Parkinson's Drug GT-02287
Gain Therapeutics' Magellan platform used AI and simulations to find GT-02287, an allosteric GCase modulator restoring enzyme function in PD models. It reduces neuroinflammation, α-synuclein aggregates, and neuronal death; Phase 1b results expected Q4 2025, IND by end-2025.
Platform predicts druggable sites in hard-to-target proteins.
Quantum Antenna Detects Terahertz Frequency Combs
University of Warsaw's Rydberg atom-based quantum antenna precisely measures terahertz signals at room temperature, enabling sensitive spectroscopy. It calibrates frequency combs, opening metrology for terahertz tech like sensors and communications.
Funded by National Science Centre, it lowers costs for commercialization.
First X-Ray Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA/ESA images show Comet 3I/ATLAS emitting unprecedented X-rays, unlike other interstellar objects, as it activates before Earth flyby. This reveals new comet emission mechanisms; full data pending perihelion.
It breaks records in interstellar object studies.
UH AI Maps Sun's 3D Magnetic Field
University of Hawaiʻi AI tool with Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope creates accurate 3D sun magnetic maps, predicting flares and coronal ejections. It reveals vector currents, improving space weather forecasts for satellites and power grids.
Enhances daily protection from solar events.
CERN Solves Deuteron Formation Mystery
TUM researchers at CERN uncovered how deuterons form, resolving a decades-old particle physics puzzle. This breakthrough advances nuclear physics understanding.
It builds on long-standing experiments at CERN.
Jeweler's Trick Advances Nuclear Clocks
A 2008 concept using an old jeweler's technique promises next-gen nuclear clocks for ultra-precise timekeeping and navigation. It transforms precision beyond atomic clocks.
Expected to improve global systems significantly.
Largest Spinning Dark Matter Filament Discovered
Astronomers found a 50-million-light-year dark matter filament, the universe's largest spinning structure, with co-rotating galaxies. Part of 2025's shocking discoveries challenging cosmic models.
Includes black hole mergers proving Hawking's theories.
Comet C/2025 K1 Turns into Golden Ribbon
Interstellar Comet C/2025 K1 survived perihelion, morphing into a golden ribbon near the Sun. Among 2025's surprises like quasi-moons and exo-moons.
Reshapes views on comet evolution.
Biggest Cell Biology Breakthroughs of 2025
2025 highlights include microglia reprogramming, immune diagnostics, long-read epigenomics, and ALS immunity therapies. Advances in Alzheimer's blood tests and CRISPR gene therapies noted.
Stellar spatial biology and dark genome illumination featured.