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1. DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017
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- MIT Newsby Winn
Giving AI a "crystal clear" view of the materials world
New research can help AI models understand crystalline materials in 3D and reason about their properties.
No.03Verdict: RoutineScore█████░░░░░4.8 - Hacker News
Designing more efficient quantum circuits with Claude
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Science says your boss should talk less in meetings
Research suggests listening more while talking less.
No.05Verdict: RoutineScore████░░░░░░3.8 - STATby Swearing, Hecht, and +1
STAT+: Jury rules in favor of ousted Cambridge scientist David Sabatini, with $6 million in damages to be awarded
A jury awarded $6 million in damages to scientist David Sabatini, whose career imploded after he was accused by a much younger colleague of inappropriate sexual conduct in his lab.
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How Itaú is building generative AI for its entire customer base
With ia.i, a conversational interface, and the IARA governance platform, Itaú is applying its AI First strategy to customers and employees — in one of Brazil's most regulated sectors.
No.07Verdict: RoutineScore███░░░░░░░3.3 - Quanta Magazineby Pavlus
He Wants AI Benchmarking To Be a Science, Not a Dark Art
Moritz Hardt, author of a new book on benchmarks, believes these "standardized tests" for artificial intelligence are fundamentally broken — but not unfixable.
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Briefs
- STAT
Hospitals' next lucrative bet — longevity clinics
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Grounding AI agents in biological reality: Building blocks for autonomous wet labs
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STAT+: RevMed's pancreatic cancer drug nears European approval
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What to read before you go see that new documentary on Elizabeth Holmes
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COP17: Which countries have released new pledges to tackle nature loss?
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How scientists domesticated a killer bacterium
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Quiz of the week: how many telescopes will eventually form the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
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STAT+: In DOGE's aftermath, federal health workers bristle at new performance reviews
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Siloton secures £8.4m to speed development of portable retinal imaging system
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New type of superionic water ice observed for the first time
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When Doi met Peliti: physicists celebrate 50 years of the Doi-Peliti theory
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